AmeriCorps VISTA Request for Concept Paper Grant

AmeriCorps is the federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving.
Founded in 1965, AmeriCorps VISTA is a federal anti-poverty national service program designed to provide resources to nonprofit organizations and public agencies to strengthen efforts to address poverty and poverty-related problems in the United States. In 1993, VISTA was incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of national service programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, now known as AmeriCorps.
Projects must be developed in accordance with AmeriCorps VISTA core principles:

• an anti-poverty focuscommunity empowermentsustainable solutionscapacity building
• Project applications must address one of the following areas:
• Economic OpportunityHealthy FuturesEducationVeteran and Military Families