PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To expand and maintain the National Register of Historic Places for planning, preservation, research, public education and tourism efforts; to make the information on districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects of historical, architectural, archeological, engineering and cultural significance more accessible to the public in order to increase and broaden the public's understanding of the information, foster a national preservation ethic, and to promote greater appreciation of America's heritage; to coordinate with Federal agencies, State and Tribal preservation offices, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in the implementation of laws and policies pertaining to historic preservation; and to establish liaison with and give guidance to communities under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (see 14.218).

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;
- Historical Preservation;
2. EDUCATION;
- Libraries and Technical Information Services;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Quasi-public non-profit organization;
- Other private institution/organization;
- Land/Property Owner;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);