The Close-Up Foundation, which happens to be the nation's largest non-profit civic education organization, has been awarded a grant of $1 million from the U.S. Department of the Interior to conduct civic education programs. The grant will provide funds for students and teachers from around the region to include Guam.

Close-Up is planning to conduct a Washington insular areas program in February. Students and teachers will spend a week in the nation's capital meeting with federal officials.