Grant Opportunities
AmeriCorps Formula Grants
The NJ Commission on National and Community Service, NJ Department of State, announces funding opportunities for 2013 AmeriCorps Formula grants. Applications may be submitted for new or re-competing programs.
AmeriCorps is a national service program funded by the Corporation on National and Community Service (CNCS). The CNCS strategic plan has highlighted the following focus areas where service can make a major impact: education, economic opportunity, service by and for veterans, disaster services, energy conservation, and health.
Agencies eligible to apply include: public or private non-profit organizations; community and faith-based organizations; Local Education Agencies including charter schools; institutions of higher education; local, county or state government. Formula applications are reviewed only at the state level.
Application Deadline: May 16, 2013
Attendance at a technical assistance session is mandatory in order to be considered for funding. Three technical assistance sessions are scheduled as follows:
- Tuesday, April 2, 10:00 am
Atlantic County Library, 6500 Atlantic Avenue, Ventnor, NJ
- Friday, April 5, 10:00 am
NJ Records Storage Center, 2300 Stuyvesant Avenue, Trenton, NJ
- Thursday, April 18, 10:00 am
Community Food Bank of NJ, 31 Evans Terminal, Hillside, NJ
2013 NJ AmeriCorps Formula Grant Funding Instructions
2013 NJ AmeriCorps Formula Grant Funding Guidelines
If you have any questions contact:
Rowena Madden Rowena.Madden@sos.state.nj.us
or Ivette Ramos Ivette.Ramos@sos.state.nj.us
Guidance for State Applicants Applying Directly to CNCS School Turnaround
AmeriCorps Grant Competition
The School Turnaround AmeriCorps initiative is a grant to deploy AmeriCorps members to increase educational achievement, high school graduation rates, and college readiness for students in our nation’s lowest-performing elementary, middle, and high schools.
Applicants must provide a Letter of Intent to the Corporation for National Service by April 2, 2013 and the Final Applications are due April 23, 2013.
This supplemental document is provided to assist applicants that have been instructed by the State Service Commission to apply directly to CNCS for the School Turnaround AmeriCorps grant competition.
In addition to this guidance, please refer to the 2013 School Turnaround AmeriCorps Notice of Federal Funding Opportunity (Notice), Application Instructions, and the AmeriCorps Regulations, 45 CFR §§ 2520–2550. This supplemental guidance outlines the special requirements needed to apply directly to CNCS that are not outlined in the Notice or the application instructions.
CNCS School Turnaround AmeriCorps Grant Guidelines
AmeriCorps Competitive Grants
AmeriCorps, sometimes called the “Domestic Peace Corps” is a national service program funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). The CNCS strategic plan has highlighted the following focus areas: education, energy conservation, health, economic opportunity, service by and for veterans, and disaster services. Agencies eligible to apply include: public or private non-profit organizations; community and faith-based organizations; local education agencies including charter schools; local, county or state government. Competitive applications are reviewed at both the state and national levels.
AmeriCorps programs provide full and part-time opportunities for participants or “members” to serve in their communities. In return for their service, members benefit from a living allowance and an educational award held in trust for tuition or to pay back existing loans.
Application Deadline: has passed. Please check back again.
2013 New Jersey AmeriCorps Competitive Application Guidelines
Attendance at a technical assistance session is mandatory in order to be considered for funding.
The technical assistance sessions have already taken place.
A separate NOFO for Formula funding will be available on the website in early 2013. The Commission anticipates that Formula funding will be limited. We, therefore, encourage all applicants with prior AmeriCorps experience to apply for this Competitive NOFO first. All applicants under the Competitive NOFO will automatically be included in the Formula competition.
If you have any questions contact:
Rowena Madden Rowena.Madden@sos.state.nj.us
or Ivette Ramos Ivette.Ramos@sos.state.nj.us
