2017 AmeriCorps State Targeted Priority Request for Applications

Grant Description

CaliforniaVolunteers (CV) is seeking to fund new programs that engage individuals as AmeriCorps members to address unmet community needs through service and volunteer action.
Through the 2017 AmeriCorps State Targeted Priority Request for Applications (RFA), CV will award AmeriCorps implementation grants on a competitive basis to eligible organizations that engage members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. Grants will be awarded beginning mid-August in 2017 to support service activities during the 2017-18 program year. Successful applicants are expected to start member service activities by mid-October of 2016 and will have 12 months to support AmeriCorps members in completing a term of service.
This opportunity is open to new applicants seeking to strengthen law enforcement and community relationships and/or address other pressing community needs, particularly in communities where AmeriCorps grant resources have not been leveraged. Applicants proposing program activities in the Building Community Trust (BCT) Targeted Funding Priority area will benefit from significant technical assistance from CV to apply for federal grant resources. While the BCT opportunity is the primary focus in this RFA, programs focusing on other issue areas are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility

This RFA is open to new applicants proposing a program design that is not currently funded by CaliforniaVolunteers. Applicants who participated in the earlier 2017 AmeriCorps grant competition are not eligible to apply through this RFA for the same program already submitted for review.

Application Deadline

A required Notice of Intent to Apply is due via email to funding@cv.ca.gov by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 24, 2017. The Notice of Intent form can be found here.

The Complete Application is due to CV by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 21, 2017. Please send the hardcopy application to the following address:

The complete application is due to CV by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2017. Please send the hardcopy application to the following address:
CaliforniaVolunteers
2017 AmeriCorps
1400 10th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814