ADDED ON DECEMBER 8 ,2023: The Department of Education has issued a funding opportunity to provide VR services, including culturally appropriate services, to American Indians with disabilities who reside on or near Federal or State reservations, consistent with such eligible individual’s strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice, so that such individuals may prepare for, and engage in, high-quality employment that will increase opportunities for economic self-sufficiency. More than $28 million is being made available under this opportunity. Proposals are due on March 26, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity notice, click here.
ADDED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2023: The Office of Indian Education has issued a funding opportunity to (1) support schools that use Native American and Alaska Native languages as the primary language of instruction; (2) maintain, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans and Alaska Natives to use, practice, maintain, and revitalize their languages, as envisioned in the Native American Languages Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 2901, et seq.); and (3) support the Nation’s First Peoples’ efforts to maintain and revitalize their languages and cultures, and to improve educational opportunities and student outcomes within Native American and Alaska Native communities. $2.4 million is being made available under this funding opportunity. Proposals are due on March 7, 2024. To download the synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.