AmeriCorps Education Awards Program

The summary for the AmeriCorps Education Awards Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

AmeriCorps Education Awards Program: AmeriCorps is a national service network that provides full- and less than full-time opportunities for participants, called members, to serve their communities and build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to meet local environmental, educational, public safety, homeland security, or other human needs. Within these five issue areas, programs may submit proposals that address specific problems of local communities. In other words, local needs drive AmeriCorps. The Education Awards program can present a special challenge to sponsoring organizations, since the Corporation currently provides up to $400 per full-time equivalent member to carry out the national service program. A sponsoring organization typically will have to use non-Corporation sources to support the program. At the same time, since the Corporation is making a substantial investment of federal resources by providing education awards for members of Education Award programs, it expects to see as many of the key elements of these guidelines incorporated into these programs as possible. For 2004, the Corporation has set several specific goals: ? Strengthening the capacity of nonprofit organizations, including community organizations (secular and faith-based), to assist individuals, families, and communities in need. ? Increasing the amount of volunteering and civic engagement in America by using Corporation resources to recruit, support, and manage volunteers. ? Achieving greater accountability and program performance. ? Leveraging resources, and investing strategically, to make the efforts of the Corporation more effective and sustainable. ? Making federal funds more responsive to state and local needs.