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NOTICE of FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Federal Agency Name: AmeriCorps

Funding Opportunity Title: Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 AmeriCorps State and National 

Public Health AmeriCorps Grants

Announcement Type: Amended Announcement

Assistance Listing Number: 94.006

Summary Statement: This is a continuations-only funding opportunity for current PHA 

grantees. Organizations that have current Public Health AmeriCorps awards that will be in 

program Year 2 or 3 in FY 2024 are considered eligible for continuation funding.

Disclosure: Publication of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (Notice) does not obligate 

AmeriCorps to award any specific number of grants or to commit any particular amount of 

funding. The actual level, timing, and process of grant funding will be subject to the 

availability of funding. 

Important Dates

• Continuation applications are due no later than Thursday, January 4, 2024, by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time. Single-state continuation applicant deadlines to State Service 

Commissions may be significantly before the AmeriCorps deadlines, so state 

applicants seeking continuation funding should contact the Commission in the state 

or territory where they intend to apply as early as possible. Single-state continuation 

applicants who applied to the PHA program in FY22 as National Directs and were 

awarded as National Directs will continue to apply as National Directs for the FY24 

PHA grant cycle. These applicants will not apply through State Service Commissions. 

For all other single-state continuation applicants, the list of Commissions can be found 

on the AmeriCorps State Service Commissions' webpage. 

o If you are proposing a program that will host members in only one state, you 

MUST apply through the State Service Commission in that state, except if you

are a single-state continuation applicant that was awarded in FY22 as a PHA

National Direct. 

 Single-state continuation applicant deadlines to State Service 

Commissions may be significantly before the AmeriCorps deadlines, so 

state applicants seeking continuation funding should contact the 

Commission in the state or territory where they intend to apply as early 

as possible. Please visit the AmeriCorps State Service Commissions 

webpage or contact the Commission directly for more information. The 

list of Commissions can be found on the AmeriCorps State Service 

Commissions' webpage. 

 If you are proposing a program that will host members in more than 

one state, you will submit your continuation application directly to 

AmeriCorps. Use section C.1. and D of this Notice of Funding 

Opportunity. Please note that engagement with the State Commissions 

serving the states to be impacted by the proposed project is required. 
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Please visit the AmeriCorps State Service Commissions webpage for 

more information.

• Successful continuation applicants will be notified by July 2024.

• Successful continuation applicants will be issued awards by September 2024.
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Table of Contents 

NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ............................................................................... 1

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................. 5

o A.1. Purpose of AmeriCorps State and National Public Health AmeriCorps Funding5

o A.2. Funding Priorities ...................................................................................................6

o A.4. Program Authority ..................................................................................................7

B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION .................................................................................. 7

o B.1. Estimated Available Funds .....................................................................................7

o B.2. Estimated Award Amount ......................................................................................7

o B.3. Period of Performance............................................................................................7

o B.4. Type of Award.........................................................................................................7

C. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION .............................................................................................. 8

o C.1. Eligible Applicants..................................................................................................8

Types of Applicants ........................................................................................................8

C.2. Cost Sharing or Matching ........................................................................................9

o C.3. Other Eligibility Requirements...............................................................................9

D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION ....................................................... 9

o D.1. Address to Request an Application Package........................................................9

o D.2. Continuation Funding Information and Requirements ........................................9

o D.3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM).................10

o D.4. Submission Dates and Times...............................................................................11

D.5. Intergovernmental Review .....................................................................................11

o D.6. Funding Restrictions ............................................................................................11

D.6.a. Award Funding Requirements .............................................................................11

D.6.b. Indirect Costs .....................................................................................................12

D.7. Electronic Application Submission in eGrants .........................................................13

o E. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION .................................................................13

o E.1. Application Content .............................................................................................13

Continuation Changes:.................................................................................................13

o E.2. Review and Selection Process ..............................................................................14

E.2.a. Application Review..............................................................................................14

E.2.b. Pre-Award Risk Assessment .................................................................................14

E.2.c. Consideration of Integrity and Performance System Information ............................15

E.2.d. Selection for Funding..........................................................................................15

E.2.f. Applicant Resolution ............................................................................................16

F. FEDERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION ............................................... 16

o F.1. Federal Award Notices .........................................................................................16
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o F.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements ..............................................16

F.2.a. Uniform Guidance ...............................................................................................16

F.2.b. Requests for Monitoring or Payment Integrity Information .....................................16

F.2.c. AmeriCorps Terms and Conditions.......................................................................16

F.2.d. National Service Criminal History Check Requirements..........................................17

F.2.e. Official Guidance ................................................................................................18

o F.3. Use of Material ......................................................................................................18

o F.4. Reporting ..............................................................................................................18

G. FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY CONTACTS .............................................................. 19

H. OTHER INFORMATION ................................................................................................... 19

o H.1. Technical Assistance.............................................................................................19

o H.2. Re-Focusing of Funding.......................................................................................19

I. IMPORTANT NOTICES ...................................................................................................... 19

APPENDIX I – AMERICORPS FOCUS AREAS ..................................................................... 21

o AmeriCorps Focus Areas.............................................................................................21

APPENDIX II – AMERICORPS PUBLIC HEALTH AMERICORPS ........................................ 22

APPENDIX III: PUBLIC HEALTH AMERICORPS PERFORMANCE MEASURES ............... 24
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FULL TEXT OF THE NOTICE

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

A.1. Purpose of AmeriCorps State and National Public Health AmeriCorps Funding

AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through 

service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of 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. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our 

national culture. 

AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations (Use Section C.1. Eligible 

Applicants) proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidenceinformed interventions/practices to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is an 

individual who engages in community service through an approved national service position. 

Members may receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful 

completion of their service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award that they 

can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans. 

Please use the AmeriCorps Focus Areas in Appendix I. 

Public Health AmeriCorps is investing significant resources through the American Rescue 

Plan Act to enable the recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of public 

health leaders who are ready to respond to the public health needs of the nation by 

providing public health service in communities. “Public health is the science and art of 

preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and 

informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.” 

(Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021.)

Please use Appendix II for more information.

Public Health AmeriCorps has two main 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 serve. 

Public Health AmeriCorps members will serve primarily in state, local, Tribal, and territorial 

public health departments or in service to public health departments. It is strongly 

recommended that AmeriCorps members serve in at least teams of two. AmeriCorps has 
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found that placing at least two members at a service site location provides economies of 

scale and aids in retention of members. 

To support the development of public health skills, Public Health AmeriCorps members will 

be required to complete a 16.1 hour no-cost online training provided through the CDC 

TRAIN platform during their service term. In addition to the mentorship and hands-on 

experience provided by grantees and/or host sites, AmeriCorps members will have access to 

additional optional professional development opportunities provided by AmeriCorps and its 

partners to foster interest in a public health career.

A.2. Funding Priorities 

AmeriCorps released its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan that defines the agency’s goals and

objectives to advance the agency’s mission to improve lives and strengthen communities. 

AmeriCorps will execute the following goals to better position the agency to respond to 

national and local needs and help the communities it serves prosper: 

1. Partner with communities to alleviate poverty and advance racial equity 

2. Enhance the experience for AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors 

volunteers

3. Unite Americans by bringing them together in service

4. Effectively steward federal resources

5. Make AmeriCorps one of the best and most equitable places to work in the federal 

government

AmeriCorps will invest in existing and new partnerships with non-profit, faith-based, and 

Tribal organizations, and State Service Commissions, to get things done for America. The 

agency will prioritize investment in the most critical issues of our time — public health, climate 

and the environment, and education and economic opportunity — within AmeriCorps’ Focus 

Areas (Appendix 1) and will increase its efforts to ensure AmeriCorps members, AmeriCorps 

Seniors volunteers, and community-based volunteers reflect the communities where they 

serve. We will target our investments toward communities where the need is greatest, 

particularly those with populations that face racial inequality and poverty. These steps will 

enable more Americans than ever to strengthen the communities that need it most across the 

nation through their service.

A.3. Performance Goals or Expected Outcomes

National Performance Measures 

AmeriCorps expects continuation applicants to use National Performance Measures in 

Appendix III as part of a comprehensive performance measurement strategy that relies on 

both performance and evaluation data to learn from their work and make tactical and 

strategic adjustments to achieve their goals. 

All continuation applications must include at least one aligned performance measure (output 

and outcome) that corresponds to the proposed primary intervention. All continuation

applications must include Public Health AmeriCorps determined performance measures. 

Please use Appendix III for the performance measures. 
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A.4. Program Authority

Awards under this Notice are authorized by the National and Community Service Act of 1990, 

as amended, (42 U.S.C. §12501 et seq.)

B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION

B.1. Estimated Available Funds

AmeriCorps expects high demand for continuation funding. The actual level of funding is 

subject to the availability of funds. 

B.2. Estimated Award Amount

Award amounts will vary as determined by funding availability. Please use Section E.2. for 

more information.

B.3. Period of Performance

The period of performance will be one year and may not begin before September 1, 2024. 

B.4. Type of Award 

Award recipients will be assigned to an AmeriCorps Portfolio Manager, who will be 

responsible for assessing recipient performance, providing training and technical assistance, 

and serving as the agency’s primary point of contact. 

AmeriCorps Operating Grants provide funding for organizations to recruit and host 

AmeriCorps members. All continuation applications submitted under this NOFO are limited 

to a Cost Reimbursement grant.

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***

*Member Service Year (MSY): One Member Service Year (MSY) is equivalent to a full-time AmeriCorps 

position (at least 1,700 service hours.)

**FT = Full Time, TQT = Three Quarter Time, HT= Half Time, RHT = Reduced Half Time, QT = Quarter 

Time, MT = Minimum Time, AT = Abbreviated Time

***Updated as of August 29, 2023. Previous version reflected outdated information in this cell. 
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C. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

C.1. Eligible Applicants

Only current Public Health AmeriCorps grantees, also known as PHA continuation applicants, 

are eligible. Eligible applicants are those organizations that have current Public Health 

AmeriCorps awards that will be in program Year 2 or 3 in FY 2024. 

