Citizenship Grant Program

The Citizenship and Integration National Capacity Building Grant Program offered through the Office of Citizenship (OoC), within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will provide up to $2,500,000 in federal funding to eligible national, regional, or state-wide organizations with multiple sites to build capacity among their local affiliates/members to promote immigrant integration through direct citizenship services to legal permanent residents (LPRs). An anticipated five (5) competitively awarded grants of up to $500,000 each will fund national, regional, or state-wide organization program management activities, as well as organizational capacity building and technical assistance to local affiliates/members to build or strengthen local citizenship preparation programs.The national, regional, or state-wide organization that submits the application will be referred to in this funding announcement as the “principal applicant.” The local affiliates/members included in the proposal will be referred to as “sub-applicants.” Only a principal applicant may submit an application under this funding announcement. USCIS will accept applications from eligible principal applicants who may propose two (2) to four (4) sub-applicants as program partners. The principal applicant should select the sub-applicants based on their need for, and potential to benefit from, the capacity building and technical assistance services provided by the principal applicant. The objective of this funding opportunity is to build the long-term capacity of sub-applicants to provide citizenship education and naturalization preparation services to LPRs. Each principal applicant must include at least two (2) sub-applicant proposals within its grant application. The two (2) to four (4) sub-applicants may not be located in the same city or locality. DHS reserves the right to approve funding for some, none, or all of the two (2) to four (4) proposed sub-applicant programs.