Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00342
The HAF Community Assistance Fellows grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00342) is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), under the education activity category and CFDA 15.921. Created on July 2, 2019, the opportunity is designed to support a program that places young adults into internship-style roles where they provide technical assistance to communities across the United States. The central purpose is to expand outdoor recreation opportunities and strengthen resource conservation efforts at the community level, with interns helping NPS reach more people and deliver better public service.
At its core, the project funds a cohort of Community Assistance Fellows who work alongside or in support of NPS staff. These fellows are positioned as capacity builders: they extend the reach of existing NPS teams by contributing time, skills, and on-the-ground support that helps communities navigate recreation planning, access to outdoor spaces, and conservation-related initiatives. The opportunity emphasizes serving a wide swath of the American public, suggesting that assistance is intended to be broadly accessible and not limited to a narrow set of locations or partners. In practice, this kind of technical assistance can include helping communities identify recreation needs, connect with relevant resources, improve program delivery, and strengthen approaches to protecting natural and cultural resources.
The opportunity also has a clear workforce-development component. In addition to improving public-facing services, the fellowship experience is meant to provide professional development for the participating young adults. The description highlights that fellows gain meaningful, career-relevant experience while contributing to NPS mission goals, which typically include stewardship, conservation, interpretation, and public enjoyment of parks and related resources. The structure implicitly benefits both sides: NPS and communities receive added capacity and support, while fellows receive training, mentorship, and experience that can help launch careers in conservation, parks, public service, or related fields.
From an administrative standpoint, this notice is not an open competition. The posting states it is a notice of intent to award to the Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) under a previously competed cooperative agreement, and explicitly notes that no applications will be accepted. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $512,051. While the eligibility field is listed as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," the intent-to-award language makes the practical eligibility outcome clear: the award is directed to HAF as the selected partner for this particular action, rather than soliciting new applicants.
Overall, HAF Community Assistance Fellows is best understood as a targeted, partner-supported NPS initiative that uses paid or structured internship placements to expand technical assistance capacity nationwide. It aims to help communities improve access to outdoor recreation and advance conservation outcomes, while simultaneously building a pipeline of trained young professionals who gain hands-on experience contributing to NPS-supported public service work.Apply for P19AS00342
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "HAF Community Assistance Fellows" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.921.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 02, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Notice of intent to award to Hispanic Access Foundation under previously competed Cooperative Agreement. No applications will be accepted.. (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 $512,051.00 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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