This $27,703,995.00 federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Office of Grants Management funds the 2023-2024 AmeriCorps State Competitive Program administered by the non-profit organization Reading Partners. The grant supports Reading Partners' recruitment, training, and management of AmeriCorps members to provide individualized literacy tutoring services to elementary school students reading below grade level. This award includes $1,904,492 in...
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 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 $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, under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund program (CFDA 94.021), provides $3,345,936 to the Minnesota Alliance For Volunteer Advancement for expanding volunteer generation through high-impact tutoring, coaching and mentoring activities from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2026. Specifically, the Alliance will train, consult and support collaborative members seeking to generate volunteers...
This federal Project Grant award of $21,835,497.00 from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps State and National program (CFDA 94.006) funds the 2024-2025 AmeriCorps National Direct program operated by Reading & Math, Inc., doing business as Ampact. The grant supports Ampact's evidence-based interventions across multiple sectors, including education, public health, housing, and social services, through the deployment of AmeriCorps members who provide targeted...
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...
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 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 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...