Professional Practice
National Park Service Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Grant Program
Date: 8/4/2022 - 5/31/2023
Description:
The National Park Service (NPS) has announced the opening of the sixth Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) application round. Established in 2014, the ORLP is a nationally competitive grant program, funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), that focuses on communities with little to no access to outdoor recreation opportunities in urban areas. In this round, NPS has $192 million available for park projects that create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks, or form connections between people and the outdoors in economically underserved communities.
Project sponsors must match the grant award 1:1 with non-federal dollars.
Applications are being accepted in Grants.gov through May 31, 2023, with an early submission deadline of January 31, 2023 for those that have application requirements completed. Interested jurisdictions should contact their state lead agency for LWCF.