Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00057
The Santa Monica Mountains Fund Visitor Services and Administrative Support opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00057) is a National Park Service (Department of the Interior) notice of intent to award funding under an existing cooperative agreement with the Santa Monica Mountains Fund (SMMF). It falls under the Natural Resources activity category (CFDA 15.954) and uses a Cooperative Agreement funding instrument. The announcement is not a request for applications; instead, it serves as public notice that the National Park Service plans to fund a specific project with a single expected award. The listed award ceiling is $50,000, and eligibility is limited to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), which aligns with SMMF as the intended partner.
The core purpose of the project is to strengthen visitor services and basic front desk operations connected to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA). The park has an ongoing responsibility to provide the public with accurate, helpful information about park sites, recreation options, and other services. A key driver is that the park's current administrative headquarters used to function as the main visitor center, so visitors still routinely come there expecting assistance. In addition to in-person questions, the administrative front desk handles routine operational needs such as receiving mail and deliveries, which the notice states occur about three times per day. The opportunity frames friendly, knowledgeable customer service as essential to carrying out SMMNRA's mission of public enjoyment and engagement.
SMMF is identified as uniquely suited to support these needs because of its long-standing relationship with the park and its track record of promoting public awareness of SMMNRA. The notice highlights decades of collaboration on OUTDOORS, a publication designed to increase awareness of the park and encourage in-park activities. It also notes that SMMF has historically supported the park through private donations under a cooperating association agreement, reinforcing the idea that both the park and SMMF share the same goal: helping more people discover, enjoy, and appreciate the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding areas through high-quality visitor contact and information services.
Under the cooperative arrangement, SMMF and NPS personnel are expected to collaborate to provide face-to-face visitor services at selected visitor contact stations, with particular emphasis on the administrative offices that are frequently visited by the public. Services include answering questions and orienting visitors to the park and the broader National Park System. The information provided is intended to cover practical wayfinding and trip-planning needs (such as directions, site locations, and how to access trailheads and destinations), recreational opportunities, public programming, and guidance related to special park uses and permits. Alongside visitor-facing assistance, the project also includes incidental administrative support to keep front desk operations running smoothly, especially the routine receiving of mail and other deliveries for both SMMF and SMMNRA.
The public purpose section emphasizes that the work is meant to expand access to information and interpretation in places where park interpretation staff are not consistently available. Because SMMNRA interpretation staff are often in the field, they may not be able to provide interpretive and educational services at fixed locations like the administrative headquarters. This project addresses that gap by having SMMF partner with interpretation staff to help deliver interpretive and educational information in those settings, ensuring visitors still have access to meaningful context about the park's resources, opportunities, and programs even when NPS interpretive staff are elsewhere.
Key dates in the source data show the opportunity was created on January 18, 2017, with an original closing date of February 1, 2017, which is consistent with a notice posting window rather than an open competition. Overall, the funding supports a targeted, service-oriented collaboration intended to improve visitor experiences, strengthen public understanding of SMMNRA, and maintain essential front desk functions at locations where the public regularly seeks assistance.Apply for P17AS00057
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Santa Monica Mountains Fund Visitor Services and Administrative Support" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.954.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 18, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 01, 2017 Not a request for applications NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD. This funding announcement is to provide public notice that the National Park Service will fund the following project under an existing Cooperative Agreement with SMMF. (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 $50,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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