Deadline: 31-Jan-2025
The Bureau of Land Management has launched the Oregon/Washington Youth Conservation Corps Program.
Program Goals
- Establishment of the Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC) Program: The intent of the IYSC program is to expand opportunities for Tribes to participate in Public Land Corps activities and to provide a direct benefit to members of federally recognized Indian Tribes or Alaska Native corporations. The IYSC program will provide its participants meaningful educational, employment, and training opportunities through conservation projects on eligible service land-public and Indian lands.
- Outreach to Underrepresented/Underserved Communities: The Youth NOFO will offer an opportunity to address climate change and racial inequity by providing training opportunities for young people of color and others from historically disenfranchised communities.
- Support the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): Partner with Youth Conservation Corps organizations to advance the restoration, monitoring, inventory, assessment and community engagement initiatives.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $50,000
- Award Floor: $28,000
Expected Program Outcomes
- Projects may vary in length, but none should last longer than three years. Projects may be located in different geographic locations on BLM administered lands. The BLM project coordinator will track project success using various criteria including whether the project:
- Exposes young people to public service, furthering their understanding and appreciation of the nation’s natural and cultural resources, while implementing Secretarial Orders and priorities.
- Stimulates interest in conservation careers by working with BLM conservation professionals and providing qualified conservation projects that will allow corps members to be certified for two-year noncompetitive hiring status upon completion of the projects and 640 hours.
- Promotes job creation to strengthen America’s economy and fosters relationships with organizations advocating for balanced stewardship and use of public lands.
- Promote public purposes by providing education, job training, development of responsible citizenship, and productive community involvement in the care and enhancement of natural and cultural resources.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
For more information, visit Grants.gov.