Lead for america proposes to have 65 americorps members who will build organizational capacity, increase meaningful community engagement, and establish recruitment infrastructure for young leaders and…

The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded Lead For America a $9.3 million project grant under the AmeriCorps State and National program (CFDA 94.006) to support 65 AmeriCorps members providing capacity building services from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The AmeriCorps members will build organizational capacity, increase meaningful community engagement, and establish recruitment infrastructure for young leaders and civic entrepreneurs in rural, tribal, and low-wealth urban communities across the United States. They will provide stakeholder analyses, best practices research, and community engagement support needed for under-resourced local governments and institutions to advance key community development initiatives. Additionally, each AmeriCorps member will leverage 5-10 volunteers to engage in civic activities or relocate to fill workforce gaps. The $9.3 million total funding includes $1.1 million in required non-federal match funding.

Lead for america proposes to have 65 americorps members who will build organizational capacity, increase meaningful community engagement, and establish recruitment infrastructure for young leaders and civic entrepreneurs in rural, tribal, and low-wealth urban communities across the country. At the end of the first program year, the americorps members will be responsible for having provided the stakeholder, best practices, and community engagement analyses needed for under-resourced local government and public institutions to advance key community development initiatives. In addition, the americorps members will leverage an additional 5-10 volunteers per member who will be engaged in civic engagement activities and/or move to the community to fill existing workforce gaps. This program will focus on the cncs focus area of capacity building. The cncs investment of $1,059,500 will be matched with $1,194,090 in public and private funding.