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Funding & Technical Assistance - National Heritage Areas (U.S. National Park Service) Skip to global NPS navigation Skip to the footer section Funding & Technical Assistance Whelling National Heritage Area April 2009 Designated National Heritage Area Local Coordinating Entities receive Heritage Partnership Program funds as appropriated by Congress.
The funds are distributed through cooperative agreements with requirements for managing, spending, matching, and subgranting. Cooperative Agreements are a type of Financial Assistance instrument in which the principal purpose of the transfer of money or resource(s) to a non-federal agency is to accomplish a public purpose, and the National Park Service will be substantially involved in the funded project.
A Cooperative Agreement may provide for either a single project or the accomplishment of various anticipated tasks/projects. A Task Agreement is awarded under an existing Cooperative Agreement and outlines a specific task/project. Other Federal laws that may apply to heritage area projects include: the National Environmental Policy Act, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
2 CFR PART 200 – Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards Cooperative Agreement Templates are provided by National Park Service using DOI Standard Terms and Conditions | U.S. Department of the Interior Documentation and Match of Federal Funding Guidance for NHAs Technical Assistance for National Heritage Area Goal : This document is to provide information to the National Heritage Areas (NHA) about technical assistance and support that may be available to their organizatons from the NPS NHA Program and other National Park Service (NPS) programs and staff.
Click here for a list of online resources and resources resources from NPS staff. In addition, the National Park Service assists community groups and the public with historic preservation, recreation and improved access to public lands, natural resource conservation, and education and stewardship.
Community assistance programs of the National Park Service created a Directory of National Park Service Community Assistance Programs as a short guide to opportunities to receive assistance from the National Park Service. Please see links below for more information: Directory of National Park Service Community Assistance Programs (PDF - 4.
5MB) Summary of National Park Service Community Assistance Programs: National Designations, Grant and Financial Assistance, Project Assistance, Investment & Property Acquisition (PDF - 187KB) Summary of National Park Service Community Assistance Programs: Internships, Volunteer Opportunities, Professional Development (PDF - 157KB) Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Authority to Receive Heritage Partnership Program Funding National Heritage Areas (NHA) are granted funding authorities by law.
While the federal funding authorization may end, the designation of the NHA continues in perpetuity. Click here to read answers to frequently asked questions regarding funding. Last updated: February 13, 2025
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IDNR's OSLAD program closes at 5:00 p.m. on August 31, 2026, with $37.5 million available, a $1,125,000 ceiling for land acquisition and $600,000 for development. The standard deal is 50/50. The deal that matters for small towns is the full-funding provision for economically distressed communities — and the thing that disqualifies applicants is not the project, it is GATA prequalification.
Read articleA new Interior Department policy routes every grant and cooperative agreement of $50,000 or more through two political appointees for manual review. The result is a backlog of roughly 1,400 grants and $362 million in delayed funding — up from fewer than 10 two years ago. Here is how the bottleneck works, why it matters even for recipients who already have an award letter, and what nonprofits, universities, states, and tribes should do to protect projects that depend on Interior dollars.
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