This program funds community-based projects that ensure the vitality of Native American languages through immersion-based instruction. Funded programs must operate as Language Nests serving young children or Survival Schools serving school-age students, providing at least 500 hours of instruction annually. Eligible applicants include Native American tribes, tribal organizations, nonprofits, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian agencies, and tribal colleges.
Eligible applicants include federally recognized and non-federally recognized Native American tribes, tribal organizations, nonprofits serving Native communities, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian agencies, and tribal colleges. Individuals and foreign entities are not eligible.
