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Apply for AmeriCorps Funding
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- AmeriCorps*State in Virginia.
- AmeriCorps*VISTA in Virginia.
The Virginia Department of Social Services, Office on Volunteerism and Community Service, accepts Request for Proposals for the AmeriCorps*State program year at the beginning of each calendar year. The Corporation for National and Community Service Virginia State Office accepts applications for the AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers In Service to America) program throughout the year. Grants are available to public and nonprofit organizations that sponsor service programs throughout Virginia, including faith-based and community organizations, higher education institutions, and public agencies.
These grants assist groups in recruiting, training and placing individuals, as AmeriCorps members, to meet critical community needs in the following areas:
- Education
- Environment
- Health
- Poverty
- Public Safety
- Other Human Needs
AmeriCorps State Request for Proposals
The Virginia Department of Social Services, Office on Volunteerism and Community Service, is no longer accepting Request for Proposals for the 2009 AmeriCorps*State program year. The deadline for sealed proposals was 5:00pm, March 12, 2009.
New to AmeriCorps?
Organizations interested in learning more about AmeriCorps and becoming a sponsoring organization please review the presentation and additional information below. "Virginia AmeriCorps: Becoming a Program Sponsor Part I" covers the basics and gives you a general overview of AmeriCorps in Virginia.
You may also want to print out and take the organizational assessment, "Are You Ready for AmeriCorps?" This assessment will assist you in evaluating your organization's capacity for successfully competing for an AmeriCorps grant.