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 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. At independence national historical park, the youth will undertake the interior rehabilitation of the interior painted finishes of independence hall, congress hall, and old city hall. Under the direction of an NPS preservation specialist, participants will document existing conditions and rehabilitate the interior painted finishes matching the existing material and paint color. 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.under the technical guidance of the hace maintenance action team (mat) preservation specialists, the youth under this agreement will undertake the interior rehabilitation of the interior painted finishes of independence hall, congress hall, and old city hall at intendance national historic park. Participants will document existing conditions and rehabilitate the interior painted finishes matching the existing material and paint color. This work is being done in preparation for the 250TH anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence.