Prawo i regulacje · 26.04.1995

Naturalization Pilot Project; Availability of Funds; Solicitation for Proposals

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) announces the availability of up to $500,000 for a cooperative agreement to conduct a naturalization pilot project pursuant to the funding provisions of the President's Immigration Initiative, Public Law 103-317 enacted August 26, 1994. See H.R. Conf. Rep. 103-708, 103d Cong., 2d Sess. (1994) at 23,26. The Office of Justice Programs will award a cooperative agreement on behalf of INS to an organization demonstrating a capacity to design and successfully implement a program enhancing public awareness of naturalization in urban and rural areas of Southern California. The INS will accept proposals from organizations with the experience, expertise and resources to prepare and disseminate information, assist in the preparation of naturalization applications, conduct or coordinate citizenship education programs and fully assist INS in the naturalization process. The INS welcomes proposals from nonprofit organizations (501(c)(3) status), such as national and local voluntary agencies, community-based organizations as well as ethnic, civic, patriotic, educational and other immigrant interest organizations.