FY 2016 Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program | P15AS00383

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The FY 2016 Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by the National Park Service (NPS) to support the preservation and public interpretation of places connected to the World War II confinement of Japanese Americans. The program is designed to help ensure that the physical sites and the historical record of these events are not lost, and that they remain available for education, reflection, and commemoration. Projects supported by the program focus on U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during the war, and the overarching public purpose is to help present and future generations learn from these places while reinforcing the nation s commitment to equal justice under the law.

Funding through this program is intended for a wide range of preservation and interpretive activities. The authorizing statute allows funding for efforts to identify, research, and evaluate historic confinement sites, as well as to interpret them for the public through educational and historical materials. It also supports direct preservation actions such as protecting resources, restoring or repairing historic features, and in some cases acquiring property connected to confinement history. In practical terms, this can include work like documenting site history, assessing historic conditions, stabilizing or rehabilitating remaining structures or landscapes, protecting artifacts or archival materials tied to a site, and improving how visitors and students understand what happened there through signage, exhibits, oral history projects, or other interpretive products.

Eligibility is broad and covers many types of public and nonprofit entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in that category). This wide eligibility reflects the fact that confinement history is documented, preserved, and taught by many kinds of organizations, from local governments and tribes to museums, community groups, and universities.

From the opportunity details provided, the funding opportunity number is P15AS00383 and the CFDA number is 15.933. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the activity category is listed as "Other," which is common for specialized heritage and preservation programs that do not fit neatly into a single functional area. The original application closing date for this cycle was November 10, 2015, and the opportunity was created on September 10, 2015. The expected number of awards was 20. The award ceiling is listed as 0 in the source data, which typically indicates that a maximum award amount was not specified in the posted summary record or that it depended on available appropriations and project scope rather than a fixed cap.

The program is authorized by Public Law 109-441 (120 Stat. 3288), as amended by Public Law 111-88. The legislation identifies up to 38 million in total funding authority for the entire life of the grant program, emphasizing a long-term national investment rather than a single-year initiative. The intent behind that authorization is not only to safeguard remaining historic resources, but also to ensure these sites can serve as enduring educational touchpoints about civil liberties, wartime policy, and the consequences of discrimination. In that sense, the grants are as much about public memory and civic education as they are about preservation work on the ground.

• The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2016 Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.933.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-11-10. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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