FY2022 AmeriCorps State and National Public Health AmeriCorps | AC 09 08 21

Opportunity Information: Apply for AC 09 08 21

The FY2022 AmeriCorps State and National Public Health AmeriCorps opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number AC 09 08 21) is a discretionary grant program run by AmeriCorps that supports public health-focused national service projects. The central idea is to fund organizations that will place AmeriCorps members into structured service roles where they help communities address pressing health-related challenges through direct service and capacity-building. Rather than funding general operations, the program is designed to back projects that use evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions and practices, meaning applicants are expected to propose approaches that are supported by research, evaluation, or credible prior results and that can reasonably be tied to measurable community benefits.

Through these grants, AmeriCorps aims to strengthen communities by leveraging national service as a practical workforce and community engagement strategy. AmeriCorps members are individuals serving in approved national service positions; during their term of service they may receive a living allowance and other benefits, and after successfully completing service they earn the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award. That education award can be used to pay qualified higher education expenses or to repay eligible student loans, which is a key incentive that helps programs recruit and retain members while also supporting participants personal educational and career goals.

Eligibility is broad and spans many types of public and nonprofit entities that can host and manage AmeriCorps member positions. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public housing authorities or Indian housing authorities; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category listed). This wide eligibility reflects the program intent to embed service members in a variety of community settings where public health needs exist, from local government health initiatives to nonprofit-led community interventions and campus-linked public health partnerships.

Administratively, this opportunity is categorized as a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) and falls under the health funding activity category, with CFDA number 94.006. The original closing date listed for applications was November 8, 2021, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of September 8, 2021. While the summary data provided does not specify an award ceiling or the expected number of awards, the overall structure indicates competitive funding intended to support multiple organizations proposing well-justified public health service models.

In practical terms, a strong application under this opportunity would typically describe the public health problem being addressed, the evidence-informed strategy to tackle it, the specific roles and activities AmeriCorps members will carry out, how the program will supervise and support members, and how outcomes will be measured and reported. Because the program emphasizes interventions that are evidence-based or evidence-informed, applicants generally need to connect their service design to credible research or prior evaluations and explain how member activities will translate into concrete improvements for the communities served.

• The AmeriCorps in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2022 AmeriCorps State and National Public Health AmeriCorps" 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 2021-09-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-11-08. (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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