1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2023 or the FLUENT Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey of 2021 estimated 21.6 percent of United States households speak a language other than English at home. (2) In many recently immigrated families, caregivers speak little to no English, can possess low literacy skills in their primary language due to limited or interrupted education, and frequently struggle to assist their children’s English and primary language and literacy development. (3) The United States is a Nation of immigrants, and even today, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey of 2021, more than 45,270,103 individuals who live in the United States were born outside the country. 3. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to improve the educational, social, and economic advancement of families with English language learners who have unmet literacy needs by expanding and enhancing family literacy activities and services for such families. 4. Competitive Grant Program (a) Program authorized From funds made available pursuant to section 9, and after reserving funds under section 9(b), the Secretary may award grants to family literacy providers to provide, directly or through a contract with another provider, family literacy services designed for English language learners and their families. Each grant under this Act shall be for a period of 1 year and may be renewed for a total of 5 additional years. (b) Application Family literacy providers who desire to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application at such time, containing such information, and in such manner as the Secretary may require. Such application shall include the following: (1) An assurance that services provided with funds under this Act shall be provided to the hardest-to-reach populations, prioritizing English language learner populations with the greatest economic, educational, and social need.