Applicants must have a valid SAM registration and Unique Entity Identifier to receive an 

award. Use Section D.3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM)

for more information.

Types of Applicants

1. State and Territory Service Commissions (for Single-State Applicants)

Continuation applicants that operate in only one state must apply through the Governorappointed State or Territory Commissions. Each Commission administers its own selection 

process and submits the continuation applications it selects directly to AmeriCorps for 

funding consideration. Single-State applicants seeking continuation funding must contact 

their Commissions to learn about their state or territory processes and deadlines. State 

deadlines may be significantly earlier than the AmeriCorps deadlines and may have 

additional requirements. The list of Commissions can be found on the AmeriCorps.gov State 

Service Commissions webpage. A Single-State continuation application from a State or 

Territory with a Commission that is submitted directly to AmeriCorps by the continuation 

applicant rather than the Commission will be considered noncompliant and will not be 

reviewed. In order to be reviewed as a National Direct applicant rather than a Single-State 

applicant seeking continuation funding, at least two specific states must be named in the 

“multi-state operating sites” section of the continuation application at the time of submission.

Use the Mandatory Supplemental Information for descriptions of National Direct and SingleState applicants.

The exception to the process described above is for single-state continuation applicants who 

applied and were awarded as PHA National Directs in FY22. These single-state continuation

applicants will continue to apply as National Directs in FY 24. State Service Commissions will 

be notified during the grant making process of single state applicants from their states 

applying as National Direct applicants. 

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2. National Direct Applicants 

Multi-State: Continuation applicants that operate AmeriCorps programs in more than one 

State or Territory apply directly to AmeriCorps. 

States and Territories without State Service Commissions: Continuation applicants in South 

Dakota, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands apply directly to AmeriCorps because this State and these Territories do not 

have an established Commission. Single-state continuation applicants previously awarded as 

PHA National Directs in FY22 apply directly to AmeriCorps.

Federally recognized Indian Tribes: Continuation applicants that are Indian Tribes apply 

directly to AmeriCorps. 
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C.2. Cost Sharing or Matching

There is no cost share or matching requirement per the Interagency Agreement with the 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has provided the funding for this 

program. 

C.3. Other Eligibility Requirements

Under Section 132A(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, 

organizations that have violated a Federal criminal statute may not receive assistance 

described in this Notice. 

Continuation applications that propose to engage in activities that are prohibited under 

AmeriCorps’ statutes, regulations, or the terms and conditions of its awards are not eligible to 

receive AmeriCorps funding.

Note that under appropriations provisions annually enacted by Congress, if AmeriCorps is 

aware that any corporation has any unpaid federal tax liability

• that has been assessed; 

• for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have 

lapsed; and 

• that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority 

responsible for collecting the tax liability; 

that corporation is not eligible for an award under this Notice. However, this exclusion will not 

apply to a corporation that a federal agency has considered for suspension or debarment 

and determined that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the 

federal government.

Pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, an organization described in the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. §501 (c)(4) that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible 

to apply for AmeriCorps funding.

D. Application and Submission Information

This Notice should be read together with the AmeriCorps regulations, Application 

Instructions, Performance Measure Instructions, and Mandatory Supplemental Information . 

These documents are available online at AmeriCorps.gov Funding Opportunities webpage . 

D.1. Address to Request an Application Package

All information associated with this funding opportunity is available through the AmeriCorps

Funding Opportunities webpages. Applicants should refer to AmeriCorps Funding 

Opportunities for more information and instructions on how to fully respond to this Notice. 

Applicants can also send an email to americorpsgrants@cns.gov or call (202) 606-7508 for a 

printed copy of the Notice, Guidance, and Application Instructions. 

D.2. Continuation Funding Information and Requirements 

Organizations that have current Public Health AmeriCorps awards that will be in program 

Year 2 or 3 in FY 2024 are considered continuation applicants. 
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Continuation applicants must submit an application in order to be eligible to receive funding 

for the FY 2024 program year. Continuation applicants must follow the requirements for 

continuation application content as outlined in the Application Instructions.

Please use the Application Instructions for how to request use of unexpended funds.

AmeriCorps does not expect to consider requests for funding greater than the FY 23 award 

amount; however, continuation applicants may request more AmeriCorps members than 

were previously awarded.

Continuation application review will also be 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, as well as 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. for more 

information.

D.3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM) 

All continuation applicants must register with the System for Award Management (SAM) and 

maintain an active SAM registration until the application process is complete. If a

continuation applicant is awarded a grant, it must maintain an active SAM registration 

throughout the life of the award. Use the SAM Quick Guide for Grantees for more 

information. 

SAM registration must be renewed annually. AmeriCorps suggests that continuation 

applicants finalize a new registration or renew an existing one at least three weeks before the 

application deadline, to allow time to resolve any issues that may arise. Continuation 

applicants must use their SAM-registered legal name and physical address on all grant 

applications to AmeriCorps. The legal applicant’s name and physical address in eGrants 

must match exactly the applicant’s SAM-registered information.

Continuation applications must include a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), which is 

generated as part of the SAM registration process. AmeriCorps will not make awards to 

entities that do not have a valid SAM registration and UEI. 

