Project Grant 22CICET00240

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services, under the Citizenship Education and Training federal grant program (CFDA 97.010), awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Catholic Charities, Archdiocese Of San Antonio, Inc. to provide quality naturalization and civic instruction services in partnership with the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD). The two-year grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, will support...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Houston under the Citizenship Education and Training (CFDA 97.010) federal grant program. The grant will fund YMCA's FY 2023 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program to provide citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance, English language classes, civics education, and integration services for...

This federal Project Grant award of $300,000.00, provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Citizenship Education and Training Program (CFDA 97.010), will fund the "TRIAD NATURALIZATION APPLICATION AND EDUCATION SERVICES COLLABORATIVE" led by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G). The grant aims to expand access to high-quality citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance, and integration services for lawful...

The Laredo College federal Project Grant award of $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS USCIS) Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010) will fund citizenship instruction and naturalization application services over a two-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. The grant supports Laredo College, a minority-serving Hispanic institution of higher education, in providing comprehensive citizenship preparation...

The University of North Texas at Dallas received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The award, granted on August 13, 2024, will support a wide range of economic and community development activities in Dallas, Texas, to be completed by August 31, 2032. The specific project details and intended beneficiaries are unknown at this...

This $850,000 Project Grant award under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251), funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, supports a wide range of economic and community development activities in Dallas, TX. While the full scope of the project is not yet known, the award is intended to fund initiatives that create jobs, foster business growth,...

The University of North Texas, in partnership with the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute, has been awarded a $396,362 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to create a new internship program for graduate students under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA 45.031). The project will recruit a cohort of six graduate students each year, support their completion of a new Cultural Heritage Stewardship Certificate, and provide...

This Project Grant award of $750,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Legal Assistance for Victims (CFDA 16.524) Grant Program will provide legal consultation and representation services for immigrant domestic violence survivors in North Texas, including Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Tarrant Counties. The funding will be used by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc. to address the priority area of advancing equity and...

The Hillsborough County School District was awarded a $552,676.08 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Citizenship Education and Training program. The grant will fund the Tampa Bay Citizenship and Naturalization Program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The Program will provide citizenship instruction and training to support naturalization efforts in Florida, in keeping with the Citizenship Education and Training...

The University of North Texas Libraries received a $203,140 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program. The award will fund a two-year project to digitize and make available 100,000 pages of Texas newspaper content through the National Digital Newspaper Program. The selected newspaper titles will reflect the political and economic history of the state, provide coverage for...