Reading Partners was awarded $506,268 under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund 94.021 program by the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management to expand volunteer tutor recruitment, training and management infrastructure from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2026. The award will support Reading Partners' efforts to recruit an additional 2,000 volunteer tutors per year to provide literacy tutoring to K-4 students, with a focus on addressing learning loss from...
Aarp Foundation received a $3.86 million Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021) program. The three-year award runs from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026 and will support Aarp Foundation's Experience Corps initiative to engage hundreds of volunteers through three community-based partners - Read to Succeed Buffalo Inc., Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center,...
The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $2.47 million to Smart Reading under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA 84.215) to support the SMART READING statewide program. The program will utilize trained volunteers to provide weekly reading sessions to pre-K through 3rd grade students through August 2023. The funding will support adult mentors supporting early literacy by developing and improving literacy skills for young...
This $3,071,292 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CFDA 94.006 AmeriCorps State and National) will fund the 2023-2024 AmeriCorps National Direct program. The award includes $12,582 in additional funding for living allowance increases and $1,048,526 in funding for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 program years. Through the grant, AmeriCorps members will be engaged by AARP Foundation and its sub-grantees Metropolitan Family Service, The Y In Central Maryland,...
This Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management funds the Alexandria Tutoring Consortium, Inc.'s 2022-2024 Senior Demonstration Program under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017). The $156,000 award provides 160 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who will tutor struggling readers in public schools in Alexandria, Virginia from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. The primary focus is education, with the goal of improving...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $382,260 three-year AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Project Grant to the Megiddo Dream Station in Graniteville, South Carolina. The RSVP program provides grants to support volunteers aged 55 and older in meeting community needs through diverse volunteer activities aligned with National Performance Measures. Under this award, the Megiddo Dream Station will place 150 volunteers in outcome-focused...
This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management provides $792,443.89 in funding to Volunteer Service Bureau of West Chester Inc., doing business as Volunteer New York!, for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. The funding supports the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), CFDA #94.002, which places volunteers age 55 and older in activities that meet community needs. Specifically, Volunteer New...
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...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $352,755 Project Grant to the Wa-Id Volunteer Center, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). Through this three-year award running from April 2021 through March 2024, an estimated 288 RSVP volunteers will provide various services focused on healthy futures. Activities will include assisting at local food banks and delivering meals to homebound individuals; tutoring...
This Federal Project Grant award of $586,429 from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) under the AmeriCorps State and National Grant Program (CFDA 94.006) funds the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services' (DHSS) 2024-2025 AmeriCorps State Competitive Program. The award supports the deployment of AmeriCorps members to address critical community needs in Delaware, including education and literacy interventions. As part of this project, DHSS has issued a $190,353...