01 Dec
2024
California Department of Fish and Wildlife – Vamos a Pescar
Grant Amount: Maximum Grant Amount: not specified
Information
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is accepting grant applications for fishing programs, classes and activities that educate and engage Hispanic communities.
To be eligible for funding, programs must be:
- Family-focused: Program will encourage participation across multiple generations and gender.
- Focused on Multiple Opportunities: Program will provide multiple opportunities for the same audience to participate in fishing and/or boating.
- Metro-centric: Program will encourage focus in metro areas. Greater consideration will be given to programs in urban areas.
- Ethnically-inclusive: While a majority of participating families will be Hispanic, the event will be open to families of all races/ethnicities.
- Evaluated: Program will collect participant information and conduct program evaluation surveys
To be Considered for Funding
- Applicants should plan programming any time from February 1 to August 31.
- Program will provide multiple opportunities to educate youth and their families to participate as anglers and boaters and promote good stewardship toward the state’s aquatic resources, to include, for each participant, multiple hands-on and on-the-water learning opportunities to fish from shore or fish from a boat.
- Program will:
introduce fishing and/or boating to youth and/or families
provide hands-on fishing skills development
teach and reinforce water safety and/or safe boating behaviors
provide hands-on conservation and aquatic stewardship activities
- Program is designed to connect with community through organizational partnerships, affiliations and leadership, family programming, and if possible, existing events and access points near targeted audiences.
- Program will conduct pre- and post- program evaluation surveys and collect participant contact information
- Program will highlight successes, challenges, lessons learned and testimonials in reporting
These grants are funded through the George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar™ Education Fund. The fund supports the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation’s (RBFF) Hispanic initiative, Vamos A Pescar. To further the reach and facilitate partnerships at the local level, funds are provided for state agencies to match and sub grant to local 501(c)(3) organizations.