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AmeriCorps Formula Traditional Notice of Funding Opportunity

 

CSFA# 444-80-2810

Important: All new and recompete applicant organizations must apply to IDHS-Serve Illinois for AmeriCorps funding by:

1. Completing the instructions included in this NOFO, and

2. Submitting their complete application package (See Section 4, subsection viii.) including all required documents listed below to: DHS.ServeIllinois.NOFO@illinois.gov.

          a.  Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance

          b.  Grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure

          c.  Uniform Grant Budget Template

3. New and recompete applicants will be selected for submission to AmeriCorps for funding consideration through the Merit-Based-Review process administered by Serve Illinois, under the purview of Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). The merit-based review is described in Section 6.iii.B. IDHS-Serve Illinois will make final award determinations.

Important Links:

Application Due Date: 06/12/2026 @ 4:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST) 

Please submit questions to: DHS.ServeIllinois.NOFO@illinois.gov

 

 

AmeriCorps Formula Fixed Notice of Funding Opportunity

 

CSFA# 444-80-2809

Important: All new applicant organizations must apply to IDHS-Serve Illinois for AmeriCorps funding by:

1. Completing the instructions included in this NOFO, and

2. Submitting their complete application package (See Section 4, subsection viii.) including all required documents listed below to: DHS.ServeIllinois.NOFO@illinois.gov.

          a.  Uniform Application for State Grant Assistance

          b.  Grantee Conflict of Interest Disclosure

          c.  Uniform Grant Budget Template

3. New applicants will be selected for submission to AmeriCorps for funding consideration through the Merit-Based-Review process administered by Serve Illinois, under the purview of Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). The merit-based review is described in Section 6.iii.B. IDHS-Serve Illinois will make final award determinations.

Important Links:

Application Due Date: 06/12/2026 @ 4:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST) 

Please submit questions to: DHS.ServeIllinois.NOFO@illinois.gov

 

AMERICORPS STATE AND NATIONAL GRANTS

AmeriCorps State and National is a single program, the largest in the AmeriCorps suite of programs, which annually sees more than 65,000 members serve each year from hundreds of nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations nationwide. These dedicated members provide an abundance of services to the communities where they’re deployed. Members have helped teach computer skills, build affordable housing, clean parks, and streams, assist communities in response to disasters, and a variety of other activities. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps State and National grant dollars go through and are administered by Governor-appointed state service commissions such as the Serve Illinois Commission.  Upon successful completion of their service, members may earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award that they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans.