Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program CFDA Number 84.365C

The summary for the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program CFDA Number 84.365C grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Education, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program CFDA Number 84.365C: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

The purpose of the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) program is to award grants to eligible entities to develop and enhance capacity to provide effective instruction and support to Native American students, including Native Hawaiian and Native American Pacific Islander, who are identified as English learners (ELs). The goal of this program is to support the teaching, learning, and studying of Native American languages while also increasing the English language proficiency of students served to meet challenging State academic content and achievement standards.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.365C.

Applications for grants under the NAM program, CFDA number 84.365C, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
You may access the electronic grant application for the NAM program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.365, not 84.365C).
Federal Grant Title: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program CFDA Number 84.365C
Federal Agency Name: Department of Education
Grant Categories: Education
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-032516-001
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 320173
CFDA Descriptions: English Language Acquisition State Grants
Current Application Deadline: May 24, 2016 Applications Available: March 25, 20
Original Application Deadline: May 24, 2016 Applications Available: March 25, 20
Posted Date: Mar 25, 2016
Creation Date: Mar 25, 2016
Archive Date: Jun 23, 2016
Total Program Funding: $3,223,778
Maximum Federal Grant Award: none
Minimum Federal Grant Award: none
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
1. Eligible Applicants: The following entities, when they operate
elementary, secondary, or postsecondary schools primarily for Native
American children (including Alaska Native children), are eligible
applicants under this program:
(a) Indian tribes.
(b) Tribally sanctioned educational authorities.
(c) Native Hawaiian or Native American Pacific Islander native
language educational organizations.
(d) Elementary schools or secondary schools that are operated or
funded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs, or
a consortium of these schools.
(e) Elementary schools or secondary schools operated under a
contract with or grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in consortium
with another such school or a tribal or community organization.
(f) Elementary schools or secondary schools operated by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and an IHE, in consortium with an elementary school
or secondary school operated under a contract with or a grant from the
Bureau of Indian Affairs or a tribal or community organization.

Note: Eligible applicants applying as a consortium should read
and follow the regulations in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129.

Under section 3112(c) of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, EL students served under NAM grants must not be included in the child count submitted by a school district under section 3114(a) for purposes of receiving funding under the English Language Acquisition State Grants program.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program CFDA Number 84.365C; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2016
Grant Announcement Contact
Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 [email protected] Program Manager: Francisco Javier Lopez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5E112, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 401-4300. FAX: (202) 205-1229 or by email at [email protected].
e-Mail: Program Mailbox

Department of Education 202 708 5660