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FOIA Number: 2013-0661-F (3)
FOIA
MARKER
This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the William J. Clinton
Presidential Library Staff.
Collection/Record Group:
Clinton Presidential Records
Subgroup/Office of Origin:
Americorps
Series/Staff Member:
General Files
Subseries:
OA/ID Number:
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Folder Title:
Summer of Safety [1]
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66
1
1
3
$3.6 mm
Summer
$2.9 mm
of Safety
Total Funds:
$1.5 mm
$8.6 mm
(All numbers are approximate
and subject to change.)
$.4 mm
$.4 mm
Summer of
VISTA
Youth
Senior
K-12 Learn
of Safety
Grants
Corps
Grants
& Serve
Grants
Grants
Grants
Federal Agency Conservation Projects
The Youth Corps Role
Number of Corps
$154,773
$40,417
doing projects for:
$250,000
$744,562
NPS - 6
FWS - 3
NPS
BLM - 3
BOR - 1
FWS
FS - 10
$69,765
BLM
EPA - 3
BOR
FS
EPA
$2,243,864
Breakdown by Agency:
NPS -
$744,562
FWS - $40,417
BLM - $154,773
Total: $3,503,381 (approximately 2.5% of corps
BuRec - $250,000
budgets nationwide)
USDA-FS - $2,243,864
Department of Interior Total - $1,189,752
EPA -
$69,765
Summer of
Safety
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM DATA
1994 SUMMER OF SAFETY PROGRAM
Report Number: SOS-94-1
Summer of Safety Evaluation Team:
David Rymph, Chair
Chuck Helfer
Carolyn Kari
Trish Thompson
Ryan Ferrara
Nicole Hanrahan
John Daniels
Jamie Marisotis
Bill Millsap
Mitchell Ratner
Office of Evaluation and Policy Coordination
Corporation for National Service
June 21, 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Key Program Facts on the 1994 Summer of Safety
1
91 Grants Awarded
3
Grantees Plan Work in 13 Program Areas
4
Glossary of Terms for "13 Program Areas"
5
Grantees Plan to Recruit 7,644 Participants
7
K-12 and Senior Have Some Non-Stipended Participants
8
Summer of Safety Programs Are in 36 States and D.C.
9
Appendices
A.
Summer of Safety Programs by Program Component
11
B.
Summer of Safety Programs by State and City
16
KEY PROGRAM FACTS ON THE 1994 SUMMER OF SAFETY
Corporation Awards 91 Grants for Summer of Safety Programs
The Summer of Safety represents the first effort of the new Corporation for National and
Community Service to conduct a program that integrates all of its component offices around
a central theme. The component offices of the Corporation are represented in the Summer of
Safety by:
-- 31 VISTA Summer Associate projects
-- 20 Senior Summer Corps projects
-- 17 National Service grants
-- 14 Youth Summer Corps grants
--
8 K-12 Learn & Serve America grants
--
1 NCCC Camp contract
Summer of Safety Programs Focus on 13 Activity Areas
Planning for the Summer of Safety began with the general theme of promoting public safety
by having national service participants working in local programs. Working together, a
network of local organizations and the Corporation have created a rich variety of Summer of
Safety activities. An analysis of the program proposals shows that program activities can be
placed in 13 general, program areas. The most frequent program areas are:
--
"Alternate Activities" promoting safety by providing structured environments
for at-risk-youth when school is out (70 local programs).
--
"Crime Awareness" informing the public about crime and teaching how to
avoid becoming victims (in 66 programs).
--
"Conflict Resolution" activities helping community members resolve conflicts
in a non-violent way (in 51 programs).
The other program areas are (in order of frequency):
--
Neighborhood Cleanup (36)
--
Community Policing (35)
--
Neighborhood Watch (32)
--
Drug Abuse Prevention (28)
--
Victim Assistance (26)
--
Safe Places (16)
--
Household Security (15)
--
Environmental Cleanup (15)
--
Playground Cleanup (14)
--
Domestic Violence (13)
1
Summer of Safety programs plan to recruit 7,644 participants
Each program component in the Corporation is making a major investment in the Summer of
Safety. The number of participants in each component are:
--
2,319 in Senior Summer Corps
--
2,208 in K-12 Learn and Serve America
--
995 in VISTA Summer Associates
--
875 in National Service Grants
--
757 in Summer Youth Corps
--
100 in the National Civilian Community Corps
Most Summer of Safety participants will receive a stipend in return for their service.
--
All of the participants in the Summer Youth Corps, National Service Grants,
NCCC Summer Camp, and VISTA Summer Associates are paid.
--
Fourteen percent of the Senior Summer Corps members will not receive a
stipend.
-
None of the participants in the K-12 Learn and Serve America are paid.
Summer of Safety Programs Are in 36 States and the District of Columbia
Every region of the country is represented in the Summer of Safety. Jurisdictions without
programs include the States of:
--
Alaska
--
Oklahoma
--
Delaware
--
Rhode Island
--
Hawaii
--
South Dakota
--
Idaho
--
Tennessee
--
Iowa
--
Utah
--
Louisiana
--
Vermont
--
Nebraska
--
Wyoming
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
?
91 Grants Awarded
1994 Summer of Safety
VISTA Summer Assoc.
31
Senior Summer Corps
20
NCCC Camp
1
K-12 Learn & Serve
8
National Service Grant
Youth Summer Corps
17
14
Evaluation and Policy Coordination Unit
June 21, 1994
Grantees Plan Work in 13 Program Areas
1994 Summer of Safety
Alternate Activities
Crime Awareness
Conflict Resolution
Neighborhood Cleanup
Community Policing
Neighborhood Watch
Drug Abuse Prevention
Victim Assistance
Safe Places
Household Security
Environmental Cleanup
Playground Cleanup
Domestic Violence
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Number of Grantees
Evaluation and Policy Coordination Unit
June 21, 1994
13 PROGRAM AREAS IN THE 1994 SUMMER OF SAFETY
Alternative Activities promote safety by providing structured environments for at-risk-youth
when school is out. They give young people an alternative to illicit activity. Programs
include summer camps, day care facilities, cadet/boot camps, field trips, schooling/tutoring,
mentoring and gun/toy gun trade ins.
Crime Awareness programs inform the public about crime and teach them how to avoid
becoming victims. These programs provide escort services, scam alerts, tourist safety
information, telephone check-ins, aid in using direct deposit services, phone trees, and the
identification of unsafe areas.
Conflict Resolution programs help community members resolve conflicts in a non-violent
manner: they promote peace. Participants get training in counseling and conflict resolution.
They act as community mediators, teach conflict resolution skills to others, counsel gang
members and open youth courts.
Neighborhood Cleanup programs seek to revitalize communities and build clean, safe and
beautiful neighborhoods. Participants repair and create residences, board up abandoned
buildings, and clean empty lots. They also plant gardens and remove graffiti, abandoned
cars and debris.
Community Policing activitites build bridges between communities and police departments.
The participants work with the police and often assist patrolling officers. Participants and
Community Volunteers are trained to patrol neighborhoods, recognize suspicious or potential-
ly dangerous situations and report any illicit activities to the police. These programs often
create or expand neighborhood centers and police mini stations.
Neighborhood Watch programs get residents to patrol their own neighborhoods, looking out
for suspicious activities and reporting them. These programs will organize community
members either to begin watch programs or to revitalize existing ones.
Drug Abuse Prevention programs encourage young people never to begin using drugs or to
seek help if they are drug dependent. These programs will promote safety by decreasing
drug related crimes and accidents. Participants may get invovled in locating drug hot spots,
starting prevention and treatment programs, and improving centers already in service.
Victim Assistance programs seek to comfort and support victims and witnesses of violent
crimes. Participants may accompany victims and witnesses to hospitals, police stations and
trials. Participants may provide transportation to these places, monitor court cases and give
legal assistance.
Safe Places concentrate on providing safe play areas for children and safe havens and
walkways for the public. Participants establish, renovate and expand safe play streets,
havens, houses and corridors.
5
Household Security participants tour homes and give suggestions on improved safety. They
often install door and window locks and bars, and trim shrubs surrounding walkways.
Environmental Cleanup programs will eliminate environmental risks and restore public lands.
Participants will test for lead, radon and poor water quality. They will create and maintain
gardens by planting trees, bushes and flowers. They will improve parks by renovating and
creating trails.
Playground Cleanup will improve areas intended for play and recreation. Participants will
repair or create playgrounds, playing fields, parks, and fences. Other activities may include
cleaning up debris or repairing and painting equipment.
