IIJA Bureau of Land Management Arizona Youth and Conservation Corps.

This Announcement will be used to establish Master Agreements for Youth Individual Interns and Youth Crew Interns. Each Master Agreement description is identified as an attachment posted in Grants.gov in the “Related Documents” tab. A separate application must be submitted for each Master Agreement listed in this NOFO your organization is interested in applying for. NOTE: Prior to submitting an application, please contact the program expert at the BLM office in the district or field office where the work will take place to discuss your proposal (s) to ensure you understand the project, how many crews or interns are needed, so you can develop an adequate budget.

Individuals and for-profit organizations are ineligible to apply for awards under this NOFO.This program NOFO does support entities recruiting interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, 16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II-Public Lands Corps, is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "recruit" interns under this authority. Therefore, eligible Youth Conservation Corps may only apply for projects developed under NOFO 15.243 – BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands.

Karen Dyckes y Montano kdyckesymontano@blm.gov