Grant Opportunities

The following information is on current and past grants.

Current Grants

Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania

Brief Overview

• Education Award valued at $1250 per participating student
   
• Free and/or low-cost training opportunities for administrative staff on how to run effective community service programs, how to utilize Federal Work Study for community service, how to work with community partners, etc.
   
• Free technical assistance including one-on-one consulting, site visits, etc.
   
• Free training on the AmeriCorps Enrollment Process
   
• Statewide leadership opportunities for students
   
• Assistance with locating service sites for students
   
• Free access to a web-based data management system designed to track student hours and activities

• Provide ongoing support for students participating in the program including but not limited to: oversight of service activities, regular reflection sessions, assistance with filling out all enrollment forms and paperwork, and assistance finding service placements
   
• Assign one administrator to be the main “point of contact” between the Scholars in Service to PA program and your campus.
   
• Send at least one administrator to both the Student Leadership Development Institute (June) as well as the Pennsylvania Campus Compact Annual Conference (October).

Time Line

HHS Announces $31,900,000 from Compassion Capital Fund

1. $16.9 million, from the CCF Demonstration Program, is available to up to 17 intermediary organizations to provide technical assistance and sub awards. These intermediary organizations serve as a bridge between the federal government and faith-based and community organizations.
    
2. $15 million, from the CCF Targeted Capacity Building Program, is available to 300 faith-based and community organizations for capacity building, to address the needs of at-risk youth, and the homeless, to provide voluntary marriage education and preparation services, and to offer social services to those living in rural communities.

Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Past Grants

2006-2007 Pennsylvania Americorps*State Application/Agreement Instructions
RFA#-2006-ACS-01

Youth Organized for Disaster Action Service-Learning Grants.

2005 Pennsylvania Americorps*State Planning/Capacity Building Grants

$4 Million in Challenge Grant Funds Available to Nonprofits to Expand the Number of Baby Boomer Volunteers

National & Global Youth Service Day Lead Agency $2,000 Grants

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning $1,000 Grants

The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Community and Student Services, announces the availability of Federal 21st Century Community Learning Center grant funding to provide academic activities to students and their families when school is not in session (before school, after school, and/or during holidays or summer recess.)

 

The primary goal of these Centers is to assist students to meet state and local standards for core subjects, such as reading and mathematics, by providing students with academic enrichment opportunities. Centers may also offer participants a broad array of other services and programs, including art, music, character education, service learning, recreation activities and technology education. Ancillary services for adult family members, such as literacy instruction, may also be given.

 

Contracts with successful applicants will be issued for a three-year period beginning January 2006, with the possibility of continuation for an additional two-year period. The minimum grant award is $50,000 per year.

 

Eligible Applicants include any public or private organization that proposes to serve:

Application Information: Detailed information outlining grant terms and conditions, pertinent regulations and the application process is contained in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Request-for-Application (RFA) document, which may be secured by these methods:

Responses to questions asked at the pre-proposal conferences will be posted on the PDE web site: www.center-school.org/documents/21stPre-proposalRegistrationForm.pdf.

This funding announcement seeks proposals that improve child well-being by removing barriers to and strengthening family formation and healthy marriage in underserved communities. The Children's Bureau believes that by designing strategies to target funding for healthy marriage activities to community-based agencies in underserved communities where high rates of child protection and foster care resources are used, child well-being may be improved and the rate of children of color in foster care could be reduced. Projects will explore and remove barriers to forming lasting families and healthy marriages as a means to promote the well-being of children and families who are at risk of entering, or are already in the child welfare system. Projects will also explore what particular services, delivery, and outreach efforts designed to support the formation and stability of healthy marriages are most effective at helping children and families in targeted communities.

 

Grantees must comply with applicable laws, including those that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, and age in their programs.

 

Click here for more information on the HMI

Funding Instrument Type: Grant.

 

Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding: $1,500,000.

 

Anticipated Number of Awards: 0 to 10.

 

Ceiling on Amount of Individual Awards Per Budget Period: $150,000.

 

Average Projected Award Amount Per Budget Period: $150,000.

 

Length of Project Periods: 48 month project with four 12 month budget periods.

 

In the first budget period, the maximum Federal share of each project is not to exceed $150,000. The projects awarded will be for a project period of 48 months. The initial grant award will be for a 12- month budget period. The award of continuation beyond each 12-month budget period will be subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory progress on the part of the grantee, and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the government.

Eligible Applicants

Non-profits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education and Non-profits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

 

For more information go to: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/index.html

The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced more than $43 million in Learn and Serve America grants for the 2005-06 school year. The grants will engage more than 1.1 million students across the nation in service-learning projects that promote community service while enhancing students' academic and civic skills.

