Opportunity Information: Apply for BIA LLGP 2023 OIED
The Living Languages Grant Program (LLGP) is a competitive, discretionary grant opportunity run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) through the Office of Indian Economic Development (OIED) under the Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs. Its purpose is to fund Tribal efforts to create or expand Native language immersion programs, with an emphasis on community-wide participation and clear, measurable outcomes that can be achieved during the grant period. The program is designed to strengthen Native language instruction and immersion for Native students who are not enrolled in Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, and it explicitly excludes BIE schools and BIE-funded schools or programs that target students enrolled in those schools from being grantees.
Eligible applicants are federally recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations as defined in Section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) (25 U.S.C. 5304), including Tribal consortia. While the applicant must be an eligible Tribe or Tribal Organization, the program allows applicants to select or retain for-profit or non-profit Tribal Organizations to carry out the grant scope of work. A key administrative limitation is that only one application will be accepted from an eligible Tribe, which means Tribes need to coordinate internally to submit a single, unified proposal.
The LLGP is authorized under the Snyder Act (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-164). The Snyder Act provides broad authority for BIA to spend appropriated funds for the benefit, care, and assistance of Indians, including support for education. The FY 2023 appropriations language and related conference report direct continued funding (noted as $5,676,000) for grants to federally recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations to provide Native language instruction and immersion programs to Native students who are not enrolled at BIE schools, including in states that do not have Bureau-funded schools. Final award decisions are made by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee.
Funding is expected to be awarded to roughly 18 to 22 recipients. Individual awards are anticipated to range from about $250,000 to $300,000 per year, and each award will have a three-year period of performance. Applications are reviewed through a competitive evaluation process based on criteria described in the notice (referenced as Section E: Application Review Information). The program also includes an anti-duplication rule: projects will not be funded if they involve comparable activities that were previously carried out under other federal assistance, so proposals should clearly distinguish how the requested work is new, expanded, or otherwise not duplicative.
Key administrative details from the opportunity listing include the opportunity number BIA LLGP 2023 OIED, Assistance Listing (CFDA) 15.032, funding instrument type listed as a grant, and an original application closing date of August 18, 2023. The posted award ceiling is $300,000. Overall, LLGP is structured to help Tribes build immersion-based, whole-community language revitalization efforts with concrete deliverables and outcomes over a three-year timeline, while prioritizing Native learners outside the BIE school system.Apply for BIA LLGP 2023 OIED
- The Bureau of Indian Affairs in the business and commerce sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Living Languages Grant Program (LLGP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.032.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-05-15.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-08-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
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