The purpose of the heritage partnership program funding is to engage national heritage area recipients, partners, communities, and or visitors in shared environmental stewardship

The National Park Service's Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor Communities Association (KMTA CCA), a non-profit organization, to support the operations of the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area in Alaska. The funding will engage national heritage area recipients, partners, communities, and visitors in shared environmental stewardship through initiatives that promote greater public and private participation in preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation programs and activities. Specific initiatives under this award include KMTA CCA's community-based grant program, youth education programs like the Coastal Connections Program, and collaborative partnership projects focusing on environmental stewardship. The award will benefit a range of stakeholders, including the general public, state and local governments, non-profits, and private entities, by interpreting the region's natural, cultural, and historic resources through educational and community-driven approaches.

This is done by promoting greater public and private participation in preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation programs and activities, and building resource stewardship ethics in its participants. This project supports the operations of the kenai mountains-turnagain arm national heritage area. Beneficiaries include general public, states and or their political subdivisions, non-profits, private entities, the heritage area management coordinating entity.