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

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) received a $249,635 Planning Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps State and National program (CFDA 94.006), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This award funds the approved 2025-2026 AmeriCorps Native Nations National Direct Planning Grant, which enables ANTHC to conduct comprehensive planning and preparation activities necessary to develop a full-cost AmeriCorps program grant application. The award includes $10,069 in match replacement funds, with a required budgetary match of 4.25% from the awardee.

As a planning grant, this one-year award supports ANTHC's organizational capacity to design and structure an AmeriCorps program that will deploy AmeriCorps members in evidence-based community service interventions addressing unmet needs within Alaska Native communities. The planning phase allows ANTHC to establish program design, identify service priorities, develop recruitment and training protocols, and prepare the necessary documentation and organizational infrastructure for potential transition to a full-scale AmeriCorps award. Upon successful planning completion, AmeriCorps members would ultimately serve in community improvement initiatives while earning living allowances and Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards upon 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 4.25%.this award includes $10,069 in match replacement funds.