Fall 2008
New Statewide Volunteer Web Portal and Posting System Launched
New AmeriCorps NCCC Campus in Vinton Iowa
AmeriCorps State Program Grants Available
New Volunteering in America Site Launched-Iowa Sixth in National Volunteer Rankings
New AmeriCorps Open Positions In Iowa
Together…Building Iowa’s Future!
Iowa Conference on Volunteer Service and Nonprofit Management
AmeriCorps State Program Grants Available
The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service (ICVS) is pleased to announce the availability of federal funding in the form of AmeriCorps State program grants. The following entities are encouraged to apply: non-profit organizations, state agencies and local governments, elementary and secondary schools, Indian tribes, colleges and universities, community and faith-based organizations, and an intermediary organization representing a combination of these or similar groups working together.
AmeriCorps grants help organizations to recruit, train, and support AmeriCorps members, who then serve on a full-time or part-time basis to help the organization in serving the community. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to programs that support education, public safety, the environment, homeland security, or other unmet human needs, particularly those affecting children, the elderly and the disabled. Successful programs deliver service to communities, while also working towards the development and growth of the AmeriCorps members serving their organization. Programs are required to engage a minimum of ten full-time AmeriCorps members (or the equivalent, such as twenty half-time, etc.).
Read more information about the AmeriCorps Grant on the ICVS web site.