TogetherGreen Youth: Act Today, Shape Tomorrow

Post Date

June 17th 2010

Application Due Date

July 1st 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

FWS-NCTC-2010-13

CFDA Number(s)

15.649

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

There is not an application process for TogetherGreen Youth: Act Today, Shape Tomorrow. This is a Notice of Intent to award a single source grant to the National Audubon Society under justification 505 DM 2.14 (B1).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $376090

• Award Range:

  $0 - $376090

Grant Description

The USFWS is not seeking applications. The USFWS plans to award this grant agreement under the Department Manual 505-2, using 2.14B(1) to justify a single source award – to the National Audubon Society. 2.14B(1) Unsolicited Proposal – the proposed award is the result of an unsolicited assistance application which represents a unique or innovative idea, method, or approach which is not the subject of a current or planned contract or assistance award but which is deemed advantageous to the program objectives. The National Audubon Society (Audubon) and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) propose TogetherGreen Youth as a national leadership program designed to offer young people hands-on, real-world opportunities to learn about environmental issues, develop leadership skills, and become mentors, applying their environmental knowledge to engage others in understanding and caring for the environment. The basics of the program include training educators, hands-on career training for students focused on restoring habitat, educational outreach and mentoring skills and educational programming for younger students focused on service learning projects and connecting to nature through experiential learning at nearby nature centers and refuges. The funding for TogetherGreen Youth will provide a needed partnership to meet the demands of the Department’s initiatives.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Georgia Jeppesen
  Branch Chief, Program Support
  Phone 304-876-7388

• Agency Mailing Address:

  georgia_jeppesen@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  georgia_Jeppesen@fws.gov