On Sept. 17, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
announced the award of approximately $5 million in grants designed to
promote immigrant civic integration and prepare permanent residents for
citizenship. Under this program, 31 immigrant-serving organizations from 21
states and the District of Columbia will receive federal funding to support
citizenship preparation services for permanent residents through September
2014.
Under this year’s program, grant recipients will offer citizenship
instruction to prepare permanent residents for the civics and English
components of the *citizenship test*<http://www.uscitizenship.info/us-citizenship/test-interview-dvd.jsp>,
and naturalization application services within the scope of the authorized
practice of immigration law. The period of performance for the grants is
two years.