Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS NOIP18AC00277 001
The "Summer Youth Crew for Habitat Restoration and Community Engagement" opportunity is a National Park Service (NPS) cooperative agreement tied to an existing Master Cooperative Agreement (P15AC00015) between the Department of the Interior/NPS and American Conservation Experience. The project centers on Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CUVA) and is designed to connect youth from nearby communities with paid, hands-on conservation work while also exposing them to career and education pathways related to public lands and natural resource management. In practical terms, the grant supports a small, structured summer crew that works directly on park priorities while building job skills, environmental literacy, and professional awareness among participants.
The main goals are twofold: first, to create occupational, educational, and training opportunities for local youth through real collaborative stewardship work at CUVA; and second, to support the local economy by employing youth from surrounding communities. The project is explicitly framed as both workforce development and community engagement, using the park as a living classroom and job site. It also aligns with Department of the Interior financial assistance priorities (noted as priority 3a) by emphasizing youth engagement in habitat restoration, recreation-related programming, and maintenance activities on public lands.
The project objectives narrow that broader mission into specific deliverables. The agreement calls for recruiting one crew leader and four crew members, with a particular focus on highly motivated students attending the Akron National Inventor's Hall of Fame School, Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Beyond staffing the crew, the program is meant to introduce participants to NPS and related career tracks through direct experience and structured interaction with professionals. That includes field-based conservation tasks like invasive plant removal and native habitat restoration, along with intentional exposure to workplace conversations and mentorship opportunities where youth can learn about different roles and pathways in conservation and public service.
Day-to-day work and learning are organized and supervised by CUVA staff, particularly the park's plant ecologist and interpretive park rangers, who provide direction for the crew's activities. The work plan emphasizes resource management and interpretive programming as the primary activity areas, but it also deliberately broadens participants' understanding of park operations by facilitating interaction with other divisions such as maintenance, law enforcement, and human resources. This cross-division contact is a key part of the "career awareness" component, helping participants see that park work extends beyond field biology and includes skilled trades, visitor safety, operations, and administrative career options.
Education and engagement are embedded alongside the labor component. Park staff provide orientation and overviews related to the park's natural and cultural history, and they connect youth to recreational and educational opportunities that may include participating in park programs like interpretive hikes. The program also allows for expanded service-learning beyond CUVA itself, giving youth opportunities to complete projects at other NPS sites or on properties in neighboring communities. This extends the stewardship message outward, reinforcing the idea that resource protection and community well-being are connected, and that skills learned in the park can be applied locally.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number NPS NOIP18AC00277 001, categorized as "Other," and uses a Cooperative Agreement instrument type. The CFDA listing is 15.931, and the agency is the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The posting indicates one expected award, with an award ceiling of $52,500, and it specifically notes that this action adds $25,900 in additional funding to an existing task agreement under the broader master agreement framework. The timeline shown in the source data includes a creation date of July 19, 2019 and an original closing date of July 30, 2019, reflecting a short application window typical of task-level funding actions under an established partner agreement.
Overall, this grant opportunity funds a small summer youth conservation crew model that blends paid work, environmental stewardship, and career exploration. CUVA benefits from completed conservation and recreation-support projects, while participating youth gain practical experience, mentoring, and a clearer picture of educational and professional options in conservation, public lands management, and related fields.Apply for NPS NOIP18AC00277 001
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Summer Youth Crew for Habitat Restoration and Community Engagement" 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 Jul 19, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 30, 2019. (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 $52,500.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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