This award funds the approved 2025?26 americorps formula fixed amount program(S), as listed on the approved program summary chart

The Corporation for National and Community Service, through its Office of Grants Management, awarded Massachusetts Service Alliance, Inc. a $2.746 million AmeriCorps State and National (CFDA 94.006) Project Grant on August 11, 2025, to fund the 2025-26 AmeriCorps formula fixed amount program at $8,238.67 per Member Service Year (MSY). The award supports the deployment of AmeriCorps members across multiple service initiatives throughout Massachusetts, with a project period extending through August 10, 2028. AmeriCorps members engage in evidence-based community service interventions while receiving living allowances and benefits, and upon successful completion of service, members earn Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards for higher education expenses or qualified student loan repayment.

Massachusetts Service Alliance administers six primary sub-awards totaling the grant funding to diverse partner organizations delivering targeted services in education, environmental stewardship, legal aid, and disaster preparedness. These include: Barnstable County's deployment of 18 full-time members addressing natural resource management and coastal resiliency across Cape Cod (serving 350 acres of public lands and 85 miles of trails); Perkins School for the Blind's 12-member program supporting expanded core curriculum access for students with visual impairments and deafblindness (serving 63+ students); South Coastal Counties Legal Service's 26-member legal advocacy initiative assisting 1,800 low-income clients including veterans and domestic violence survivors; Teach Western Mass's 12-member program providing instruction in high-poverty K-12 classrooms (engaging 120 students); Teach For America's 210-member teaching corps in five Massachusetts cities serving over 11,000 students; and the Boston Plan for Excellence's 30-member program delivering personalized academic support in math and literacy to 540 PreK-12 students. Collectively, these programs leverage over $7.8 million in matching public and private funding, demonstrating substantial community commitment to supporting AmeriCorps service delivery.

This award is a fixed amount grant at $8,238.67 per MSY. No member may enroll prior to the approved start date of the member enrollment period.