This award funds the approved 2026-27 volunteer generation fund program. Your 2026-27 statutory match requirement is 20% and your budgeted match is 20%.

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the West Virginia Commission For National & Community Service $532,777 on October 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021). The award funds the 2026-27 Volunteer Generation Fund program with a 20 percent statutory match requirement. Performance runs through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in West Virginia.

The Volunteer Generation Fund invests in volunteer management practices that strengthen nonprofit organizations' and other entities' capacity to increase recruitment and retention of volunteers addressing critical community needs. AmeriCorps supports effective approaches that expand volunteering, strengthen volunteer connector organizations' ability to recruit and retain skill-based volunteers, and develop strategies using volunteers to solve community problems while enhancing civic engagement and workforce development.

Grant recipients must maintain all grant financial and program records for three years from final Federal Financial Report submission, including financial records, time cards, contracts, personnel records, and program execution documentation. All individuals receiving salary or compensation through AmeriCorps-funded national service programs must clear a National Service Criminal History Check, with records maintained within grant files. AmeriCorps may audit grants through its own employees, the Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, and contracted auditors.