Project Grant 23VGCOH001

This Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management, under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021), provides $769,426 to Citizens For Educational Excellence, Inc. to implement the 2023-24 Volunteer Generation Fund ARP Program. The program will prepare rural students in Texas' Coastal Bend region for postsecondary and career success by recruiting volunteers to mentor, coach and assist high school seniors in their pursuit of...

This $1.5 million project grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021) supports the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts' 2023-24 Volunteer Generation Fund ARP Program. The program aims to build the capacity of the organization's volunteer support program to engage, train, and retain 4,500 skill-based volunteers across 178 communities in eastern Massachusetts. Through expanded volunteer management capabilities, the...

This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management provides $1,142,664 to support the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund 94.021 program. The grant will fund Handson Suburban Chicago, doing business as Retired And Senior Volunteer Program, to deliver capacity building services to 150 nonprofit organizations. Specifically, the grantee will provide training, webinars, communities of practice, and technical assistance to strengthen...

The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service received a $783,972 project grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund program (CFDA 94.021) to launch and expand high-impact mentoring and service-learning programming in schools and out-of-school time from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026. Specifically, the grant will provide funding and training to schools and teachers to incorporate service-learning in the classroom, launch...

This federal Project Grant award of $920,682 from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management supports the Serve Kentucky Commission's efforts to increase volunteerism in the Commonwealth through the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) program. The two-year award period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. Serve Kentucky will utilize the funding to remove barriers to volunteerism, develop a robust regional volunteer connector...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living awarded the City of New York Department for the Aging Division a 3-year, $2,345,748 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) to engage senior volunteers aged 55 and older in providing tutoring, mentoring, and supportive services for children with special needs or those facing educational challenges. The grant supports the Department for the Aging's FY 2024-2027...

This federal Project Grant award of $201,157 from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) funds the approved 2024-25 Foster Grandparent Program. The funding supports engaging senior volunteers aged 55 and older to provide tutoring, mentoring, and supportive services for children with special needs or facing educational challenges in schools, Head Start programs, and other educational settings. The award has a...

This Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management, under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021), provides $959,065 to Yonkers Partners In Education Inc. to deliver academic support and mentoring services to low-income students in the Yonkers Public School District from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026. Specifically, the non-profit will conduct mentoring/graduation coaching, college readiness programs, and college...

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...

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,...