Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00435
The 21st Century Service Corps - Hispanic Access Foundation Task Order 1 (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00435) is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under CFDA 15.676, Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment. It sits within the USFWS National Youth Development Program and is designed to support projects that create paid employment, education, and public service opportunities for young adults, specifically U.S. citizens, legal residents, and veterans ages 18 to 35. The program is built around close collaboration between USFWS offices and selected youth-serving partner organizations, with project scopes developed based on national, regional, and local USFWS needs and then refined in consultation with those partners.
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). In practice, this task order is targeted to organizations that were already selected under an earlier umbrella funding opportunity (F16AS00108), meaning the applicant pool is not open-ended; it is intended for pre-selected program partners that have demonstrated capacity to administer youth placements and work cooperatively with the Service. The activities supported by this broader program can occur at USFWS regional and field offices as well as on non-federal lands in nearby communities, reflecting an emphasis on community-connected conservation and service.
This specific award funds the placement of two full-time, year-long interns (40 hours per week for 52 weeks) at USFWS Headquarters, National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) Visitor Services, located at 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia. The first position is an Urban Wildlife Conservation Program Intern. This intern is expected to support the agency by conducting research, helping identify and strengthen both potential and existing partnerships, and producing recommendations that can inform urban wildlife conservation efforts. The role also includes travel to one or two urban national wildlife refuges to work directly with field staff and partners, with a focus on connecting refuge work to surrounding communities. In addition, the intern provides practical technical support tied to outreach and information sharing, including assistance with websites, webinars, and other related media.
The second position is a Digital Media Ranger (DMR) Intern, also based at headquarters for the same full-time, 52-week term. This intern focuses on communications and youth engagement through digital platforms. Core duties include planning, creating, and delivering social media and youth engagement campaigns across multiple channels, while coordinating with other digital media rangers to collect and catalog high-quality media produced across the National Wildlife Refuge System (noted as more than 560 refuges). A key operational component of the assignment is helping migrate media into a new digital asset management system, which involves organizing, standardizing, and preparing content for long-term use and easy access. The DMR intern also travels to one or more national wildlife refuges to work alongside other digital media rangers or to support specific projects on location, and is responsible for assembling video and photo albums to complement web articles while helping orient staff to newer social media tools and trends commonly used by younger audiences.
From a funding perspective, the opportunity anticipates a single award with an award ceiling of $81,160. Because it is structured as a cooperative agreement, USFWS is expected to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funds, typically through collaboration on goals, oversight, coordination with headquarters and field staff, and integration of the interns work products into agency programs and communications.
The legal and program authority for the award is tied to a set of long-standing federal statutes that support Interior Department duties and conservation-related youth service, volunteer engagement, and partnership programs. These include, among others, provisions under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (as amended), the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, laws supporting the National Wildlife Refuge System and its volunteer and community partnership authorities, and youth service and conservation workforce statutes such as the Public Lands Corps Act and the Youth Conservation Corps Act. In short, the task order uses established conservation and youth engagement authorities to fund two focused, year-long placements that strengthen urban conservation partnerships and modernize and expand digital outreach and youth engagement for the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Administrative details included in the source listing indicate the opportunity was created on Aug 30, 2017, with an original closing date of Sep 05, 2017. The activity categories align with employment and training as well as natural resources, reflecting the programs dual purpose: workforce development for young adults and direct support for USFWS conservation communication and community engagement priorities.Apply for F17AS00435
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the employment, labor and training, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "21st Century Service Corps - Hispanic Access Foundation Task Order 1" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.676.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 30, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 05, 2017. (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 $81,160.00 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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