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

Volunteer Tennessee received a $1.84M fixed-amount project grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps State and National program (CFDA 94.006), awarded August 4, 2025, with a three-year performance period through August 3, 2028. The award funds approved 2025-26 AmeriCorps formula programs at a fixed rate of $7,183.32 per Member Service Year (MSY), enabling the deployment of AmeriCorps members across Tennessee to address unmet community needs through evidence-based service interventions.

The grant supports six sub-awarded organizations delivering targeted educational, environmental, and economic opportunity services across Tennessee. Sub-awardees include: Public Education Foundation (8 AmeriCorps members in Project Inspire teacher residency in Chattanooga); Porter-Leath (51 AmeriCorps members providing early childhood educational enrichment in Memphis and Shelby County); Teach For America Nashville-Chattanooga (100 AmeriCorps members teaching in low-income schools); Teach For America Memphis (65 AmeriCorps members in Shelby County schools); Relay Graduate School of Education (25 AmeriCorps members in teacher preparation in Memphis and Nashville); and Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (40 AmeriCorps members providing environmental education and public lands improvements across nine East Tennessee counties). Collectively, these programs engage approximately 289 AmeriCorps members and leverage an estimated $13M in matching public and private funding to increase academic achievement for thousands of K-12 students, improve school readiness for early childhood populations, expand environmental stewardship, and strengthen educational infrastructure in underserved communities throughout Tennessee.

This award is a fixed amount grant at $7,183.32 per MSY. No member may enroll prior to the approved start date of the member enrollment period.