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$4 Million Available to Encourage Baby Boomer
Volunteers
July 28, 2005 - The Corporation for National and
Community Service has announced the availability of approximately $4
million in Challenge Grants for a small number of nonprofit
organizations to expand or launch new programs that encourage the baby
boomer generation (born between 1946 and 1964) to become volunteers to
help meet important community needs.
Challenge Grants is a matching grant program in
which applicants are required to provide at least $2 in private funds to
match every federal dollar awarded. The Corporation anticipates making
up to eight Challenge Grants this year, with a minimum grant of $500,000
and a maximum of $2 million. The deadline for applications is August 23,
2005.
"Our Challenge Grant program is a powerful catalyst
to bring new private supporters of service to the table," said David
Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. "As
the Baby Boomer generation nears 60, there will be millions of Americans
completing obligations of child-rearing and full-time work who may be
drawn to volunteering, if we can encourage them. Their experience and
energy can help solve community across the country."
Organizations receiving funds through these grants
must focus on engaging baby boomers in full-time, part-time, or episodic
community service. Applicants must propose programs that will operate in
three or more states.
Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and
community-based organizations that have not applied for federal
assistance from the Corporation in the past, are encouraged to apply.
Since 2003, the Corporation has awarded a total of $ 8.5 million in
grants to fourteen nonprofit organizations to recruit and train new
volunteers to handle tasks ranging from tutoring children to serving in
health care centers.
The Corporation expects to announce its selections
by September 30. For further information, contact Marci Hunn at (202)
606-5000, ext. 420, or
ChallengeGrants@cns.gov. The TTY number is (202) 565-2799. Upon
request, this information will be made available in alternate formats
for people with disabilities. A more detailed description of the funding
opportunity is available at
http://www.nationalservice.gov/funding_initiatives/index.html.
The Corporation for National and Community Service
provides opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to
serve their communities and country through three programs: Senior
Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Together with the USA
Freedom Corps, the Corporation is working to build a culture of
citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. For more
information, visit
www.nationalservice.gov.
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