Assistance program
OSM/VISTA AmeriCorps
$2.1 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)
- CFDA number
- 15.254
- What it does
- The purpose of the OSMRE Youth Program is to carry out appropriate environmental projects cooperatively with non-profit IRS 501(c)(3) eligible applicants that have access to AmeriCorps Volunteers to Service to America positions through partnership with the Corporation for National and Community or other intermediary organization on issues impacting coal communities and historic coal mining areas. The goal is to promote and stimulate public purposes such as education, job training, development of responsible citizenship and productive community involvement. The program is designed to further the understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources through the involvement of youth and young adults. It is also designed to continue the longstanding efforts of OSMRE to provide opportunities for public service, youth employment, minority youth development, training, and participation of young adults in accomplishing environmental-related work.
- Who benefits
- Youth and local communities that benefit from reclamation of abandoned mine lands; Youth interested in gaining experience in a Federal agency.
- Who applies
- The not-for-profit sponsor organization will be responsible for the daily operation of the OSMRE/VISTA Program, working closely with OSMRE to ensure the program aligns with the mission of the Bureau. Eligible sponsor organizations will have, at minimum, the following to be considered eligible: • Have a 501(c)(3) status • Have access to AmeriCorps positions through partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, or other intermediary organization • Have the organizational capacity to oversee participants in the field and across the country
- Authorized by
- Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended; Public Law 95-87; 91 Stat. 445-532; Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109-154 as amended in the National Park Service Centennial Act, Public Law 114-289; Direct Hire Authority for…
- Program site
- http://www.osmre.gov ↗
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* 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.
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