PennSERVE: The Governor's Office of Citizen Service announces the availability of AmeriCorps State funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-2013 for the operation of AmeriCorps National service programs. AmeriCorps grants support the efforts of organizations to recruit and deploy AmeriCorps members and the volunteers with whom they work to address unmet community needs. AmeriCorps State grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to eligible organizations that identify problems and persuasively demonstrate how deploying AmeriCorps members and community volunteers will produce significant positive impacts.
Eligible applicants include public or private nonprofit organizations, including labor organizations, community and faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, government agencies and partnerships or consortia. Subject to the availability of Federal appropriations for FY 2012, applicants with high quality proposals may compete with other State and National programs for AmeriCorps State funds made available through PennSERVE and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). To be considered, an application must request not less than 10 Member Service Years, and the total grant amount request must not exceed $13,300 per Member Service Year. For Professional Corps, an application must request not less than 10 Member Service Years, and the total grant amount request must not exceed $2,500 per Member Service Year.
Following the initial review of all applications, a decision will be made as to which programs will be recommended by PennSERVE to CNCS for Competitive funding consideration. The remaining applications, and those not selected by CNCS for Competitive funding, will be considered for Formula funding. Notification of grant awards should occur in the spring of 2012, with program start dates of August 19, 2012.
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