This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. Teaching Traditional Building Skills - SLBE

Funding Opportunity Number: NOIP16AC00553 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and TrainingNatural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.931Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-NPSClosing Date: Jun 03, 2016Award Ceiling: $52,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: May 26, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS) intention to fund a Task Agreement against an existing Master Agreement. The Teaching Traditional Building/Landscape Skills Training Project will expand an existing partnership based on service learning projects between Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and SEEDS/NWMYCC youth projects (ages 16-25). This expanded program will include teaching traditional skills that could provide a career opportunity, supplement incomes, and healthy avocations for youth. The project is based on the transfer and practice of skills through hands-on and personalized mentor-apprentice relationships working in crews completing projects addressed for their progressive skill levels.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Employment, Labor and Training Natural Resources Source Type: funding