OpportunityTitle: Reclamation Youth Interns and Resource Assistants Master Cooperative Agreement
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants eligible to apply under this NOFO include nonprofit organizations capable of recruiting qualified youth program participants for positions located at Reclamation offices and facilities nationwide.Applicants eligible to apply under this NOFO include nonprofit organizations capable of recruiting qualified youth interns for positions located at Reclamation offices and facilities. Reclamation offices and facilities are generally located within Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Utah, and Washington and Washington DC.&#160;&#160;In accordance with 2 CFR &#167;200.70, a nonprofit organization means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization, not including institutions of higher education that:Is operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest;Is not organized primarily for profit; andUses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operations of the organization.
Description: The objective(s) of this NOFO is to award Master Cooperative Agreements (MCA) to the selected nonprofit entities to enter into a five-year partnership, providing an efficient mechanism for funding youth and/or resource assistant intern projects.Reclamation youth program participants will gain on-the-job experience in environmental education, community service, or natural and cultural resource management through placements lasting from two weeks to one year. Participants will engage in projects that address some of the most critical conservation issues on Reclamation land, including engineering, environmental education, ecological restoration, species preservation, fuels treatments, research and monitoring activities provide critical support to program/specialist capacities, and species preservation. Some projects may be technological or administrative but will retain a clear and direct connection to natural and cultural resource conservation.Reclamation hopes to partner with MCA awardees to build upon current youth programs to develop, pilot, and implement new youth programs, to include (but not limited to):Reclamation&#8217;s Direct Hire Authority for Resource Assistant Internship Program;Public Lands Corps Program; andIndian Youth Service Corps Program.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: bor-sha-fafoa@usbr.gov
GrantorContactText: Alisha James &lt;br/&gt;bor-sha-fafoa@usbr.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 4:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.