Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 22.02.2001

Language and Cultural Enhancement Program; Request for Grant Proposals

The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for a Language and Cultural Enhancement Program. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c) may submit proposals to conduct a four- week homestay-based, English Language and Cultural Enrichment program from mid-July to mid-August, 2001 for 50 students from the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union selected for the Freedom Support Act (FSA) Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. Approximately 15 of the participants will be students with physical disabilities who were specially recruited and selected. The remaining 35 students will be from more isolated regions of the NIS, where there is less opportunity for quality English instruction. The purpose of the program is to raise the English capability of these students to the level where they are able to attend regular classes when their academic program starts in the fall. Additionally, this program will ease the acculturation process when students transit to their permanent host families and communities. Only one gr