Project Grant 19VSWAR013
- The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Housing Partnership Inc., doing business as Community Partners, a $186,975 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program (CFDA 94.013). The grant will support a Community Partners of South Florida AmeriCorps VISTA project through August 2023. Ten VISTA members and one lead will perform community outreach, service expansion in underserved neighborhoods, and leadership...
- 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 Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Amigos De Las Americas $219,319.86 under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) federal grant program (CFDA 94.013) to support the 2022-23 VISTA Support Program Project Grant. The grant will fund Amigos De Las Americas' efforts from January 16, 2022 through January 14, 2023 to alleviate poverty by engaging individuals in a year of full-time national service with community organizations and...
- The University of Mississippi received a $523,798 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 grant will fund recruitment, training, deployment and support of 225 skilled volunteers to serve as reading tutors and role models for K-5 students in eight Mississippi communities from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026. By providing high-dosage, high-impact...
- This $155,453 project grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps VISTA program (CFDA 94.013) will support Village Community Services in delivering poverty alleviation services in Snohomish County, Washington from April 2023 through August 2024. The grant funds capacity building for community sites and job training, healthcare access, and healthy community development assistance for low-income individuals, including those experiencing homelessness, opioid addiction...
- The Sanneh Foundation was awarded a $1.6 million Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund program (CFDA 94.021) to deliver services supporting educational attainment and healthy living from 2023 through 2026. Specifically, the grant will support volunteer recruitment, placement, and retention focused on building racial equity and diversity. It will also increase tutoring, mentoring and the capacity to deliver 250,000...
- Volunteer Tennessee received a $1.938 million Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021) program. The three-year award running from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2026 will support increasing volunteer recruitment and expanding the use of volunteers through high-quality volunteer management practices. As the state service commission, Volunteer Tennessee will provide capacity building to over 500...
- The Office of Grants Management, a civilian agency, awarded a $158,442 Project Grant to United Way of Central West Virginia, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program (CFDA 94.013). This grant, which runs from July 14, 2024 to July 12, 2025, funds the 2024-25 VISTA Support Grant described in the approved program narrative and budget. The VISTA program engages individuals 18 and older in full-time national service to fight poverty...
- This $233,799 Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021) supports Elev8 Baltimore, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization, to recruit, manage, and support 60 volunteers. Through high-dosage tutoring, mentoring, and out-of-school programming, these volunteers will provide intensive academic interventions benefitting 865 at-risk students. The goal is to improve academic performance for 90% of students...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $545,390 Project Grant to South Arkansas Regional Health Center, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). An estimated 150 RSVP volunteers will serve through the Tri County RSVP program in Columbia, Union, and Ouachita Counties, Arkansas. 126 volunteers will be placed in outcome assignments providing transportation for older adults, companionship and meals to homebound individuals,...
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH'S MISSION IS TO INVEST IN PEOPLE AND STRATEGIES THAT BUILD PHILANTHROPY AND PROMOTE RACIAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY IN ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THE PROPOSED VISTA PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOCUS AREA. THE VISTA PROJECT WILL SEEK TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH RELATED TO VOLUNTEERISM, PROGRAMMING, OR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE; AND EXPECTS TO BENEFIT 1,000 INDIVIDUALS IN UNDER-SERVED POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT THE RURAL ARKANSAS DELTA REGION. TEN VISTA MEMBERS AND ONE VISTA TEAM LEADER WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HOSTING VOLUNTEERISM INFORMATION SESSIONS, INFORMING ORGANIZATIONS OF GAPS IN THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, AND DEVELOPING SURVEY INSTRUMENTS TO ASSESS COMMUNITY SATISFACTION WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS OVER A PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $60.0k | 3/23/20 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 6/10/19 |