; (2) be wheelchair accessible; (3) include classroom or lecture space; (4) include office space for staff; (5) include a suitable space for storing training equipment; (6) provide for periodic use of other training areas for training the dogs with wheelchairs and conducting other exercises; (7) include outdoor exercise and toileting space for dogs; and (8) provide transportation for weekly field trips to train dogs in other environments. (f) Design of pilot program Each contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that the non-government entity shall— (1) employ at least one person with clinical experience related to mental health; (2) ensure that veterans participating in the program receive training from certified service dog training instructors; (3) ensure that each service dog in training participating in the pilot program is taught all essential commands pertaining to service dog skills; (4) ensure that the pilot program involves both lecture of service dog training methodologies and practical hands-on training and grooming of service dogs; and (5) ensure that the pilot program is designed to— (A) maximize the therapeutic benefits to veterans participating in the program; and (B) provide well-trained service dogs to veterans with disabilities; and (6) in hiring service dog training instructors to carry out training under the pilot program, give a preference to veterans who have successfully graduated from post-traumatic stress disorder or other residential treatment programs and who have received adequate certification in service dog training. (g) Administration In order to carry out the pilot program under section (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— (1) administer the program through the Center for Compassionate Innovation of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department in collaboration with the Recreation Therapy Service of the Department under the direction of a certified recreational therapist with sufficient administrative experience to help oversee the pilot program