Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nation Grants | AC 08 19 23

Opportunity Information: Apply for AC 08 19 23

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nation Grants opportunity is a discretionary grant competition run by AmeriCorps (CFDA 94.006) designed specifically to support national service programs led by Native Nations and Native-serving tribal entities. The notice for this competition, along with the required supplemental guidance, has been amended, and applicants are expected to rely on the updated versions posted on the competition website when preparing proposals. In practical terms, this funding is meant to help tribal governments and tribal organizations build or expand AmeriCorps programs that place AmeriCorps members in structured service roles that address local needs and strengthen community capacity.

At its core, the opportunity funds projects that use national service as the delivery mechanism for community solutions. AmeriCorps frames the purpose broadly: improving lives, strengthening communities, and deepening civic engagement through service and volunteering. Rather than funding direct operational costs unrelated to service, these grants typically support a program model where AmeriCorps members are recruited, trained, and deployed with host sites or partner organizations to carry out service activities. Members may receive a living allowance and other allowable benefits during their term of service, and those who complete service successfully earn the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, which can be used toward higher education expenses or to pay down qualified student loans. That education award is a central feature of AmeriCorps programs because it helps attract participants and creates a tangible long-term benefit tied to public service.

The eligible applicants for this Native Nation-focused competition include federally recognized Native American tribal governments as well as Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments. The intent is to ensure that Native Nations and tribal entities can design and lead programming that fits their communities, priorities, and cultural context. Applicants are expected to propose service interventions that are evidence-based or evidence-informed, meaning the program design should be grounded in research, prior evaluations, proven practices, or a credible theory of change that links member activities to measurable community outcomes.

AmeriCorps indicates a wide range of eligible program focus areas, reflecting the agency's role as a flexible national service funder. The funding activity categories listed include community development, disaster prevention and relief, education, employment and workforce development, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, and other community priorities. This broad scope allows tribal applicants to align an AmeriCorps member-powered approach with urgent local challenges, whether that involves tutoring and student support, food security initiatives, public health outreach, housing stability work, environmental stewardship, disaster readiness, or community-based employment supports. While the notice language is high-level, the consistent theme is that members should be deployed in meaningful service assignments tied to community needs and organized around interventions that can plausibly demonstrate outcomes.

Key administrative details from the source information include the funding opportunity number (AC 08 19 23), the grant instrument type (Grant), and the original closing date of April 5, 2024. The listing does not provide a stated award ceiling or an expected number of awards in the provided fields, which typically means applicants should consult the amended Notice and supplemental materials on the competition website for the most current and complete award sizing, budgeting rules, cost-sharing or matching expectations (if any), performance measure requirements, and submission instructions. The opportunity was created on August 18, 2023, and, as emphasized in the notice, the amended documents are the authoritative source for what applicants must include and how proposals will be reviewed.

Overall, this competition is best understood as an opportunity for tribal governments and tribal organizations to secure federal support to run an AmeriCorps program: recruiting members, placing them in service roles, and delivering structured, community-centered interventions that are informed by evidence and capable of showing results. The grant funds the program infrastructure needed to manage members and implement service activities, while members themselves bring capacity to on-the-ground work and earn education benefits for completing a term of service.

• The AmeriCorps in the community development, disaster prevention and relief, education, employment, labor and training, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nation 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 2023-08-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).

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