Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00397
The SAMO Youth Leadership Program is a National Park Service (NPS) cooperative agreement project with the Santa Monica Mountains Fund (SMMF) designed to deliver a structured, paid youth work-experience and mentoring pipeline tied to park and community needs in the greater Los Angeles region. The program focuses on recruiting and hiring students from schools in Los Angeles and Oxnard, then placing them in supervised, hands-on assignments that support park facilities and community projects. A central emphasis is creating a safe, positive introductory outdoor work environment where participants learn through real work tasks while being guided by experienced staff and mentors. The project aligns with Department of the Interior priorities around maintaining a workplace environment that supports productivity and safety, and it advances the broader initiative of expanding access to outdoor recreation opportunities.
At its core, the program is built as a multi-year youth development pathway rather than a short-term internship. It provides continuous employment experience and mentoring for diverse students beginning in their junior year of high school and extending through their junior year of college. That long arc is intended to help participants build confidence and professional habits over time, gain progressively more responsibility, and develop a clearer sense of how public lands and public service careers work in practice. Participants are expected to contribute to tangible outcomes on the ground, such as maintenance, conservation-oriented projects, and other park-support activities, while receiving training that translates into practical, marketable job skills.
The stated goals of the SAMO Youth Program are threefold: first, to foster an ethic of conservation and stewardship by immersing young people in work that directly benefits natural and cultural resources; second, to inspire capable students to consider careers in public service by exposing them to mission-driven work within the National Park Service context; and third, to provide paid job experience that results in competitive skills youth can carry into future employment. The public purpose is explicitly youth-serving, aimed at creating meaningful workforce opportunities for students from the greater Los Angeles area, including communities that may face barriers to accessing outdoor spaces and early career experience.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity was published by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under funding opportunity number P18AS00397 and CFDA 15.931, within the Natural Resources activity category. The instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement and collaboration between the federal agency and the partner organization in carrying out the work. The eligible applicant type listed is 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (excluding institutions of higher education), but this particular notice is a Notice of Intent to Award and not an open call for applications. It serves as public notice that NPS intended to fund this project under an existing cooperative agreement with SMMF, with an expected single award and an award ceiling of $196,500. The posting dates reflect an original creation date of July 5, 2018, and an original closing date of July 30, 2018, though the key point is that it was not competitive because it was tied to an existing agreement and a specific partner.Apply for P18AS00397
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "SAMO Youth Leadership Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 05, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 30, 2018 NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD. This is not a request for applications. This funding announcement is to provide public notice that the National Park Service will fund the following project under an existing Cooperative Agreement with SMMF.. (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 $196,500.00 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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