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LWCF State Assistance Formula Grants - Planning - FY24
This notice of funding opportunity is to advise the State lead agencies for Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) of the availability of funds for projects to develop or update their State-wide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) or supporting elements of it, as well as for other types of
recreation planning projects that can help inform the SCORP.
The LWCF Act requires each state to develop and maintain a SCORP for overall program eligibility for LWCF grants.
The LWCF State and Local Assistance program is implemented by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with designated lead agencies in each of the 50 States as well as American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands.
Each fiscal year Congress allocates money from the LWCF for this program, which is in turn allocated to the States based on a legislative formula.
To be eligible for the funding, States must have a current SCORP in place that assesses demand and need for outdoor recreation resources and sets priorities for the use of LWCF funds.
Projects selected for LWCF funding should address priority needs or goals of the SCORP.
The NPS must review and approve each State’s SCORP, which is updated at least once every 5 years.
The LWCF Grant Assistance Manual establishes the eligibility, procedural, and programmatic requirements for LWCF grants.
A copy of the current volume of the LWCF Financial Assistance Manual (Volume 72, October 1, 2023) can be found at FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MANUAL (nps.gov).
Chapter 2 of the Manual outlines the SCORP process and requirements.
The LWCF Act requires each state to develop and maintain a SCORP for overall program eligibility for LWCF grants.
The LWCF State and Local Assistance program is implemented by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with designated lead agencies in each of the 50 States as well as American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands.
Each fiscal year Congress allocates money from the LWCF for this program, which is in turn allocated to the States based on a legislative formula.
To be eligible for the funding, States must have a current SCORP in place that assesses demand and need for outdoor recreation resources and sets priorities for the use of LWCF funds.
Projects selected for LWCF funding should address priority needs or goals of the SCORP.
The NPS must review and approve each State’s SCORP, which is updated at least once every 5 years.
The LWCF Grant Assistance Manual establishes the eligibility, procedural, and programmatic requirements for LWCF grants.
A copy of the current volume of the LWCF Financial Assistance Manual (Volume 72, October 1, 2023) can be found at FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MANUAL (nps.gov).
Chapter 2 of the Manual outlines the SCORP process and requirements.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=0E1ECC40-BB71-4F0B-A8AA-E48DDEA085E7
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Applicants for the RHITND program must meet at least one of the three requirements stated below.
(Note: An RHITND grant award will be made to only one member of the network that will be the grantee of record and only that organization needs to meet the eligibility criteria): (1) The lead applicant organization must be located in a rural area or in a rural census tract of an urban county, and all services must be provided in a rural county or census tract.
To ascertain rural eligibility, please refer to: http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/RuralAdvisor/ and enter the applicant organization’s state and county.
A network serving rural communities but whose applicant organization is not in a designated rural area will not be considered for funding under this announcement; OR (2) The applicant organization exists exclusively to provide services to migrant and seasonal farm workers in rural areas and is supported under Section 330G of the Public Health Service Act (documentation of status as a Section 330G Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers organization must be uploaded as Attachment 8).
These organizations are eligible regardless of the urban or rural location of the administrative headquarters; OR (3) The applicant is a Tribal government whose grant-funded activities will be conducted within their Federally-recognized Tribal area (documentation from the federal register should be uploaded as Attachment 7).
In addition to the 50 states, applicants may be located in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territories of the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Compact Free Association Jurisdictions of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia.
If applicants are located outside the 50 states, they still have to meet the rural eligibility requirements.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=0E1ECC40-BB71-4F0B-A8AA-E48DDEA085E7
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Program Manager (Acting)
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2024-02-02
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2024-08-11
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