Description
The FY2022 AmeriCorps State and National Grants opportunity is provided by AmeriCorps to support organizations in their efforts to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. The grants will focus on several areas, including disaster services, economic opportunity, education, environmental stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans and military families.
Key aspects of the opportunity include:
• Eligible applicants include Indian Tribes, institutions of higher education, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and states.
• Applicants must propose program designs that are either evidence-based or evidence-informed.
• The grants will provide support for activities such as financial literacy, financial planning, and budgeting.
• The opportunity has several funding priorities, including efforts to help local communities respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, educational opportunity and economic mobility, and programs that prioritize civic engagement and social cohesion.