Description
The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement to Groundwork USA for the Urban Waters Learning Network project. The project aims to help communities utilize science and technology to manage their local water resources. The objectives of the project include expanding participation in the Urban Waters Learning Network, assisting participants with their community-led urban waters restoration projects, identifying community and organization needs for conserving water resources, and providing technical assistance to build capacity and effectiveness of organizations working on urban waters projects. The project will provide overall direction and management of the Urban Waters Learning Network, including implementation and tracking of the approved work plan, developing and delivering status reports, and overseeing the workload of sub-awardees.
Some key aspects of the project include:
• Expanding participation in the Urban Waters Learning Network to include communities that are part of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership
• Assisting participants in the Urban Waters Learning Network with their community-led urban waters restoration projects
• Identifying specific community and organization needs for conserving water resources and informing Federal agency partners to improve the effectiveness of their support to urban waters organizations
• Providing technical assistance to build capacity and effectiveness of organizations working on urban waters projects
• Documenting and communicating program impact to multiple audiences