Notice of Funding opportunity for AmeriCorps Programs In New Mexico

Do you have an idea for a service-learning project that will impact your community? Learn and Serve America provides grant support, primarily through intermediaries, to diverse school-community partnerships to develop and sustain service-learning projects. Generally, grants are for a period of three years, renewable annually contingent upon performance and the availability of funds.

April 23, 2010
Washington, DC — The Corporation for National and Community Service announces the availability of $5.4 million in grants to establish Youth Engagement Zones, as called for by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The purpose of the new initiative is to encourage collaborative community problem solving that increases students’ academic and civic engagement while improving the odds that they will stay in school and graduate from high school.

The New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Commission (Commission) requests Applications from local units of government, state agencies, federal agencies, non-profit organizations, (those exempt from federal income tax as described in Section 501(c) of the United States Internal Revenue Code) or federally-recognized Native American tribes to sponsor projects authorized by the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 9-5B- 1 through 9-5B-11. The Commission has approximately $3.0 million to distribute among all approved projects. Projects shall start no earlier than January 1, 2011.