Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc.

Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc., doing business as Nmpasi, is a non-profit organization based in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, that has established itself as a consistent recipient of federal grant funding focused on disability advocacy and protection services. The organization has been registered with SAM.gov since August 30, 2004, and maintains active federal grant awards spanning multiple disability rights and protection programs. Nmpasi operates as a primary advocate for vulnerable populations in the Northern Mariana Islands, delivering specialized protection and advocacy services to individuals with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups.

Nmpasi's service portfolio encompasses an extensive range of protection and advocacy programs administered through formula and project grants from multiple federal agencies. The organization currently manages seven active FY2026 formula grants awarded on October 1, 2025, including the TBI Act Protection & Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury, HAVA Protection & Advocacy for Voting Access, Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR), AT Act Protection & Advocacy for Assistive Technology, Client Assistance Program (CAP), Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, and DD Act State Protection & Advocacy Systems programs. These grants are funded by the Administration on Disabilities, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, and the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services. Additionally, Nmpasi holds two project grants from the Social Security Administration focused on protecting Social Security beneficiaries, including the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program and the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries with Representative Payees initiative. The organization's consistent receipt of these recurring formula grants demonstrates a sustained federal commitment to Nmpasi's capacity to deliver critical disability advocacy, voting access protection, assistive technology advocacy, traumatic brain injury support, mental health advocacy, and individual rights protection services to the residents of the Northern Mariana Islands. All grant awards are executed as prime awards with no identified federal contract vehicles or sub-prime arrangements.