Rebuilding Together Awarded AmeriCorps Grant for 2010 Year

WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rebuilding Together, the nation's leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership, was recently awarded a grant from the 2010 AmeriCorps grant application process for the third consecutive year.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090421/REBUILDINGLOGO)

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090421/REBUILDINGLOGO)

Rebuilding Together CapacityCorps is the organization's national AmeriCorps program that was created to serve Rebuilding Together's extensive Affiliate Network, which has over 200 offices in cities and towns across the country. CapacityCorps members assist in the growth of Rebuilding Together affiliates and also ensure the capacity and efficiency of affiliates to serve as many low-income homeowners and families as possible. CapacityCorps members' daily work includes: community outreach, energy efficiency education, direct home repairs for homeowners, and volunteer recruitment.

AmeriCorps recently announced that they are offering grants totaling $234 million to support more than 57,000 new AmeriCorps members who will serve U.S. communities in various ways. AmeriCorps lists five national priorities: strengthening education, expanding health services, assisting veterans and military families, building a green future, and fostering economic opportunity. Rebuilding Together's CapacityCorps' program aligns with two of the five national priorities: economic opportunity and building a green future.

This is Rebuilding Together's third consecutive year receiving AmeriCorps funding. Their newest  grant allows them to expand from 44 to 65 positions for CapacityCorps members for the upcoming program year. Due to this expansion, 6 new affiliates in Rebuilding Together's network will welcome AmeriCorps members, further expanding Rebuilding Together's ability to serve more homeowners in low-income communities.

AmeriCorps reports that the application numbers were significantly higher this year, which rendered the application process considerably more competitive. Rebuilding Together was one of 329 organizations out of the 605 that was approved for funding. The 40 new CapacityCorps members will be formally introduced to the Affiliate Network and enter member training in August, during Rebuilding Together's "Fifty for Five" event in New Orleans commemorating the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

To learn more about Rebuilding Together CapacityCorps program, visit www.RebuildingTogether.org.

ABOUT REBUILDING TOGETHER

Rebuilding Together is the nation's leading nonprofit organization working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods by providing extensive rehabilitation and modification services to those in need at no cost to those served.  With the help of everyday citizen volunteers, skilled trades people, the support of local business and major corporate partners, Rebuilding Together affiliates in America's largest cities and smallest towns make life considerably better for thousands of low-income homeowners and the communities in which they live by completing 10,000 projects per year. Rebuilding Together has programs dedicated to, energy efficiency, veteran's housing, aging in place and gulf coast reconstruction. 

For more information, visit www.RebuildingTogether.org. You can also follow Rebuilding Together on Twitter @rebldgtogthr or become a fan on Facebook at Facebook.com/RebuildingTogether. 

SOURCE Rebuilding Together