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FY 24 PHA Continuation Only 

Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO)

AmeriCorps.gov/PublicHealth | PublicHealth@AmeriCorps.gov
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NOFO Overview

Application Information

Upcoming Webinars + Deadline

Q&A

Agenda

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NOFO Overview
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• Partnership with Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Goals: 

• Help meet public health needs of local communities by

providing needed capacity and support in state and

local public health settings and advancing more

equitable health outcomes for communities who are

currently or historically underserved.

• Provide pathways to good, quality public health-related

careers by providing exposure through onsite experience, 

training, and more, with a focus on recruiting AmeriCorps

members who reflect the communities in which they will

serve.

Public Health AmeriCorps Overview
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FY 24 PHA Grant Cycle

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Continuation Only

Debt Ceiling Deal impacts to Public Health 

AmeriCorps funding are being determined.

FY 24 “Continuation Only” process:

• non-competitive process - FY 23 PHA grantees

already underwent a competitive process.

• unique continuation process if funding is

insufficient to cover all continuation requests.

• Not expecting to fulfill expansion requests.

• seeking to make grantees whole up to FY 23

budgets, taking into account unexpended

funding.

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New public health partners should explore other 

AmeriCorps funding, (including AmeriCorps State and 

National and Grants.gov.
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• Only current Public Health AmeriCorps

grantees, also known as PHA continuation

applicants, are eligible.

• This includes organizations that have

current Public Health AmeriCorps

awards that will be in program Year 2 or 3

in FY 2024.

Eligibility
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Timeline Overview

NOFO Released

Aug 18, 2023

Application Deadline

Jan 4, 2024

Notification

July 2024

Awards Issued

September 2024

Significant changes:

• Notification shifted from mid-April to July.

• Awards issued shifted from mid-July to September.
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Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Package

NOFO Mandatory 

Supplemental 

Information

Application 

Instructions

Performance

Measures

Instructions

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Also leverage the PHA NOFO FAQ and AmeriCorps 

Regulations (45 CFR 2520-2550).

Package found on the PHA AmeriCorps webpage.
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• One-year Grant

• Cost Reimbursement

• Public Health AmeriCorps does not

have a Match or Cost Sharing

requirement

• FT = Full time, TQT = Three Quarter

Time, HT= Half Time, RHT = Reduced

Half Time, QT = Quarter time,

MT=Minimum Time, AT = Abbreviated

time

Type of Award

Cost Reimbursement

Maximum Cost per MSY* $27,000

Type of Slots in the National 

Service Trust** FT, TQT, HT, RHT, QT, MT, AT

Budget Submission 

Required Yes

Availability of Funds linked 

to enrollment and retention 

of awarded MSYs

No

Financial Reporting 

Requirements Yes

Available to new 

Applicants No

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• Individuals enrolled for a specific term

of service with an AmeriCorps program

• Members are not volunteers or

employees

• Members have a contract with the

program

• Members must commit to a specific

term of service

AmeriCorps Members

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ASN Member Terms of Service

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Service Term Minimum Hours Served

Full-time 1,700

Three Quarter-time 1,200

Half-time 900

Reduced Half-time 675

Quarter time 450

Minimum time 300

Abbreviated Time 100
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Member Living Allowance 

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• Not considered a salary or

wage

• Not required for members

serving less than full-time

• Must comply with

maximum limits

• Cost- Reimbursement: must

include in proposed

budget (Use NOFO section

D.6.a)

Service Term Minimum 

# of Hours

Minimum 

Living 

Allowance

Maximum Total 

Living Allowance

Full-time 1,700 $18,700 $37,400

Three Quartertime

1,200 n/a $26,180

Half-time 900 n/a $18,700

Reduced Halftime

675 n/a $14,212

Quarter-time 450 n/a $9,724

Minimum-time 300 n/a $7,854

Abbreviatedtime

100 n/a $2,244

Table: Minimum and Maximum Living Allowance
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Cost per MSY

Member Service Year = MSY

Does not include:

• Childcare

• Value of Education Award

Continuation applicants held to 

maximum cost/MSY for their grant type. 

Please update it to align with the new 

maximum.

*Use section D.6.a. of the NOFO

AmeriCorps Share

# of MSYs Requested 

Grant Program Maximum

Public Health AmeriCorps grants $27,000
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PHA Living Allowance and MSY

FY23 FY24

FT Member Min. Living 

Allowance $17,600 $18,700 ($11/hr)

Max. Cost/MSY $28,800 $27,000

Significant Changes

Guidance:

• Please closely review all continuation applications 

prior to submission to ensure that the max cost per 

MSY does not exceed the new FY 24 limits.

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(1) Attempting to influence legislation; 

(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes;

(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing;

(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining

agreements;

(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to

influence the outcome of an election to any public office;

(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include

advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political 

candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials;

(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing

instruction...

CONTINUED in the AmeriCorps Regulations, section 2520.65... 

Prohibited Activities

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• If updates made to continuation applications impact

performance measures, please make appropriate updates.

• All applications must include at least one aligned performance

measure (output and outcome) that corresponds to the proposed

primary intervention

• FY 2024 Best Practices for Performance Measures (Recording

Posted to NOFO Site), Thursday, September 21st

• FY 2024 Best Practices for Performance Measures (Live

Session), Thursday, September 28th, 2 – 3:30 pm ET

Performance Measures
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FY 24 PHA Grant Cycle

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Continuation Only Process

Unique continuation process if funding is insufficient 

to cover all continuation requests.

