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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Native/Tribal Communities, Community Development, Civic Engagement, Native Youth
Deadline: Apr. 9, 2025
“AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations engaging AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. For this funding opportunity, AmeriCorps will prioritize consideration for applicants from organizations that serve communities through these categories:
- Prioritize civic engagement/social cohesion, and youth mental health;
- Education – improving student academic performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), serving students who attend Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, Tribal Colleges and Universities and Indigenous Urban Centers, Indigenous Teacher Preparation, and GED support programs, and programming focused on Indigenous or Tribal Data Sovereignty;
- Promote the preservation and teaching of traditional Native languages and cultural practices;
- Promote sustainable food systems and agriculture, habitat preservation; Indigenous environmental practices; Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Indigenous food sovereignty (seed saving, foraging, etc.);
- Promote Economic Opportunity – including digital skills and increased access to broadband; infrastructure/transportation assistance; financial readiness; training and access to financial resources for home buying; or college; and college access program;
- Promote Healthy Futures – providing health-related services both on and off reservation lands, including building trauma-informed programs, addressing issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) programs to raise awareness;
- Focus on improving the quality of life for veterans, active-duty members of the Armed Forces, and their families by recruiting veterans, military spouses, and their older children into national service; Benefit AmeriCorps Members
- Provide benefits to AmeriCorps members aimed at enhancing member experience and bolstering member recruitment and retention such as paying more than the minimum living allowance, transportation, housing, food, etc.; and
- Create workforce pathways for AmeriCorps members, including deliberate training, certifications, and hiring preferences or support.”
Funder: Corporation for National and Community Service
Eligibility: “Indian tribes and tribal organizations that are controlled, authorized, or chartered by Federally recognized Indian Tribes are also eligible.”
Amount: Unspecified
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