American Red Cross Congressional Grant

The summary for the American Red Cross Congressional Grant 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 Department of Defense, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

American Red Cross Congressional Grant: The American Red Cross is a volunteer-led, humanitarian institution that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education inside the Unites States, Its service toe the Armed Forces branch provides support to eh Unites States military, veteran and their families. Through this program, the American Red Cross provides emergency communications and supports military and veteran hospitals and health care facilities, as well as providing social services to active duty military members, national Guard and Reservists, veteran, and their family members. The American Red Cross provides these services through employees and volunteers who are stationed alongside the military, on military installations worldwide, in area of conflict or other forward deployed areas, such as Kuwait and Djibouti, and through a network of more than 260 chapters nationwide supporting service members, veterans, and their families who are located on or near a military installation. Other services include travel assistance, distribution of personal comfort items, support to families of combat casualties, information and referral to military families and deployment support training.