AmeriCorps State and National Grants FY 2014

Posted by on November 25, 2013

AmeriCorps State and National Grants FY 2014

In the FY 2014 AmeriCorps competition, CNCS seeks to prioritize the investment of national service resources in economic opportunity, education, veterans and military families, disaster services, and the Governor and Mayor Initiative. CNCS will continue to focus on national service programs that improve academic outcomes for children, youth, and young adults. This focus reflects the extensive experience and past success of national service programs in education, and aligns with the efforts of the Department of Education. In addition, CNCS seeks to increase its investment in programs that serve veterans and military families or engage veterans and military families in service. CNCS will also focus investment in programs that increase community resiliency through disaster preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation. CNCS will focus investment in programs that increase economic opportunities for communities and AmeriCorps members.

Finally, CNCS will focus on summer programming for K-12 students, especially those programs that address the academic “summer slide.” Proposed activities will engage youth and young adults as summer members to help support summer reading, math, science, and environmental learning activities for youth in rural and urban areas most likely at risk of summer learning loss.

http://www.nationalservice.gov/build-your-capacity/grants/funding-opportunities/2014/americorps-state-and-national-grants-fy-2014

Application Deadline:

The deadline for applications to the 2014 NOFO has BEEN EXTENDED.  The required email of Intent to Apply will not change. Applications are due Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. CNCS expects that successful applicants will be notified no later than May 2, 2014, contingent on timely full year appropriations.

Intent to Apply:

To be eligible for this competition, submission of a Notice of Intent to Apply is required from applicants applying directly to CNCS for an AmeriCorps grant. This notice is due Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time by e-mail to IntentToApply@cns.gov and must include the following: the name of the applicant organization, address, contact person, e-mail address, phone number and the type of grant for which they intend to apply. State Commissions should include an estimate of the number of applications planned for submission (number of applications submitted cannot exceed this amount). Please use email SUBJECT: AmeriCorps State and National Notice of Intent.