Deadline: 25-Jun-21
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA) has announced that it will be soliciting applications for the Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance program.
This program provides funding for projects to support assessments of the status of the native languages in an established community, as well as the planning, designing, restoration, and implementing of native language curriculum and education projects to support a community’s language preservation goals.
Native American communities include American Indian tribes (federally-recognized and non-federally recognized), Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American Pacific Islanders.
Examples of P&M projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Native American Language Restoration Programs: educational programs that provide instruction in at least one Native American language for the community served, provide teacher training programs for the teachers of Native American languages, develop instructional materials for such language restoration programs, and work toward the goal of increasing fluency and proficiency in at least one Native American language.
- The establishment and support of a community Native American language project to bring older and younger Native Americans together to facilitate and encourage the transfer of Native American language skills from one generation to another.
- The establishment of a project to train Native Americans to teach a Native American language to others or to enable them to serve as interpreters or translators of such language.
- The development, printing, and dissemination of materials to be used for the teaching and enhancement of a Native American language.
- The establishment or support of a project to train Native Americans to produce or participate in a television or radio program to be broadcast in a Native American language.
- The compilation, transcription, and analysis of oral testimony to record and preserve a Native American language.
- The development of language learning apps and other uses of technology to preserve the language.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $4,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $300,000 Per Budget Period
- Award Floor: $100,000 Per Budget Period
- Average Projected Award Amount: $295,000 Per Budget Period
- Anticipated Project Start Date: 09/30/2021
- Applicants may propose project periods consisting of 9, 21, or 33 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants under this announcement are:
- Federally-recognized Indian tribes, as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA);
- Incorporated non-federally recognized tribes;
- Incorporated state-recognized Indian tribes;
- Consortia of Indian tribes;
- Incorporated non-profit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations;
- Urban Indian Centers;
- Native Community Development Financial Institutions (Native CDFIs)
- Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or non-profit village consortia;
- Non-profit Native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects;
- Incorporated non-profit Alaska Native multipurpose, community-based organizations;
- Non-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with villagespecific projects;
- Non-profit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the BIA;
- Public and non-profit private agencies serving Native Hawaiians;
- National or regional incorporated, non-profit, Native American organizations with Native American, community-specific objectives;
- Public and non-profit private agencies serving Native peoples from Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
- Tribal Colleges and Universities, and colleges and universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that serve Native American Pacific Islanders
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329540