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AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Planning Grants

Link

https://americorps.gov/funding-opportunity/fy-2025-americorps-state-national-native-nations-grants

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)

Deadline

Application Deadline: Apr 9, 2025

Sponsor

AmeriCorps

Purpose

Provides funding to tribes and tribal organizations to plan AmeriCorps programs that will engage AmeriCorps members to implement evidence-based interventions to strengthen tribal communities. Funds must be used for planning activities and may not support AmeriCorps members. Grant recipients are encouraged to apply for an AmeriCorps State and National or Native Nations program grant in the following grant cycle.

Priorities for this opportunity are programs that address the need and challenges in tribal communities and the ability to translate the planning grant award into an application for AmeriCorps programming next year.

Funding priorities include:

  • Civic engagement/social cohesion, and youth mental health
  • Environmental stewardship, including water/wastewater projects, community resilience, sustainable food systems, and food sovereignty
  • Education to improve academic performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and serving students at Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, tribal colleges and universities, Indigenous teacher preparation, and GED support programs
  • Economic opportunity, including digital skills; access to broadband; infrastructure/transportation assistance; financial readiness; training and access to financial resources for home buying; or college; and college access programs
  • Healthy Futures, a program that provides services to historically underserved individuals both on and off reservation lands, including but not limited to people with disabilities, people who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, people with arrest and/or conviction records
  • Improving 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
  • Providing additional 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, and more
  • Creating workforce pathways for AmeriCorps members, including deliberate training, certifications, and hiring preferences or support
  • Promoting the preservation and teaching of traditional native languages and cultural practices

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling: $240,000
Project period: 1 year

Grants are made on a cost reimbursement basis, and the period of performance may not start before August 15, 2025.

Who Can Apply

Only federally recognized Indian tribes, as defined in 2 CFR ยง200.1, and tribal organizations controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by Indian tribes are eligible to apply.

AmeriCorps encourages new applicants that have not received funding from AmeriCorps to apply.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

New Program

Application Process

Application instructions, requirements, and other information can be found in the funding announcement.

Applicants must submit applications electronically through the eGrants web-based management system.

The 2025 AmeriCorps State & National Mandatory Supplemental Information offers additional guidance on preparing and submitting applications for this funding opportunity.

Contact

For AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Planning Grant application questions:
202-606-7508
americorpsgrants@cns.gov
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Topics This Program Addresses

Community Planning and Coalition Building • Emergency Planning • Health and Wellness • Vocational Training, Education, and Employment