Volunteer Tennessee has announced the release of the AmeriCorps Notice of Funding Opportunity and AmeriCorps*State Application Instructions for the 2010-2011 program year:

AmeriCorps is a federally funded national service program that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet the country’s critical needs in education, the environment, health, veterans, and economic opportunity. AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations that identify an unmet critical need in their community that will be addressed by AmeriCorps members that the organization recruits, trains, and manages.

Agencies interested in applying can find the complete Notice of Funding Opportunity and application instructions on Volunteer Tennessee’s web site at www.volunteertennessee.net.

 For more information, contact, Rayna Coe, AmeriCorps Program Manager, at rayna.coe@tn.gov or 615-253-6313 or Jamie S. Dent, AmeriCorps Program Manager, at jamie.s.dent@tn.gov or 615-532-9415.