2006 Learn and Serve America Community-Based Grant Program

The summary for the 2006 Learn and Serve America Community-Based Grant Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	2006 Learn and Serve America Community-Based Grant Program
	CFDA Number:	94.004
	CFDA Description:	Learn and Serve America_School and Community Based Programs
	Federal Agency Name:	Corporation for National and Community Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Law Justice and Legal Services Agriculture Other Food and Nutrition Environment Employment Labor and Training Health Disaster Prevention and Reli
	Category Explanation:	Service-Learning; Community Service
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CNCS-GRANTS-102405-002
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 25, 2005
	Creation Date:	Oct 25, 2005
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 07, 2006 On-Line Grant Application Submission Grants will be submitted via the eGrants electronic system. The deadline for eGrants submissions is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the deadline. If you are unable to submit your application using eGrants, a paper application along with a diskette or CD ROM with an exact duplicate of your application must be received at the Corporation for National and Community Service, Learn and Serve America [Name of the Competition to Which You Are Submitting], 1201 New York Avenue, NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20525 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on the deadline.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Mar 08, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	16
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$4,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$350,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Private institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: State Government--must be State Commissions for Community Service All other entities--must act as Grant Making Entities (GMEs): GMEs are defined as public or private non-profit organizations in existence at least one year at the time of application, experienced with service-learning, and proposing to make subgrants in two or more states.
Grant Description: The purpose of this grant competition is to promote the development and sustainability of high-quality community-based service-learning programs in youth-serving community organizations across the nation. Funds will be used by intermediary organizations to create curriculum materials; support training and technical assistance activities; make subgrants to local organizations that will implement service-learning programs for youth ages five to seventeen; and strengthen, expand, and anchor a network of youth-serving community-based organizations that implement service-learning programs.Brad LewisLSAcommunity@cns.gov202-606-7510
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Notice of Funding Opportunity for 2006 Learn and Serve Community-Based Grants Competition
http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp
Grant Announcement Contact: Willie, James, Grant Review and Policy Specialist, Phone 202-606-6845, Fax 202-606-3477, Email jwillie@cns.gov jwillie@cns.gov Willie, James
Similar Government Grants: • Learn and Serve America School-Based Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories FY 2011; • Learn and Serve America School-Based Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories FY 2010; • Opportunity CNCS-GRANTS-011609-002; • Opportunity CNCS-GRANTS-011609-003; • Opportunity CNCS-GRANTS-011609-001; • 2006 Learn and Serve America School-Based Grant Program; • Learn and Serve America Notice of Funds Availability for New Program Awards for Fiscal Year 2004.; • Learn and Serve America School-Based STEM FY 2008; • Learn and Serve America Indian Tribes Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative FY 2008