USFWS/NCTC: Evaluation Plan and Implementation for the Youth in Natural Resource Careers Initiative

Post Date

June 16th 2010

Application Due Date

July 30th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

FWS-NCTC-2010-7

CFDA Number(s)

15.649

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $75000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $75000

Grant Description

Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has launched the Youth in Natural Resources (YNR) Initiative to ensure that talented and capable young people are ready to enter public service as natural resource professionals. The YNR initiative will reinvigorate the workforce with increased numbers of young people engaged in public service (employees) and national service (volunteers) as custodians of our natural resources. This new pool of public servants will be supported first by their families, communities and schools, then by Departmental youth programs intended to build their competencies, and finally by their employing bureau. The Department will work with colleges and universities to align degree programs with required competencies for entry-level positions, including resume building internships and jobs. Ultimately, this new cadre of natural resource professionals will forge a new era of conservation stewardship and public service for America. The National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) has been tasked with developing programs and projects to support the YNR initiative. A needs assessment has been developed by the Division of Education Outreach (DEO) at NCTC to identify needs of the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The DEO office is interested in formative and summative evaluations of these programs and products. Evaluations must be qualitative as well as quantitative.

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