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Agency/Office Corporation for National and Community Service/Americorps VISTA
Program Name AmeriCorps- VISTA
CFDA Number 94.013
Program Description The focus of AmeriCorps*VISTA is to support low-income communities by strengthening non-profit organizations, encouraging volunteer service, and generating the commitment of private sector resources. Each year the AmeriCorps*VISTA program provides AmeriCorps*VISTA members to serve in non-profit organizations and public agencies located across the United States where they leverage human, financial, and material resources to increase the capacity of these local organizations to develop and implement sustainable solutions to poverty-related problems in their communities.
Eligible Grantees Local or national nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and Tribes.
Eligible Beneficiaries Beneficiaries of VISTA project activities are low-income persons.
Historic Appropriation Level (in 000s) $95,466
Eligible Activities VISTA programs support low-income communities by working on such issues as hunger, homelessness, mentoring, and out of school activities for youth, health, workforce and economic development, and illiteracy.
Program Contact Jean Whaley, Director
202-606-6943
jwhaley@cns.gov
Program URL http://www.americorps.gov/about/programs/vista.asp
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Last Modified: 01/29/2007