Continuation applications must include an Employer Identification Number. The UEI and 

Employer Identification Number must be entered by the organization’s Grantee 

Administrator as an organization attribute, and this will apply the information to all 

applications for the organization.

If a continuation applicant has not fully complied with these requirements by the time 

AmeriCorps is ready to make a federal award, AmeriCorps may determine that the applicant 

is not qualified to receive an award and use that determination as a basis for making a federal 

award to another applicant.
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D.4. Submission Dates and Times

Continuation applications are due not later than Thursday, January 4, 2024, by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

State Service Commissions’ deadlines may be significantly before the AmeriCorps deadline, 

so Single-State applicants submitting continuation funding requests through a Commission

should contact their respective Commission as soon as possible. 

D.5. Intergovernmental Review

This Notice is not subject to Executive Order 12372, “Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.” 

D.6. Funding Restrictions 

D.6.a. Award Funding Requirements

1. Member Living Allowance

A living allowance is not considered a salary or a wage. Programs are not required to provide 

a living allowance for members serving in less than full-time terms of service. If a program 

chooses to provide a living allowance to a less than full-time member, it must comply with the 

maximum limits in the table below. For Cost Reimbursement grants, the amount must be 

included in the proposed budget as either AmeriCorps or grantee share. Exceptions are 

noted below. 

While Fixed Amount grant applicants seeking continuation funding are not required to 

submit detailed budgets, they are still required to provide a living allowance to members that 

complies with the minimum and maximum requirements. Exceptions are noted below. Fixed 

Amount grant applicants should indicate that amount in the continuation application. 

Table: Minimum and Maximum Living Allowance

Service Term Minimum 

# of 

Hours

Minimum 

Living 

Allowance

Maximum Total 

Living Allowance 

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

Three Quarter-time 1,200 n/a $26,180

Half-time 900 n/a $18,700

Reduced Half-time 675 n/a $14,212

Quarter-time 450 n/a $9,724

Minimum-time 300 n/a $7,854

Abbreviated-time 100 n/a $2,244

Exceptions to the Living Allowance Requirements 

Programs existing prior to September 21, 1993, are not required to offer a living 

allowance. If an applicant chooses to offer a living allowance, it is exempt from the minimum 

requirement, but not the maximum requirement set forth in the Living Allowance table in this 

Notice. 
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2. Maximum Cost per Member Service Year (MSY) 

The AmeriCorps cost per MSY is determined by dividing the AmeriCorps share of budgeted 

grant costs by the number of MSYs requested. It does not include childcare or the value of 

the education award a member may earn. The maximum amount an applicant may request 

from AmeriCorps per MSY is determined on an annual basis. 

State Service Commission subgrantees/continuation applicants will be held to the maximum 

cost per MSY for their grant type. 

Table: Maximum Cost per MSY

Grant Program Maximum

Individual Competitive State/Territory Program (cost 

reimbursement)

$27,000

Multi-state competitive (cost reimbursement) $27,000

All non-EAP formula subgrants*** $27,000*

*$18,000 adjusted for inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for all Urban 

Consumers (As of April 2023 CPI was 0.5 percent). 

3. Segal AmeriCorps Education Award

AmeriCorps members who successfully complete a term of service will be eligible for an 

Education Award from the National Service Trust. The amount of the Education Award is 

linked to the value of the Pell Grant. A member has up to seven years after their term of 

service to use the Education Award. Use the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award webpage 

for more information.

D.6.b. Indirect Costs

Application budgets may include indirect costs. Based on qualifying factors, continuation

applicants may either use a Federally approved indirect cost rate or a 10 percent de minimis

rate of modified total direct costs, or may claim certain costs directly, as outlined in CFR 

200.4133 states, local governments, and Indian Tribes may use previously approved indirect 

cost allocation plans. All methods must be applied consistently across all federal awards. 

Applicants that have a federal negotiated indirect cost rate, or that will be using the 10% de 

minimis rate, must enter that information in the Organization section in eGrants. However, 

under section 121(d) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended and 

AmeriCorps’ regulations at 45 CFR 2521.95 and 2540.110, no more than five percent of 

award funds may be used to recover indirect costs on AmeriCorps State and National grants. 

Use the AmeriCorps eGrants Indirect Cost Rate (IDCR) User Instructions for how to enter the 

organization’s indirect cost rate. . Applicants should not submit documentation addressing 

the indirect cost rate agreement via email.

Please note: To request a federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, when 

AmeriCorps is the applicable cognizant agency for an organization’s indirect costs, the 

applicant must submit a request to IndirectCostRate@cns.gov. The applicant may also obtain 
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instructions and additional information by contacting the email address above.D.7. Other 

Submission Requirements

D.7. Electronic Application Submission in eGrants

Applicants must submit applications electronically via eGrants, AmeriCorps' web-based 

application system. AmeriCorps recommends that applicants create an eGrants account and 

begin the application at least three weeks before the deadline. Applicants should draft the 

application as a Word document, then copy and paste the text into the appropriate eGrants 

field no later than 10 days before the deadline.

The applicant’s authorized representative must be the person who submits the application. 

