2006 Learn and Serve America School-Based Grant Program

The summary for the 2006 Learn and Serve America School-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 School-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:	Other Regional Development Education Food and Nutrition Health Employment Labor and Training Disaster Prevention and Relief Environment Community
	Category Explanation:	Service-learning and Community service
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CNCS-GRANTS-102405-001
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 24, 2005
	Creation Date:	Oct 24, 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:	35
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$7,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$20,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than 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 applicants must be State Education Agencies or their designated legal applicants.
Grant Description: The purpose of Learn and Serve America School-Based grants is to involve young people between the ages five and seventeen in service-learning projects that simultaneously support student development and meet community needs in areas such as the environment, education, public safety,and other human needs (see application instructions for a complete list of Service Categories).Scott RichardsonLSAschool@cns.gov202-606-7510Award Floor: $20,000Small State Capacity Grants; $75,000 Indian Tribes and territories; $350,000 all others
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Notice of Funding Opportunity for 2006 Learn and Serve School-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 Community-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