Block Grant 90NL0348

This Project Grant award of $1,150,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Comprehensive Centers Program (CFDA 84.283) to Loyola Marymount University. The funding will support the establishment of the Center on English Learners and Multilingualism, which will provide capacity-building services, training, professional development, and technical assistance to state, regional, and local educational agencies to improve...

This $440,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), will support the development and pilot implementation of a manualized support group curriculum for families of children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). The project aims to engage the DLD community to design a curriculum that meets the informational and emotional needs of...

The Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition awarded a $670,397 Project Grant under the English Language Acquisition State Grants program (CFDA 84.365) to Dual Language Education of New Mexico. The grant, titled "PROJECT SEMBRAR: SUSTAINING EQUITY THROUGH MENTORSHIP, BILINGUAL TEACHER RECRUITMENT, ALLIANCES, AND RETENTION," will support efforts to improve language instruction, academic achievement, and educational outcomes for English language learners (ELs)...

This federal Project Grant award of $415,233 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) will leverage existing data and create open data resources to identify patterns and predictors of developmental outcomes in late-talking children. The project, led by the University of Maryland, College Park, will track the written language development of students from grades 6 to 11, both with and without developmental language disorders (DLD), focusing on...

This Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) will support the development and implementation of a professional development framework for school administrators and teachers. The framework aims to build...

This $5,605,972 English Language Acquisition State Grants Program (CFDA 84.365) formula grant was awarded on July 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition to the State of New Mexico Public Education Department. The grant supports the development and implementation of comprehensive language instruction programs to help English language learners (ELs), including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency and meet academic standards. The...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will provide $1,180,000 to support the Government of Malawi's Ministry of Education in improving the use of teaching and learning materials to enhance national reading performance. The project, titled the "Tisamale Mabuku Activity," will be implemented by Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) over a 2-year period...

The Mana 'Olelo Project, awarded a $898,597 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Native Americans (CFDA 93.612 Native American Programs), aims to increase Hawaiian language fluency among 100 students in grades K-12 across 11 partner schools in Hawaii over a three-year period. The project will develop and implement 24 Hawaiian language learning resources integrated with music instruction, including video lessons and curriculum modules, while also...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under CFDA 84.325 - Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities - provides $132,691 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the "PROJECT MESA: MULTILINGUAL, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD SOCIAL COMMUNICATION APPROACHES" initiative. This 12-month project aims to enhance the preparation of...

The Lakota Language Education and Resource Development Project at Oglala Lakota College was awarded a $747,142 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Native Americans (CFDA 93.612 Native American Programs). The project aims to strengthen and sustain the Lakota language through three key initiatives: 1) developing an updated college-level Lakota language textbook, 2) creating a new Lakota-English dictionary with audio recordings, and 3)...