Domestic Violence programs seek to prevent physical and sexual abuse. Also, the programs
provide services for victims of violent acts. Activities include starting and improving
shelters, Victim/survivor counseling, and self defense workshops. Education initiatives such
as distributing literature and presenting workshops are also instrumental.
6
Grantees Plan to Recruit 7,644 Participants
1994 Summer of Safety
Senior Summer Corps
2319
K-12 Learn & Serve
7
2208
NCCC Camp
100
Youth Summer Corps
757
VISTA Summer Assoc.
Nat'l Service Grants
995
875
Evaluation and Policy Coordination Unit
June 21, 1994
K-12 and Senior Corps Have Some Non-Stipended Participants
1994 Summer of Safety
Non-Stipended
Stipended
Stipended
100%
100%
100%
K-12 Learn and Serve America
Youth Summer Corps
National Service Grants
(N=2,208)
(N=757)
(N=875)
8
Stipended
86%
Stipended
Stipended
100%
100%
Non-Stipended
14%
NCCC Summer Camp
VISTA Summer Associates
Senior Summer Corps
(N=100)
(N=995)
(N=2,709)
Evaluation and Policy Coordination Unit
June 21, 1994
SUMMER OF SAFETY
9
LISTING OF STATES AND COMMONWEALTHS WITHOUT SUMMER OF
SAFETY PROGRAMS/PROJECTS
1.
Alaska
2.
Delaware
3.
Hawaii
4.
Idaho
5.
Iowa
6.
Louisiana
7.
Nebraska
8.
Oklahoma
9.
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
10.
Rhode Island
11.
South Dakota
12.
Tennessee
13.
Utah
14.
Vermont
15.
Wyoming
10
LISTING OF 1994 SUMMER OF SAFETY PROGRAMS BY PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
CITY
STATE
K-12
Community School District
Brooklyn
NY
#23 - Project "ACT NOW"
DREAM of Hattiesburg, Inc.
Hattiesburg
MS
DuKette Catholic School -
Flint
MI
Flint Summer of Safety
Los Angeles Unified School
Los Angeles
CA
District
Metropolitan Police Boys and
Washington
DC
Girls Clubs, Inc.
Norwalk Economic Opportunty
Norwalk
CT
Now, Inc.
Saint Mary's County
Leonardtown
MD
Government/ Board of
Commisioners
United Neighborhood Houses,
New York
NY
Inc.
Count:
8
N.S. Grants
Austin Housing Authority
Austin
TX
Blue Hills Together
Kansas City
MO
City of Baltimore City
Baltimore
MD
Public Schools
Cleveland State University:
Cleveland
OH
Community Coalition
Culture of Peace Summer of
San Francisco
CA
Safety
Dorchester Summer of Safety
Dorchester
MA
East Bay Conservation Corps
Oakland
CA
Friends of Chicago H.S. of
Chicago
IL
Agricultural Sciences
Harlem Peacemakers Project
New York
NY
Los Angeles Unified School
Los Angeles
CA
District
Metropolitan Denver Summer
Denver
CO
of Safety PACT
New York Police Department
New York
NY
Summer of Safety Program
NH sos Domestic and Sexual
Concord
NH
11
LISTING OF 1994 SUMMER OF SAFETY PROGRAMS BY PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
CITY
STATE
Violence Victims Assistance
Pueblo of Jemez, Office of
Jemez Pueblo
NM
the Governors
St. Louis Safety Service
St. Louis
MO
Corps Partnership
University of MD Baltimore
Baltimore
MD
County/The Shriver Center
Youth in Service Ambassadors
Bridgeport
CT
Count:
I7
NCCC
Boston University Summer of
Boston
MA
Safety
Count:
1
Senior Corps
Boston Senior Summer Corps
Boston
MA
Brevard County Senior Summer
Cocoa
FL
Corps
City of Phoenix Senior
Phoenix
AZ
Summer Corps
Cleveland Summer of Safety
Cleveland
OH
Coalition
Colorado Summer of Safety
Denver
CO
CSS/RSVP In New York
New York
NY
City-"Take Back Our Block"
Douglas/Joseph County's RSVP
Roseburg
OR
Greater Lawrence RSVP
Lawrence
MA
Guntersville Summer of
Guntersville
AL
Safety
Las Vegas Senior Summer
Las Vegas
NV
Corps
Madison Summer of Safety
Madison
WI
Monroe County Senior Summer
Rochester
NY
Corps
Newport News Senior Summer
Hampton
VA
Corps
RSVP of Morton-Burleigh
Bismark
ND
Counties/Bismark Summer of
Safety
12
LISTING OF 1994 SUMMER OF SAFETY PROGRAMS BY PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
CITY
STATE
Senior Corps
Safe Summer Project
Lansing
MI
Senior Summer Corps
San Diego
CA
Summer of Safety, Florida
Orlando
FL
Senior Programs
Tacoma/Pierce County RSVP
Tacoma
WA
Union/Magnolia Senior Corps
El Dorado
AR
Wichita Summer of Safety
Whichita
KS
Count:
20
VISTA
Alabama Association of
Ozark
AL
Housing and Redevelopment
Authority
Alabama Coalition Against
Montgomery
AL
Domestic Violence
Black Veterans for Social
Brooklyn
NY
Justice, Inc.
Chicago Alliance of
Chicago
IL
Neighborhood Safety
Children's Law Center, Inc.
Covington
KY
City of Lansing
Lansing
MI
Cleveland Task Force on
Cleveland
OH
Violent Crime
Community Development
Kansas City
MO
Corporation - Kansas City
Denver Mayor's Commission
Denver
CO
Detroit Public Housing
Detroit
MI
Department
Enterprize Foundation
Columbia
MD
Family Crisis Center, Inc.
Keyser
WV
Fighting Back
New Haven
CT
Greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia
PA
Federation of Settlements
Horace Mann-Ambridge
Gary
IN
Neighborhood Organization
Juvenile Services Program,
St. Petersburg
FL
Inc.
13
LISTING OF 1994 SUMMER OF SAFETY PROGRAMS BY PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
CITY
STATE
VISTA
Leaders Roundtable (P.A.L.)
Portland
OR
Mayor's Youth Initiative
Washington
DC
Office
National Conference of
Pittsburgh
PA
Christians and Jews/Hill
House
NE Arkansas Council on
Jonesboro
AR
Family Violence
New York Council of Smaller
New York
NY
Churches
Newark Fighting Back
Newark
NJ
Ohio Crime Prevention
Columbus
OH
Association
Project for Pride in Living
Minneapolis
MN
San Antonio, Department of
San Antonio
TX
Community Initiatives
San Bernardino Housing
San Bernardino
CA
Save the Children World
Clarkston
GA
Relief, Atlanta
Social Development
Milwaukee
WI
Commission
St. Petersburg Police
St. Petersburg
FL
Department
The Fremont Public
Seattle
WA
Association
The University of
Lowell
MA
Massachusetts at Lowell
Count:
31
Youth Corps
Broward Coalition for
Fort Lauderdale
FL
Community Service
California Conservation
Stockton
CA
Corps/Summer of Safety
City Volunteer Corps: Youth
New York
NY
Opposing Violence
Civic Works Summer of Safety
Baltimore
MD
Durham Service Corps
Durham
NC
Jobs Training Admin. Office,
Augusta
ME
14
LISTING OF 1994 SUMMER OF SAFETY PROGRAMS BY PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
CITY
STATE
ME Conservation Corps
Massachusetts Summer of
Boston
MA
Safety
Montana Summer of Safety
Bozeman
MT
Oneida Indian Nation
Oneida
NY
Portland Youth Service
Portland
ME
Conservation Corps
Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Red Lake
MN
Indians
Round Rock Chapter, Navajo
Round Rock
AZ
Reservation
The Washington Service Corps
Olympia
WA
Youth Action Prog. of the E. New York
NY
Harlem Block Nursery, Inc.
