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…

This Cooperative Agreement award of $163,506.13 was made by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award supports the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), a non-profit organization, to provide internship and educational opportunities in cultural resource management, historic preservation, and related fields. Through this agreement, NCPE will place undergraduate and graduate students in hands-on conservation and preservation projects across various national parks, monuments, and federal lands. Interns will perform tasks 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. This award aims to engage youth and young adults in the protection of natural, cultural, and historical resources on Department of the Interior lands.

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. This agreement serves a public purpose by promoting and stimulating education, job training, developmentofresponsiblecitizenship, productivecommunityinvolvement, and furthering the understanding, appreciation, and conservation of natural and cultural resources.theprojectsawardedunderthiscooperativeagreementwillmotivateyouthandyoung adults to be involved with the natural, cultural and historical resource protection of their communities and beyond. The 21CSC youth agreements will provide opportunities for youth and inspire millions of young people to play, learn, serve, and work in the great outdoors. 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 benefitfrom the development and execution of these programs and projects.