Citizenship instruction and naturalization application services

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 September 30, 2025. Learning Empowered specializes in delivering citizenship education courses, materials, and application support to legal permanent residents to facilitate civic integration and prepare applicants for the naturalization process and test. The organization has received multiple prior USCIS grants for this work and also receives sub-awards from the Florida Department of Health to supplement its citizenship education and naturalization assistance efforts.