Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS NOIP18AC00164
Teaching Traditional Building/Landscape Skills - SLBE is a National Park Service cooperative agreement opportunity designed to strengthen a workforce pipeline for traditional preservation trades while supporting resource stewardship at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwest Michigan. The project is run in partnership with Child and Family Services of NW Michigan through its Youth Works program, and it expands an existing collaboration between the park and the recipient organization. The central idea is to place young people in real work settings inside the park, pairing them with experienced park staff so they can learn practical, job-ready skills while contributing to preservation and landscape projects that matter.
The training cohort is structured as a small crew made up of one crew leader and four crewmembers, with participating youth ranging from ages 16 to 25. Participants work alongside National Park Service staff in a hands-on, mentor-apprentice style environment rather than a classroom-only format. Work assignments are intended to match each participant's developing ability, so projects can be scaled in complexity as skills grow. This progressive, supervised approach is meant to build confidence, introduce professional expectations, and create a clear connection between effort, craftsmanship, and visible outcomes on historic structures and cultural landscapes.
A major goal of the opportunity is to help preserve and pass on traditional building and landscape trades by exposing young workers to careers they may not otherwise consider. The program frames these trades as viable vocational paths within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore itself, in nearby communities, or in preservation and skilled-trade jobs nationwide. In addition to workforce development, the project also supports historic preservation by promoting broader public and private participation in preservation programs and activities, and by reinforcing a conservation-minded ethic among participants. In practical terms, it aims to grow the next generation of park stewards who understand both the technical side of preservation work and the responsibility that comes with caring for public resources.
The kinds of projects covered under this agreement span a wide range of traditional and preservation-focused skills. On the building side, activities can include timber framing, stone and brick masonry repair, wood window repair and glazing, blacksmithing, and exterior maintenance such as roofing and siding. On the landscape and cultural resources side, work can involve pruning, horticulture, cultural landscape management, and other traditional practices tied to maintaining historically significant settings. Together, these tasks reflect the blend of historic structure preservation and landscape stewardship that many park units need, while giving participants a broad base of experience across multiple related trades.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, offered under CFDA 15.931 and issued as a cooperative agreement, meaning the NPS expects to be actively involved in carrying out the project rather than simply providing pass-through funding. The opportunity number is NPS NOIP18AC00164. It was created on May 29, 2018, with an original closing date of June 7, 2018. The anticipated award structure is a single award (expected awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $52,500, reflecting a focused, small-cohort training model intended to deliver close supervision, strong mentoring, and tangible preservation results within a limited funding scope.Apply for NPS NOIP18AC00164
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Teaching Traditional Building/Landscape Skills - SLBE" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 29, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 07, 2018. (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 $52,500.00 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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