Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00104
The SEEDS YCC Crew at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00104) is a Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notice of intent to fund youth employment and conservation work through a cooperative agreement. The project sits at the intersection of workforce development and natural resource stewardship, aiming to put local young people to work on priority refuge needs while also giving them practical training that can carry over into school, future jobs, and civic life. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and aligns with activity areas that include employment, labor and training, the environment, and natural resources (CFDA 15.676).
The core purpose of the program is to support SEEDS, an established Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) provider, in employing and developing young people while improving public lands. Participants are expected to gain essential life skills such as resume building, public speaking, and community engagement, alongside hands-on conservation experience. The Fish and Wildlife Service frames the goal as two-fold: complete meaningful on-the-ground natural resource projects at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge and, at the same time, increase participants' awareness of conservation careers and encourage a long-term personal commitment to protecting the natural environment.
On the work side, youth crew members would assist refuge staff with practical field and facility projects. The description highlights typical tasks such as trail maintenance, hazard tree removal, treatment of non-native plant species, boundary posting, and general facility maintenance. These activities are the kinds of recurring, labor-intensive needs common on refuges, and they provide participants with real exposure to land management, habitat protection, and public-use infrastructure upkeep.
A major feature of this posting is that it is not an open competition. The announcement is explicitly a notice of intent to make a single-source award to SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps, justified under 505 DM 2.14.B.4. The agency explains that competing the award is not practical because SEEDS is uniquely qualified to deliver youth employment services within an urban community and because its YCC program is nationally recognized. The notice also points to SEEDS' track record: nearly 300 underserved youth employed over the last five years in northwest lower Michigan, plus experience delivering similar work under multiple contracts and agreements with federal agencies and a range of municipal and private partners.
From a funding standpoint, the opportunity anticipates one award with an award ceiling of $15,000. The posting lists an original creation date of April 3, 2018, with an original closing date of April 10, 2018, but it also makes clear there is no application process because the intent is to proceed directly with the single-source cooperative agreement to SEEDS. In short, this is a targeted, small-scale cooperative agreement designed to support a specific youth conservation crew partnership at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, with the broader public benefits of workforce development for underserved youth and improved stewardship of refuge lands and facilities.Apply for F18AS00104
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the employment, labor and training, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "SEEDS YCC Crew at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge" 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 Apr 03, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 10, 2018 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source Cooperative agreement to SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps under justification 505DM 2.14B.4.. (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 $15,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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