Funding Amount

$345,846

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

First4 AmeriCorps (KVCAP/ECM and DOE-CDS)

Funder: AmeriCorps (federal agency), American Rescue Plan, FY2022 Appropriations

Award Amount: $345,846 total ($265,896 in grant funding and $79,950 in Education Award funding)

Geographic Scope: Waterville, Maine

Purpose: Support child development and school readiness through AmeriCorps member service in early childhood settings

Focus Areas:

  • Early childhood education

  • School readiness for disadvantaged young children

  • Social-emotional skills development

  • Education AmeriCorps focus area
  • Program Details:

  • Supports 25 AmeriCorps members

  • Members work directly in Head Start/Early Head Start/Child Development Services classrooms

  • Focus on foundational social-emotional skills necessary for school readiness

  • AmeriCorps members responsible for growth in children's pre- and post-assessments using School Readiness Goals benchmarks

  • Program leverages 12 community volunteers
  • Partner Organizations:

  • KVCAP (Kennebec Valley Community Action Program)

  • Educare Central Maine (ECM)

  • Maine Department of Education's Child Development Services (DOE-CDS)
  • Contact:
    Suzanne Walsh, CEO of KVCAP

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    after-schoolyouth-programseducationnonprofits

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