This award funds the approved 2025-2026 americorps state competitive fixed amount program(s), as listed on the approved program funding summary chart

The Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management awarded $6.254 million to the Governor's Commission On Community Service (Serve Colorado) on July 1, 2025, under the AmeriCorps State and National (ASN) program (CFDA 94.006). This three-year fixed amount project grant (through June 30, 2028) funds multiple AmeriCorps programs operating across Colorado at established Member Service Year (MSY) rates: EECorps at $24,941/MSY, Youth Corps for Colorado at $25,000/MSY, and City Year at $25,000/MSY. The grant supports the recruitment, training, and management of AmeriCorps members who provide evidence-based community service interventions addressing unmet needs in education, environmental stewardship, disaster response, and economic opportunity throughout Colorado.

Sub-awards to City Year, Inc. and Colorado Youth Corps Association (CYCA) comprise key components of this initiative. City Year deploys AmeriCorps members across seven Denver public schools to deliver education support and mentoring services to underserved students, focusing on academic interventions and youth development. CYCA recruits and supervises AmeriCorps members to conduct disaster mitigation and relief operations, conserve and steward public lands, construct and maintain trails, and perform energy and water weatherization retrofitting in low-income households across 62 Colorado counties. Upon completion of service, AmeriCorps members earn Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards applicable toward higher education or qualified student loan repayment.

This award is a fixed amount grant at $24,994 per MSY. Eecorps $24,941/MSY. Youth corps for colorado $25,000/MSY. No member may enroll prior to the approved start date of the member enrollment period.