Opportunity ID: 47703
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-NCTC-2009-1 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Creating Nature Champions among Healthcare Providers: Connecting Children with Nature for Better Health |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | Single Source – This opportunity is specifically being offered only to a known entity – The National |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.649 — SERVICE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (GENERIC TRAINING) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 01, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 02, 2009 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 12, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 12, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 14, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | The USFWS is not seeking applications. The USFWS plans to award this cooperative agreement under the Department Manual 505 – 2, using the following criteria to justify a single source award. – 2.14 B (1) and (4) to the National Environmental Education Foundation.
2.14 B (1) Unsolicited proposal – The proposal award is the result of an unsolicited assistance application which represents a unique or innovative idea, method, or approach which is not the subject of a current or planned contract or assistant award but which is deemed advantageous to the program objectives. The USFWS’s Connecting People with Nature Priority has a core need of connecting with the health community and working closely with a conservation partner that has a long established partnership with the USFWS and the USFWS’s National Conservation Training Center, and has already began to build resources for healthcare provider trainings. The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)has done so. 2.14 B (4) Unique Qualifications – The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as: a location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, cost-sharing ability, if applicable, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications: The National Environmental Education Foundation has a train-the-trainer mechanism for working with the unique target audience, has an established Advisory Committee of experts from major medical institutions and leaders in environmental education already in place to guide the project and an infrastructure to ensure evaluation of this unique training. They have also committed funds to the project. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Funding description: The funding for Creating Nature Champions among Healthcare Providers: connecting Children with Nature for Better Health will link two issues: rising childhood health concerns and the need to reconnect children to nature. The primary goals are to mount a campaign to train and support key Pediatric Healthcare Providers to prescribe outdoor time for children in order to help address childhood health problems and to link this advice to nature programming on public lands. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Georgia Jeppesen
Branch Chief, Program Support Phone 304-876-7388 Email:Georgia_Jeppesen@fws.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 02, 2009 | ||
| Jun 02, 2009 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-NCTC-2009-1 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Creating Nature Champions among Healthcare Providers: Connecting Children with Nature for Better Health |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | Single Source – This opportunity is specifically being offered only to a known entity – The National |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.649 — SERVICE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (GENERIC TRAINING) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 01, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 02, 2009 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 12, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 12, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 14, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | The USFWS is not seeking applications. The USFWS plans to award this cooperative agreement under the Department Manual 505 – 2, using the following criteria to justify a single source award. – 2.14 B (1) and (4) to the National Environmental Education Foundation.
2.14 B (1) Unsolicited proposal – The proposal award is the result of an unsolicited assistance application which represents a unique or innovative idea, method, or approach which is not the subject of a current or planned contract or assistant award but which is deemed advantageous to the program objectives. The USFWS’s Connecting People with Nature Priority has a core need of connecting with the health community and working closely with a conservation partner that has a long established partnership with the USFWS and the USFWS’s National Conservation Training Center, and has already began to build resources for healthcare provider trainings. The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)has done so. 2.14 B (4) Unique Qualifications – The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as: a location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, cost-sharing ability, if applicable, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications: The National Environmental Education Foundation has a train-the-trainer mechanism for working with the unique target audience, has an established Advisory Committee of experts from major medical institutions and leaders in environmental education already in place to guide the project and an infrastructure to ensure evaluation of this unique training. They have also committed funds to the project. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Funding description: The funding for Creating Nature Champions among Healthcare Providers: connecting Children with Nature for Better Health will link two issues: rising childhood health concerns and the need to reconnect children to nature. The primary goals are to mount a campaign to train and support key Pediatric Healthcare Providers to prescribe outdoor time for children in order to help address childhood health problems and to link this advice to nature programming on public lands. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Georgia Jeppesen
Branch Chief, Program Support Phone 304-876-7388 Email:Georgia_Jeppesen@fws.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-NCTC-2009-1 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Creating Nature Champions among Healthcare Providers: Connecting Children with Nature for Better Health |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.649 — SERVICE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (GENERIC TRAINING) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 02, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 12, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 14, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $300,000 |
| Award Floor: | $5,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | The USFWS is not seeking applications. The USFWS plans to award this cooperative agreement under the Department Manual 505 – 2, using the following criteria to justify a single source award. – 2.14 B (1) and (4) to the National Environmental Education Foundation.
2.14 B (1) Unsolicited proposal – The proposal award is the result of an unsolicited assistance application which represents a unique or innovative idea, method, or approach which is not the subject of a current or planned contract or assistant award but which is deemed advantageous to the program objectives. The USFWS’s Connecting People with Nature Priority has a core need of connecting with the health community and working closely with a conservation partner that has a long established partnership with the USFWS and the USFWS’s National Conservation Training Center, and has already began to build resources for healthcare provider trainings. The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)has done so. 2.14 B (4) Unique Qualifications – The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as: a location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, cost-sharing ability, if applicable, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications: The National Environmental Education Foundation has a train-the-trainer mechanism for working with the unique target audience, has an established Advisory Committee of experts from major medical institutions and leaders in environmental education already in place to guide the project and an infrastructure to ensure evaluation of this unique training. They have also committed funds to the project. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Funding description: The funding for Creating Nature Champions among Healthcare Providers: connecting Children with Nature for Better Health will link two issues: rising childhood health concerns and the need to reconnect children to nature. The primary goals are to mount a campaign to train and support key Pediatric Healthcare Providers to prescribe outdoor time for children in order to help address childhood health problems and to link this advice to nature programming on public lands. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Georgia Jeppesen
Branch Chief, Program Support Phone 304-876-7388 Email:Georgia_Jeppesen@fws.gov |
Related Documents
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Georgia Jeppesen Branch Chief, Program Support Phone 304-876-7388 Email: Georgia_Jeppesen@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.649 | PKG00012406 | Jun 02, 2009 | Jun 12, 2009 | View |
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