Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0165
The grant opportunity titled "Supporting Youth Conservation Jobs in the Chesapeake" (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 18 NERO 0165) is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding action that would be carried out through a cooperative agreement. The focus of the activity falls under the Employment, Labor and Training category, with CFDA number 15.931, and it is framed around supporting youth conservation jobs connected to the Chesapeake region. In practical terms, the intent is to fund project activities that create or support employment-style conservation work opportunities for young people, aligning workforce experience with natural and cultural resource stewardship goals associated with NPS priorities in and around the Chesapeake.
A key detail in this notice is that it is not an open call for proposals. The announcement is explicitly described as a public notice of NPS intent to award financial assistance rather than a request for applications. That distinction matters because it signals the agency is not seeking competitive submissions from the general public under this posting. Instead, it functions more like a transparency step that informs the public that NPS plans to make an award for these project activities, typically to a specific partner or a limited pool identified through prior processes. Even though an "OriginalClosingDate" of 2018-09-06 is listed, the repeated language stating it is not a request for applications indicates the date should not be interpreted as a normal application deadline for new applicants.
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally implies a closer working relationship between the federal agency and the recipient than a standard grant. Under cooperative agreements, NPS typically anticipates having substantial involvement in the project, such as collaborating on work planning, coordinating with park or program staff, aligning deliverables with NPS goals, and participating in oversight or technical guidance as the youth conservation work is implemented. This setup is often used when the agency expects ongoing coordination to ensure the work experience, training elements, conservation outcomes, and reporting requirements are carried out in a way that meets federal standards and program objectives.
The financial parameters provided include an award ceiling of $73,500. The posting does not specify the exact number of expected awards (the field is blank), but the structure and wording strongly suggest it may be intended for a single anticipated award or a small number of awards as part of a pre-identified assistance action. The notice was created on 2018-08-28, which places it in a narrow public-notice window shortly before the listed closing date.
Eligible applicants are identified broadly as "Others," which is a category sometimes used in federal listings when eligibility does not fit neatly into standard bins like state governments, local governments, tribes, universities, or nonprofits. In many NPS youth conservation and service-oriented projects, partners can include nonprofits, youth corps organizations, conservation corps, community-based organizations, or other entities that can recruit, train, and supervise youth participants while delivering on-the-ground conservation work. However, the announcement itself does not provide additional eligibility detail beyond that label, and because it is not an application solicitation, the eligibility field is less useful as a guide for prospective applicants than it would be in a competitive funding announcement.
Overall, the posting can be read as an administrative notice: NPS is signaling its intention to financially support a set of project activities aimed at youth conservation employment in the Chesapeake area, using a cooperative agreement mechanism, up to $73,500. It does not provide program narrative details such as specific work sites, participant ages, required outputs, match requirements, or performance measures, and it does not invite the public to apply. For someone monitoring federal funding, the main takeaway is that this is an intent-to-award notice tied to youth conservation jobs in the Chesapeake, rather than an opportunity to submit a new proposal under this listing.Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0165
- The National Park Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Supporting Youth Conservation Jobs in the Chesapeake" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-08-28.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-09-06. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $73,500.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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