In 2024, the National Park Service (NPS) established a nationwide programmatic agreement for its cultural resources grants and financial assistance programs (Nationwide PA) in partnership with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Offices (NCSHPO). The Nationwide PA addresses activities that are considered undertakings under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (Section 106) within several current and future cultural resources grant programs, National Heritage Areas, and other types of financial assistance activities.
The Section 106 regulations at 36 CFR Part 800 provide federal agencies with several program alternatives to meet their responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. A federal agency may develop a program alternative in order to tailor the Section 106 process for a group of undertakings or an entire program that may affect historic properties. NPS developed a Nationwide PA to establish a consistent Section 106 process for its cultural resources grants and financial assistance undertakings which support the mission of the NPS in the preservation and interpretation of cultural resources.
The National Park Service Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science (CRPS) Directorate provides Federal financial assistance through a number of programs that support the national historic preservation program, heritage partnership programs and community-led conservation, the preservation of America’s historic places, and the repatriation and disposition of certain Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony; these programs include:
Grants (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
National Heritage Areas (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
Last updated: December 4, 2024