Funding Opportunity Number: CNCS-02192015
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Disaster Prevention and Relief | Education | Environment | Health | Housing | Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Agency Name: CNCS
Closing Date: 2015-04-29

Description: CNCS may award an AmeriCorps planning grant or an AmeriCorps program grant under this announcement.  A planning grant provides support to a grant recipient for the development of an AmeriCorps program that will engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to solve community problems.  Grant recipients are awarded up to $75,000 for a 12-month planning period and are expected to be better prepared to compete for an AmeriCorps program grant in the following grant cycle.  A planning grant may not be used to support AmeriCorps members.
AmeriCorps program grants are awarded to eligible applicants proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities.  An AmeriCorps member is an individual who engages in community service through an approved national service position.  Members may receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving.  Upon successful completion of their service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award from the National Service Trust that members can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans.
For questions, email AmeriCorpsGrants@cns.  gov
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…