The authorized representative must use their own eGrants account to sign and submit the 

application. A copy of the governing body’s authorization for this official representative to 

sign must be on file in the applicant’s office.

Applicants should contact the AmeriCorps Hotline at (800) 942-2677 if they have a problem 

when they create an account, prepare, or submit the application. Information about the 

AmeriCorps Hotline hours are also posted on the AmeriCorps Hotline webpage.

Be prepared to provide the application ID, organization’s name, and the name of the Notice

to which the organization is applying. If the issue cannot be resolved by the deadline, 

applicants must continue working with the AmeriCorps Hotline to submit via eGrants.

If circumstances make it impossible for an applicant to submit in eGrants, applicants may 

send a paper copy of the application via overnight carrier below. Applicants must include a 

written explanation and any other documentation or evidence that support their inability to 

submit their application electronically. 

AmeriCorps

ATTN: Office of Grant Administration (OGA)/AmeriCorps State and National

Application 

250 E Street, SW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20525

Please use a non-U.S. Postal Service carrier to avoid security-related delays. All deadlines 

and requirements in this Notice also apply to paper applications. AmeriCorps does not 

accept applications submitted via fax or email.

E. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

E.1. Application Content

Continuation Changes: 

Describe any significant application changes in the continuation changes narrative field only. 

The budget and performance measures sections may also be updated but describe those 

changes here. 
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E.2. Review and Selection Process

E.2.a. Application Review 

Internal Review

AmeriCorps staff will review the continuation changes narrative field and any changes in the 

budget and/or performance measures. 

E.2.b. Pre-Award Risk Assessment

AmeriCorps staff will assess the risks to the program posed by each continuation applicant to 

determine a continuation applicant’s ability to manage Federal Funds. Results from this 

assessment will inform funding decisions. If AmeriCorps determines that an award will be 

made to a continuation applicant with assessed risks, special conditions that correspond to 

the degree of assessed risk may be applied to the award. Continuation applicants may not be 

selected for funding if AmeriCorps determines that the applicant’s risks cannot be mitigated.

In assessing risks, AmeriCorps may consider the following criteria: 

1. Due Diligence, including: 

• Federal debt delinquency

• Suspension and debarment

• Information available through Office of Management and Budget (OMB)- designated 

repositories of government-wide eligibility qualification or financial integrity 

information, such as:

o U.S. Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Services

o System for Award Management (SAM)

o “Do Not Pay” 

• Reports and findings from single audits performed under Uniform Administrative 

Guidance and findings of any other available audits or investigations

• IRS Tax Form 990

• Oversight.gov

• Public Litigation Records

2. Past Performance, including: 

• Applicant’s record in managing previous AmeriCorps awards, cooperative 

agreements, or procurement awards, including: 

o Timely compliance with applicable reporting requirements

o Accuracy of data reported

o Validity of performance measure data reported

o Conformity to the terms and conditions of previous Federal awards

o Ability to effectively implement statutory, regulatory, or other requirements 

imposed on award recipients

o Timely closeout of other awards

o Meeting matching requirements

o Extent to which any previously awarded amounts will be expended prior to 

future awards

o Meeting National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) compliance (Use

section F.2.d. National Criminal History Check Requirements and the NSCHC 

webpage for more information
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3. Other Programmatic Risks, Financial, Organizational, Compliance, and Fraud including: 

• Publicly available information, including from the applicant organization's website

• Amount of funding requested by the organization 

• Other elements, such as keyword searches for prohibited activities 

Continuation applicants will find information to help them understand pre-award due 

diligence checks in the AmeriCorps Due Diligence Review Process and Compliance training 

available on the Manage Your Grant webpage. This content will help continuation applicants 

obtain due diligence compliance and remain compliant throughout the grant life.

E.2.c. Consideration of Integrity and Performance System Information

Prior to making any award that exceeds the $250,000, AmeriCorps is required to review and 

consider any information about the continuation applicant that is in the designated integrity 

and performance system accessible through SAM.gov (See 41 U.S.C. §2313). Additionally, 

AmeriCorps may expand upon these requirements and use its discretion to review and 

consider information about any applicant receiving an award, including those under

$250,000. 

Any continuation applicant may review information in the designated integrity and 

performance systems accessible through SAM.gov and comment on any information about 

itself that a Federal awarding agency previously entered and is currently in the designated 

integrity and performance system accessible through SAM.gov. 

AmeriCorps may consider comments by any continuation applicant, in addition to the other 

information in the designated integrity and performance system, in making a judgment about 

the applicant's integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under federal awards 

when completing its review of risk posed by the applicant under the E.2.c. Risk Assessment 

Evaluation section of this Notice. 

E.2.d. Selection for Funding

Pending funding availability, AmeriCorps seeks to award successful continuation applications 

at FY 23 funding levels. AmeriCorps does not expect that available funding will be able to 

accommodate expansion requests in this FY 24 continuations award process. 

If FY 24 continuation funding requests exceed total funding available, AmeriCorps anticipates 

that the maximum funds awarded for each FY 24 continuation grantee will be their FY 23 

award amount offset by their respective unexpended funds. 

