The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Hispanic Federation Inc. under the Citizenship Education and Training federal grant program (CFDA 97.010) for the "Motivational Citizenship Academy for Long-Term LPRs" program. This program provides citizenship education and training to help lawful permanent residents (LPRs) gain the knowledge and skills necessary for successful integration into American society. The funding will support initiatives such...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through its Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency, awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to La Casa De Don Pedro Inc., a non-profit community development organization in New Jersey. The grant funding, provided under the Citizenship Education and Training federal grant program (CFDA 97.010), will be used to deliver citizenship instruction and naturalization application assistance services to eligible individuals over a two-year period from...
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...
Literacy New Jersey Inc. was awarded a $204,778 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 fund an expansion of LNJ's hybrid citizenship/ESL instruction from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024 to help remove barriers for adult learners. The hybrid instruction combines in-person and online classes to offer a combination of citizenship...
This $209,908 Project Grant awarded on November 22, 2024 by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) within the Department of Homeland Security supports Literacy New Jersey Inc., a non-profit organization, in providing adult citizenship instruction and naturalization services in New Jersey. The grant is funded through the USCIS Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010), which focuses on helping lawful permanent residents gain the knowledge and skills needed for...
This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010) supports Learning Empowered, Inc., a non-profit organization, in providing citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance, and training on the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship to immigrant populations in Florida. The award period is from October 1, 2023 to...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through its Citizenship Education and Training Federal Grant Program (CFDA 97.010), awarded a $293,868 Project Grant to Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota on November 22, 2024. This grant will fund the organization's "Citizenship Instruction for Refugees through LSS Center for New Americans" program, which provides comprehensive citizenship preparation services for lawful permanent residents. The program will deliver citizenship...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010) to the Institute for Latino Progress (Instituto del Progreso Latino), a non-profit organization based in Chicago, IL. The grant funds the "INSTITUTO FAST TRACK TO CITIZENSHIP 2023" project, which aims to provide citizenship preparation services to Chicago's immigrant communities over a 2-year period...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the Citizenship Education and Training Federal Grant Program (CFDA 97.010), awarded a $293,888 project grant to Progreso Latino Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization in Central Falls, Rhode Island. The grant supports the Rhode Island Citizenship Consortium, which provides citizenship education, naturalization application assistance, English language classes, and other integration services to help lawful permanent residents gain the...
The Institute For Latino Progress (ILP) received a $250,000 Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Citizenship Education and Training federal grant program (CFDA 97.010). The award will support ILP's FAST TRACK TO CITIZENSHIP project providing citizenship education and assistance with N-400 naturalization applications from October 2021 through September 2023 in Illinois. The Citizenship Education and Training...