Competitive Grant

2025-26 AmeriCorps Competitive Program Grant RFP

• Request for Proposals and Application Instructions (RFP)

Important dates for 2024:

• August 30: Request for Proposals released

• September 20: Submit Notification of Intent to Apply form by midnight

• October 9: Last day for submitting written questions via email

• October 11: Application & required additional documents due by 4:30pm

• December 3: Program Evaluation & Development Committee Meeting - selected applicants are required to present to committee

• December 12: Wisconsin National & Community Service Board Meeting

appendices & ATtachments:

Appendices are for your reference

• Appendix 1: Performance eGrants Module Instructions and Checklist

• Appendix 2: AmeriCorps National Performance Measures

• Appendix 3: Public Health AmeriCorps Performance Measures

• Appendix 4: Applicant Determined Performance Measures

• Appendix 5: Cost Reimbursement Budget Instructions

• Appendix 6: Cost Reimbursement Budget Worksheet

• Appendix 7: Fixed Amount Budget Instructions

• Appendix 8: Indirect Cost Rate User Instructions

• Appendix 9: Mandatory Supplemental Information

• Appendix 10: Serve Wisconsin Formula Funding Process

• Appendix 11: Serve Wisconsin Formula Selection Criteria Sample Chart

• Appendix 12: Serve Wisconsin Peer Review Form

• Appendix 13: Serve Wisconsin Program Member Service Year Cap Policy

Attachments must be submitted (if applicable)

• Attachment A: Additional Documents Checklist

• Attachment B: Cost Reimbursement Budget Checklist (Word)

• Attachment C: AmeriCorps Operational Financial Management Survey form

• Attachment D: Serve WI Financial Management Survey (Word)

• Attachment E: Alignment with Wisconsin State Service Plan (Word)

• Attachment F: Evaluation Plan Template

• Attachment G: Program Member Service Year Cap Policy Waiver Request

Attachments must be submitted via email to the RFP Manager at ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov by the deadline indicated in the RFP.

On3Learn

On3Learn provides online workshops for applicants that are new to AmeriCorps grants.

To access On3Learn online workshops at no cost, please contact the Serve Wisconsin RFP Manager at ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov for a coupon code as soon as possible.

• Developing Logic Models

• Selecting and Developing Performance Measurements

• National Service Fundamentals

• AmeriCorps 101

• Your Program Design

• Understanding the AmeriCorps Budget

Please do not enter a credit card number when selecting an On3Learn online workshop. Instead, contact ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov for a coupon code that will allow you to complete as many online workshops as you would like at no cost.

Questions and answers

All questions regarding the RFP must be submitted in writing via email by October 9, 2024 to the RFP Manager at ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov. Questions for Serve Wisconsin via telephone will not be accepted. Questions asked between August 30, 2024 and October 9, 2024 and their answers will be collected in one document, updated regularly and posted here. The final version of the Q&A document will be posted on October 10, 2024.

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Email ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM WISCONSIN EVALUATION COLLABORATIVE (WEC)

Serve Wisconsin, with support from AmeriCorps, is providing each AmeriCorps program applicant a limited number of free one-on-one consultation hours with evaluators from the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The evaluators at WEC would be great resources for programs with needs with logic models, evaluation plans, reports, evidence, performance measures, and more.

1. Please fill out this survey form, and WEC will get in touch with you to set up a time to discuss your needs one-on-one

2. Recording from Question & Answers with WEC on 10/2/23

3. Recording from Logic Model presentation with WEC on 10/3/23