Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00445
This funding opportunity, titled "21st Century Conservation Service Corps: HAF Task Order 2" (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00445), is not an open, competitive grant solicitation. It is a notification of intent to issue a single-source modification to an existing cooperative agreement (award F17AC00553) with the Hispanic Access Foundation. The modification amount is $35,746.92, with an award ceiling listed as $36,000 and an expectation of one award. Because the recipient had already been selected, the short posting window (created September 5, 2017, with an original closing date of September 10, 2017) functions mainly as a public notice rather than an invitation for new applicants.
The Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), is using this cooperative agreement to support youth engagement and workforce development activities aligned with CFDA 15.676 (Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment). The overall activity category is framed around employment, labor and training, and natural resources, with eligibility generally described as 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than institutions of higher education), though in practice this specific action was directed to the Hispanic Access Foundation as the pre-identified partner.
The project period of performance is anticipated to run from September 15, 2017 through September 30, 2018. A defining feature of this award is that it is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal government is expected to be substantially involved in carrying out the work rather than simply providing funding and stepping back. In this case, FWS involvement includes providing Department of the Interior security clearance and government-furnished computers for the intern, delivering project oversight and day-to-day supervision, and reviewing and helping draft final reports at the end of the internship period.
The purpose of the funding is straightforward and practical: it supports placement of a full-time intern serving as a Communications and Digital Media Specialist within the Communications and Partnership Branch of Fish and Aquatic Conservation. The intern is to work primarily on digital products under the supervision of Gina Long at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The position is based physically at FWS Headquarters and is described as a 40-hour-per-week placement for 52 weeks, essentially a year-long, embedded internship designed to strengthen program communications capacity.
The intern's main assignment is a substantial update and revision of Fish and Aquatic Conservation program website content. This is not described as light editing; the deliverables call for revisions to approximately 200 web pages, suggesting a broad refresh of public-facing information that likely includes restructuring content, improving clarity, updating outdated materials, and aligning pages with current messaging and program priorities. Alongside the page revisions, the intern is expected to manage and create supporting digital elements such as photo displays, videos that carry key messages, and other graphics as needed. The description also makes clear that the work extends beyond web page text into layout and design tasks, incorporating images and video to produce web pages, presentations, information products, and documents that are visually cohesive and effective for public audiences.
In addition to the primary website overhaul, the internship includes a secondary project focused on internal digital asset management. Specifically, the intern is tasked with developing an image management protocol and establishing an image library for staff use. This kind of work typically involves creating an organized structure for storing images, setting naming conventions and metadata practices, clarifying usage rights and permissions, and implementing a process so staff can reliably find, request, and reuse approved photos and graphics for communication products without duplication or confusion.
The legal and programmatic authority for the award is grounded in multiple statutes that support Interior Department activities related to conservation, public lands stewardship, fish and wildlife management, volunteering, and youth conservation and employment initiatives. The opportunity cites the Powers and Duties of the Secretary of the Interior, the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (as amended), the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, the National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 2006, the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, the National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998, the Public Lands Corps Act (as amended), and the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1972. Collectively, these authorities reflect the federal rationale for supporting conservation-related public engagement and building pathways for young people and early-career professionals to gain experience in mission-support roles, including communications work that helps the public understand and connect with fish and aquatic conservation programs.
In practical terms, this award is best understood as targeted support for a single, year-long communications internship that enhances FWS digital communication products and internal image management systems, with close federal supervision and direct operational support provided by the agency.Apply for F17AS00445
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the employment, labor and training, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "21st Century Conservation Service Corps: HAF Task Order 2" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.676.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 05, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 10, 2017 This is a Notification of Intent to award a modification to an existing award. The recipient has already been selected.. (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 $36,000.00 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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