[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19815]



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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Availability of Funds for Innovative Community Service 
Demonstration Programs

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National Service (the Corporation) 
announces the availability of up to $500,000 for innovative community 
service demonstration programs that integrate national service 
programs. The Corporation expects to make up to 15 grants. The expected 
range of grants is $25,000 to $100,000 depending on the circumstance, 
program scope and need. The successful applicant will demonstrate that 
community impact can be increased when the resources of the various 
programs it supports are joined to focus on specific, critical 
community problems. This program is subject to the availability of 
funds.

DATES: Application materials will be available beginning on August 9, 
1995. Deadline for submission of applications is 3:30 p.m. Eastern 
Daylight Time, on Tuesday, September 12, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to: Corporation for National 
Service, 1201 New York Avenue NW, Ninth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20525, 
Attention: Margaret Rosenberry. Applications may not be submitted by 
facsimile. This notice may be requested in an alternative format for 
the visually impaired.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain applications, contact the 
Corporation in writing via facsimile at (202) 565-2786, Attention: 
Margaret Rosenberry. For further information, contact Margaret 
Rosenberry, Director of Program Planning and Development, at (202) 606-
5000, ext. 154.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Corporation is a federal government corporation that engages 
Americans of all ages and backgrounds in community-based service. This 
service addresses the nation's education, public safety, human, and 
environmental needs to achieve direct and demonstrable results. In 
doing so, the Corporation fosters civic responsibility, strengthens the 
ties that bind us together as a people, and provides educational 
opportunity for those who make a substantial commitment to service. 
Pursuant to the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, 
the Corporation ``may undertake activities to . . . support innovative 
and model programs.'' 42 U.S.C. 12653(b).
    Programs funded under these grants are intended to be innovative 
and demonstrate ways a wide variety of Corporation-funded programs and 
other volunteer efforts can work together to increase their impact on 
local communities. Therefore, grants will not fund programs per se, but 
will support models of collaboration among existing service programs. 
Development of a proposal for funds under these guidelines will require 
existing programs to meet to plan joint activities, identify mutual 
needs and priorities and develop a collaborative structure.

Eligible Applicants

    The application must represent a partnership that includes at least 
four eligible partners. One of the partners in the collaborations must 
be designated as the legal applicant. Eligible partners for the 
application include: AmeriCorps* State grantees and their operating or 
project sites; AmeriCorps* National grantees and their operating or 
project sites; AmeriCorps* NCCC; Learn and Serve America programs; 
AmeriCorps* VISTA program sponsors; and National Senior Service Corps 
program sponsors.
    Eligible partners--those entities that are currently operating 
programs under a Corporation grant or entities sponsoring AmeriCorps* 
VISTA or National Senior Service Corps--are eligible to apply as the 
legal applicant. AmeriCorps* NCCC, while an eligible partner, cannot be 
the legal applicant, or the recipient of any of these funds.

Period of Support

    Grants are made on an annual basis and may be renewed for up to two 
additional years based on performance and availability of funds.

Overview of Application Requirements

    Application requirements will be set forth in detail in the 
application materials. Each applicant must submit one bound original 
and four (4) copies of the application package. The requirements will 
include a completed application form, a narrative section, an 
implementation timeline, budget information, certifications and 
assurances pertaining to recipients of federal funding.

Application Review

    Initially, all applications will be reviewed to confirm that the 
applicant is an eligible recipient and to ensure that the application 
complies with the application instructions and contains all the 
information required. The Corporation will assess applications based on 
the criteria listed below:

(1) Program Design and Impact (50%)
(2) Program Organizational Capacity (25%)
(3) Cost-Effectiveness/Sustainability (25%)
    Dated: August 7, 1995.
Terry Russell,
General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service.
[FR Doc. 95-19815 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]
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