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Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

84.299

Program objective

Funds support two grant programs, (1) Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth (CFDA 84.299A), authorized under section 6121 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7441) and (2) Professional Development (CFDA 84.299B), authorized under section 6122 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7442). The objective of 84.299A is to support projects to develop, test, and demonstrate the effectiveness of services and programs to improve educational opportunities and achievement of Indian children and youth. The objective of 84.299B is to increase the number of qualified Indian individuals in teaching or other education professions that serve Indian people, to provide training to qualified Indian individuals to enable such individuals to become teachers, administrators, teacher aides, social workers, and ancillary educational personnel, and to improve the skills of qualified Indian individuals who serve in education professions. In addition, section 11006(1) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided onetime funding for a new grant program, the American Rescue Plan--American Indian Resilience in Education (ARP-AIRE) program, CFDA 84.299C.§§.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Current Data Available. No Current Data Available.

  2. 2017

    No Current Data Available.

  3. 2018

    No Current Data Available.

  4. 2020

    The Department held a competition for new Demonstration grants and made 40 awards. Grantees received between $96,913 and $1,500,000 for the first year of the grant; the maximum project period is 5 years.

  5. 2023

    The Department supported Demonstration grants ($63.5 million) and Professional Development grants ($8.4 million).

  6. 2024

    The Department supported Demonstration grants ($69.3 million) and Professional Development grants ($2.7 million).

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

The following regulations apply to these programs: --The Education Department General Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. --The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3485. --The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. --For 84.299A, the program regulations in 34 CFR §§ 263.1-.13. --For 84.299B, the program regulations in 34 CFR §§ 263.20-.25.

  1. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title VI, Part A, Subpart 2.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • American Indian
  • Child (6-15)
  • Education (0-8)
  • Education (13+)
  • Education (9-12)
  • Education Professional
  • Local
  • Minority group
  • School
  • Student/Trainee
  • Youth (16-21)

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