This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management provides $2,821,829.00 in funding for the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program under CFDA 94.013. The award supports a multi-year program from 2023-2026 that will provide 60 MSYS (Member Service Years) to the non-profit organization Partners For Campus Community Engagement. The AmeriCorps VISTA program engages individuals in full-time service to alleviate poverty in...
Legal Aid Chicago received a $219,886 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) 94.013 federal grant program. The award period was from May 23, 2021 to May 22, 2022. Through this funding, Legal Aid Chicago and its subgrantee partner sites across Illinois coordinated 45 AmeriCorps VISTA members to develop and launch new legal assistance projects addressing issues exacerbated...
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...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The funds will support a 3-year initiative led by the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, operating as the City Colleges of Chicago, to develop a roadmap to help high school seniors in Chicago pursue postsecondary education. Through this initiative, City Colleges of Chicago will...
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 Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the Illinois Department of Public Health $356,047 under the AmeriCorps State Commissions Support Grant (CFDA 94.003) program for the period of January 1, 2022 through May 26, 2022. This interim Project Grant provides funding for the State of Illinois to carry out the activities required of state commissions as outlined in AmeriCorps regulations, including developing a state service plan, assisting with the...
The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded a $45,000 Project Grant to the Concho Valley Council Of Governments under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) 94.013 federal grant program. The grant period is January 16, 2022 through January 13, 2024. The VISTA program aims to alleviate poverty through engaging individuals ages 18 and older in full-time national service positions with community organizations for one year. This...
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...
This federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) under the AmeriCorps State and National Grant Program (CFDA 94.006) provides $23,206,264.00 in funding to Public Allies Inc., a non-profit organization, to support their 2024-2027 AmeriCorps National Direct program. The award funds the placement of AmeriCorps members with local nonprofit organizations across multiple states to conduct community assessments, develop partnerships, improve programming,...
This $122,428.92 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program (CFDA 94.013) supports capacity building, volunteer engagement, and community development initiatives at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. The funding, effective July 14, 2024 through July 12, 2025, will enable the college to expand its ability to serve low-income populations and create sustainable solutions to poverty-related...