Administration for Native Americans (ANA)

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name: Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
created: '2024-11-20'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Federal Government
- Indigenous
- Native Americans
- Grants
- Social Services
- Language Preservation
- Open Data
description: 'The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) is an agency within the Administration for Children and Families
  (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ANA promotes self-sufficiency and cultural preservation for Native
  Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islander communities by providing social and economic development
  opportunities through financial assistance, training, and technical assistance. ANA administers a $45 million discretionary
  grant program in three primary areas: Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS), Native Language Preservation and
  Maintenance, and Environmental Regulatory Enhancement. ANA data on funded projects is publicly available through data.gov
  and healthdata.gov.'
apis:
- aid: administration-for-native-americans-ana-:ana-projects-report
  name: ANA Projects Report Dataset
  description: The ANA Projects Report dataset provides results and impact analysis for ANA-funded projects in Native American
    communities. Available through the data.gov and healthdata.gov catalogs, the dataset includes project summaries, community
    impact assessments, and funding outcomes. Published under the Open Data Commons ODbL 1.0 license for public access and
    reuse.
  humanURL: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/administration-for-native-americans-ana-projects-report
  tags:
  - Native Americans
  - Grants
  - Open Data
  - Community Development
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/administration-for-native-americans-ana-projects-report
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://healthdata.gov/dataset/Administration-for-Native-Americans-ANA-Projects-R/c57a-jjpd/data
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/administration-for-native-americans
- type: Website
  url: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ana
- type: Portal
  url: https://acf.gov/ana
- type: Resources
  url: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ana/research
- type: Contact
  url: https://acf.gov/ana/about
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Social And Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) Grants
    description: Competitive financial assistance grants supporting locally determined projects designed to reduce community
      problems and achieve social and economic self-sufficiency goals in Native American communities.
  - name: Native Language Preservation And Maintenance Grants
    description: Funding for projects that assess, plan, restore, and implement native language curricula to support community
      language preservation goals, including language nest and survival school programs.
  - name: Esther Martinez Immersion (EMI) Grants
    description: Grants for immersive, site-based Native American language education programs for children, including language
      nest programs for young children and language survival schools.
  - name: Environmental Regulatory Enhancement Grants
    description: Grants providing tribes with resources to develop legal, technical, and organizational capacities for protecting
      their natural environments and exercising environmental regulatory authority.
  - name: Training And Technical Assistance
    description: Capacity building support and technical assistance to Native American communities and tribal organizations
      to strengthen grant management and program implementation.
  - name: Open Data Publication
    description: ANA publishes grant outcome data and project reports as open data through data.gov and healthdata.gov under
      open licenses for public access and research use.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Tribal Grant Research And Planning
    description: Tribal organizations and Native communities can review ANA project report data to learn from successful models
      for social and economic development initiatives when applying for ANA grants.
  - name: Native Language Revitalization Research
    description: Researchers and language advocates can access ANA program data on language preservation projects to analyze
      the effectiveness of immersion and curriculum-based approaches to language revitalization.
  - name: Policy Impact Analysis
    description: Federal and state policymakers and advocacy organizations can use ANA project outcome data to evaluate the
      effectiveness of grant programs in improving conditions in Native American communities.
  - name: Community Economic Development Planning
    description: Tribal governments and community organizations can reference ANA SEDS grant data to identify successful models
      for economic self-sufficiency initiatives in Native communities.
  - name: Environmental Justice Research
    description: Environmental researchers and tribal environmental programs can use ANA data to understand the scope and
      effectiveness of tribal environmental regulatory capacity building efforts.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
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