The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama is requesting applications to provide Outreach and Technical Assistance services.
The services will consist of preparing and hosting workshops covering Outreach and/or Technical Topic content.
The objectives of the CTA program is to
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provide technical assistance to private landowners and land users in conservation planning and contracting, design, layout, and installation of conservation practices.
Performance includes all work needed to secure locations, prepare flyers and other advertisement documents, set up location seating and procure equipment needed to conduct meetings.
This includes projectors, refreshments, sign-in sheets, evaluation forms and securing speakers/trainers for each session.
Applications are being requested from eligible government or non-government organizations, tribes, or individuals for competitive consideration of cooperative agreement awards for a period from September 19, 2017 through September 30, 201 8.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:USDA NRCS AL Website
Additional Information of Eligibility:Eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations).
For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fees.
Applicants must demonstrate the knowledge and experience necessary to identify and work collaboratively with key stakeholders at the national, tribal, regional, state, and local levels to develop tools and strategies, engage communities and the nation, and build the capacity to support victims affected by mass violence.
This will be accomplished through planning, training and technical assistance (TTA), research, specialized expertise, etc.
The applicant must also demonstrate an ability to oversee and manage a large-scale national effort, including the ability to recruit and manage project staff (including consultants, as relevant).
All activities will be conducted in collaboration with OVC.
OVC welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant.
Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees").
The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire project.
Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered.
An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.
OVC may elect to fund applications submitted under this FY 2017 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.
Full Opportunity Web Address:Contact: Agency Email Description: Agency Email: lawrence.mcghee@al.usda.gov
Date Posted: 2017-06-26
Application Due Date: 2017-07-26
Archive Date: 2017-08-25