USCIS Announces $1.2 Million Citizenship Grant Program
Up to 12 Grants Offered to Community-Based Organizations Serving Immigrant Population

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that a competitive grant program is being offered through Grants.gov for a $1.2 million grant program to support citizenship preparation programs for legal permanent residents.

USCIS, through the competitive grant program, will provide funding to community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve one or more priority immigrant groups in areas of the United States that contain a large representation of the country’s immigrant population.

To be eligible for funding, CBOs must have demonstrated experience in providing citizenship and/or immigration related services to legal immigrants.

If your organization intends to apply for funding under this program, please send an e-mail to citizenshipgrantprogram@dhs.gov by April 15, 2009.   To apply for this funding opportunity, visit the Grants.gov Web site at http://www.grants.gov.  For more information, please see related Fact Sheet.

Related Files

• USCIS Update (32KB PDF)