Eligible Entities
• Indian Tribes;
• institutions of higher education;
• local governments, including school districts;
• nonprofit organizations;
• State Service Commissions (submit sub-applicants but not operate programs); and
• states and US Territories.
AmeriCorps encourages organizations that have not received funding from AmeriCorps before to apply, e.g., small community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, etc.
Eligible Activities
Activities must engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based interventions to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is a person who does community service through AmeriCorps, and may receive a living allowance and other benefits.
AmeriCorps will prioritize consideration from organizations that:
• Are faith-based
• Serve communities with concentrated poverty, rural communities, and tribal communities.
• Implement programs for or expand access to high-quality youth mental health and substance use recovery services and prepare AmeriCorps members to enter behavioral health careers. These may include individuals who have experienced substance use and mental health challenges.
• Improve quality of life for veterans, active-duty members of the Armed Forces and their families through effective intervention or service models or that are designed to recruit veterans, military spouses, and their older children into national service.
• Focus on public safety, crime prevention, and/or partnerships between law enforcement and the community.
• Focus on expanding outdoor recreation opportunities for future generations by maintaining public lands; supporting wildland fire mitigation and sustainable forest management; and providing reforestation services.
• Create workforce pathways for AmeriCorps members, including training, such as pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship opportunities, certifications, and hiring support.
• Focus on strengthening families, e.g., activities that aim to support low-income parents through parenting education, responsible parenting and healthy relationship skills.
• Enhance member experience by providing opportunities for skill attainment, personal growth and connection to the community they are serving.
• Enhance and expand services to formerly incarcerated and at-risk youth and/or engage those youth as AmeriCorps members
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