This award funds the approved 2026?27 americorps formula award

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the Utah Commission On Service And Volunteerism $3.424 million on August 1, 2026, under AmeriCorps State and National (CFDA 94.006) to deploy AmeriCorps members and volunteers across Utah in education, environmental stewardship, economic opportunity, disaster response, public health, and civic engagement roles through July 31, 2029. The award requires a 30 percent match.

Work is performed in Utah. The recipient manages sub-awards to six sub-grantees that structure the deployment: Brigham Young University deploys 101 AmeriCorps members providing mental health services at community mental health agencies in Utah and Salt Lake counties, reaching approximately 2,000 clients by program end and leveraging 101 additional volunteers. Utah State University operates the One Utah Service Fellowship with 700 AmeriCorps volunteers across 29 counties providing healthcare wrap-around services (immunizations, wellness checks, oral cleanings, fluoride treatments, chronic disease management education), high-level reading interventions, after-school tutoring, college prep, and capacity-building activities to 14,500 individuals and 90 nonprofit organizations, with over 3,500 additional non-AmeriCorps volunteers engaged. Utah Stem Foundation Inc. assigns 57 AmeriCorps members across all Utah counties to develop and facilitate maker-focused STEM learning experiences at U-MAKE Hubs, targeting 80 percent of participants for increased STEM interest, engagement, identity, and skills, serving 12 locations with 50 percent of participants from rural or low-income areas and leveraging 60 volunteers. Boys & Girls Clubs of Utah County deploys 46 AmeriCorps members in small group mental health knowledge and skills sessions to middle, junior, and high school students, targeting 90 percent health knowledge increase for 3,000 students, leveraging 30 volunteers for workforce development and career exploration and supplemented by $90,000 in private funding. Friends of Cedar Mesa (Bears Ears Partnership) stations 32 AmeriCorps members in San Juan and Grand counties removing invasive species, maintaining recreational trails, and conducting low-tech restoration on 200 acres of public lands, matched with $307,396 in public and private funding. Association for Utah Community Health deploys 30 AmeriCorps members (10 half-time as Community Health Workers, 20 quarter-time as Behavioral Health Specialists) in Salt Lake, Weber, and Washington counties serving 700 individuals with health screenings, insurance enrollment, care coordination, therapy, and brief interventions at Federally Qualified Health Centers, with 10 episodic volunteers supporting flu kit distribution and $305,000 in public and private match funding.

This is a Project Grant. The period of performance runs August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. Obligated funding totals $3.424 million.

No volunteer may enroll until assigned programs are added to the award and the volunteer enrollment period has begun. Your 2026?27 required match is 30%.