Count:
14
Count:
91
15
SUMMER OF SAFETY LISTING BY STATE AND CITY
STATE
CITY
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
AL
Guntersville
Senior Corps
Guntersville Summer of Safety
Montgomery
VISTA
Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Ozark
VISTA
Alabama Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authority
AR
El Dorado
Senior Corps
Union/Magnolia Senior Corps
Jonesboro
VISTA
NE Arkansas Council on Family Violence
AZ
Phoenix
Senior Corps
City of Phoenix Senior Summer Corps
Round Rock
Youth Corps
Round Rock Chapter, Navajo Reservation
CA
Los Angeles
K-12
Los Angeles Unified School District
N.S. Grants
Los Angeles Unified School District
Oakland
N.S. Grants
East Bay Conservation Corps
San Bernardino
VISTA
San Bernardino Housing
San Diego
Senior Corps
Senior Summer Corps
San Francisco
N.S. Grants
Culture of Peace Summer of Safety
Stockton
Youth Corps
California Conservation Corps/Summer of Safety
CO
Denver
N.S. Grants
Metropolitan Denver Summer of Safety PACT
Senior Corps
Colorado Summer of Safety
VISTA
Denver Mayor's Commission
CT
Bridgeport
N.S. Grants
Youth in Service Ambassadors
New Haven
VISTA
Fighting Back
Norwalk
K-12
Norwalk Economic Opportunty Now, Inc.
DC
Washington
K-12
Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc.
VISTA
Mayor's Youth Initiative Office
FL
Cocoa
Senior Corps
Brevard County Senior Summer Corps
Fort Lauderdale
Youth Corps
Broward Coalition for Community Service
Orlando
Senior Corps
Summer of Safety, Florida Senior Programs
St. Petersburg
VISTA
Juvenile Services Program, Inc.
St. Petersburg Police Department
GA
Clarkston
VISTA
Save the Children World Relief, Atlanta
IL
Chicago
N.S. Grants
Friends of Chicago H.S. of Agricultural Sciences
DRAFT 6/21/94
16
SUMMER OF SAFETY LISTING BY STATE AND CITY
STATE
CITY
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
IL
Chicago
VISTA
Chicago Alliance of Neighborhood Safety
IN
Gary
VISTA
Horace Mann-Ambridge Neighborhood Organization
KS
Whichita
Senior Corps
Wichita Summer of Safety
KY
Covington
VISTA
Children's Law Center, Inc.
MA
Boston
NCCC
Boston University Summer of Safety
Senior Corps
Boston Senior Summer Corps
Youth Corps
Massachusetts Summer of Safety
Dorchester
N.S. Grants
Dorchester Summer of Safety
Lawrence
Senior Corps
Greater Lawrence RSVP
Lowell
VISTA
The University of Massachusetts at Lowell
MD
Baltimore
N.S. Grants
City of Baltimore City Public Schools
University of MD Baltimore County/The Shriver Center
Youth Corps
Civic Works Summer of Safety
Columbia
VISTA
Enterprize Foundation
Leonardtown
K-12
Saint Mary's County Government/ Board of Commisioners
ME
Augusta
Youth Corps
Jobs Training Admin. Office, ME Conservation Corps
Portland
Youth Corps
Portland Youth Service Conservation Corps
MI
Detroit
VISTA
Detroit Public Housing Department
Flint
K-12
DuKette Catholic School - Flint Summer of Safety
Lansing
Senior Corps
Safe Summer Project
VISTA
City of Lansing
MN
Minneapolis
VISTA
Project for Pride in Living
Red Lake
Youth Corps
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
MO
Kansas City
N.S. Grants
Blue Hills Together
VISTA
Community Development Corporation - Kansas City
St. Louis
N.S. Grants
St. Louis Safety Service Corps Partnership
MS
Hattiesburg
K-12
DREAM of Hattiesburg, Inc.
MT
Bozeman
Youth Corps
Montana Summer of Safety
NC
Durham
Youth Corps
Durham Service Corps
DRAFT 6/21/94
17
SUMMER OF SAFETY LISTING BY STATE AND CITY
STATE
CITY
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
ND
Bismark
Senior Corps
RSVP of Morton-Burleigh Counties/Bismark Summer of Safety
NH
Concord
N.S. Grants
NH SOS Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Assistance
NJ
Newark
VISTA
Newark Fighting Back
NM
Jemez Pueblo
N.S. Grants
Pueblo of Jemez, Office of the Governors
NV
Las Vegas
Senior Corps
Las Vegas Senior Summer Corps
NY
Brooklyn
K-12
Community School District #23 - Project "ACT NOW"
VISTA
Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.
New York
K-12
United Neighborhood Houses, Inc.
N.S. Grants
Harlem Peacemakers Project
New York Police Department Summer of Safety Program
Senior Corps
CSS/RSVP In New York City-"Take Back Our Block"
VISTA
New York Council of Smaller Churches
Youth Corps
City Volunteer Corps: Youth Opposing Violence
Youth Action Prog. of the E. Harlem Block Nursery, Inc.
Oneida
Youth Corps
Oneida Indian Nation
Rochester
Senior Corps
Monroe County Senior Summer Corps
OH
Cleveland
N.S. Grants
Cleveland State University: Community Coalition
Senior Corps
Cleveland Summer of Safety Coalition
VISTA
Cleveland Task Force on Violent Crime
Columbus
VISTA
Ohio Crime Prevention Association
OR
Portland
VISTA
Leaders Roundtable (P.A.L.)
Roseburg
Senior Corps
Douglas/Joseph County's RSVP
PA
Philadelphia
VISTA
Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements
Pittsburgh
VISTA
National Conference of Christians and Jews/Hill House
TX
Austin
N.S. Grants
Austin Housing Authority
San Antonio
VISTA
San Antonio, Department of Community Initiatives
VA
Hampton
Senior Corps
Newport News Senior Summer Corps
WA
Olympia
Youth Corps
The Washington Service Corps
Seattle
VISTA
The Fremont Public Association
18
DRAFT 6/21/94
SUMMER OF SAFETY LISTING BY STATE AND CITY
STATE
CITY
PROGRAM COMPONENT
PROGRAM/PROJECT NAME
WA
Tacoma
Senior Corps
Tacoma/Pierce County RSVP
WI
Madison
Senior Corps
Madison Summer of Safety
Milwaukee
VISTA
Social Development Commission
WV
Keyser
VISTA
Family Crisis Center, Inc.
=====
Count:
91
DRAFT 6/21/94
19
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USDA APPLICATION FOR TWO SUMMER OF SERVICE AMERICORPS PROJECTS
Overall Coordinator for Both Projects:
United States Department of Agriculture
14th Street and Independence Avenues, SW, Washington, DC 20250
Joel Berg, National Service Coordinator
Signature and date: fael Buy
3/M/94
Co-Coordinator for Chicago Project:
United States Department of Justice
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
Jack Nadol, Acting Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Signature and date: (fax copy attached hard copy in mail)
Overall request for CNCS funds: $307,228
PROJECT #1 - CHICAGO
Applicant: Friends of the Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences
3807 West 111th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60655, Barbara H. Valerious, Principal
Signature and Date: (fax copy attached -- hard copy in mail)
Partners: Chicago Housing Authority, USDA Soil Conservation Service, USDA Extension
Service and the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, USDA Forest Service, and
USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Federal funds requested from Subtitle D
$192,148 in CNCS funds requested
$43,432 amount of U.S. Department of Agriculture matching funds
$29,782 amount of non-federal match
50 participants will receive stipends
200 volunteers will not receive stipends
The Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences, in conjunction with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Justice, will run an AmeriCorps program
in Chicago in which a socio-economically diverse group of recent high school graduates will
work on urban agriculture and community policing projects and then supervise a larger group
of younger at-risk youth who will volunteer part time on similar projects in high crime areas.
Both groups of youth will participate in urban farming, urban tree planting, environmental
education, and conflict resolution projects that will help reduce violent crime and that will create
safe places for other community activities at public housing projects and other public sites. The
project will foster community policing, restore safety to public spaces, promote youth-as-
resources, reduce the vulnerability of children and youth, and perform critical urban
environmental restoration work.
PROJECT #2 - ARIZONA
Federal Coordinator:
United States Department of Agriculture
14th Street and Independence Avenues, SW, Washington, DC 20250
Joel Berg, National Service Coordinator
Signature and date: Jael Beery 3/14/94
Applicant: Volunteer Council for the Arizona Dept. of Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation
(DYTR)
1624 West Adams, Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Joel Blumenthal, Project Director, ASU/DYTR Partnership
Signature and date: (fax copy attached -- hard copy original in mail)
Partners include: USDA Forest Service, Maricopa County Juvenile Court, Phoenix Union School
District
Federal funds requested from Subtitle D
$ 115,080 in CNCS funds requested
$ 24,727 amount of U.S. Department of Agriculture matching funds
$ 30,076 amount of non-federal match
35 participants will receive stipends
100 volunteers will not receive stipends
A partnership between Arizona State University and the Arizona Department of Youth
Treatment and Rehabilitation, in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture,
will run a AmeriCorps program that will combine a socio-economic mix of youth committed to
DYTR, youth under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, local high school students, and
Arizona State University students in conservation work on the Tonto and other national forests.
