Project Grant P22AP02189

Award Date 9/15/22
Completion Date 8/1/24
Dollars Obligated $231K
Federal Agency
Intermountain Region
Federal Grant Program
15.933
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Washington, USA
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER P21AS00034FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS TEXT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES JACS GRANT PROGRAM PUBLIC LAW 109 441, 120 STAT 3288 PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WORKING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES AND THEIR HISTORY, INCLUDING PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF U S CONFINEMENT SITES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE DETAINED DURING WORLD WAR II REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL AGREEMENTSPURPOSE OF AWARD SUMMARY OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT OVERARCHING GOAL TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II OBJECTIVES TO COMPLETE PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES BAINBRIDGE ISLAND JAPANESE AMERICAN EXCLUSION MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION WILL DEVELOP PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VISITOR CENTER AT THE SITE, ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES DURING WORLD WAR II AND PUT ON A FERRY TO SEATTLE, BEGINNING THEIR FORCED REMOVAL TO CONFINEMENT SITES PREVIOUS JACS GRANTS HAVE SUPPORTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STORY WALL AND DEPARTURE DECK AT THE SITE THE VISITOR CENTER IS THE THIRD ELEMENT THE ASSOCIATION HAS ASPIRED TO COMPLETE WITHIN THE LIFETIME OF SOME OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE INCARCERATION EXPERIENCE PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES DEVELOP FINAL DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING FOR VISITOR CENTER THE VISITOR CENTER IS THE FINAL PHASE OF PLANNED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BAINBRIDGE ISLAND JAPANESE AMERICAN EXCLUSION MEMORIAL BENEFICIARIES THE PUBLIC EDUCATORS NPS JACS SITES ORGANIZATIONS PRESERVING JACS SITES AND HISTORY

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