Training and Technical Assistance

The summary for the Training and Technical Assistance 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.

Training and Technical Assistance: The Corporation for National and Community Service is an independent Federal grant-making agency that supports a range of volunteer services programs, including AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America. Under this notice, the Corporation expects to make grants, under cooperative agreements, of over $12 million in funds to national providers of training and technical assistance (T&TA) to these Corporation-funded programs. Awards will be made in 16 areas of training and technical assistance, in which funding amounts will range from approximately $100,000 to $1,540,000 annually for cooperative agreements of up to three years. Only one of the sixteen grants will require cost sharing. The selected grantees will provide training and technical assistance and clearing house services, supporting the Corporation in building the capacity of local programs and organizations that use service and volunteering to meet community needs, including service-learning. Providers will use the awards to deliver training and technical assistance in specified areas to the Corporations grantees and subgrantees. The 16 areas of T&TA are: (1) participant recruitment and development; (2) leveraging additional volunteers; (3) community engagement and strengthening; (4) resource and fund development; (5) performance measurement and evaluation; (6) financial and grants management; (7) disability inclusion; (8) eGrants training and technical assistance; (9) the Resource Center; (10) the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse; (11) technical assistance to state commissions; (12) technical assistance for specific learning communities; (13) education success and mentoring; (14) independent living; (15) coordinating service learning programs; and (16) technical assistance for faith-based and community initiatives. The grant competition is open to state and local government entities, non-profit organizations, including faith- and community-based organizations, higher education institutions, Indian tribes, and commercial entities. Organizations that operate or intend to operate Corporation supported programs are also eligible to apply. The deadline for eGrants submissions is 5 p.m. Eastern Time, May 20, 2005. For further information, visit http://www.nationalservice.org/funding_initiatives/index.html to review the complete notice, which includes an application; or contact Gina Fulbright-Powell at (202) 606-5000, ext. 414, email [email protected]. The TDD number is 2025652799. Note: This is a notice for the selection of organizations to provide training and technical assistance on behalf of the Corporation. This is not a notice for program grant proposals.