P25AP01474

15.933 Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites

The program provides for the preservation and interpretation of historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.

Congress established the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program (Public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288, and reauthorized via Public Law 117-328) to preserve and interpret incarceration sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.

The recipients' new cross-regional initiative aims to preserve and share the stories of Japanese American resettlement communities in the Midwest and East Coast.

In collaboration with partners, the recipient will conduct oral histories, publish new encyclopedia articles, digitize up to 20,000 historical items, and host local scanning days to document the experiences of aging survivors and their descendants.

The recipient will identify oral history narrators and archival collections, conduct up to twenty oral histories, and write new or updated encyclopedia articles for each region.

Additionally, the recipient will collect, digitize, and index selected collections, planning site visits that may include community scanning days and archives consultations based on partner preferences.

The new materials will be processed and published in the Densho Digital Repository, Densho Encyclopedia, and other digital platforms.

The project is expected to be completed and publicized by summer 2027.

Beneficiaries include profit organizations, public nonprofit institutions organizations, private nonprofit institutions organizations, non-federal government entities, industry and public decision makers, research scientists, engineers, and the general public.

Densho

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES GRANT PROGRAM 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.

15.933 - Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites

NPS Intermountain Region [DOI - NPS]

NPS National Office [DOI - NPS]

Multi-State United States

Multi-State

Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program (P25AS00027)