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FY 2011 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program1. Is there a mandatory Letter of Intent this year?No, USCIS will not collect Letters of Intent for any of the FY 2011 funding opportunities.2. Is there a format for the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)?

FY 2011 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program1. How is the Direct Services Grant Program different this year?The FY 2011 program is different from FY 2010 in several important ways, including:

FY 2011 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program1. For the National Capacity Building Grant Program, should the principal applicant submit separate budget narratives for each sub-applicant or one combined budget narrative?Principal applicants must complete a principal applicant budget narrative along with separate budgets for each of the proposed sub-applicants. Provide the same level of detail for all budget narratives. See Section IV.C.4 of the funding opportunity announcement.

FY 2011 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program1. How is the National Capacity Building Grant Program different from last year?The FY 2011 program is different from FY 2010 in several important ways, including:

FY 2011 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program 1. Is my organization allowed to charge a fee for services? Applicants are allowed to propose a fee for citizenship education services and/or naturalization application services. However, the fees must be nominal. The project narrative and budget narrative should include the amount proposed and explain why this fee is necessary within the program structure. The applicant must also show how the fees will be used to support the grant-funded program.

Under the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, Congress authorized $11 million to enhance immigrant integration initiatives within USCIS. The majority of this funding will support the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program. The FY 2011 program includes three competitive funding opportunities and approximately $8.5 million to support citizenship preparation services for permanent residents.

Naturalization Ceremony Commemorated Black History Month

On February 8, USCIS posted a notification regarding the delay in processing approximately 36,000 immediate relative petitions that were transferred from the California Service Center to the Texas Service Center. In that notification, we advised that some cases were transferred back to our California Service Center to take advantage of currently available resources.  We also committed to providing you with updates on our progress.