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

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $377,866.49, was granted by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award recipient is the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), a non-profit organization based in Ithaca, New York.

Through this Cooperative Agreement, NCPE will provide internship and educational opportunities in cultural resource management, historic preservation, and related fields for undergraduate and graduate students. Interns will be placed at various national parks, monuments, and federal offices nationwide to gain hands-on experience in a range of cultural resource preservation activities, such as documenting historic structures, cataloging museum collections, conducting archival research, digitizing records, supporting conservation efforts, developing interpretive materials, and entering data into federal databases. The award period runs from May 14, 2024, to December 31, 2027.

This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carryout appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and educationprojects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs.internships 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 cultural resources, partnerships, and science. Directorate programs, fulfilling a range of duties that span the responsibilities of these programs. The internships will provide training and practical hands-on experience to interns in cultural resource management disciplines to include interpretation and education activities. Beneficiaries include private non-profitinstitutions and organizations public and private non-profit academic institutions state and localgovernment agencies quasi-public non-profit institutions and organizations that support youth and youngadult career training and development, and education in the areas of natural and or cultural resourceconservation and management. Individuals families students and the general public will receive a benefitfrom the development and execution of these programs and projects.