This mission of The White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is to support HBCUs in: advancing America’s full potential; fostering more and better opportunities in higher education; providing the highest-quality education; obtaining equal opportunities for participation in Federal programs; ensuring college-educated Americans are empowered to advance the common good at home and abroad; and making our Nation more globally competitive.
Designated Federal agencies are required to prepare an annual Agency Plan describing efforts to strengthen the capacity of HBCUs to participate or be eligible to participate in the programs and initiatives under the jurisdiction of such applicable agency as described in subsection (a)(1)(B).d of the HBCU PARTNERS Act.
Click on each agency name to view their respective FY26 HBCU Plan. Agencies without a hyperlink have not submitted an FY26 HBCU Plan to the Initiative. Please direct any inquiries regarding the Initiative and the agency plans to OSWHI-HBCU@ed.gov.
Reporting Agencies
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
U.S. Agency for Global Media
U.S. Department of Agriculture
AmeriCorps
Appalachian Regional Commission
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S Department of Defense (War)
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Department of Treasury
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U.S. General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Labor Relations Board
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. National Science Foundation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
U.S. Small Business Administration
U.S. Social Security Administration