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