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Now, more than ever, we need new ways to bring older and younger people together to solve problems and bridge divides. National service, which has traditionally been age-segregated, can play a critical role in bringing older and younger corps members and volunteers together to create real change.
Today, in recognition of AmeriCorps Week, Encore.org is opening applications for a new incentive grant to age-integrate national service.
Through our new program, Generations Serving Together, we’ll award four $25,000, one-year grants. To apply, your organization must:
In addition to financial support, grantees will participate in a powerful, virtual cohort experience rooted in peer learning, shared challenges, problem solving, networking and mutual aid. Encore.org will also share stories of grantees’ work with its audience of supporters and media.
Leaders from AmeriCorps welcome this initiative.
“I’m excited about everything Encore.org’s Generations Serving Together grants will show us about the power of older and younger generations serving together,” says AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith. “Let’s get all ages together and get things done.”
Next steps:
Please spread the word and consider applying. Help us show that when older and younger generations work together, great things happen!
Applications close on Friday, April 22, 2022.