Assistance program
Experienced Services Program
$7.1 Million committed in FY2023–FY2026
- Agency
- Bureau of Reclamation, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 15.070
- What it does
- The ESP program provides funding that allows agencies to enter into agreements with non-profit organizations to provide opportunities to qualified individuals 55 years of age and older who have specific technical skills and abilities not available or underrepresented at current staffing levels. Qualified individuals who are part of the ESP will support Reclamation in managing, developing, and protecting water and related resources. ESP participants will provide technical assistance and support to Reclamation in developing and executing projects in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. The ESP participants will not replace or displace current Reclamation employees.
- Who benefits
- Private non-profit organizations that support career advancement and placement for individuals 55 years of age and older. Individuals 55 years of age and older.
- Who applies
- This program is limited to qualified non-profit organizations subject to 26 USC 501 c(3) of the tax code, and must be designated by the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965. Proof of establishment must be submitted with the application.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments