Strategic Grant Characteristics Cont’d Federal Priorities: Check all grant characteristics that apply to the proposed program. Only select characteristics that represent a significant part of the program focus, high quality program design, and outcomes. Grant Characteristics Definition √ Disaster Services Improving community resiliency through disaster preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation Increasing economic opportunities for communities by engaging opportunity youth, either as the Economic Opportunity population served and/or as AmeriCorps members, to prepare them for the workforce Improving student academic performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Mathematics Education (STEM) Healthy Futures Reducing and/or Preventing Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Veterans and Military Families Positively impacting the quality of life of veterans and improving military family strength Organizations that demonstrate measureable impact and primarily serve communities with limited Rural Intermediaries resources and organizational infrastructure Programs that focus on public safety, preventing and mitigating civil unrest, and/or partnerships Safer Communities between law enforcement and the community Encore Programs Programs that engage Americans age 55 or older Reducing and/or preventing child abuse; improving outcomes for child victims of abuse; and/or Child Wellness improving outcomes for foster youth, including youth aging out of foster care Working to improve or support improvement of one or more of the following infrastructure categories: Infrastructure aviation, bridges, dams, hazardous waste, inland waterways, levees, ports, public parks, rail, roads, schools, solid waste, transit, wastewater
Strategic Grant Characteristics Cont’d Federal Priorities: Check all grant characteristics that apply to the proposed program. Only select characteristics that represent a significant part of the program focus, high quality program design, and outcomes. √ Grant Characteristics Definition Disaster Services Improving community resiliency through disaster preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation Economic Opportunity Increasing economic opportunities for communities by engaging opportunity youth, either as the population served and/or as AmeriCorps members, to prepare them for the workforce Education Improving student academic performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Mathematics (STEM) Healthy Futures Reducing and/or Preventing Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Veterans and Military Families Positively impacting the quality of life of veterans and improving military family strength Rural Intermediaries Organizations that demonstrate measureable impact and primarily serve communities with limited resources and organizational infrastructure Safer Communities Programs that focus on public safety, preventing and mitigating civil unrest, and/or partnerships between law enforcement and the community Encore Programs Programs that engage Americans age 55 or older Child Wellness Reducing and/or preventing child abuse; improving outcomes for child victims of abuse; and/or improving outcomes for foster youth, including youth aging out of foster care Infrastructure Working to improve or support improvement of one or more of the following infrastructure categories: aviation, bridges, dams, hazardous waste, inland waterways, levees, ports, public parks, rail, roads, schools, solid waste, transit, wastewater