Public Health AmeriCorps (PHA) Grant

2024-25 public health AmeriCorps Program Grant RFP

• Request for Proposals and Application Instructions (RFP)

Important dates for 2024:

• August 29: Request for Proposals released

• September 21: Submit Notification of Intent to Apply form by midnight

• October 4: Last day for submitting written questions via email

• October 10: Application & required additional documents due (by 4:30pm)

• December 5: Program Evaluation & Development Committee Meeting - selected applicants are required to present to committee

• December 14: Wisconsin National & Community Service Board Meeting

appendices & ATtachments:

Appendices are for your reference

• Appendix 1: Performance eGrants Module Instructions and Checklist

• Appendix 2: Public Health AmeriCorps National Performance Measures

• Appendix 3: Cost Reimbursement Budget Instructions

• Appendix 4: Cost Reimbursement Budget Worksheet

• Appendix 5: eGrants Indirect Cost Rate User Guide

• Appendix 6: AmeriCorps Mandatory Supplemental Information

• Appendix 7: Glossary

• Appendix 8: Serve Wisconsin Formula Funding Process

• Appendix 9: Peer Review Form

Attachments must be submitted (if applicable)

• Attachment A: Additional Documents Checklist (Word)

• Attachment B: Cost Reimbursement Budget Checklist (Word)

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

Attachments must be submitted via email to the RFP Manager at ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov by the deadline indicated in the RFP.

On3Learn

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

To access On3Learn online workshops at no cost, please contact the Serve Wisconsin RFP Manager 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.

Questions and answers

All questions regarding the RFP must be submitted in writing via email by October 4, 2023 to the RFP Manager at ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov. Questions for Serve Wisconsin via telephone will not be accepted. Questions asked between August 29, 2023 and October 4, 2023 and their answers will be collected in one document, updated regularly and posted here. The final version of the Q&A document will be posted on October 6, 2023.

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM WISCONSIN EVALUATION COLLABORATIVE (WEC)

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 would be great resources for programs with needs with logic models, evaluation plans, reports, evidence, performance measures, and more.

1. Please fill out this survey form, and WEC will get in touch with you to set up a time to discuss your needs one-on-one

2. Recording from Question & Answers with WEC on 10/2/23

3. Recording from Logic Model presentation with WEC on 10/3/23