The AmeriCorps participants will then work a larger group of younger at-risk youth to supervise
their volunteer activities in environmental restoration work and in restoring safety to public
spaces. The project will have the following goals: rehabilitating delinquent youth; creating
safer environments in at-risk neighborhoods, providing conflict resolution instruction for a
diverse group of delinquent, at-risk, and college attending youth; providing mentoring and pro-
social modeling of delinquent and at-risk youth; and engaging youth in productive conservation
work on national forests and environmental work in urban areas; creating and nurturing
community leadership and service skills; and building a continuing partnership where college
students tutor delinquent youth. This project will incorporate youth-as resources programs,
restoring safety to public spaces, and youth safety initiatives.
PROJECT #1 -CHICAGO
Specific Needs in Project Area
Street gang activity has caused the wide-spread destruction of lives and property in many
low-income Chicago neighborhoods. The statistics are staggering. According to a December
report by the National Institute of Justice, between 1987 and 1990, there were 17,085 reported
criminal offenses in Chicago classified by the police as street gang-related. These included 288
homicides, 8,828 nonlethal violent offenses, and 5,888 drug offenses. About 38,000 mostly
young people are active in Chicago's 40 major street gangs. To make matters worse, many
young Chicagoans are engaged in criminal activity independent of gangs. As a result, the state
of Illinois ranks 20th among states for the death rate of children ages 1 - 14. In addition, the
state ranks 19th in the number of juveniles (10-17 years of age) arrested for violent crimes.
The City of Chicago is also in great need of the kind of urban gardening and forestry
projects that would increase the green space in the city.
Representatives of the Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago Cooperative Extension
Service, and the Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences were involved in identifying
neighborhoods that meet the criteria of need for summer youth programming and also contained
locations of vacant lots and community areas that could be used or made usable for community
garden projects.
The locations selected have high populations of elementary school youth who will be
recruited by corps members and neighborhood advisory committee members to participate in
providing service to their communities.
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One center for project activities will be the Elliott Donnelley Youth Center, which serves
the African American Community on Chicago's southside. The neighborhoods served by this
center include Douglas, Fuller Park, and Grand Boulevard.
To further target high-need areas, corps members, as part of their initial assignments,
will canvass neighborhoods to ascertain extent of need, interest, and to recruit youth and adult
members of neighborhood advisory councils for this project.
Program Objectives
The purpose of this project is fivefold: to stem the rising tide of Chicago youth involved
in violent crimes by engaging at-risk youth at an early age in productive and safe community
activities; to aid community policing initiatives; to engage a socio-economic mix of participants
working with younger at-risk youth on environmental projects critical to the city; to promote
awareness and appreciation of the benefits of land restoration in an urban environment; and to
create safe spaces for community gardening and vacant lot projects to allow community residents
to engage in other activities at that site.
To meet those purposes, the projects will have two specific goals: 1) to engage 50 full-
time, stipended corps members and at least two hundred volunteers in creating urban farms and
planting trees at four public housing projects and in reclaiming vacant lots for community
gardens and quiet spaces at no less than five other sites throughout the city; and 2) to help
community police efforts to maintain these eight sites as safe places. Byproducts of these efforts
will be the positive development and enhancement of self-esteem of both corps members and the
children involved. Students will also learn conflict resolution strategies.
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Given that more than half the students majoring in agricultural and natural resources in
post-secondary institutions today come from non-farm backgrounds, this project can play an
important role in encouraging some youths to prepare for eventual careers in agriculture.
Four days a week, corps members and the children with whom they work will be
involved in site clean-up and preparation, planning, maintenance, and harvesting.
In addition, two hours each day, corps members will actively engage the youth in the
community in recreation and personal development activities. Every day corps members will
bolster community policing activities.
Appropriateness of Summer Program
At each site, a youth advisory committee will be organized to provide input and direction
to gardening and clean-up projects, select topics for personal and leadership development, and
determine appropriate supplemental activities. By canvassing neighborhoods, corps members will
research prospective sites within the neighborhood even before the school vacation begins. This
in itself will prove to be a valuable learning experience for corps members. Thus, the
neighborhoods will have significant input in determining whether the summer program is
appropriate to meet the community's needs.
Neighborhood support is essential to involve youth from the neighborhoods and to
develop pride and respect for the efforts that are expended. Previous experience teaches us that
when neighborhood members are involved, incidents of vandalism, harassment, etc. are
significantly reduced and volunteer recruitment is significantly bolstered. To perpetuate some
of the program's activities beyond the summer program, volunteer structures will be created to
keep the gardens open and safe throughout the remainder of the year.
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Impact on Participants
For both the AmeriCorps participants and the volunteers the goals are to improve the
spirit of citizenship, decrease the likelihood that participants will engage in illegal activities.
improve knowledge of farming, gardening, and urban restoration issues, improve their ability
to work together with peers from diverse ba kgrounds, boost their knowledge of potential
careers in agriculture, and obtain an increased understanding of the need for public safety in
their neighborhoods.
Participant Safety
The University of Illinois Police Training Institute will help design safety programs for
each project. The U.S. Department of Justice will also work with the local law enforcement
agencies to design safety plans. Each project will have a detail hazard analysis developed. Each
crew leader will be responsible for discussing the hazard analysis with these crew before work
is started. Daily safety sessions will be held. Additional safety information will be included in
the overall development of each participant's working experience.
Child Care
The project will contract out for child care services for any participant who needs them.
Liability and On-The-Job Injury Coverage
The project will purchase liability and on-the-job injury insurance.
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Service Activities
Participants will engage in urban farming, urban forestry, and environmental education
projects at the following four public housing projects:
1) Cabrini-Green is nationally-known as one of the country's most infamous examples
of public housing. With a population of 6,935, Cabrini is located on 16 acres on Chicago's near
north side. The project already has a fresh vegetable and herb garden, which could be
dramatically expanded by the Summer of Safety project.
2) The Robert Taylor Homes, located on 95 acres on Chicago's south side, has 12,320
residents and is the largest public housing development in the world. This development is very
much in need of greening.
3) The Henry Horner Homes house 3,057 people on Chicago's west side and were the
site for the award-winning book and subsequent television movie There Are No Children Here.
Because of its location adjacent to train tracks and within a desolate and poverty-stricken area,
Horner would benefit tremendously from a greening program.
4) Ida B. Wells, located on the City's south side, has a population of 5,660, living in
2,788 units. Wells is a target site for the U.S. Department of Justice's Weed & Seed Program
and has received substantial assistance in both law enforcement and prevention efforts ranging
for recreational to educational activities. The Wells development would benefit greatly from
beautification activities through the Summer of Safety program. There are several local youth
organizations that could be tapped for volunteers.
The Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences would also help obtain the rights to
use up to 15 city-owned vacant lots in the Roseland area of Chicago, as well as a vacant lot in
34th Ward and one in the Ninth Ward.
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Project participants would reclaim and/or upgrade vacant lots in order to establish them
as safe places for:
1) Farms/Gardens
- urban farming of foods
- flower gardening
- specific crop growing for local sale
Proposed community garden projects will include:
A.
Children's garden - 25 - 30, 4' X 4' raised vegetable, flowers and herbs beds.
B.
Adults garden - 25 - 30, 4' X 8' raised beds. Parents of youth and other adults in
neighborhood would be assigned individual plots.
C.
Market garden - maintained by youth and adults; vegetables and herbs to be sold through
Windows for Onportunity, Inc., Farmers Market Nutrition Program at Chicago Housing
Authority (CHA) Robert Taylor Homes.
D.
Educational - Meeting area - front of the garden will be seeded or sodded with turf;
flowers, shrubs and small trees will be planted with picnic tables available for meetings,
or programs.
E.
Windowbox gardening -- Public housing residents will learn how to grow flowers or
small plants in their windows.
2) Quiet Corners
- newly built and installed benches
- play areas for small children
- open community centers for arts and crafts and other displays
- open spots for farmer's markets, healthy baby festivals, etc.
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3) Tree Planting
- Tree planting at public housing developments
- Tree planting at vacant lots
- Joint agreements to plant and maintain trees in front of homes
These fifty full-time participants will then help recruit 200 younger, at-risk, youth
volunteers to help with conservation and environmental work, further reclaim lands, and develop
a calendar of activities and set up appropriate exhibits in quiet corners. The Chicago Public
Housing Authority will help recruit volunteers from its housing developments.