 

"Learn and Serve America is an 'on ramp' to a lifetime of civic engagement for more than one million young Americans each year," said David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation, which oversees Learn and Serve America, Senior Corps and AmeriCorps. "And every year the case grows stronger that students engaged in service-learning improve their academic achievement and strengthen their skills by practicing them on behalf of their communities."

 

The 141 grants will support service-learning initiatives of education agencies, schools, institutions of higher education and faith-based and community groups. Service-learning is an approach to education that links community service to academic achievement while also teaching students about our country's civic institutions and traditions. According to Department of Education statistics, about one-third of all K-12 schools in the United States participate in service-learning programs. For a complete list of grants, visit http://www.learnandserve.org/grants/05_continuation.html

 

"These grants develop lasting programs that engage young people in meaningful service with others in their community. The students truly experience active, engaged citizenship through service-learning," said Amy Cohen, the director of Learn and Serve America. Cohen noted that Learn and Serve grants usually are not announced until the summer. "By announcing the grants in the spring, recipients will have time to plan and prepare all their activities, so that the projects will be set to go when school starts in the fall."

 

The Learn and Serve America grants, which are for the second year in the three-year grant cycle, were announced in the following categories:

 

Formula grants to state education agencies. Nearly $20 million in grants will be distributed to 49 states and the District of Columbia. States use the funds to make service-learning part of the academic curriculum and to support training of teachers and service-learning coordinators, who incorporate service into academic settings.

 

Higher education grants. Approximately $10.5 million will be awarded to 46 individual colleges or statewide or national consortia, supporting about 350 local projects. These grants help colleges fulfill their civic mission by supporting the development of courses, extracurricular programs, and faculty research designed to meet community needs and carry out partnerships with their surrounding communities. In addition, many projects enable universities to employ Federal Work-Study students in community-serving roles.

 

School-based competitive programs. Almost $8 million in grants will go to school-based programs to support the integration of service into the K-12 academic curriculum in a manner that enhances achievement of academic standards while fostering civic responsibility and knowledge. The grants will support three model programs: Linking History, Civics, and Service, in which schools partner with local civic and historical groups to provide community service that also builds students' civic and historical knowledge; and Community, Higher Education, School Partnerships (CHESP), which brings three key local institutions together-community-based organizations, higher education, and schools-to develop sustainable partnerships that will meet community needs over the long haul. The grants will also support Homeland Security efforts at 10 locations, which will connect students with their communities while increasing their knowledge and application of prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery skills.

 

Community-based programs. The Corporation announced 16 grants worth nearly $5 million to support approximately 200 local programs. Funds are awarded to national, statewide, or regional nonprofits, which support local youth service and service-learning programs, primarily during after-school, weekend, and summer hours.

 

Indian Tribes and U.S. territories. More than $700,000 will be awarded to seven Indian Tribe programs to provide school-based service-learning programs.

 

Learn and Serve America is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, which also oversees Senior Corps and AmeriCorps. In addition to making grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a national resource on service-learning to nonprofit groups, educational institutions, teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups. Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation is working to build a culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility. For further information, visit www.nationalservice.gov or Contact: Mark Abbott 202/606-5000, x120; mabbott@cns.gov.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is encouraging organizations to apply for approximately $1.5 million in grant funds to support "the next generation" of national service programs. The special competition will support organizations meeting community needs that have not previously received Corporation support.

 

"We are committed to finding new ways to use national and community service to capitalize on untapped resources and respond to critical national problems," said David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation. The Corporation will make grants as seed money to help selected organizations plan and implement innovative new programs that have the potential to become national in scope, or that propose a model that could be replicated in other locations. Each program selected must contain innovative strategies for engaging volunteers in community service activities, and must be designed so as to achieve measurable outcomes to both program participants and beneficiaries. Proposals must fall under one [or both] of two areas:

The competition is open to new and existing organizations that work in education, the environment, health and human services, homeland security, public safety, and other critical areas. The Next Generation Grants competition is being conducted outside of the Corporation's usual grant-making streams in order to encourage flexibility and the development of new models of service.

 

Eligible applicants include public and private non-profit organizations, including faith-based and other community-based organizations. Intermediary organizations may apply for this grant opportunity to perform the fiscal, administrative, and resource development activities for affiliated local sites which may lack the capacity to carry out these roles. Applicants other than individual schools and intermediaries will generally have an annual operating budget of $500,000 or less.

The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced the availability of $1 million in funding to support AmeriCorps Professional Corps programs that engage professionals to provide health, public safety, education, and other human services in needy communities.

$5.1 Million in Grants Available to Increase Involvement of People with Disabilities in National and Community Service

Home Depot Hurricane Rebuilding Funds

Childspace Cooperative Development Inc.: $20,000
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum: $22,172
Three Rivers Rowing Association: $7,828
Zion Assembly of Harrisburg: $20,000

Learn and Serve America: Homeland Security Program, Youth Organized for Disaster Action (YODA) Program