The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking applications for its Montana/Dakota Youth Conservation Corps Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/18/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Youth Program partners with qualified youth and conservation corps to engage individuals between the ages of 16 and 30 (inclusive) and veterans up to age 35 (inclusive) including tribal members. Recruitment efforts should focus on young, diverse people from local communities to assist with conservation projects that protect and promote multiple-use on public lands.
Funding Opportunity 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
- Estimated Total Funding: $6,100,000
- Maximum Award: $2,000,000
- Minimum Award: $10,000
Grant Period
Projects cannot be funded for more than a five-year period.
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
