Funding -
AmeriCorps – AmeriCorps State and National Grants FY 2018; January 17, 2018
Agency
Corporation for National and Community Service
Description
In the FY 2018 AmeriCorps competition, CNCS seeks to
prioritize the investment of national service resources in:
- Disaster Services
- improving community resiliency through disaster preparation, response,
recovery, and mitigation
- Economic
Opportunity - increasing economic opportunities for communities by
engaging opportunity youth, either as the population served and/or as
AmeriCorps members, to prepare them for the workforce
- Education -
improving student academic performance in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and/or Mathematics (STEM)
- Healthy Futures -
reducing and/or preventing prescription drug and opioid abuse
- Veterans and
Military Families - positively impacting the quality of life of veterans
and improving military family strength
- Governor and Mayor
Initiatives
- Rural
intermediaries - organizations that demonstrate measureable impact and
primarily serve communities with limited resources and organizational
infrastructure.
- Safer Communities
- programs that focus on public safety, preventing and mitigating civil
unrest, and/or partnerships between law enforcement and the community
- Evidence Based
Intervention Planning Grants
- Encore Programs -
programs that engage Americans age 55 and older
Announcement Number:
CNCS-08-24-17
Closing Date:
Jan 17, 2018
Link to Full Announcement
https://www.nationalservice.gov/build-your-capacity/grants/funding-opportunities/2018/americorps-state-and-national-grants-fy-2018
Contact Information
AmeriCorpsGrants@cns.gov