Funding-Learn and Serve America Community grants; deadline April 14, 2009

Agency

Corporation for National and Community Service

Description

Community Service (the Corporation) announces the anticipated availability of approximately $4.2 million for qualified organizations to provide subgrants, training, and other assistance to local partnerships to implement community-based service-learning projects. These funds will be awarded to an estimated five to eight eligible applications with awards ranging from approximately $350,000 to $450,000 annually for a project period of up to three years. The Corporation’s mission is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering. Learn and Serve America Community-Based grants are designed to involve school-age youth in community-based service-learning programs that provide direct and demonstrable educational, public safety, human, or environmental service, and to provide training and technical assistance to youth-serving organizations. Key agency priorities for the 2009 Community-Based Healthy Communities initiative include: • Expanding opportunities for out-of-school time service-learning activities that increase civic engagement, leadership capacity and community problem solving skills and promote retention in school and readiness for careers and post-secondary education. • Engaging young people, particularly youth in disadvantaged circumstances, in the planning and implementation of service-learning activities that directly address community needs in order to build healthier communities. • Developing community partnerships at the local level that include well-defined roles for public or profit nonprofit organization partners and adult volunteers engaged in service-learning programs.

Announcement Number:  CNCS-GRANTS-011609-002

Closing Date:  Apr 14, 2009   

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.cns.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_detail.asp?tbl_nofa_id=71

Contact Information

Cara Patrick
202-606-7510 Contact the Learn and Serve America program directly.