Not expecting to fulfilling expansion requests

Seeking to make grantees whole up to FY 23 

budgets, taking into account unexpended funding.

Let’s walk through an example:

Grantee A requested and received $50,000 in FY 

23 and has $30,000 in expenditures. Grantee A has 

$20,000 in unexpended funding.
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FY 24 PHA Grant Cycle

SCENARIO 1: AmeriCorps has enough funding to fulfill 

continuation requests.

Grantee A may receive $50,000 in new continuation 

funding.

$20,000 (unexpended) + $50,000 (new continuation) 

= $70,000

For FY24, Grantee A will have $70,000 in total funding 

available.

Please note that Grantee A is not required to request the same 

amount of funding that was requested in FY23. Grantee A's FY24 

funding request should align with current capacity and program 

needs.

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Continuation only

Example

Grantee A requested & received $50,000 in FY23 & has $30,000 in 

expenditures. Grantee A has 

$20,000 in unexpended funding.
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FY 24 PHA Grant Cycle

SCENARIO 2: AmeriCorps has insufficient funding to fulfill all 

continuation requests

$50,000 (FY 23 award) - $20,000 (unexpended) = $30,000 (max 

continuation award)

Grantee A may receive a max award of $30,000.

$20,000 (unexpended) + $30,000 (new continuation) = $50,000

For FY24, Grantee A will have $50,000 in total funding available 

which is equal to their FY 23 budget.

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Continuation only

Example

Grantee A requested & received $50,000 in FY23 & has $30,000 in 

expenditures. Grantee A has 

$20,000 in unexpended funding.
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FY 24 PHA Grant Cycle

SCENARIO 3: AmeriCorps has insufficient funding to fulfill 

all continuation requests at the max award.

Grantee A max award is $30,000. However, AmeriCorps 

can only fulfill all continuation requests at 50% of the max 

award.

• $30,000 (max award) x 50% = $15,000

• $20,000 (unexpended) + $15,000 (new continuation) =

$35,000

For FY24, Grantee A will have $35,000 in total funding 

available.

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Continuation only

Example

Grantee A requested & received $50,000 in FY23 & has $30,000 in expenditures. 

Grantee A has $20,000 in 

unexpended funding.
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Your organization is responsible for determining the 

budget needs of your work. Current PHA grantees 

may request funding that exceeds their FY23 award; 

however, AmeriCorps does not expect to award 

funding expansion requests through the FY24 PHA 

NOFO. You are welcome to request up to your FY23 

award amount. Budget requests should reflect 

program needs.

While AmeriCorps does not expect to consider 

requests for funding greater than the FY23 award 

amount; continuation applicants may request more

AmeriCorps members than were previously awarded

How much funding should I request 

through the PHA continuation process? 

I'd like to expand my work.
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No, state commissions are not permitted to reallocate unexpended Public Health AmeriCorps 

funding from one sub-grantee to another subgrantee.

Through the FY24 continuation process, 

can a state commission reallocate 

unexpended Public Health AmeriCorps 

funding from one sub-grantee to 

another?
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Application Information
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Submitting your Application in eGrants

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• Organizations submit grant applications to AmeriCorps via 

online eGrants system

• If you are a new user, please establish an account using this 

link: https://egrants.cns.gov/espan/main/login.jsp

• Click Continuation/Renewal on your eGrants home

page. eGrants will show a list of grants that are eligible

for continuation.

• Select the correct grant your organization wishes to 

continue. Do not start a new application.

• Edit your continuation application as directed in the

Application instructions. When you have completed 

your work, click the SUBMIT button. Application Instructions
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Continuation Application Content

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AmeriCorps expects that programs will maintain a consistent 

program design, and most continuation applicants will not 

request changes.

If there are changes, information should be provided in the 

Continuation Changes narrative field as relevant:

• Changes in Operating Sites

• Significant Changes in Program Scope or Design

• Changes to Performance Measures

• Significant Changes to Monitoring Structures or Staffing

• Budget revisions

The page limit for the Continuation Changes field is six pages as 

the pages print out from eGrants.

Application Instructions
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Application Review

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Non-competitive review process based on:

• progress reports,

• the federal financial report,

• evaluation plans, and

• AmeriCorps staff’s knowledge of the grant program.

To be approved for continuation funding, recipients must:

• demonstrate satisfactory performance with respect to key program goals

and requirements,

• compliance with the terms and conditions of the grant.

AmeriCorps reserves the right to award applications in an amount less than the 

requested level of funding and will document the rationale for doing so. Use 

Section E of the NOFO for more information.
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Upcoming Webinars + Deadline

Date Time Topic Where?

Mon, September 18th N/A Best Practices for Budget Development Recorded session

posted to NOFO site

Thurs, September 21st N/A Best Practices for Performance Measures Recorded session

posted to NOFO site

Wed, September 27th 1:30-2:30pm ET Best Practices for Budget Development Office Hour Register here

Thurs, September 28th 2-3:30pm ET Best Practices for Performance Measures (Live 

Session) Register here

Continuation applications due January 4, 2024, 5pm ET.
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Questions?

You may use the Q&A chat feature.
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Please email publichealth@americorps.gov with general 

questions about the NOFO.

Questions about your continuation application? Please 

contact your assigned portfolio manager.

Please call the National Service Hotline at

1-(800) 942-2677 with eGrants technical issues.

Thank you!

Additional Questions?

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FY 24 PHA Continuation Only 

Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO)

AmeriCorps.gov/PublicHealth | PublicHealth@AmeriCorps.gov