This federal Project Grant award of $10,186,327.00 from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), under the AmeriCorps State and National program (CFDA 94.006), funds Playworks Education Energized's 2023-2024 AmeriCorps National Direct program. The award includes $1,215,370 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding intended to increase living allowances for AmeriCorps members placed in schools. Playworks, a nonprofit organization, will utilize this funding to implement its...
This Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) will enable BUILD, Inc., a non-profit organization in Chicago, to implement the STOP School Violence Initiative. The key project activities include delivering conflict resolution training, organizing mediations, providing mentoring, and other violence prevention services to mitigate school violence and establish safe educational settings in the...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence program to the Milwaukee Board of School Directors (Milwaukee Public Schools) for their "Project STEPS" initiative. Project STEPS aims to address racial equity and prevent youth violence within the Milwaukee public school district, which serves over 69,000 students, 51.3% of whom are African American and 27.2% Hispanic, with 82.6% economically disadvantaged....
This $1,192,500 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps State and National program (CFDA 94.006) will fund the 2024-2025 AmeriCorps State Competitive Fixed Amount Program in New Hampshire. The primary recipient, Volunteer NH, will use the funds to engage 70 full-time AmeriCorps members to provide full-day education services to 500 students in 8 public schools in Manchester, New Hampshire. The AmeriCorps members will be responsible for mentoring...
This two-year, $1.056 million Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017) funds the Northland Foundation's 2022-2024 ARP Senior Demonstration Program. The Foundation will engage 500 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to provide tutoring, out-of-school-time activities, and summer learning programs for K-12 children and youth across rural Northeastern Minnesota. By the end of the grant period, volunteers will...
This federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) under the AmeriCorps State and National Grant Program (CFDA 94.006) provides $23,206,264.00 in funding to Public Allies Inc., a non-profit organization, to support their 2024-2027 AmeriCorps National Direct program. The award funds the placement of AmeriCorps members with local nonprofit organizations across multiple states to conduct community assessments, develop partnerships, improve programming,...
The U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), via its AmeriCorps State and National program (CFDA 94.006), awarded a $8,612,441 Project Grant to American YouthWorks, a non-profit organization in Texas. The 3-year grant, effective November 1, 2023, will fund the organization's 2023-2024 AmeriCorps program. Through this funding, AmeriCorps members will deliver a range of community services addressing unmet needs in areas such as education, environmental stewardship, economic...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $930,000 Project Grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs Of Greater Milwaukee, Inc. for the "READY CENTER COLLECTIVE" initiative. This grant, funded through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215), aims to prepare Milwaukee teens to...
This $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) will support the Milwaukee Public Schools' (MPS) Success Center and the provision of social and emotional learning and mental health services. The award will...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to After-School All-Stars, doing business as Inner City Games Foundation, under the STOP School Violence grant program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support a 3-year project to reduce violence and improve safety in high-need communities surrounding 5 Title I school sites in Newark, New Jersey. Through after-school mentoring, social-emotional learning, and...
THE PLAYWORKS NATIONAL DIRECT AMERICORPS PROGRAM PROPOSES TO HAVE 115 FULL-TIME AND 10 1-YEAR HALF-TIME AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO WILL PROVIDE A SCHOOL-WIDE EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO UTILIZE PLAY TO CREATE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS WITH REDUCED BULLYING WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND ENGAGED IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS IN MILWAUKEE, WI; PHOENIX, AZ; TWIN CITIES, MN; NEW YORK, NY; NEWARK, NJ; PORTLAND, OR; HOUSTON, TX; CHICAGO, IL; DENVER, CO; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; AND ATLANTA, GA. AT THE END OF THE FIRST PROGRAM YEAR, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE ENTIRE SCHOOL CLIMATE TO REDUCE BULLYING AND CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS WILL INCREASE OVERALL ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL LEVERAGE AN ADDITIONAL 720 VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE ENGAGED IN ASSISTING WITH COMPONENTS OF THE PLAYWORKS AMERICORPS PROGRAM, INCLUDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS AND OTHER EVENTS. THE PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE CNCS FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION. THE CNCS INVESTMENT OF $1,493,999 WILL BE MATCHED WITH $3,928,858, $3,157,000 IN PUBLIC FUNDING AND $771,858 IN PRIVATE FUNDING.