Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00095
The Notice of Intent: Local Youth Employment in Southern Arizona, also referred to as the Next Generation Ranger Corps Program (NextGen), is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding opportunity designed to create paid internship placements for local youth in and around Tucson, Arizona. Structured as a cooperative agreement under Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00095 (CFDA 15.954), the effort is built on a Competitive Master Cooperative Agreement (P17AC00171) between the NPS and Friends of Saguaro National Park (FOSNP). In practical terms, the NPS provides funding and program partnership support, while FOSNP takes a lead role in recruiting, hiring, and managing interns who will be placed at Saguaro National Park and exposed to work opportunities connected to other Arizona national parks.
The core activity is straightforward: FOSNP recruits and hires three local youth interns who become NextGen Rangers and work side-by-side with NPS staff across multiple areas of park operations and resource management. The internships are paid and designed to function as real workforce development experiences rather than short-term volunteer roles. Interns gain hands-on exposure to the day-to-day work of a national park, which can include conservation projects on public lands, supporting park management activities, and participating in community-facing work that helps the public understand the value of natural and cultural resources.
A major emphasis of the program is professional development and life-skill building for participants. Along with field and operational experience, interns receive training in resume building, public speaking, and community engagement, with the goal of strengthening long-term education and career outcomes. The program is intentionally positioned to broaden career horizons, particularly for youth from under-represented areas of Tucson who may not have previously viewed conservation, public lands work, or park-related careers as accessible pathways.
The public-purpose outcomes listed in the opportunity frame the program as both an economic and educational intervention. It aims to alleviate poverty by providing paid employment opportunities tied to public lands and conservation work, expand access to professional development for under-served communities, and deepen environmental learning through time spent completing tangible conservation projects in national parks. It also seeks to motivate sustained civic and stewardship involvement by engaging youth in hands-on natural resource protection efforts that connect local communities to broader conservation goals. In addition, the notice highlights objectives related to gaining and sharing scientific knowledge and improving public understanding of natural resources and conservation, reflecting the NPS mission to support resource stewardship and public education through practical, on-the-ground programming.
Administratively, this opportunity is categorized under Natural Resources and uses a cooperative agreement instrument, signaling that NPS expects to remain involved in the project beyond simply issuing funds, typically through collaboration, coordination, and shared responsibilities during implementation. The opportunity anticipated a single award with an award ceiling of $26,695 and an expected award count of one, indicating a small, targeted program budget intended to support the recruitment, wages, and programmatic costs associated with placing three interns. The posting dates show it was created on February 23, 2017, with an original closing date of March 5, 2017, and eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with additional clarification to be provided in the opportunity’s eligibility text, consistent with the partner-specific nature of the underlying cooperative agreement.Apply for P17AS00095
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent: Local Youth Employment in Southern Arizona, aka Next Generation Ranger Corps Program (NextGen)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.954.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 23, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 05, 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 $26,695.00 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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