[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:126] Availability of Funds

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Below is a portion of the text from the AmeriCorps*VISTA America Reads
Notice of Funds Availability 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.  PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
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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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