Boston Harbor Islands Partnership

 

This program is to enter into cooperative agreements with partners of Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Through cooperative agreements, the Recreation Area works collaboratively with interested entities to provide for safe visitor access, public information, youth programs, resource management, citizen science, and scholarly research.

Active 15.947 National Park Service, Department of The Interior B - Project Grants; C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Fiscal Year 2016 No information available. Outreach and additional interpretation funded.
Fiscal Year 2017 Awarded 11 task agreements that accomplished goals to expand public awareness, access and engagement through education, youth, stewardship and volunteer programming; complete water transportation survey; and complete deferred maintenance to ensure visitor access.
Fiscal Year 2018 Issued 7 awards
Fiscal Year 2019 No projects were funded this fiscal year.
Fiscal Year 2022 No awards were made in Fiscal Year 2022 Boston Harbor Islands National Recreational Area 16 U.S.C. 460kkk(d) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, members of the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership, and other public entities, education institutions, and private nonprofit organizations. General Public Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Funding announcements for this program, along with registration procedures, application packages and instructions, points of contact, and procedures for submitting applications will be available on www.grants.gov. Proposals received in response announcements on grants.gov are reviewed on the basis of a competitive, merit-based review process, and are rated in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in the announcement. Awards may be made to the highest rated proposals based on the amount of funding available each year. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Varies depending on the type and complexity of the project. Further information will be available for each specific project at the time the funding opportunity announcement is posted on www.grants.gov and may be obtained by contacting the Program Manager listed as the point of contact. None. Final award decisions are not subject to appeal; however, the National Park Service will provide applicants with information on why their proposals were not selected for award. Projects may generally be renewed on an annual basis, not to exceed a total of 5 years. If renewals or extensions are applicable to the project, this information will be included in the funding opportunity announcement. When renewals or extensions are applicable, continuation of funding for these activities is at the discretion of Congress and will be subject to availability of appropriated funds. Specific evaluation criteria will be included in the funding announcements posted on www.grants.gov. Cooperative agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or its political subdivisions to acquire from and provide to the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions goods and services to be used in the cooperative management of lands within the recreation area, if the Secretary determines that appropriations for that purpose are available and the agreement is in the best interest of the United States. Not applicable. Not applicable. Per 2 CFR Part 200.333 - 200.337 Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Dependent on fund source and type of project. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: For further information, please contact the regional office. For further information, please contact the regional office. Michael Creasey, General Superintendent National Parks of Boston 15 State Street 9th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02109 michael_creasey@nps.gov (617)242-5644 Michael Creasey, Superintendent
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Boston, MA 02109 US
michael_creasey@nps.gov
Phone: (617)242-5644 https://www.nps.gov/boha 14-1039-0-1-303 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $800,000.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$0.00; FY 20$0.00; FY 19$0.00; FY 18$550,000.00; FY 17$1,353,507.00; FY 16$546,694.00; - No projects were funded in FY22, but it is anticipated that at least one project will be funded in fiscal year 2023. $1,000 - $80,000 2 CFR, Part 200, 43 CFR, OMB Circulars, standard forms, and program information Fiscal Year 2016 No information available. Continued management and partnership agreements between the historic park/site management entity, NPS and the City of Boston, MA.
Fiscal Year 2017 Control Woody Debris, Education & Youth Engagement, Resource Stewardship and Volunteersim
Fiscal Year 2018 Program funded projects that promote public awareness, access and engagement; and repairs deferred maintenance issues.
Fiscal Year 2019 Program funded projects that promote public awareness, access and engagement; and repairs deferred maintenance issues.
Fiscal Year 2020 No projects were funded this fiscal year.
Fiscal Year 2021 If funding is available the Park anticipates funding projects that promote public awareness, access and engagement; and repairs deferred maintenance issues.
Fiscal Year 2023 Funding will be used to complete construction project on partner-owned sites within boundary of Boston Harbor Islands NRA.