This award funds the approved 2025-2026 americorps native nations national direct planning grant

San Carlos Apache College, Inc. received a $250,084 AmeriCorps State and National (CFDA 94.006) planning grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This planning grant is designated to support the AmeriCorps Native Nations initiative and enables the awardee to develop and prepare comprehensive plans for a subsequent full-cost AmeriCorps program grant award. The planning phase allows the College to conduct strategic preparation activities over the one-year funding period, with a required budgetary match of 8.7% and a waived regulatory match requirement.

The products and services developed through this planning grant will establish the foundation for deploying AmeriCorps members in evidence-based community service interventions addressing unmet needs within the San Carlos Apache community in Arizona. Upon successful completion of the planning phase, the College will be positioned to transition to a full program grant that would enable AmeriCorps members to serve in priority areas such as education, economic opportunity, community development, and youth development, while receiving living allowances and earning Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards upon successful service completion.

The purpose of this grant is to allow for planning to prepare for a full cost americorps program grant award. Planning grant programs may only operate for one year. Your 2025-2026 regulatory match is waived and your budgetary match is 8.7%.