Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area | NPS 19 NERO 0123

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 19 NERO 0123

The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 19 NERO 0123) is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding notice issued as a public announcement rather than a competitive grant solicitation. In practical terms, the posting is intended to inform the public that the NPS plans to provide financial assistance for certain project activities connected to the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area, but it is not inviting new applications or proposals. The agency repeats this point explicitly in the description: it is not a request for applications, and it functions strictly as public notice of an intended award.

The funding instrument identified is a cooperative agreement, which typically signals that NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the supported work (for example, ongoing coordination, technical participation, or shared responsibilities during project implementation). The opportunity is categorized under community development, aligning the assistance with place-based initiatives that often include heritage conservation, interpretation and education, recreation access, community engagement, and related improvements that support the heritage area and surrounding communities. The CFDA (now commonly referenced through assistance listings) number provided is 15.939, which corresponds to National Heritage Area federal financial assistance.

The notice lists an award ceiling of $610,000, indicating the maximum federal amount anticipated under this intended assistance action. While an "ExpectedAwards" figure is not provided in the source data, the structure and wording of the announcement indicate a specific, pre-identified assistance action rather than multiple competitive awards. The eligible applicants field is broadly shown as "Others," but because this is not an open solicitation, eligibility in the normal competitive sense is not the central feature; instead, it reflects that the intended recipient may fall outside the standard categories like state or local governments, tribes, or universities.

Key administrative details include the agency (National Park Service), the original closing date listed as 2019-08-31, and a creation date of 2019-08-21. In the context of a non-application notice, the closing date functions more like an administrative endpoint for the posting rather than a deadline for submitting proposals. Overall, this announcement is best understood as a transparency and compliance step: NPS is documenting its intent to fund specific activities related to the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area through a cooperative agreement, up to the stated ceiling, without conducting an open call for applications.

• The National Park Service in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.939.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2019-08-21.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-08-31. (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 $610,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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