Funding awarded to a successful continuation application may be a portion of the amount

requested and may be less than the total maximum award described above.

Use the following example to better understand the award process if available funding is less 

than total continuation award requests received by AmeriCorps:

FY 23 grantee was awarded $100,000 in FY 23. The grantee has $50,000 in unexpended 

funds. The grantee requests $100,000 in FY 24 continuation funding. The maximum amount of 

funding that will be awarded is $50,000 which would provide the grantee with a total FY 24 

budget of $100,000 (equal to the amount of their FY 23 award).
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If AmeriCorps does not have sufficient funds to provide the maximum award amount 

described above, AmeriCorps expects to equitably distribute available funding across all 

successful continuation applications, proportionate to each prior year award amount. 

AmeriCorps reserves the right to award continuation applications in an amount other than at 

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

AmeriCorps reserves the right to adjust or make changes to the review process, if 

unforeseen challenges or urgent circumstances make it impossible, impracticable, or 

inefficient to conduct the review process as planned. 

E.2.f. Applicant Resolution

AmeriCorps may ask a continuation applicant for information after notification of funding 

opportunity results to resolve any issues prior to award. 

F. FEDERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION

F.1. Federal Award Notices

AmeriCorps will make continuation awards following the selection announcement. 

AmeriCorps anticipates announcing the results of this funding opportunity by July 2024. All 

continuation applicants, successful or not, will be notified of funding decisions via email.

Notification of an award is not an authorization to begin activities. The Notice of Grant Award 

(NGA) signed by the Office of Grant Administration is the authorizing document. An awardee 

may not expend Federal Funds until the start of the Period of Performance identified on the 

Notice of Grant Award.

F.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements 

F.2.a. Uniform Guidance

All awards made under this Notice will be subject to the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform 

Guidance), in 2 CFR Parts 200 and 2205.

F.2.b. Requests for Monitoring or Payment Integrity Information

AmeriCorps will request documentation from award recipients in order to monitor the 

grantee and award to ensure compliance with legal requirements, including the Payment 

Integrity Information Act of 2019. Failure to make timely responses to these requests may 

result in award funds being placed on manual hold, reimbursement only status, or other 

remedies may be applied as appropriate. 

F.2.c. AmeriCorps Terms and Conditions 

All awards made under this Notice will be subject to the FY 2024 AmeriCorps General Terms 

and Conditions, and the FY 2024 Program-Specific Terms and Conditions for the particular 

program (when applicable). These Terms and Conditions contain detailed, mandatory 

compliance and reporting requirements. Current versions of the AmeriCorps General and 
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Program-Specific Terms and Conditions for each of its programs is available on the 

AmeriCorps Manage Your Grant webpage.

F.2.d. National Service Criminal History Check Requirements

The National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) is a specific screening procedure 

established by law to protect the beneficiaries of national service. We encourage grantees to 

minimize barriers to service without putting their program beneficiaries at genuine risk. The 

law requires grantees to conduct and document NSCHCs on persons (including awardfunded staff, national service participant, or volunteer) receiving a salary, living allowance, 

stipend, or education award through a program receiving AmeriCorps funds. This includes 

staff that receive part of their salary through a subgrant.

• Award recipients and subrecipients must conduct an NSCHC for AmeriCorps 

members, AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers, and staff funded under, or whose salary is 

reflected as match on the award. Limited exceptions are described in 45 

CFR§2540.201. 

• AmeriCorps strongly encourages applicants to review the regulations and additional 

guidance to fully understand how to comply with the requirements. Use the NSCHC 

regulations and guidance.

• AmeriCorps also strongly encourages award recipients to utilize the two AmeriCorpsapproved vendors to conduct the required NSCHCs. 

• The cost of conducting NSCHC is an allowable expense under the award and the 

individual subject to the NSCHC must not be required to cover the cost.

• Failure to fully comply with all NSCHC requirements will result in significant disallowed 

costs.

Recipients must complete the following criminal history checks:

1. National Sex Offender Public website through NSOPW.gov (nationwide check);

2. State criminal history record repository or agency-designated alternative for the 

individual's State of residence and State of service; and

3. Fingerprint-based check of the FBI criminal history record database through the State 

criminal history record repository or agency-approved vendor. 

All checks must be conducted, reviewed, and an eligibility determination made before the 

individual begins work or service.

An individual is not eligible to serve or work in a position subject to the NSCHC 

requirements if the individual: 

• Refuses to consent to a criminal history check;

• Makes a false statement in connection with a criminal history check; 

• Is registered, or is required to be registered, on a state sex offender registry or the 

National Sex Offender Registry; or

• Has been convicted of murder, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1111. 

Use 45 CFR 2540.200– 2540.207 and National Service Criminal History Check Resources for 

complete information and FAQs.
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F.2.e. Official Guidance

AmeriCorps active Guidance is available on the agency’s Guidance webpage. The contents 

of these documents do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the 

public in any way unless incorporated into a contract or grant agreement. These documents 

are intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the 

law or agency policies.

