This program utilizes qualified non profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education…

The National Park Service, through its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities grant program (CFDA 15.931), awarded $366,804.38 to the National Council For Preservation Education Inc. for the period of March 29, 2023 through December 31, 2026.

Under this cooperative agreement, the National Council For Preservation Education will utilize qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on Department of the Interior lands. The projects aim to facilitate professional development and promote exposure to cultural resources programs and networking with agency professionals for beneficiaries such as academic institutions, state and local governments, and non-profit organizations that support career training and development for youth and young adults in natural and cultural resource fields.

This program utilizes qualified non profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs. Internships on this project are meant to facilitate professional development and promote exposure to cultural resources programs and networking with agency and resource professionals. Interns will provide assistance to crps directorate programs, fulfilling a range of duties that span the responsibilities of these programs. Beneficiaries include private non profit institutions and organizations public and private non profit academic institutions state and local government agencies quasi public non profit institutions and organizations that support youth and young adult career training and development, and education in the areas of natural and or cultural resource conservation and management. Individuals families students and the general public will receive a benefit from the development and execution of these programs and projects.