From sarena@u.washington.edu Mon Aug 25 17:03:39 1997 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id RAA15950 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:03:38 -0700 Received: from homer33.u.washington.edu (sarena@homer33.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.15]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id RAA11424 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:03:38 -0700 Received: from localhost (sarena@localhost) by homer33.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id RAA65414 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:03:37 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Sarena Seifer To: ccp@u.washington.edu Subject: funds available for MLK service day Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi everyone - the Corporation for National Service has recently announced the availability of up to $5000 to support community service activities connected with Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 1998. I thought we might consider applying for a cross-university community service activity involving faculty and students. A major emphasis is to include children and youth in the project. Those of you already involved in community partnerships focused on children and youth might have some specific ideas to suggest. Please share your thoughts on the listserv, Sarena Availability of Funds for Grants To Support the Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Day Initiative AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service. ACTION: Notice of availability of funds. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the King Holiday and Service Act of 1994, which amended the National and Community Service Act of 1990, the Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) seeks to mobilize more Americans to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday as a day of service in communities and to bring people together around the common focus of service to others. Accordingly, the Corporation announces the availability of individual grants up to $5,000 for service projects under the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service initiative. The Corporation plans to provide a total of between $100,000 and $225,000 in grants depending upon the quality of applications. DATES: The deadline for submission of applications is September 30, 1997. Applications, one with original signature and two copies, must be received by the Corporation at the address listed below no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on that date. Applications may not be submitted by facsimile. ADDRESSES: Applications may be obtained from, and must be submitted to, the following address: MLK Day of Service, The Corporation for National Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20525. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact Rhonda Taylor at 202-606-5000 ext. 282. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Corporation is a Federal government corporation that engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in community-based service. This service addresses the nation's education, public safety, environmental, or other human needs to achieve direct and demonstrable results with special consideration to service that effects the needs of children. In doing so, the Corporation fosters civic responsibility, strengthens the ties that bind us together as a people, and provides educational opportunity for those who make a substantial commitment to service. Pursuant to the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, the Corporation may make grants to share the cost of planning and carrying out service opportunities in conjunction with the Federal legal holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Corporation intends that the activities supported by these grants will (1) get necessary things done in communities, (2) strengthen the communities engaged in the service activity, (3) reflect the life and teaching of Martin Luther King, Jr., and (4) begin or occur in significant part on the Federal legal holiday. By ``getting things done,'' initiatives will help communities meet education, public safety, environmental, or human needs through direct and demonstrable service through effective citizen action. Accordingly, the Corporation expects an initiative sponsor to identify an unmet need that is important to the community and design a project that produces a demonstrable impact on that community need or issue. Special consideration will be given to service projects in literacy as well as those which benefit the children and young people. To the maximum extent possible, young people should be included as service providers and resources in project planning, not just as the recipients of service. By ``strengthening communities'' through sustained service, projects should be collaborations that bring people together in pursuit of a common objective that is of value to the community. Initiatives should engage a full range of local partners in the communities served. Service projects should be designed, implemented, and evaluated with these partners, including national service programs (AmeriCorps,Learn and Serve America, National Senior Service Corps), community-based agencies, local and state King Holiday Commissions, schools and school districts, volunteer organizations, communities of faith, businesses and foundations, state and local governments, labor organizations,and colleges and universities. By ``reflecting the life and teaching of Martin Luther King'', initiatives should demonstrate his proposition that ``Everybody can be great because everybody can serve,'' through the types of service activities listed above. By ``begin or occur in significant part on the Federal legal holiday'', a portion of the community service activities supported by the grant must occur on the holiday itself to strengthen the link between the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, the Federal legal holiday (January 19, 1998), and service that reflects his life and teaching. Although celebrations and reflections may be a part of the activities planned on the holiday, for the purposes of this grant, celebrations and reflections alone do not constitute direct service. Service opportunities to be considered for this program ``shall consist of activities reflecting the life and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr., such as cooperation and understanding among racial and ethnic groups, nonviolent conflict resolution, equal economic and educational opportunities, and social justice.'' Project areas for which grant applications will be considered include, but are not limited to, the following types of service activities: a day of service plan that is designed to produce a sustained service commitment; community-wide servathons that bring a broad cross-section together in one day of service, including schools or school districts that seek to involve all students and teachers; service-learning projects that link student service in schools and universities with community-based organizations; faith-based service collaborations that bring together communities of faith and secular human service programs (subject to the limitations listed below); community-wide initiatives that are making a sustained effort to mentor, protect, nurture, teach, or inspire to serve a targeted group of young people, with a special emphasis on those most in need (in line with the goals and initiatives that stem from the Presidents' Summit for America's Future); or intense efforts to help solve a narrowly defined community problem with a burst of one-day energy. A priority objective of the grant is to engage young people in service. Particularly important is the enlistment of young people for one hundred hours a year, one of the special goals proposed at the Presidents' Summit. The grants supported under this announcement may be made for up to $5,000 each. Grant funding will be available on a one-time, non- renewable basis for a budget period not to exceed seven months, beginning not sooner than November 1, 1997 and ending not later than June 30, 1998. Grants provided for this program, together with all other Federal funds used to plan or carry out the service opportunity, may not exceed 30 percent of the cost of planning and carrying out the service opportunity. In determining the non-Federal share of the costs of the program supported by the grant, the Corporation may consider in-kind contributions (including facilities, equipment, and services) made to plan and carry out the service opportunity. Grants under this program constitute Federal assistance and therefore may not be used primarily to inhibit or advance religion in a material way. Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to: nonprofit organizations, State Commissions, state and local governments, institutions of higher education, local education agencies, educational institutions, private organizations that intend to utilize volunteers in carrying out the purposes of this program, and foundations. .