The Corporation of National and Community Service provides grants to national and local nonprofits, schools, government agencies, faith-based and community organizations, and other groups committed to strengthening communities through service and volunteering.
The mission of CNCS is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering. Through AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Volunteer Generation Fund, CNCS has helped to engage millions of citizens in meeting community and national challenges through...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) seeks Concept Papers for the AmeriCorps VISTA program from outcome-driven organizations that share the AmeriCorps VISTA mission of providing long term solutions to poverty. Please share this notice with your networks and contact your CNCS...
If you are interested in applying to sponsor an NCCC team, please review the instructions below and complete a Project Concept Form. To learn more about sponsoring an NCCC team, including contact information for NCCC regional campuses, visit our Sponsor an AmeriCorps NCCC Team page.
If you are interested in applying to sponsor an NCCC team, please complete a Project Concept Form. Follow the guidance provided in the Project Concept Form and Applications Instructions document to fill out and complete the Project Concept Form and submit it to your Regional Office with a digital signature.
If you are interested in applying to sponsor an AmeriCorps NCCC team in order to participate in a response to a recent disaster or a firefighting effort, please complete the Project Application for Disaster Response and Firefighting Projects. No Project Concept Form is required. Follow the guidance provided in the Project Application for Disaster Response and Firefighting Instructions document to fill out and complete the Project Application for Disaster Response and Firefighting. Submit this completed application to your Regional Office, with a digital signature, for consideration.
The Project Application for Disaster Response and Firefighting is a rolling application. Please contact a NCCC Regional Campus for more information.
If you are a representative of an office within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) interested in hosting an AmeriCorps FEMA Corps team to support capacity building efforts, please contact the FEMA Corps Section directly to submit a service project application. If you are interested in hosting and AmeriCorps NCCC Traditional team to support direct service efforts, follow the instructions above.
If you already have an AmeriCorps NCCC Traditional team serving with your organization, you should complete the following Amendments to request changes to the project. See the instructions for the Application Amendment for more guidance on when completing and submitting is required. The desired changes to the project must be requested by the sponsoring organization and approved by AmeriCorps NCCC staff prior to them being implemented. These documents apply to both NCCC Traditional and Traditional Disaster Response and Firefighting projects.
