BLM Idaho 2017 Youth Opportunities | L17AS00041

Opportunity Information: Apply for L17AS00041

The "BLM Idaho 2017 Youth Opportunities" grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L17AS00041) was offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as a discretionary funding program focused on natural resources work in Idaho. The core purpose of the opportunity was to support conservation-related projects on BLM-managed lands by partnering with qualified youth conservation corps organizations that can recruit, train, and supervise young people. In practical terms, the program was designed to put youth and young adults to work on hands-on public lands projects while also building job skills, stewardship values, and pathways into natural resources careers.

Funding was to be awarded through cooperative agreements, which typically means BLM expected substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funding. Cooperative agreements often involve coordination on project selection, technical guidance, safety and compliance expectations, and joint oversight of deliverables, especially when work is occurring on federal lands or directly supports federal land management priorities. The activity category was natural resources, and the related CFDA listing was 15.243, which aligns with BLM assistance programs.

The opportunity was open to unrestricted applicants, meaning any type of entity could apply, provided they met any conditions described in the full eligibility language (not included in the source excerpt). However, the description makes clear that the target implementers were "qualified youth conservation corps," indicating that successful applicants would likely need demonstrated capacity to run corps-style programs and to engage youth ages 16 through 30. That age range suggests an emphasis on both traditional youth participants and young adults, which is common in conservation corps models that combine paid service, training, and conservation fieldwork.

BLM anticipated making up to five awards, with an award ceiling of $95,000 per award. While the excerpt does not list a floor, match requirements, or period of performance, the ceiling and expected number of awards indicate a small set of moderate-sized projects rather than a single large statewide program. The opportunity was created on March 14, 2017, and the original application closing date was June 30, 2017, giving applicants a little over three months to prepare proposals.

Overall, this funding opportunity aimed to simultaneously advance on-the-ground conservation outcomes for BLM Idaho and provide structured work opportunities for young people. Projects funded under this kind of announcement typically involve conservation, restoration, recreation, and resource protection work that supports BLM priorities, while emphasizing supervised field experience, safety, training, and measurable project accomplishments delivered through a corps program model.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM Idaho 2017 Youth Opportunities" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.243.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 14, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 30, 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 $95,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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