The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee $588,741 on October 1, 2025, under the Indian Education—Special Programs for Indian Children program (CFDA 84.299) to support the Kinship and Responsibility: Electa Quinney Indigenous Teacher Training Project.
The project runs through September 30, 2027, and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The award funds training and professional development activities for indigenous teachers, delivered as a project grant with a performance period of two years. The program supports demonstration grants and professional development initiatives authorized under section 6121 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, with continuation awards subject to substantial progress and availability of appropriations.