Program accomplishments...
The initial grant was issued on March 12, 1999, for $267,690 to Environmental Careers Organization covering seven (7) internships, after an open competition which closed October 5, 1998, in response to a Federal Register Notice published August 25, 1998, Vol 63, #164, p. 45223-45227. Additional grants were issued on 10/1/99 covering 2 interns, 7/17/00 covering 4 new interns and extending 2 previously initiated interns. Grants were issued on 7/30/01 covering 12 new interns and extending 3 previously initiated interns and on 9/30/01 covering 8 new interns and extending 3 previously initiated interns. On 12/31/01 a grant covering 4 new interns and extending 5 others was issued. A grant was issued on September 30, 2002 to Environmental Careers Organization covering seven twenty (20) new) internships and extending sixteen (16) Internships, after an open competition which closed June 10, 2002, in response to a Federal Register Notice published April 25, 1998, Vol 67, #164, pg 20487-20491. On September 30, 2003, a renewal of the grant covering 12 new interns and extending 13 others was issued.