With training and technical assistance provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, and
under the direct supervision of local law enforcement agencies, the full-time participants would
then help organize community crime patrols around these sites in tandem with local community
policing initiatives. To reduce crime in areas plagued by violence, corps members partner with
police officers engaged in community policing. The corps members are trained by the police
department in problem-solving and conflict resolution, trained by the staff from other city
agencies in identifying and accessing city resources, and trained by community groups in
neighborhood organizing and leveraging neighborhood resources. The corps members work
alongside community policing officers, but may also coordinate "safe haven" activities for youth,
staff community policing substations, hold crime prevention workshops for community
businesses and residents, organize block parent networks, and assist with community outreach.
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The Chicago Police Department is already actively engaged in community policing
activities designed to address community crime and disorder problems. Summer of Safety
participants could be integrated into this effort. Chicago has a distinct training program for law
enforcement officers designated to deal with the community on specific public safety problems.
Summer of Safety participants could help bring together law enforcement officials with citizens
nd other representatives of local government in order to address and analyze how to address
and analyze how to address a particular crime and disorder problem.
The program will be designed to identify specific crime and violence related problems
through canvassing neighborhoods, attending community meetings, and setting up meetings with
community groups. Corrective action will follow by focusing projects. Drug and other illegal
activities will be discouraged and an opportunity to utilize these spaces for constructive activities
will be gained. Parks. playgrounds, and public areas will be cleaned up and properly utilized,
under the supervision participants and adults who will act as positive role models for those
involved. Surveys will track progress and serve to measure the diminishment of fear in the
community. Perhaps most importantly, a positive relationship between law enforcement and the
youth of the community will be enhanced.
The participants will help conduct surveys to determine local residents' perception of the
nature of local crime problems so that the community policing initiatives can help redress those
problems.
The participants can help assist the police in developing crime prevention strategies.
including D.A.R.E., safe havens, and the Midnight Basketball League.
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Number of Participants
There will be fifty full-time participants receiving stipends for the ten weeks., Their goal
will be recruiting an additional 200 volunteers, and then setting up a volunteer infrastructure to
continue upkeep of the community gardens and safe spaces after the summer program ends.
Assignment Criteria
It is essential to obtain neighborhood input and support before any project is initiated.
Local and state agencies, existing service groups, community center and housing authority
committees, fire safety associations, youth agencies and organizations, and local businesses and
unions will be encouraged to have input and collaborate.
Project Training
In addition to the general training at the beginning of the program, each participant will
receive specific technical training in agriculture, forestry, and/or crime prevention before
beginning each specific task. Such training will be provided by employees of USDA, the Illinois
Extension Service, the U.S. Department of Justice, and/or local law enforcement agencies.
The Weed and Seed site will utilize all available resources and necessary funds to provide
training and technical assistance in community policing activities including partnering with local
law enforcement entities and providing technical assistance from the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, Department of Justice.
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Project Supervision
Each crew of ten corps members will be supervised by an older crew leader, who will
either be an USDA employee or a Forest Service environmental education intern. Crew leaders
will be selected based on experience in youth development, knowledge of agriculture and
forestry, and nonformal education. Crew leaders must be able to demonstrate working
knowledge of experiential learning, experience in interacting in multicultural settings, and in
dealing with at-risk youth. Further training in specific curriculum will be provided to team
leaders during the month of June. The first priority will be in working with corps members in
local resource and needs identification and assessment.
Displacement Considerations
Since neither the AmeriCorps participants nor the volunteers will engage in any work
currently conducted by government employees, there is no possibility of worker displacement.
Continuation
While most of the objectives of the program will be accomplished during its ten-week
length, special care will be given to create volunteer infrastructures that can maintain the gardens
and safe spaces year-round.
At the end of the summer program, the AmeriCorps participants will sign-over
ceremonial (non-legal) "leases" to the volunteers who will then maintain the sites.
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Sustaining Strategies/Priorities
The single greatest priority following the summer program will be continuing community
activities to protect the newly created safe places.
Resources
The University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, the Chicago Housing Authority,
USDA, the U.S. Department of Justice, returned Peace Corps volunteers, and the Chicago High
School of Agricultural Sciences all will take responsibility for continuing management of the
volunteer programs.
Workplan/Timeline (all dates 1994)
By March 21: Begin organizing overall advisory committee
By April 1: Obtain notification of funding from CNCS
By April 10: Finalize details of recruitment plan
By April 12: Hold first meetings of overall advisory committee and sign cooperative agreement
among all participating partners
By April 15: Begin recruitment activities at Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences and
throughout targeted neighborhoods
By April 22: Finalize selection of crew leaders
By April 30: Applications for participation due
By May 1: Recruitment of corps members finalized and leadership team attends national training
and technical assistance workshop
By May 2: Begin screening of applicants
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By May 10: Make final selections of program participants
By May 15: Deposit private contributions in the banks account of "Friends of the Chicago High
School of Agricultural Sciences"
By May 20: Obtain written permission for use of public housing land and vacant lots and finalize
plans for work projects
By May 25: U.S. Department of Justice and local law enforcement agencies finalize community
policing projects
By May 30: All uniforms, tools, and equipment obtained
By June 7: Begin week-long training program for crew leaders and other project staff
June 13: Participant training and orientation begin
By June 15: Original evaluation interviews begin
June 21: Program is formally launched and agriculture and forestry work projects begin
By June 25: Volunteer recruitment begins
By July 1: Participants begin aiding community policing programs
July 4: Citywide kick-off for joint AmeriCorps volunteer activities
By July 5: First program evaluation provided to staff
By July 1: Specific plans for year-round program continuation by volunteer infrastructure created
By July 19: Second program evaluation provided to staff
By July 21: USDA and U.S. Department of Justice make surprise monitoring visit to project
By August 10: Third program evaluation provided to staff
August 24: Program formally ends
August 25: Volunteer infrastructure takes over management of sites
By August 31: High-profile graduation ceremony held in which AmeriCorps participants are
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honored and sites are ceremonially transferred to neighborhood volunteers
By September 1: Evaluation interviews completed
By October 1: Evaluation report completed
Institutional Capacity
The lead partner in running this program with be the non-profit foundation of the
Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences. A recent feature in the Washington Post describes
the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences as "a rare and remarkable success story in
one of the nation's most troubled public school systems." According to the article, last year's
graduation rate of almost 90 percent was far above the city average, and graduating seniors won
a total of $1.4 million in college scholarships.
On January 5, 1994, the Chicago Tribune editorialized that the school "is a notable
success, one of the precious few among Chicago public high schools." Claiming the school's
program has captured the financial and moral support of the Chicago Board of Trade and other
businesses, the editorial calls the curriculum "innovative" and the spirit of the staff and students
"exhilarating."
The school's foundation, which will formally receive and administer the grant, has a
demonstrable track record of success in administering financial and payroll procedures.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy has visited the school, spoken to its
commencement exercise, and has generally been extremely impressed by its remarkable
achievements. He has pledged that he will provide any institutional support possible to the
school.
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Staff Experience
Barbara H. Valerious, Principal of the Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences.
will be the project director. She has been honored widely for her work in building one of the
most successful magnet schools in the entire Chicago school system. A 38-year employee of
the Chicago Board of Education, she received the Principal of Excellence Award in 1992.
Joel Berg, Director of Public Liaison and National Service for USDA, will coordinate
the government resources involved in the project. He has studied national service and visited
successful youth corps since 1989, and helped design the national service demonstration project
title of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. He also served on President-Elect
Clinton's national service transition team.
Terrence S. Donahue, Deputy Director, Executive, Office of Weed and Seed, U.S.
Department of Justice, will coordinate program interface with local law enforcement agencies.
With 23 years in law enforcement experience, he played a key role in developing the National
Drug Policy Boards's "Strategy for High Risk Youth," and the Department's criminal justice
intervention and prevention strategy, "Weed and Seed" program.
Working Relationships
The Chicago High School of Agricultural Science, the Illinois Extension Service, the
Chicago Housing Authority, the Soil Conservation Service, and the "Weed and Seed" program
all have extensive interactions with community groups.
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Law Enforcement Relationship
The project will contract with the University of Illinois Police Training Institute, which
has already assisted in the development of numerous public safety programs adapted to specific
youth audiences.