F.3. Use of Material

To ensure that materials generated with AmeriCorps funding are available to the public and 

readily accessible to recipients and non-recipients, AmeriCorps reserves a royalty-free, 

nonexclusive, and irrevocable right to obtain, use, modify, reproduce, publish, or disseminate 

publications and materials produced under the award, including data, and to authorize 

others to do so (2 CFR §200.315).

F.4. Reporting 

Recipients are required to submit a variety of reports that are due at specific times during the 

life cycle of an award. All reports must be accurate, complete, and submitted on time.

Cost Reimbursement grantees are required to provide annual progress reports and semiannual financial reports through eGrants, AmeriCorps’ web-based grants management 

system and an internal or external evaluation report as required by the AmeriCorps 

regulations 45 CFR 2522.500-2522.540 and 2522.700-2522.740. 

In addition, at the end of the award period, a grantee must submit final financial and progress 

reports that are cumulative over the entire award period and consistent with the closeout 

requirements. The final reports are due 120 days after the end of the period of performance. 

Award recipients will be required to report at Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System (FSRS) on all subawards over $30,000, and 

may be required to report on executive compensation for the recipient organization and its 

subrecipients. Recipients and subrecipients must have the necessary systems in place to 

collect and report this information. Use 2 CFR Part 170 for more information and to 

determine how these requirements apply. 

Once the grant is awarded, recipients will be expected to have in place data collection and 

data management policies, processes, and practices that provide assurance that they are 

reporting high quality performance measure data. At a minimum, recipients should have 

policies, processes, and practices that address the following five aspects of data quality for 

themselves and for subrecipients (if applicable):

• Data measures what it intends to measure

• Data reported is complete

• Grantee collects data in a consistent manner

• Grantee takes steps to correct data errors

• Grantee actively reviews data for accuracy prior to submission. 

Failure to submit accurate, complete, and timely required reports may affect the recipient’s 

ability to secure future AmeriCorps funding.
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G. FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY CONTACTS 

For more information, call (202) 606-7508 or email AmericorpsGrants@cns.gov. 

For technical questions and problems with the eGrants system, call the AmeriCorps Hotline at 

(800) 942-2677, selecting Option 3. Information about the AmeriCorps Hotline hours are 

also posted on the AmeriCorps Hotline webpage. Be prepared to provide the application ID, 

organization’s name, and the name of the Notice to which the organization is applying.

H. OTHER INFORMATION 

H.1. Technical Assistance

AmeriCorps will host technical assistance calls to answer questions about the funding 

opportunity and eGrants. AmeriCorps strongly encourages all continuation applicants to 

participate in these sessions. Information for these technical assistance calls is available on

the AmeriCorps’ Funding Opportunities website. 

Resources continuation applicants need to effectively manage their grant award, including 

eGrants instructions, terms and conditions, individual match waiver, pre-award requirements, 

financial reporting requirements, and training and technical assistance materials are found on 

the Manage Your Grant webpage. 

H.2. Re-Focusing of Funding

AmeriCorps reserves the right to re-focus program dollars under this Notice in the event of 

disaster or other compelling needs. 

I. IMPORTANT NOTICES

I.1. Public Burden Statement

Public reporting burden for collection of information under this Notice of Funding is 

estimated to average six hours per submission, including reviewing instructions, gathering 

and maintaining the data needed, and completing the application and reporting forms. 

AmeriCorps informs people who may respond to this Notice of Funding that they are not 

required to respond unless the OMB control number and expiration date are current valid. 

(Use 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i).) This collection is approved under OMB Control #: 3045-0047,

Application Instructions, State and National Competitive, New and Continuation, Expiration 

Date: September 30, 2023.

I.2. Privacy Act Statement 

The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C §552a) requires that we notify applicants that the information 

requested under this Notice of Funding is collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§12592 and 

12615 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 as amended, and 42 U.S.C. §4953

of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 as amended. 
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Purposes and Uses - The information requested is collected for the purposes of reviewing 

grant applications and granting funding requests. Routine uses may include disclosure of the 

information to Federal, state, or local agencies pursuant to lawfully authorized requests. In 

some programs, the information may also be provided to Federal, state, and local law 

enforcement agencies to determine the existence of any prior criminal convictions. The 

information may also be provided to appropriate Federal agencies and contractors that have 

a need to know the information for the purpose of assisting the government to respond to a 

suspected or confirmed breach of the security or confidentiality or information maintained in 

this system of records, and the information disclosed is relevant and unnecessary for the 

assistance. 

Effects of Nondisclosure - The information requested is voluntary; however, to be a recipient 

of this grant program, disclosure of personal or sensitive information is required to receive 

federal benefits.
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APPENDIX I – AmeriCorps Focus Areas

AmeriCorps Focus Areas

The National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended by the Serve America Act, 

emphasizes measuring the impact of service and focusing on a core set of issue areas. In 

order to carry out Congress’s intent and to maximize the impact of investment in national 

service, and to achieve the goals laid out in AmeriCorps’ Strategic Plan (2022-2026), 

AmeriCorps has the following Focus Areas:

Disaster Services

Helping individuals and communities prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the 

effects of disasters and increase community resiliency.

Economic Opportunity 

Improving the economic well-being and security of underserved individuals.

