Project Grant 15PBJA20RR00522SCAA

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010) to Access California Services (AccessCal), a minority-owned, woman-owned, non-profit community development organization. The grant supports AccessCal's delivery of citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance, and other integration services for lawful permanent residents in California. Over the past...

The Sacramento County Office of Education received a $403,633.63 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Citizenship Education and Training federal grant program (CFDA 97.010). The grant will fund the ACCESS TO CITIZENSHIP project to provide free and flexible online citizenship education across California from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. In line with the grant program's goal of promoting citizenship...

Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona will receive $366,358.88 through a two-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Citizenship Education and Training federal grant program (CFDA 97.010). The grant will support citizenship education and training services for immigrants. Specifically, the funding will promote instruction and training on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship to help lawful permanent and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $3,298,498 from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families is for the "Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs" (CFDA 93.566). The award provides funding to Chicanos POR La Causa, Inc., doing business as Migrant Headstart, a non-profit organization based in Phoenix, Arizona, to deliver residential (shelter and/or transitional foster care) services for...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1,087,379 cooperative agreement to Church World Service, Inc. under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (CFDA 19.510) on December 15, 2022. The award will provide accessible resources, trainings, and technical assistance to resettlement agencies through September 30, 2023 to build and sustain effective community engagement and co-sponsorship initiatives. The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program aims to facilitate the...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $44.5 million formula grant to U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc. (USCRI) under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Voluntary Agency Programs (CFDA 93.567). The grant will support USCRI's delivery of intensive case management services to refugees and entrants from October 1, 2021 through May 31, 2023. The Refugee and Entrant Assistance Voluntary Agency Programs were created to provide...

The San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation (SCAHC) was awarded a $675,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (CFDA 16.024). This 3-year capacity-building award will enable SCAHC to establish tribal sexual assault program services for the San Carlos Apache Tribe, including accompaniment, transportation, and comprehensive sexual assault services. The TSASP program supports efforts to create,...

This $450,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS USCIS) under the Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010) supports the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS), a non-profit organization, in providing citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance, and related integration services to immigrant communities in Washington. The funding will enable ACRS to deliver a range of services in...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554), grants $725,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to modernize the state's Computerized Criminal History (CCH) repository. The award will fund the replacement of SLED's more than 40-year-old mainframe system with an updated platform, enabling numerous improvements such as the addition of a civil applicant processing...

This Project Grant award of $335,728 from the Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services will provide naturalization application assistance and citizenship preparation instruction through September 2024. Funded under the Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010), the goal is to promote citizenship among eligible permanent residents. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester will deliver the services as the awardee, operating under the name Catholic...