Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA03432; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 17:27:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 17:27:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <349AF577@smtpgate2.cns.gov> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Fonseca, Sandra" <SFONSECA@cns.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1333] Availability of Funds for AmeriCorps*VISTA America Reads X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 Status: RO Below is a portion of the text from the AmeriCorps*VISTA America Reads NOFA published in the Federal Register on December 18, 1997. The entire text will be provided in the application kit, or can be accessed from the website of the Government Printing Office at http://www.access.gpo.gov. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Availability of Funds for AmeriCorps*VISTA America Reads Projects-Nationwide. AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds. SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter "the Corporation") announces the availability of funds for fiscal year 1998 for new AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program grants focusing on the America Reads initiative in all fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The program grants are authorized under Title I, Part A of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended (Pub. L. 93-113). Project applications will be written to cover a 24-month period although grants will be awarded for a 12-month period with a renewal option. As part of this effort, the Corporation is soliciting applicants which are public or private non-profit organizations, including current AmeriCorps*VISTA project sponsors. Approximately 35-40 grants are expected to be awarded in April 1998 with AmeriCorps*VISTA members beginning service prior to the start of the 1998-99 school year. DATES: Applications must be received by 5:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, January 28, 1998. ADDRESSES: Application instructions and kits are available from AmeriCorps*VISTA, Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20525, (202) 606-5000, ext. 249, TDD (202) 565-2799, or TTY via the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Applications should be submitted to the Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Mailstop 9207, Washington, DC 20525, Attn: Kathleen Dennis. The Corporation will not accept applications that are submitted via facsimile or e-mail transmission.
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