The National Park Service is seeking applications for its Creating Opportunities for Relevant Experience Wildland Fire Training Crews.
Donor Name: National Park Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/24/2029
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The Creating Opportunities for Relevant Experience Crews (CORE Crews) are wildland fire training crews comprised of women, veterans, or youth. CORE crews offer participants job experience and wildland fire specific training that serves as a developmental opportunity for participants and an opportunity for parks build relationships with the next generation of fire managers. The CORE crews’ goal is to engage with women, veterans, and youth to begin development of the next generation of the wildland firefighters, managers and scientists contributing to the mission of the NPS wildland fire program by offering relevant work experience. The CORE Crew program seeks to offer basic training, knowledge and experience that will inspire interest in future career opportunities for participants while working to support the NPS wildland fire mission.
CORE crewmembers will work with trained professional fire staff with the NPS and gain on-the-job skills and experience. They will also be coached and mentored in wildland fire and NPS operations. Job experience will vary and include a wide array of activities such as work on fuels management projects, wildfire preparedness activities, fire effects monitoring, and potentially wildfire suppression. Training will cover numerous topics including employee and agency orientation, basic firefighter training, chainsaw training, and incident management and response overview.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $200,000
- Award Floor: $20,000
Project Period
Agreement terms for funded projects could range between one and five years.
Eligibility Criteria
- NPS is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with any entity type (e.g., states, subdivisions of states, territories, Indian tribes, public or private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education) qualified as youth or conservation corps to perform appropriate conservation projects, However, this funding opportunity is limited to non-profit applicants who are Section 501(c)(3) compliant, state governments, and federally recognized Tribal governments.
- Non-Profit Organizations Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code exempts payment of federal income taxes for charitable, religious, scientific, literary, and educational organizations. It is the most used section in the IRS code granting tax exemption. Unless a non-profit corporation files a 501(c)(3) application with the IRS, it will not be exempt from paying federal income taxes. For-profit entities are not eligible to apply.
- Federal law mandates that all entities applying for Federal financial assistance must have a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) including a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number. A Federal award may not be made to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable unique entity identifier and SAM requirements.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