The Institute will run educational programs for the project staff and the AmeriCorps
participants that focus on personal safety, the action and reaction factors of both peer-to-peer and
police-to-citizen force, conflict resolution, a law enforcement career opportunities.
The U.S. Department of Justice will coordinate project interactions with local law
enforcement agencies. For example, the U.S. Department of Justice, through its local Weed and
Seed site, at Ida B. Wells housing development, has established an ongoing relationship with the
local police. The Chicago Police Dèpartment has created and staffed a sub-station within Ida
B. Wells, and has cultivated a positive relationship with the residents. The community police
have created an open dialogue with residents, and have obtained the trust of community. This
program can serve as a model for similar projects at other AmeriCorps summer sites.
Applicant Experience
The Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences already runs successful urban farms.
Other partners include the USDA, with many field offices in the Chicago region. The USDA
Soil Conservation Service helped run the original U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps and now
runs the successful "Earth Team" volunteer program nationally. The USDA Extension Service
helps run 4-H, the largest volunteer program in the world.
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The Illinois Extension Service and the Chicago Housing Authority already run successful
community volunteer programs in Chicago. Furthermore, the U.S. Department of Justice has
extensive experience in promoting community policing initiatives.
Certification of Participants
This project is wholeheartedly committed to promoting one national identity to the
President's AmeriCorps program. All uniforms and promotional materials will use the
AmeriCorps logo. All press releases, promotional literature, and public events will reference
the national program.
As much as possible, all training activities and team-building activities will be tied into
national initiatives. The program will enthusiastically participate in national opening and/or
closing ceremonies.
Commitment of Each Partner
The Friends of the Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences will run the overall
program. The organization will take prime responsibility for recruiting and screening
participants and providing the payroll mechanism for the living wage stipend.
The school will also provide secretarial support, classroom space, and use of audio-visual
equipment. The school will also take prime responsibility for locating and obtaining use of
vacant lots.
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An overall program advisory committee chaired by Barbara Valerious, Principal of the
High School, high school faculty members, participating agency representatives, and
representatives from neighborhood advisory committees will be convened to provide program
oversight, determine measurable outcomes and progress in achieving the identified outcomes.
The U.S. Department of Justice will take responsibility for coordination with local law
enforcement agencies and community policing initiatives.
The Office of Public Affairs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide general
federal government coordination, serve as a liaison with the Corporation for National and
Community Service, production of recruitment and promotional, and public affairs and electronic
communications support.
The USDA Soil Conservation Service will provide one employee on detail, and staff
specialist assistant as required, to provide on-site soils interpretive information, general soil
information training, coordinating and cost estimates for work projects, and team building
training. The Soil Conservation Service will also provide $5,000 in direct funding.
The USDA Forest Service will provide college-level interns who can serve as crew
leaders and environmental education instructors. The agency will also provide urban forestry and
ecosystem training and curriculum materials.
The Forest Service will coordinate with state and city agencies to provide technical
assistance on urban forestry issues. The Forest Service will also work to identify possible
donors of tree seedlings, containers, and soil. The Forest Service will also provide $2,500 in
direct funding.
The USDA Extension Service will provide training and educational materials, and help
with program evaluation. The Extension Service will also provide $2,500 in direct funding.
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The USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service will provide one
employee on detail to teach agriculture techniques and serve as a crew leader.
The Illinois Extension Service will aid in participant training and education and help
locate and obtain use of vacant lots. The Chicago Housing Authority will provide land for
farms, will help recruit volunteers, and will aid community policing activities.
Monitoring and Evaluation Progress
National service staff from the Washington offices of the Department of Agriculture and
Justice will make at least one unannounced visit to the project within its first month of operation.
The local project staff will also use both an ongoing process evaluation and an impact
assessment. In-depth interview and observation data with be gathered to keep track of the
implementation process of the Summer of Safety Project.
The project director, crew supervisors, a representative sample of the AmeriCorps
participants, Justice and Agriculture Department personnel, high school staff, and families will
be interview at the start-up of the project and weekly intervals throughout the project.
Interviews will be semi-structured: some questions will be used throughout the project and some
time will be allowed for respondents to describe their experiences in and feelings about the
project. Direct observations of the service projects will also be conducted regularly. These
interviews with a wide range of project players will facilitate the ongoing monitoring of the
project implementation and the meeting of project goals. The evaluation will be especially
sensitive to the creative modification of project goals and their effect, as well as unanticipated
effects of the project.
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The evaluator will provide reports to the staff during week 3, 5, and 7 of the project to
allow for consultation with the Corporation for National and Community service about what
modifications could be made if problems arise. In other words, the monitoring will work to
fix identify and fix problems as they occur. Demographic and other relevant background data will
be gathered from the original application materials and other means about both the AmeriCorps
participants and the younger volunteers. To access the impact at the end of the program, start-up
interviews and post-project interviews with samples of the project managers will be used to
assess changes in the participant views of citizenship, community service, and their place in the
community before and after service. Follow-up with local law enforcement officials will be
used to determine the project's impact upon community policing and other public safety projects.
Interviews with the appropriate forestry personnel and community leaders will asses the value
of the conservation and environment work performed.
Commitment to National Evaluation
The project will take every step needed to provide access and data needed by national
evaluators.
USDA CHICAGO
FY 94 SUMMER OF SERVICE BUDGET
1.
Participant Stipends
50
$147
10
73,500.00
# of Participants
Minimum $147 a week
# of Weeks
2.
Total Salaries
Project Director
8,694
Project Staff
15,000
23,694.00
3.
Participant Training
39,495
39,495.00
4.
Other Expenses
Trees, Tools, Lumber
Health & Safety
Soil, Debris Removal
126,573
5. National Training & Travel
2,100.00
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS
265,362.00
6. NON-CORPORATION CONTRIBUTIONS
Matching Funds
29,782
In-Kind Contributions
Other Federal Funds
43,432
Total:
73,214.00
7. FUNDS REQUESTED FROM THE CORPORATION
192,148.00
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USDA APPLICATION FOR TWO SUMMER OF SERVICE AMERICORPS PROJECTS
Overall Coordinator for Both Projects:
United States Department of Agriculture
14th Street and Independence Avenues, SW, Washington, DC 20250
Joel Berg, National Service Coordinator
Signature and date:
Co-Coordinator for Chicago Project
United States Department of Justice
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
Signature and date:
Overall request for CNCS funds: $297,828
PROJECT #1 - CHICAGO
Applicant: Friends of the Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences
3807 West 111th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60655, Harhara H. Valerious, Principal
Signature and Date: Smith 3/14/94
Partners: Chicago Housing Authority, USDA Soil Conservation Service, USDA Extension
Service and the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, USDA Forest Service, and
USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Federal funds requested from Subtitle D
in CNCS funds requested
$43,432 amount of U.S. Department of Agriculture matching funds
$29,782 amount of non-federal match
50 participants will receive stipends
200 volunteers will not receive stipends
The Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences, in conjunction with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Justice, will nin an Americ OTS program
in Chicago in which a socio-economically diverse group of recent high school graduates will
work on urban agriculture and community policing projects and then supervise a larger group
of younger at-risk youth who will volunteer part time on similar projects in high crime areas.
Roth groups of youth will participate in urban farming, urban tree planting, environmental
education, and contlict resolution projects that will help reduce violent crime and that will create
safe places for other community activities al public housing projects and other public sitcs. The
project will fuster community policing, restore safety to public spaces, promote youth as-
resources. reduce the vuluerability of children and youth, and perform critical urban
environmental restoration work.
USDA APPLICATION FOR TWO SUMMER OF SERVICE AMERICORPS PROJECTS
Overall Coordinator for Both Projects:
United States Department of Agriculture
14th Street and Independence Avenues, SW, Washington, DC 20250
Joel Berg, National Service Coordinator
Signature and date:
Co-Coordinator for Chicago Project:
United States Department of Justice
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
Jack Nadol, Acting Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance
Signature and date: Elliott A. Brown for
3/14/94
Overall request for CNCS funds:
PROJECT #1 - CHICAGO
Applicant: Friends of the Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences
3807 West 111th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60655, Barbara H. Valerious, Principal
Signature and Date:
Partners: Chicago Housing Authority, USDA Soil Conservation Service, USDA Extension
Service and the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, USDA Forest Service, and
USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Federal funds requested from Subtitle D
in CNCS funds requested
$43,432 amount of U.S. Department of Agriculture matching funds
$29,782 amount of non-federal match
50 participants will receive stipends
200 volunteers will not receive stipends
The Chicago High School of Agricultural Sciences, in conjunction with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Justice, will run an AmeriCorps program
in Chicago in which a socio-economically diverse group of recent high school graduates will
work on urban agriculture and community policing projects and then supervise a larger group
of younger at-risk youth who will volunteer part time on similar projects in high crime areas.
