AmeriCorps Seniors is publishing this funding notice with the purpose of creating the AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Development Senior Demonstration Program (herein referred to as WFD) to support projects focused on supporting older adults as they seek to secure employment in professional, skilled labor, or para-professional careers.
Donor Name: AmeriCorps
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
AmeriCorps Seniors is partnering with Public Health AmeriCorps, which seeks to support projects that address the public health needs of local communities, advance health equity and create pathways to public health careers for older adults. Applicants that propose public health careers programming would apply via the Public Health Careers Track. All other career programming will apply via the non-public health careers track. Through WFD funding opportunities, applicants must demonstrate how they will engage adults ages 55 and older, using service opportunities, certification, training, and mentoring as the avenue that will lead to employment in skilled, professional, and/or para-professional career employment.
Funding Information
- AmeriCorps anticipates approximately $5,000,000 available for FY 2023 AmeriCorps Seniors SDP Workforce Development awards.
- Applicants must propose a period of performance to start July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026. Successful applicants will be issued awards by late June 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- State governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- States and US Territories
For more information, visit Grants.gov.