Promote the Survival and Continuing Vitality of Native American Languages

This program supports preservation and survival of Native American languages. The Preservation and Maintenance opportunity provides funding for projects designed to ensure continuing vitality of Native American languages. This opportunity allows for a broad array of Native language-related projects including establishing a language program, improving an existing program, and developing language instruction and activities. The Esther Martinez Immersion opportunity provides funding for community-based projects that ensure continuing vitality of Native languages through immersion-based instruction. EMI projects must meet the requirements for either a Native American language nest or a Native American language survival school, both of which are immersive, site-based educational programs for children in accordance with 42 USC 2991b-3(c)(7) ANA supports locally determined projects that achieve community goals through specific, measurable outcomes. In an effort to perpetuate language preservation efforts for Native communities, if appropriate, all ANA funded language projects should identify opportunities for the replication or modification of such project for use by other Native Americans; and include a plan for the preservation of the products of the Native American language project for the benefit of future generations of Native Americans and other interested persons. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) was established to create Emergency Grants for Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance and issue awards to entities eligible to receive assistance under...

Per 45 CFR 1336.33(a)(1): Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Incorporated non-federally recognized Tribes; Incorporated state-recognized Indian Tribes; Consortia of Indian Tribes; Incorporated nonprofit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations; (including Urban Indian Organizations as defined by 25 USC 1603(29); Urban Indian Centers; Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village consortia; Nonprofit native organizations in Alaska with village specific projects; Incorporated non-profit Alaska Native multi-purpose, community- based organizations; Non-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with village-specific projects; Non-profit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Public and nonprofit private agencies serving Native Hawaiians; National or regional incorporated nonprofit Native American organizations with Native American community-specific objectives; Public and nonprofit 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...

The criteria for selecting proposals will be published in the NOFOs. In general, proposals are evaluated on the basis of relevance to program objectives as stated in the NOFO, project viability, community support, reasonable cost estimates, and qualifications of applicant organization and personnel. For ARP in general, proposals are evaluated to ensure projects align with one of the five domains that will preserve and protect the vitality of the applicant’s native language during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and document the status of their living language.

This program has no statutory formula. The 20% match is required by 42 USC 2991b-3(e) unless waived in accordance with criteria published in 45 CFR 1336.50(b). ARP recipients are not required to meet cost share. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. In accordance with the applicable program statute(s) and regulation(s), the undersigned certifies that financial assistance provided by the Administration for Children and Families, for the specified activities to be performed under the Native Language Preservation and Maintenance or Native Language Preservation and Maintenance-Esther Martinez Immersion Program by (Organization Name) will be in addition to, and not in substitution for, comparable activities previously carried on without Federal assistance.

Not Applicable.