Opportunity Information: Apply for P20AS00079
The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) State Assistance - Cycle 3 opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P20AS00079) is a discretionary federal grant program administered by the Department of the Interior through the National Park Service. It supports projects that acquire land and/or develop facilities for public outdoor recreation. In practice, the program is designed to help expand and improve places where the public can engage in outdoor activities, such as parks, trails, recreation areas, and other community recreation assets, with an emphasis on long-term public benefit.
A key feature of this opportunity is that the eligible applicants are state governments, not individual local governments or nonprofits applying directly to the federal government. States apply for and manage the funding, and then distribute support to local governments through their own state-administered processes. That means a city, county, or park district typically participates by applying to its state LWCF program, following state priorities and timelines, rather than submitting directly to the National Park Service. The notice also makes clear that only applications approved for final submission by the NPS will be accepted, reflecting the multi-step review and approval process common to this program.
The funding instrument is a grant, and the funding activity areas listed include community development, environment, natural resources, and other related purposes tied to outdoor recreation. The CFDA number associated with the program is 15.916. The opportunity was created on June 1, 2020, with an original closing date of July 17, 2020, establishing the window in which states would complete their submissions through the required process. The maximum award amount listed is $3,500,000 per award (the award ceiling), and the opportunity anticipated a large number of awards overall, with an estimated 200 awards expected, suggesting broad national distribution across multiple states and many local projects.
Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as a state-centered funding stream that helps communities protect important recreation lands and build or improve outdoor recreation facilities for public use, with states serving as the primary applicants and pass-through administrators for local government projects.Apply for P20AS00079
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the community development, environment, natural resources, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance - Cycle 3" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.916.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 17, 2020 Only applications approved for final submission by the NPS will be accepted.. (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 $3,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 200 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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