This award provides FY 2025 funding for your approved training and technical assistance (TTA) commission investment fund (CIF) grant budget and activities

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the Office of Higher Education, a Connecticut state entity, $332,272 on September 10, 2025, under the AmeriCorps Commission Investment Fund program (CFDA 94.008) to expand the capacity of state service commissions through training and technical assistance activities.

The award funds approved training and technical assistance and commission investment activities for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, with no required match. The recipient is authorized to incur pre-award costs beginning July 1, 2025. The grant period extends through June 30, 2028, with performance taking place in Connecticut. The program supports commission staffing and staff development in priority performance areas, training events, and collaborative activities designed to produce demonstrable improvements within the one-year grant period and to forge new collaborations, partnerships, or develop new skills and knowledge among state service commissions and alternative administrative entities.

The FY 2025 required match is 0%. You are approved for pre-award costs beginning july 1, 2025.