Formula Program Grant

2024-25 AmeriCorps Serve Wisconsin Formula Program Grant RFP

• Request for Proposals and Application Instructions (RFP)

Important dates for 2024

• February 5: RFP released

• February 22: Required Notification of Intent to Apply form due (by midnight)

• March 8: Last day for submitting written questions via email

• March 12: Application & required additional documents due (by 4:30pm)

• April 30: Program Evaluation & Development (PE&D) Committee Meeting in Madison, WI from 10am-2pm
  selected applicants are required to present to the PE&D committee

• May 9: Wisconsin National & Community Service Board Meeting

Appendices and Attachments

Appendices are for your reference as you write your application

• Appendix 1: AmeriCorps Performance Measures Instructions

• Appendix 2: Step-by-Step Guide to Entering a Performance Measure in eGrants

• Appendix 3: Cost Reimbursement Budget Instructions

• Appendix 4: Cost Reimbursement Budget Worksheet (Word)

• Appendix 5: Fixed Amount Budget Instructions

• Appendix 6: eGrants Indirect Cost Rate (IDCR) User Instructions

• Appendix 7: AmeriCorps Mandatory Supplemental Information

• Appendix 8: Glossary

• Appendix 9: Serve Wisconsin Formula Funding Process

• Appendix 10: Peer Reviewer Form

Attachments must be submitted (if applicable)

• Attachment A: Additional Documents Checklist

• Attachment B: Cost Reimbursement Budget Checklist (if applicable)

• Attachment C: AmeriCorps Operational Financial Management Survey

• Attachment D: Serve WI Financial Management Survey

• Attachment E: Alignment with Wisconsin State Service Plan (Word)

• Attachment F: Training Plan (Word)

On3Learn

On3Learn provides online workshops for applicants that are new to AmeriCorps grants.

To access On3Learn online workshops at no cost, please contact Serve Wisconsin at ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov for a coupon code as soon as possible.

• Understanding the Overall AmeriCorps Application and Narrative

• Developing Logic Models

• Selecting and Developing Performance Measurements

• National Service Fundamentals

• AmeriCorps 101

• Your Program Design

• Understanding the AmeriCorps Budget

Please do not enter a credit card number when selecting an On3Learn online workshop. Instead, contact ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov for a coupon code that will allow you to complete as many online workshops as you would like at no cost.

AmeriCorps Training and Technical Assistance

Although the Serve Wisconsin Request for Proposals is different than the AmeriCorps Notice of Funding Opportunity, many of the requirements are the same. You’re invited to review some of these training videos, but keep in mind that you should refer to the Serve Wisconsin Request for Proposals to confirm information about submission instructions/dates, and the attachments may be labeled differently. If you have any questions at all, please send them to ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov as soon as possible.

• Best Practices for Performance Measures and a Demonstration of Entering Performance Measure into eGrants (slide deck)

• Best Practices in Budget Development (sample budget)

• Best Practices in Demonstrating Evidence (slide deck)

Is there another training you’d like to see posted here? Let us know!
Email ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov

Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC)

One-on-One Consultations

Serve Wisconsin, with support from AmeriCorps, is providing each AmeriCorps program applicant a limited number of free one-on-one consultation hours with evaluators from the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The evaluators at WEC are great resources for AmeriCorps applicants and programs in creating and refining evaluation plans, reports, evidence, performance measures, and more.

Please fill out this survey form, and WEC will get in touch with you to schedule a time to discuss your needs.

Live Training

The experts at WEC also provided a training session on Logic Models and Theory of Change training (slide deck)

Questions and answers

All questions regarding the RFP must be submitted in writing via email by March 8, 2024 to ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov. Questions for Serve Wisconsin via telephone will not be accepted. Questions asked between February 5, 2024 and March 8, 2024 and their answers will be collected in one document, updated regularly and posted here.

Questions & Answers
(final version updated 3/11/24)

Serve Wisconsin held two Formula Program Grant Request for Proposal Q&A sessions before the RFP was released. All of the information in the slide deck is also found in the Request for Proposals and Instructions document. To view the slides, click here.