Utah Commission On Service And Volunteerism

Utah Commission On Service & Volunteerism, a division of the State of Utah based in Salt Lake City, operates exclusively as a prime recipient of federal AmeriCorps grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), with no contract prime or subcontractor footprint. The Commission functions as Utah's state service intermediary, managing AmeriCorps member deployment, program administration, and grant compliance across multiple national service initiatives.

The Commission's entire federal award portfolio of 57 grants totaling $168.9 million flows through CNCS's Office of Grants Management under AmeriCorps programs (CFDA 94.006 for State and National programs, CFDA 94.008 for Commission Investment Fund training and technical assistance). Recent grant awards include a $3.424 million AmeriCorps State and National formula grant awarded August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2029, which deploys AmeriCorps members across Utah in education, environmental stewardship, economic opportunity, disaster response, public health, and civic engagement roles. A $2.301 million fixed-amount grant awarded August 1, 2025, supports approximately 339 AmeriCorps members working across six subgrantees including Boys & Girls Clubs of Utah County, Association for Utah Community Health, Utah State University, Salt Lake County, Brigham Young University, and the STEM Action Center. A $416,974 Commission Investment Fund grant awarded September 10, 2025, provides training and technical assistance funding for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 to strengthen the Commission's capacity without cost-matching requirements. Earlier awards include AmeriCorps formula grants from 2022 and 2023, competitive fixed-amount programs, public health AmeriCorps initiatives focused on community health worker deployment, and AmeriCorps Seniors demonstration programs addressing aging-in-place needs across 18 rural Utah counties. Matching requirements vary by program and award year, ranging from zero percent for technical assistance grants to 50 percent for Commission Support Grants and up to 54 percent for certain formula programs.

Activity has declined from five awards in 2022 to one award in 2026 year-to-date, reflecting the multi-year project cycles characteristic of AmeriCorps grants. Eight awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunity. The Commission manages subgrants to nonprofit and university partners rather than itself performing direct service delivery, positioning it as an administrative intermediary for federal national service deployment in Utah. As a state government entity, the Commission does not compete in federal procurement or operate on SBA set-asides.