Funding opportunity goals:the japanese american confinement sites (jacs) grant program (public law 109-441, 120 stat. 3288) provides financial assistance to organizations and entities working to…

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $474,528 Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant (CFDA 15.933) to Densho, a nonprofit organization, to preserve and interpret the history of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Through this Project Grant, Densho will digitize 50,000 archival items, conduct outreach to survivors and descendants to gather contextual information, and incorporate the new digital materials into Densho's online encyclopedia, interactive map-based website, names registry, and other public programs and resources. The overall goal of this JACS Grant is to preserve and share the history and impacts of the Japanese American incarceration experience during WWII for the benefit of the public, educators, National Park Service sites, and other organizations engaged in related preservation and education efforts.

Funding opportunity goals: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. Purpose of award: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: densho will collect 50,000 digital items and reach out to survivors and descendants seeking contextual information that will help interpret this material. New materials generated by this project will then be systematically added to densho s online encyclopedia and incorporated into other densho projects like the interactive map-based sites of shame website, names registry, public programs, and other resources that users can access. The public will be able to access the new collections without charge through the densho digital repository.performance goals including milestones and expected outcomes:complete outreach campaign process materials for 50,000 images create archival digital files and back-up files to repository webhost images overhaul digital infrastructure. Beneficiaries:the public educators NPS jacs sites organizations preserving jacs sites and history