Both groups of youth will participate in urban farming, urban tree planting, environmental
education, and conflict resolution projects that will help reduce violent crime and that will create
safe places for other community activities at public housing projects and other public sites. The
project will foster community policing, restore safety to public spaces, promote youth-as-
resources, reduce the vulnerability of children and youth, and perform critical urban
environmental restoration work.
USING
The Chicago Housing Authority
AUTHORITY
March 14, 1994
Board of Commissioners
Ms. Catherine Milton
Vincent Lane
Director
Chairman
Corporation for Community and National Service
Artensa Randolph
1100 Vermont Ave. N.W.
Vice-Chainnan
Washington, DC 20525
Arthur M. Brazier
Milton Davis
Dear Ms. Milton:
Isaac S. Goldman
Handy L. Lindsey, Jr.
Daniel Solis
I am writing in support of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Justice's
Robert Whitfield
application to the Corporation for funding of a Summer of Safety program within
Chief Operating Officer
four Chicago Housing Authority developments.
Dr. Daniel W. Blue. Jr.
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Providing productive and educational activities for CHA children over the summer
is a major priority, particularly in communities with few resources for recreational
F. Willis Caruso
General Counsel
alternatives. This program will also complement the Authority's community policing
and tenant patrol programs, both of which work closely with teens in an effort to
dissuade them from involvement with gangs and drugs.
We will support this program by assisting in identification of both team members and
volunteers from CHA developments. Providing stipend as well as volunteer
opportunities for CHA residents is extremely important in order for the community
to be full participants. In addition, we would be glad to provide some of the
leadership skills and conflict resolution training through program staff currently
providing such services to our youth.
The Authority will also donate use of equipment and landscaping personnel to assist
with the urban gardens within our communities, as well as administrative personnel
to coordinate activities with other Summer of Safety partners.
We are grateful for the opportunity to participate in this unique effort and hope you
will look favorably upon the USDA and Department of Justice's application. Please
do not hesitate to contact Kristin Anderson, Director of External Affairs at
(312) 791-8513, if we can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
Vincent Lane
Chairman
VL:KK/lw
22 West Madison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Telephone (312) 791-8500
PROJECT #2 . ARIZONA (duplicate of project #2 cover sheet)
Applicant: Volunteer Council for the Arizona Dept. of Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation
(DYTR)
1624 West Adams, Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Joel Blumenthal, Project Director, ASU/DYTR Partnership
Partners include: USDA Fores: Service, Maricopa County Juvenile Court, Phoenix Union School
District
Federal funds requested from Subtitle D
$ 112,980 in CNCS funds requested
$ 24,727 amount of U.S. Department of Agriculture matching funds
$ 28,076 amount of non-federal match
35 participants will receive stipends
100 volunteers will not receive stipends
A parmership between Arizona State University and the Arizona Department of Youth
Treatment and Rehabilitation, in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture,
will run a AmeriCorps program that will combine a socio-economic mix of youth committed to
DYTR, youth under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, local high school students. and
Arizona State University students in conservation work on national forests. The AmeriCorps
participants will then work with 2 larger group of younger at-risk youth to supervise their
volunteer activities in environmental restoration work and in restoring safety to public spaces.
The project will have the following goals: rehabilitating delinquent youth; creating safer
environments in at-risk neighborhoods, providing conflict resolution instruction for 2 diverse
group of delinquent, at-risk, and coliege attending youth; providing mentoring and pro-social
modeling of delinquent and at-risk youth; and engaging youth in productive conservation work
on national forests and environmental work in urban areas; creating and nurturing community
leadership and service skils: and building a continuing parmership where college students tuter
delinquent youth. This project will incorporate youth as resources programs, restoring safety
to public spaces, and youth safety initiatives.
Jane Bluminthal 3/14/94
Copy 3/14/94
Original in the Mail
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PROJECT #2 - ARIZONA
Specific Needs in Project Area
While much of Arizona is increasingly under siege because of violent crime, the juvenile
offenders that will participate in this program are particularly devastated by the cycle of crime,
poverty, and violence. Youth in poor neighborhoods of Arizona frequently commit illegal
activities and end up in secure facilities, only to be eventually released back to neighborhoods
afflicted with poverty, unemployment, dysfunctional families, gangs, drugs. crime, racism.
violence, inadequate housing, lack of access to health care, and underperforming school systems.
Consequently, it should not be surprising that the incidence of youth involvement in
violent offenses in Arizona has virtually exploded during the past few years (Table 1). In 1991.
the most recent year for which Uniform Crime Report data are available. Arizona's rate of
arrests for juvenile violent crimes per 100,000 was exceeded by only 10 states. In Maricopa
County, youthful arrests for murder have doubled in the past five years. Much of the violence
is associated with gang activity. Phoenix has been identified by the federal Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention as one of the nation's ten greatest gang problem cities.
Table 1. Juvenile Involvement in Arizona Violent Crime
(arrests per 100,000 youth below the age of 18)
Year
Homicide
Rape
Robbery
Assault
1984
12
23
207
652
1985
9
36
219
775
1986
23
56
207
824
1987
10
51
205
710
1988
17
37
233
906
1990
19
67
433
1,359
1991
31
77
490
1,495
Source: Uniform Crime Reports, 1982-1991, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Data from the Organized Crime Division of the Arizona Department of Public Safety
estimate the number of gangs in Arizona at more than 775 with an estimated membership of
10,000 persons. According to this report. there are more than 400 gangs in the Phoenix
metropolitan area.
Results of recent studies show that an estimated 71 percent of African American youth
in Maricopa County will have at least one arrest by the time they reach 18, and 49 percent of
all youth will have been arrested by age 18 in Maricopa County.
Furthermore, the Tonto and other national forest lands in Arizona are in great need of
volunteer support in order to improve and maintain their resources and facilities. Urban
neighborhoods in Phoenix are in great need of additional trees. gardens. and food farms.
Program Objectives
A partnership between Arizona State University (ASU) and the Arizona Department of
Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation (DYTR), in conjunction with the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA). will run a program that will combine a socio-economic mix of youth
committed to DYTR. youth under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, local high school
students, and University students in conservation. The program has the following goals:
rehabilitating delinquent youth; creating safer environments in at-risk neighborhoods, providing
conflict resolution instruction for a diverse group of delinquent. at-risk, and college attending
youth; providing mentoring and pro-social modeling of delinquent and at-risk youth: and
engaging youth in productive conservation work on national forests and environmental work in
urban areas; creating and nurturing community leadership and service skills; and building a
continuing partnership where college students tutor delinquent youth.
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This Summer of Safety AmeriCorps project would combine youth committed to Arizona's
juvenile corrections system. youth under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. at-risk high school
youth, and ASU students in an environmental work project. Technical supervision for this
project will be provided by USDA/Forest Service. The ten-week program has the following
short-term goals: the rehabilitation of delinquent youth; conflict resolution instruction for
delinquent and at-risk youth; mentoring and pro-social role-modeling of delinquent and at-risk
youth; productive work experiences; clean-up and maintenance of the country's natural resources
(National Forest Lands): and the creation and nurturing of leadership and community service
skills. Long-term benefits of the project are: the reduction of juvenile crime: continued
protection of the environment: safer environments in high-risk neighborhoods: the creation of
indigenous leadership in dysfunctional neighborhoods; intervention with at-risk youth at an
impressionable age: continued mentoring by university students with at-risk youth.
This project will incorporate youth as resources programs. restoring safety to public spaces. and
youth safety initiatives. The program will aim at the following three concrete achievements:
1) recruiting a socio-economically mixed group of 35 full-time participants -- including some
juvenile offenders -- and 100 at-risk youth for volunteer activities that will engage them in
productive community work;
2) performing 6.475 person-hours of conservation and environmental work in the Tonto and
other national forests in Arizona;
3) and working at environmental and rehabilitation projects at three sites, at least, in Phoenix
to reclaim them as safe spaces for community use.
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Eighteen youth under the jurisdiction of the Department of Youth Treatment and
Rehabilitation and the juvenile court, eight high school youth, and ten ASU students will receive
training in violence reduction, conflict mediation, environmental preservation education.
pro-social mentoring, community service instruction, and neighborhood improvement education.
