Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00216
This grant opportunity, titled "Expand the Park Experience Beyond Park Boundaries through Youth Summits" (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00216), is a National Park Service cooperative agreement designed to help young people connect with national parks and nearby historic places through multi-day, conservation-centered Youth Summits. The core idea is to widen access to recreation and learning opportunities by taking the park experience beyond a single park boundary and into the broader community landscape, where local history, culture, and stewardship issues overlap. The summits are structured as immersive, hands-on experiences in which middle and high school students visit National Park Service units and other significant local sites to learn directly about real-world management challenges, explore how parks and partner organizations serve communities, and take part in practical service projects that contribute to caring for public resources.
The project goals focus on increasing access and relevance. Participants are not just visitors; they are treated as emerging problem-solvers. During the summit, students examine current issues affecting park and community resources, discuss how youth opportunities can be strengthened, and consider cultural relevance so that the stories and experiences represented by parks and historic places feel meaningful to a wider range of people. A key feature is that each Youth Summit ends with a Town Hall-style event where participants present solutions and recommendations in response to questions and challenges posed by the NPS sites and project partners. Along the way, the program emphasizes training in resource conservation and vocational or workforce-related skills, while also encouraging responsible citizenship and productive involvement in community life. The overall aim is to deepen understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources by putting youth and young adults in active roles that support the care, improvement, and long-term protection of shared public places.
The project objectives put a strong emphasis on rebuilding and strengthening community trust. The principal objective is to restore trust with communities by helping local youth understand how National Park Service units connect with other local organizations and entities, and how those relationships can benefit the community. In practice, that means helping students see parks as part of a larger network that includes cultural institutions, heritage organizations, local governments, tribes, and community groups. Another major objective is to build a lasting conservation stewardship legacy among middle and high school students by exposing them early to the values, skills, and career pathways tied to conservation and cultural resource work. The program is also framed as a structured educational experience that supports personal growth and life-skill development, recognizing that leadership, communication, teamwork, and civic engagement are essential outcomes alongside technical learning.
The educational content is intentionally broad and designed to be engaging for adolescents by making disciplines like conservation, archaeology, and cultural resource management accessible and exciting. Students participate in interactive experiences tied to cultural and Native American heritage, Hispanic heritage, archaeology, recreation and tourism, and historic preservation. Rather than presenting heritage as abstract, the summits link learning to specific places of national importance and to the practical decisions involved in managing and interpreting those places. The opportunity notes that Conservation Legacy will work with selected NPS sites, including Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Big Thicket National Preserve (referenced for FY18), as well as other organizations in surrounding communities. The summit model is described as roughly a week of educational, recreational, and service opportunities for a diverse group of students, reinforcing that inclusion and broad participation are central to the program design.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under the Natural Resources activity category (CFDA 15.931). The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates the agency expects active involvement in the project rather than a hands-off grant relationship. Eligibility is limited to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The opportunity was posted on June 3, 2019, with an original closing date of June 13, 2019. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $42,860, suggesting a single, targeted project intended to deliver a defined set of summit activities and outcomes in collaboration with NPS units and local partners.Apply for P19AS00216
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Expand the Park Experience Beyond Park Boundaries through Youth Summits" 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 Jun 03, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 13, 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 $42,860.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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