WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the Cross-Border Slam Poetry Program. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $100,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) arts, b) community development, c) education and e) humanities. The funding is open to private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education and non-profits having a 501(c)3 status with the IRS. The agency description o  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for public diplomacy programming in India. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $25,000.The agency said the grant was associated with a) community development, b) education and c) humanities. The funding is open to private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education and non-profits having a 501(c)3 status with the IRS. The agency description of the gran  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to 80 discretionary grants for technical assistance to schools implementing a multi-tiered system of support for improving school climate. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $40 million with a ceiling of $750,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to local education agencies. The funding opportunity numbe  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $99,500 cooperative agreement to the American Conservation Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona, for internships at the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The agency description of the grant states: "The selected interns (11) will complete a week long orientation and training during spring break and 12-week summer internships in a variety of disciplines relating to the operatio  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $34,000 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Legacy of Durango, Colorado, for trail maintenance at the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The agency description of the grant states: "Cooperative Agreement Number Pl5AC00024 was entered into by and between the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, (NPS), and Conservation Legacy for the purpose of completing   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $70,537 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Legacy of Durango, Colorado, for resource management border internships at the Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi, Texas. The funding opportunity number is P19AS00227 (CFDA 15.931). For more information, contact Katie Gaertner, Katie_Gaertner@nps.gov.  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $55,716 cooperative agreement to the Groundwork USA of Yonkers, New York, for the improvement of public access to the frontcountry or backcountry areas of Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The agency description of the grant states: "Projects will be selected from a long list of NPS priorities for summer 2019. Participating in the project will provide me  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $44,000 cooperative agreement to the Montana Conservation Corps for restoration and fencing projects at the Glacier National Park. The funding opportunity number is P19AS00239 (CFDA 15.931). For more information, contact Tina Holland, 307/344-2082, Tina_Holland@nps.gov.  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $28,116 cooperative agreement to the National Council for Preservation Education for historic preservation at the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida and Mississippi. The agency description of the grant states: "Cooperative Agreement Number P17AC00225 was entered between the NPS and the recipient to advance mutual goals of NPS and NCPE of developing and sharing informati  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $82,043 cooperative agreement to the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies of Flora, Mississippi, for the coordination of Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership activities. The agency description of the grant states: "Activities, include fostering the develop of high priority projects in key focus area, continue develop of a fish barrier inventory da  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $33,384 cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for the Kennesaw Mountain South Loop Trail, Marietta, Georgia, maintenance. The agency description of the grant states: "Bravo Trail Crew will clear brush, improve tread, setup water diversions, install and repair rock and log steps and perform other general trail related maintenance   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $27,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Arizona for cultural landscape inventory for the Mission 66 District at the Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico. The agency description of the grant states: "The NPS is tasked with preserving and interpreting the cultural resources of the Chaco Culture National Historic Park, and a component of this is the Missi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $10,502 cooperative agreement to the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex of Corvallis, Oregon, for the monitoring of population for the federally threatened streaked horn larks at the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00233 (CFDA 15.676). For more information, contact Heather Leopard, 541/757-7236, heath  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for the expansion of Head Start services in Los Angeles County, California. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $6,763,597. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school d  more