Rebuild Iowa Green - AmeriCorps 2008-2009
Concept Paper
Deadline: 3 p.m. August 20, 2008

Annually, the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service (ICVS) grants approximately $2 million in federal funds to non profit organizations, schools, Indian tribes, faith-based organizations, or local or state government agencies to support National Service and volunteer activities in Iowa.

After the recent disasters, the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service is committed to supporting innovative efforts to rebuild and protect communities by making approximately $350,000 in funding available for distribution in this supplemental competition for planning and/or development of transformative projects in geographical areas of Iowa impacted by the disaster. The projects should be focused on capacity building, training and implementation of "Green" projects, designed to improve energy efficiency in rebuilding efforts and storm water reduction and management.

If you are interested in having a "Rebuild Iowa Green - AmeriCorps" program in your community APPLY TODAY! Concept papers are due by 3 p.m. on August 20, 2008.

Rebuild Iowa Green-AmeriCorps Concept Paper Instructions [MS Word: 180k]

Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal to the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service by 5 p.m. on September 11, 2008. The following documents will also be useful as you develop your concept paper and will provide detailed instructions for the full application.

Supplemental Information

Request for Proposal — [PDF: 62k]
2008 Notice of Funds Availability
2008 AmeriCorps State Application Instructions

Proposal Submission Checklist - all items on this checklist must be submitted as part of the overall proposal. Proposals that are received and incomplete will not be considered for funding.

2008 Proposal Checklist — [PDF: 25k]

Grant Guidelines

For detailed grant information and guidelines please use the resources below:

AmeriCorps Regulations
2007-2008 AmeriCorps Provisions

Additional Information

The following statewide performance measures were developed by the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service. All applicants must use these measures in addition to the program specific measures. Please see 'measurable outputs and outcomes" section of the application instructions.

Participant Development measure [PDF: 30k]
Community Strengthening measure [PDF: 32k]

All applicants are required to submit applicants via eGrants. Please review the following document on how to get started.

Set up eGrants Account [PDF: 27k]

For more information, please join us for a conference call at 10 a.m. on August 12th as detailed in the Concept Paper instructions. The call will consist of a question and answer session. Organizations that participate in the call may request additional information from staff by contacting:

Kristin Honz
Phone: 515.242.5467
Toll-free: 1.800.308.5987
Fax: 515.242.4809
OR
send e-mail to kristin.honz@iowalifechanging.com