Experienced Services (15.682)
Experienced Services (Assistance Listing 15.682) is run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, part of the Department of the Interior. It awarded $38.3 million in 156 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $245,258 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $77,796. Half of the 156 awards fell between $36,593 and $147,011, and they ranged from $2,115 to $20.7 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$38.3 million
- Grant awards156
- Typical award$77,796
- Awarded in FY 2025$25.5 million
- Size rank1111 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreement
Key findings
- Annual funding rose from $1.3 million in fiscal 2021 to $25.5 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1111th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- Awards went to recipients in 2 states and territories.
What the program funds
Enable the agency to work with select NGOs to fill a wide variety of temporary human resource needs with skilled, experienced workers, aged 55 and older, while also providing opportunities to qualified older Americans to have meaningful work and fair wages.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Applicants must be nonprofits and eligible to receive funds from the Department of Labor under Title V of the Older Americans Act (Senior Community Service Employment Program).
What the money can and cannot pay for
Recipients will use funding to cover overhead or administrative costs to fulfill its obligations under the cooperative agreement, as well as salary and benefits for enrollees. Overhead or administrative costs may include payroll and benefits management, required reporting, and providing interactive portal for enrollee supervisors, among others. Authorizing legislation (PL 116-94, Division D, Sec. 111) specifies that Program activities may not: (1) result in the displacement of individuals currently employed by the Department of the Interior, including partial displacement through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment benefits; (2) result in the use of an individual under the Department of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same or substantially equivalent job within the Department; or (3) affect existing contracts for services.;
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: An agreement was issued in FY25 to support the work of a heavy equipment operator to assist with maintenance and habitat work on one of the Service’s national wildlife refuges.Fiscal Year2026: An agreement was issued in FY26 to support the work of a grants management specialist to assist one of the Service’s regional Office of Conservation Investment offices with grant processing.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Experienced Services (15.682) awarded$38.3 million across 156 grant awards, an average of $245,258 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc | Virginia | 146 | $36.8 million |
| Cwi Works, Inc | Maryland | 10 | $1.5 million |
Who usually wins
Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 153 | $38.2 million | 100% |
| Other | 3 | $50,564 | 0.1% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.