Education 

Improving educational outcomes for underserved people, especially children. AmeriCorps is 

particularly interested in program designs that support youth engagement and service 

learning as strategies to achieve high educational outcomes. 

Environmental Stewardship 

Supporting communities to become more resilient through measures that reduce 

greenhouse gas emissions, conserve land and water, increase renewable energy use and

improve at-risk ecosystems, especially in underserved households and communities.

Healthy Futures

Supporting for health needs within communities, including mitigating the impacts of public 

health crises, access to care, aging in place, public health, and addressing childhood obesity, 

especially in underserved communities. 

Veterans and Military Families 

Improving the quality of life of veterans, military families, caregivers, and survivors. 
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APPENDIX II – AmeriCorps Public Health AmeriCorps

About the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to protect America from health, 

safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or 

abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC 

fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

CDC increases the health security of our nation. As the nation’s health protection agency, 

CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish its mission, CDC 

conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against 

expensive and dangerous health threats and responds when these arise.

The CDC's role includes:

• Detecting and responding to new and emerging health threats

• Tackling the biggest health problems causing death and disability for Americans

• Putting science and advanced technology into action to prevent disease

• Promoting healthy and safe behaviors, communities and environment

• Developing leaders and training the public health workforce, including disease 

detectives

• Taking the health pulse of our nation

About Public Health AmeriCorps

Public Health AmeriCorps is approximately a $400 million investment, from the American 

Rescue Plan Act to support a partnership between CDC and AmeriCorps. The program is 

recruiting and building a workforce ready to respond to the public health needs of the nation 

and provide public health service in their own communities around the country.

The partnership is leveraging the expertise of both agencies, capitalizing on AmeriCorps’ 

experience managing public service and workforce development programs, while 

benefitting from CDC’s technical expertise as the country’s leading public health agency. 

Public Health AmeriCorps members are working across the country, helping to improve the 

health of communities. The program is opening the door of working in public health to a new 

generation, bringing new talent to conduct public health activities firsthand. 

The program also supports President Biden’s Executive Order (13996) on Establishing the 

COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for 

COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats – specifically Section 4. Establishing a Public Health 

Workforce Program, in which AmeriCorps was named. 

The program will help communities address broader the public health needs of vulnerable 

communities that have been exposed and exacerbated by the pandemic. The program will 

build on expertise, best practices, and lessons learned from existing CDC, AmeriCorps, and 

other public health programs. 
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Who is Eligible for a Public Health AmeriCorps Award

Organizations that meet the AmeriCorps State and National eligibility criteria. Please use C.1. 

Eligible Applicants section in the Notice for more information. 

AmeriCorps Member Position Description

Public Health AmeriCorps members will help state, tribal, territory, county, and local public 

health agencies and nonprofit organizations meet the public health needs of communities, 

especially those experiencing health issues exacerbated by the pandemic. AmeriCorps 

members cannot displace existing employees or volunteers.

Examples of roles that AmeriCorps member activities include:

o Community outreach

o Health education

o Mental health education and awareness, emotional regulation skill building

o Health and social services navigation

o Crisis response (e.g. COVID, Opioids, suicide, mental health)

o Capacity building

Desired Skills 

Public Health AmeriCorps members should possess:

• a desire and ability to work with a diverse group of people, particularly those living in 

low-income and economically distressed neighborhoods;

• a willingness to learn and serve others;

• an ability to work independently and in a team environment successfully; and

• strong organizational, writing, and oral communication skills, and high attention to 

detail.
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Appendix III: Public Health AmeriCorps Performance Measures

Each applicant is required to select at least one aligned performance measure (output paired 

with outcome) that corresponds to the proposed primary service activity. Each applicant must 

choose from the following National Performance Measures:

Focus 

Area

Objective Selection Rules Interventions

Outputs Outcomes

Healthy 

Futures

Access to 

Care

H4A: Number 

of individuals 

served

H17: Number of 

individuals with 

increased health 

knowledge

H18: Number of 

individuals reporting a 

change in behavior or 

intent to change 

behavior to improve 

their health

H19: Number of 

individuals with 

improved health

H20: Number of 

individuals with 

improved access to 

medical care

Outreach

Education/Training

Referrals

Medical Services

Counseling/Coaching

Opioid/Drug 

Intervention/Harm 

Reduction

Navigation of 

Services

COVID 

Response/COVID 

Recovery

Capacity 

Building

Capacity 

Building & 

Leverage 

G3-3.4: 

Number of 

organizations 

that received 

capacity 

building 

services

G3-3.10A: Number of 

organizations that 

increase their efficiency, 

effectiveness, and/or 

program reach*

* Each applicant must 

describe in detail how it 

will measure the 

organizational 

effectiveness, efficiency, 

or program scale/reach 

in meeting the public 

health needs of the 

community in the 

Described Instrument 

section. 

Disaster Preparation

Disaster Response

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Mitigation
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Each grantee will also be required to track and report the Performance Data Elements in its 

annual Grantee Progress Report. The three Performance Data Elements are the number of 

AmeriCorps members:

• recruited from the geographic or demographic communities the program operates,

• with increased knowledge about public health, and

• who remain in the public health field post-service.