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Funding for Youth Employment
- Funder: Bureau of Land Management
- Due date: August 8, 2025
- Expected number of awards: 5
- Award range: $5,000-$210,000
- Cost sharing required? Yes
- Eligibility: nonprofits, institutions of higher education, tribal organizations, and city, state, county, and tribal governments
Summary: This program’s projects employ participants and opportunities to gain work experience in public lands and natural resources management. Through their BLM experience, youth gain an appreciation for public lands, learn about conservation-related careers, and become the next generation of public lands stewards. The BLM Youth Program also helps the agency accomplish mission-critical projects across all program areas. The BLM Youth Program partners with qualified youth and conservation corps through the Public Lands Corp (PLC) Program to engage individuals between the ages of 16 and 30 (inclusive) and veterans up to age 35 (inclusive), including tribal members. The PLC program mandates employing youth who are interested in working on conservation projects that protect public lands.
To read the full Bureau of Land Management RFP, click here.
Funding for Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program
- Funder: Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women
- Due date: July 8, 2025
- Expected number of awards: 55
- Award range: $500,000-$950,000
- Cost sharing required? No
- Eligibility: nonprofits, housing authorities, institutions of higher education, tribal organizations, and city, state, county, and tribal governments
Summary: The Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (Rural Program) enhances the safety of rural victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by supporting projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural areas. This program supports cooperative efforts among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; treatment, advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, or other victim services for victims in rural communities; or programs addressing sexual assault. Eligible entities applicants are states and territories, Indian Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit (public or private) entities, including Tribal nonprofit organizations. Read the full RFP here.
