VOLUNTEER FLORIDA

Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce a request for proposals (rfp) funding for planning grants to operate an AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps programs support local community efforts to address education, environmental, homeland security, public safety or other human needs. Planning grants are provided a year before an organization actually applies for an AmeriCorps program. The purpose of planning grants is to provide organization minimal resources to build the capacity of the organization to effectively operate an AmeriCorps program. A full grant application will be posted on the Volunteer Florida website www.volunteerflorida.org by December 22, 2006. Proposals are due in federal egrants system by January 12, 2007.

Volunteer Florida, The Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service was established in 1994 by the Florida Legislature to administer grants under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. The Commission grants funds to Florida AmeriCorps and National Service programs; encourages volunteerism for everyone from youths to seniors to people with disabilities; promotes volunteerism in emergency management and preparedness; and helps to strengthen and expand Volunteer Centers in Florida.

AmeriCorps is a program funded by the U.S. Congress under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 94.006. The national public/private partnership supporting AmeriCorps is the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). For more information about the CNCS and national AmeriCorps programs, visit www.americorps.org