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OSMRE VISTA Program

ID: S22AS00329 • Type: Posted
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Description

The OSMRE/VISTA Program is designed to partner with eligible applicants that have access to AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (hereinafter referred to as VISTA) positions through partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, or other intermediary organization, to administer the OSMRE/VISTA Program. The OSMRE/AmeriCorps Program was developed to provide an opportunity for OSMRE to increase its engagement with young people with skills and interest in activities aligned with the OSMRE mission. Recipients of OSMRE/VISTA Program financial assistance will support an innovative partnership, working directly with OSMRE in the following areas:

(1) community and environmental reclamation,

(2) community environmental stewardship,

(3) economic improvement,

(4) educational opportunities,

(5) research, and more.

The program places mission-oriented adults as VISTAs in communities impacted by pre-regulatory mining practices to serve for a period of one (1) year.

A VISTA is an individual who engages in national service through an activity approved by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), or an intermediate organization. VISTAs receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service, VISTAs may earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award from the National Service Trust that they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans, or a cash stipend. VISTAs who successfully complete their term of service also receive non-competitive eligibility for Federal jobs.

Background
The OSMRE/VISTA Program is designed to partner with eligible applicants that have access to AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) positions through partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, or other intermediary organization, to administer the OSMRE/VISTA Program. The OSMRE/AmeriCorps Program was developed to provide an opportunity for OSMRE to increase its engagement with young people with skills and interest in activities aligned with the OSMRE mission.

Grant Details
Recipients of OSMRE/VISTA Program financial assistance will support an innovative partnership, working directly with OSMRE in the following areas: community and environmental reclamation, community environmental stewardship, economic improvement, educational opportunities, research, and more. The program places mission-oriented adults as VISTAs in communities impacted by pre-regulatory mining practices to serve for a period of one (1) year.

VISTAs receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service, VISTAs may earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award from the National Service Trust that they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans, or a cash stipend. VISTAs who successfully complete their term of service also receive non-competitive eligibility for Federal jobs.

Eligibility Requirements
An Eligible Applicant is limited to not-for-profit IRS 501(c)(3) status organizations that meet specific conditions including providing proof of non-profit IRS 501(c)(3) status, demonstrating established access to AmeriCorps VISTA positions through partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service or other intermediary organization, managing and carrying out all administrative functions associated with projects funded under this program, exhibiting the organizational capacity to oversee VISTA participants locally and across the country, and demonstrating a history of overseeing national VISTA teams or programs.

Period of Performance
The anticipated award date is January 02, 2023.

The program places mission-oriented adults as VISTAs in communities impacted by pre-regulatory mining practices to serve for a period of one (1) year.

Grant Value
$225,000

Place of Performance
Communities impacted by pre-regulatory mining practices
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Overview

Agency
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) [DOI]
Category of Funding
Community Development
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Program (CFDA)
15.254 - OSM/VISTA AmeriCorps
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 7/19/22 the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement posted grant opportunity S22AS00329 for OSMRE VISTA Program. The grant will be issued under grant program 15.254 OSM/VISTA AmeriCorps.

Timing

Posted Date
July 19, 2022, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Sept. 19, 2022, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
July 27, 2022, 12:03 p.m. EDT
Version
3
Archive Date
Oct. 19, 2022

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Info
DOI’s Minority Serving Institutions are encouraged to apply for funding. MDTI projects contribute to the goal of improving the quality of science and technology instruction in institutions that serve high concentrations of minority students who historically have been underrepresented in higher education.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$225,000
Floor
$1
Estimated Program Funding
Not Provided
Estimated Number of Grants
Not Listed

Contacts

Contact
Yetunde E Richardson Grantor
Contact Email
yrichardson@osmre.gov
Email Description
Email
Contact Phone
(202) 208-2766

Documents

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