Project Grant 90RE0260

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the Free Yezidi Foundation USA Incorporated under the International Justice and Accountability Programming (CFDA 19.990) federal grant program. This award will support the Yezidi Strategic Litigation Initiative project, which aims to investigate human rights abuses, document genocide, and promote accountability for crimes against humanity committed against the Yezidi population in Iraq. The grant...

The Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska will use a $100,322 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to expand online and in-person educational programming for K-12 students. Specifically, the Museum will add two part-time facilitators and necessary equipment to enhance its existing virtual field trips and weekly webcast series, which were developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve accessibility. The Museum will also relaunch its...

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,673,645 WIOA Youth Activities Formula Grant to the State of Nebraska Department of Labor to deliver comprehensive youth services for out-of-school and in-school youth aged 14-24 with barriers to employment. The grant aims to help these youth acquire the education, occupational skills, training, and support needed to achieve academic and employment success and transition into careers and productive adulthood. The State of...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), within the Department of Homeland Security, awarded a $293,868 Project Grant to Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota (LSS) under the Citizenship Education and Training Federal Grant Program (CFDA 97.010). The grant, with a period of performance from November 22, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will support LSS's Center for New Americans in providing citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance, English language classes, and...

The Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) to Centar ZA Razvoj Obrazovnih I Kulturnih Resursa, a foreign-owned non-profit organization in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The funding supports an intensive afterschool program that brings together talented high school students from segregated and diverse schools with various ethnic and religious backgrounds. The program aims to...

This $300,000 Citizenship and Integration Project grant was awarded by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Citizenship Education and Training federal grant program (CFDA 97.010). The award recipient is the Burmese American Community Institute (BACI), a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The grant funds BACI's delivery of comprehensive citizenship preparation services, including English language classes, civics education,...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Lincoln Public Schools Inc. a $167,098 Formula Grant under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060). The grant funds will support addressing the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian students in Lincoln, Nebraska from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Specifically, the funding will help ensure Indian students served by Lancaster County School...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Jiyan Foundation For Human Rights, operating as the Kirkuk Center For Torture Victims, to contribute to a swift and proper implementation of Iraq's YSL and to support a survivor-centric approach to criminal justice. The grant period runs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345)...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $166,069.75 Project Grant to the Asociacion Centro Cultural Salvadoreno Americano (Centro Cultural) through the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441). The grant will support Centro Cultural's implementation of strategic programs aligned with its mission priorities at the American Space Centro Cultural Salvadoreno Americano in El Salvador. Specifically, funding will provide for updates to the center's...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $344,896 Community Facilities Project Grant to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska's Little Priest Tribal College on September 23, 2022. The grant funding will support construction, enlargement, extension, or improvement of community facilities providing essential services to rural residents through the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). Specifically, the Little Priest Tribal College, a division of the...