Project Grant D23AP00093

The Department of the Interior Insular Affairs awarded a $499,100 Project Grant to The Junior State of America Foundation to support the Insular Affairs Youth Civic Engagement Program for High School Students. The grant will fund the Foundation's Programs Team to execute civic education activities for high school students in California from June 2021 through March 2023. The grant is being awarded under the Department's Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $1,100,000 Project Grant to the Close Up Foundation for the 2025 Close Up Insular Affairs Program Civic Education. The grant, under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), supports educational initiatives and leadership development opportunities for Native American and territorial youth in U.S. insular areas. The grant's performance period spans from December 11, 2024 to...

Under a $249,926 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Cultural Vistas, Inc. will implement a regional workshop on civic education for good governance engaging Youth for Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) members across Southeast Asia. The agreement was awarded on August 20, 2021 under the Department's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Insular Affairs awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Republic of Palau Ministry of Finance to build the capacity of the Palau National Youth Council (PNYC) to create a national repository of youth-related data and analytical reports. The funding will support the collection, synthesis, and analysis of existing workforce, employment, and census data for Palauan young people ages 18-35, aligned with an assessment of Palau's workforce needs. This project,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), engages the non-profit organization Kupu to provide youth internship opportunities supporting natural and cultural resource conservation efforts at two national parks in Guam and Saipan. Specifically, the $171,036 award will enlist up to four youth interns to assist park staff with essential tasks such as trail clearing, cultural...

The American Samoa Government Department of Commerce received a $122,270 project grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to implement a six-week summer camp program for youth aged 7-12. Funded under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program, the camp will engage participants in daily physical activity and nutrition education from June 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 in American Samoa. As a subrecipient, the Department of...

The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the "Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories" (CFDA 15.875) program to the nonprofit organization Mañelu (doing business as BBBS Guam). This grant, awarded on July 24, 2023, will fund the "Fanhale Project" to develop social-emotional skills, leadership skills, community stewardship, and cultural identity in at-risk youth ages 9-15 who are indigenous Chamoru...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $2,356,448.00 Formula Grant on May 26, 2025 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the Government of Guam - Department of Administration, Bureau of Statistics and Plans Division. The grant funding will support the following educational initiatives and community development projects in Guam: $250,545.00 for the GCA Trades Academy Scholarship Program to provide...

The We Are Oceania Service Cofa or Fas Nations Citizens in Hawaii was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs on May 9, 2022 to support the WAO YOUTH EMPOWER CENTER: A LEARNING AND WELLNESS CENTER through September 30, 2025. Under the federal Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), the grant will fund the establishment of a learning and wellness center by We Are Oceania to serve youth from the Freely...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $311,939 Project Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Public School System (CNMI PSS) to improve literacy for young learners through immersion learning instruction in the Chamorro and Carolinian language heritage studies courses. The grant, which runs from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, is funded through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods;...