6. Investing in What Works through Grants and Contracts

Alaska

In 2022 and 2023, the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development used a tiered evidence framework from the AmeriCorps Evidence Exchange to determine fund allocation through the AmeriCorps State program. The 2022 and 2024 Requests for Proposals require evidence-based interventions with ‘Moderate’ or ‘Strong’ evidence for consideration, and dedicate 20% of the available points to the tier of evidence used (12%) and quality of evidence (8%).