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Funding Opportunity Goals:the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program (public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288) Provides Financial Assistance to Organizations and Entities Working to Preserve Historic Japanese American Confinement Sites and Their History, Including: Private Nonprofit Organizations Educational Institutions State, Local, and Tribal Governments and Other Public Entities, for the Preservation and Interpretation of U.s. Confinement Sites Where Japanese Americans Were Detained During World War Ii. Purpose of Award:overarching Goal. to Preserve and Interpret the History and Impacts of Japanese American Incarceration During World War Ii. Objectives. to Complete Planning for Construction of Visitor Center to Share the History of Japanese Americans During World War Ii. Summary of Project Specific Activities: Densho Will Collect 50,000 Digital Items and Reach Out to Survivors and Descendants Seeking Contextual Information That Will Help Interpret This Material. New Materials Generated by This Project Will Then Be Systematically Added to Densho S Online Encyclopedia and Incorporated Into Other Densho Projects Like the Interactive Map-based Sites of Shame Website, Names Registry, Public Programs, and Other Resources That Users Can Access. the Public Will Be Able to Access the New Collections Without Charge Through the Densho Digital Repository.performance Goals Including Milestones and Expected Outcomes:complete Outreach Campaign Process Materials for 50,000 Images Create Archival Digital Files and Back-up Files to Repository Webhost Images Overhaul Digital Infrastructure. Beneficiaries:the Public Educators NPS Jacs Sites Organizations Preserving Jacs Sites and History