FY 2021 AmeriCorps State and National Tribal Grants | AC 05 24 21

Opportunity Information: Apply for AC 05 24 21

The FY 2021 AmeriCorps State and National Tribal Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number AC 05 24 21) is a discretionary grant program administered by AmeriCorps that supports organizations proposing to place AmeriCorps members into structured service roles that strengthen communities. The central goal is to fund programs that deploy members to deliver interventions that are evidence-based or evidence-informed, meaning applicants are expected to show that their proposed activities are grounded in credible research, evaluation results, or well-supported practice models rather than informal or ad hoc service ideas. The grant is designed to help communities address a wide range of needs by pairing local capacity with a national service model.

In this opportunity, an AmeriCorps member is defined as an individual serving in an approved national service position. Members carry out community service activities through the grantee organization and its service sites, typically focused on direct service, community capacity building, or other program-approved activities. While serving, members may receive a living allowance and other benefits (the specific amount and structure generally depend on program design and AmeriCorps rules). A major feature of AmeriCorps service is the education benefit: members who successfully complete their term earn the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, which comes from the National Service Trust and can be used to pay qualified higher education expenses or to repay qualifying student loans. This benefit often helps programs recruit and retain members while also supporting members long-term educational and workforce goals.

The opportunity supports projects across multiple funding activity areas, reflecting AmeriCorps programs broad community impact orientation. Listed activity categories include community development, disaster prevention and relief, education, employment/labor/training, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, and natural resources. In practice, this means applicants can propose service models that range from tutoring and educational support, to public health outreach, to workforce development coaching, to disaster preparedness and recovery assistance, to conservation and environmental stewardship, as long as the intervention is presented as evidence-based or evidence-informed and aligns with AmeriCorps requirements for member service.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and private entities. Eligible applicants include state governments; county governments; city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments that are federally recognized; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories). This wide eligibility is intended to allow local governments, schools, higher education institutions, tribal entities, housing authorities, and nonprofits to build service programs that respond to local or regional priorities.

Administratively, the grant falls under CFDA number 94.006 and uses the grant funding instrument type. The posting was created on May 24, 2021, and the original closing date for applications was July 23, 2021. The source information provided does not list an award ceiling or the expected number of awards, which typically means those details were either determined elsewhere in the full notice or varied based on program structure and available appropriations.

Overall, this funding opportunity is best understood as a mechanism for scaling community-impact service programs by supporting organizations that can effectively manage AmeriCorps member placements and deliver measurable results. Successful applicants generally need to demonstrate a clear community need, a well-defined service strategy tied to evidence, the organizational capacity to recruit, train, supervise, and support members, and an ability to track outputs and outcomes associated with the interventions being delivered.

• The AmeriCorps in the community development, disaster prevention and relief, education, employment, labor and training, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2021 AmeriCorps State and National Tribal Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 94.006.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2021-05-24.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-07-23. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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