Assistance program
Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites
$26.8 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Park Service, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 15.933
- What it does
- The program provides for the preservation and interpretation of historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The program was established to encourage projects that identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, restore, repair, and acquire historic confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nation's commitment to equal justice under the law.
- Who benefits
- Providing present and future generations of Americans learning opportunities about the nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law.
- Who applies
- Applicant may be State and local agencies, public or private nonprofit institutions/organizations, Federally recognized Indian tribal governments, State colleges and universities, public and private colleges and universities.
- Authorized by
- Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites Act, Public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288
- Program site
- https://www.nps.gov/jacs/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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