A number of resource organizations for immigrants has just received $1.2 million dollars in federal funding to help legal residents become U.S. citizens. Thirteen organizations around the U.S. received up to $100,000 each to help increase the amount of green card holders they are able to help increase English skills, learn about U.S. history and government and ready themselves for the U.S. naturalization test.

These funds, given to Dallas’ Catholic Charities Immigration and Legal Services, San Francisco’s Jewish Family and Children’s Services, North Carolina’s Lutheran Family Services, Rhode Island’s Progreso Latino and other organizations, are, according to the federal government only to be used to provide direct services to legal residents of the U.S. The announcement was made on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.