United States: Native American Language Preservation And Maintenance Grants

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United States: Native American Language Preservation And Maintenance Grants
HHS-2011-ACF-ANA-NL-0139

SUMMARY
Funding Opportunity Title: Native American Language Preservation and
Maintenance
Funding Opportunity Number (FON): HHS-2011-ACF-ANA-NL-0139
Program Office: Administration for Native Americans
Funding Type: Discretionary
Funding Category: Grant
Announcement Type: Initial CFDA#: 93.587

 DESCRIPTION
The Administration for Children and Families, Administration for
Native Americans announces the availability of Fiscal Year 2011 funds
for community-based projects for the Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance program. The purpose of ANA grant funding is to promote
economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska
Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific
Islanders, including American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands. The Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance 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, and implementing of
native language curriculum and education projects to support a
community's language preservation goals.

For more information, see:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2011-ACF-ANA-NL-0139