This award approves support grant funding for a first-year sponsor during fiscal year 2026

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services $120,000 on August 23, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America program (CFDA 94.013).

Funds support supervision, employee benefits, criminal history check expenses, and supervisor travel for site visits associated with a first-year VISTA sponsor project. The award funds costs directly tied to managing AmeriCorps VISTA members serving in Nebraska through the recipient organization, which operates the Nebraska Food Distribution Program. Performance period runs through August 7, 2027, with all work conducted in Nebraska.

AmeriCorps VISTA is designed to combat poverty by engaging individuals eighteen years and older in full-time service with sponsoring organizations to create or expand programs that bring individuals and communities out of poverty. Eligible recipients include public sector and private nonprofit organizations; projects must serve low-income communities or individuals and involve low-income residents in project planning, development, and implementation.

Funds will only be utilized for costs associated with supervision, benefits, criminal history check expenses, and supervisor travel for site visits as described in the budget narrative and approved project application.