This award approves the fiscal year 2026 vista support grant as described in the approved project application narrative and budget

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded La Works $323,545 on May 3, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America program (CFDA 94.013).

La Works, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit, deploys full-time AmeriCorps VISTA members in year-long service commitments to address public health, social services, education, and job training needs across the Los Angeles area. The award funds VISTA members engaged in poverty-alleviation work within low-income communities in Southern California.

Performance runs through June 26, 2027. Work is performed in California, USA. AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service program designed to fight poverty by engaging individuals 18 years and older in full-time service with sponsoring organizations to create or expand programs that bring individuals and communities out of poverty. VISTA beneficiaries must be low-income communities or individuals within the United States and its territories.

La Works operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient and has received four active or recently completed CNCS awards totaling $14.3 million obligated dollars. The organization's prior AmeriCorps work has included a Public Health AmeriCorps program deploying 90 members across 10 host sites in Southern California and a Senior Demonstration Program mobilizing 200 RSVP volunteers to provide wellness calls to homebound older adults and job training to economically disadvantaged residents.