Thus, to achieve the goals of both this project and of AmeriCorps, the project will recruit
half of its participants from the juvenile system and half from either Arizona State University
or local high schools. The participants will be mixed by race, income, and gender.
Urban environmental projects will be completed in an urban Phoenix area of
approximately 40 square miles. Critical conservation work will also be completed on National
Forest land.
Appropriateness of Summer Program
In order to elevate the problem of juvenile crime in the Phoenix area and rebuild the
communities in which that crime is perpetuated. youth have to learn both pro-social, non-violent
behavior. respect for their environment. the knowledge and skills to improve their neighborhood
environment, and the leadership skills to rebuild their communities. University students. many
of whom already possess the role-modeling and leadership skills, do not have the practical
experience of working in active and productive roles within communities-in-need. The work that
is done on this project during the summer will continue as the youth return to their home
environment and work under the direction of the ASU/DYTR partnership project to improve
their communities and make them safer and more secure places to live.
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Recruitment of Participants
DYTR youth will be chosen by the Department from the population of paroled youth who
are within the ASU/DYTR catchment area (South Central Phoenix, zip codes 85006, 85008.
85014, 85016, 85034, and 85040). They are youth who have successfully completed their
treatment in a secure facility and have been returned to their community for paroled supervision.
Maricopa Juvenile Court youth will be chosen by the Court from a population of youth
who live within the catchment area but are still under the jurisdiction of the court and on
probation. The Phoenix Union High School District students will be recruited, in part. by the
district. The ASU students will be chosen by the ASU/DYTR staff and will have completed
some mentoring training.
Training of Participants
Conflict resolution training, community service training, urban and forestry conservation
practices, and social skills training will be provided through established programs at ASU and
the Department of Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation. Environmental training and forestry
skills training will be provided by the USDA Forest Service.
Impact on Participants
The summer experience will help develop pro-social, non-delinquent behavior in the
committed population of youth. It will help them acquire a sense of paying back their
community instead of victimizing it. Focusing on the environmental improvement of their
neighborhoods will sensitize youth to the need for improving their surroundings.
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For those youth in the juvenile justice system, it will also focus their attention on the
consequences of their prior illegal activities. For all the participants. work done on the Forest
Service lands will help build skills. the work ethic, and self-esteem. Groups that combine ethnic
and age groups will provide pro-social role-modeling for the delinquent youth and a sense of
accomplishment for the ASU students.
The project will foster a sense of community involvement and provide leadership skills
to all of the participants. The neighborhood will not only receive a sense that it can help itself
become a safer and better place to live. but will also realize that productive and positive
relationships can be built with youth who have been perceived as dangerous and undesirable in
the past. Given that more than half the students majoring in agricultural and natural resources
in post-secondary institutions today come from non farm backgrounds. this project can play an
important role in encouraging some youths to prepare for eventual careers in agriculture and
forestry.
Participant Safety
The Forest Service will provide extensive safety training for each project performed in
the forests. Each urban project will have a detail hazard analysis developed in conjunction with
the City of Phoenix Police Department. Each crew leader will be responsible for discussing the
hazard analysis with these crew before work is started. Daily tailgate safety sessions will be
held. Additional safety information will be included in the overall development of each
participants working experience.
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Child Care
The project will contract out for child care services for any participant who needs them.
Liability Coverage
Participants from ASU will be covered by existing policies of the university on work
study students. DYTR youth will be covered by existing state policies. All participants will be
covered for work on Forest Service lands.
On The Job Injury Coverage
Current state policies and procedures which apply to youth enrolled in the treatment and
rehabilitation program will remain in affect for participants working under this partnership.
Service Activities
During the first four weeks of the program -- in order to learn work skills, job discipline.
and bond together as a corps and as crews -- the corps members will engage in conservation
work on the Tonto and other national forests in Arizona. They will perform some or all of the
following activities: trail maintenance, recreation management, fish and wildlife management.
timber management, facility construction and maintenance, water and soil work, range and
forage management, watershed protection, range vegetation management, reservoir rejuvenation
and enhancement, stream bank stabilization, and protection and enhancement of required habitats
for endangered or threatened species.
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In the first week of the program, the participants will spend most of their time in training
and will each complete only 10 hours of conservation work in the forests. In the second week.
with the training continuing, each participant will complete twenty hours of conservation work
on the forests.
In the third and fourth weeks, each participant will perform 30 hours of conservation
work in the forests. with the remainder of the time used for educational workshops. community
meetings, career counseling, and a period for journal writing and critical reflection.
The remainder of the weeks the participants will work approximately half time in
continuing conservation projects in the Tonto and other national forests and the other half
working with younger. at-risk. volunteers in environmental and public safety work in Phoenix.
The participants will reclaim at least three vacant lots and turn them into quiet corners
and community farms and also engage in tree planting projects in parks.
Participants will also plant trees in targeted neighborhoods at homes of residents who sign
agreements to maintain the trees provided for them. The participants will provide training in
tree maintenance for such residents.
Participants will also teach environmental education to the younger youth.
Number of Participants
A socio-economic mix of 35 participants will work full-time and receive stipends. They
will work to recruit an additional 100 volunteers.
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Assignment Criteria
Work assignments in the national forests will be determined by highly experienced Forest
Service employees. The urban assignments will be determined by the ASU/DYTR partnership.
in consultation with the City of Phoenix, the USDA Forest Service, Maricopa County Juvenile
Court, the Phoenix Union School District, and neighborhood residents.
Project Training
In addition to the general training at the beginning of the program, each participant will
receive specific technical training in agriculture, forestry, and/or crime prevention before
beginning each specific task. Such training will be provided by employees of USDA, the Illinois
Extension Service, the U.S. Department of Justice, or local law enforcement agencies.
Project Supervision
The 35 corps participants will work in five crews of seven people each. The entire
project will be supervised by a full-time project director. Each crew will be supervised by an
older crew leader, who will hired by the ASU/DYTR Partnership. The crew leaders will
receive extensive training, both in working with youth and the specific environmental skills
needed to work on national forests.
The crews leaders' daily work will be supervised National Forest Service employees who
are highly experienced in working with youth.
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Displacement Considerations
Since neither the AmeriCorps participants nor the volunteers will engage in any work
currently conducted by government employees. there is no possibility of worker displacement.
Continuation
While most of the objectives of the program will be accomplished during its ten-week
length, special care will be given to create volunteer infrastructures that can maintain the gardens
and safe spaces year-round. At the end of the summer program, the AmeriCorps participants
will sign-over ceremonial (non-legal) "leases" to the volunteers who will then maintain the sites.
Sustaining Strategies/Priorities
The single greatest priority following the summer program will be continuing community
activities to protect the newly created safe places.
Resources
THE ASU/DYTR Partnership will take lead responsibility for continuing management
of the volunteer programs. The partnership has already undertaken work similar to this under
a grant from the U.S. Department of Education and will continue such work after the summer
of service program is completed. ASU students mentoring delinquent youth will play an
important role in helping maintain the safe spaces.
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Workplan/Timeline (all dates 1994)
By April 1: Obtain notification of funding from CNCS
By April 10: Finalize details of recruitment plan
By April 12: Sign cooperative agreements between all participating partners
By April 15: Distribute recruitment materials throughout targeted populations and neighborhoods
By April 15: Finalize selection of crew leaders
By April 30: Applications for participation due
By May 1: Leadership team attends national training and technical assistance workshop
By May 2: Begin screening of applicants
By May 10: Make final selections of program participants
By May 15: Deposit private contributions in the appropriate bank accounts
By May 20: Obtain written permission for use of vacant lots
By May 25: Finalize plans for work projects on national forests
By May 30: All uniforms. tools, and equipment obtained
By June 1: Begin two week-long training for crew leaders and other project staff
June 13: Participant training and orientation begin
By June 15: Original evaluation interviews begin
June 21: Program is formally launched and forestry work projects begin
By June 25: Volunteer recruitment begins
By June 30: City-wide kick-off for joint AmeriCorps volunteer activities
By July 1: Specific plans for year-round program continuation by volunteer infrastructure created
By July 5: First program evaluation provided to staff
By July 19: Second program evaluation provided to staff
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By July 21: USDA national staff make surprise monitoring visit to project
By August 10: Third program evaluation provided to staff
August 24: Program formally ends
August 25: Volunteer infrastructure takes-over management of sites
By August 31: High-profile graduation ceremony held in which AmeriCorps participants are
honored and sites are ceremonially transferred to neighborhood volunteers
By September 1: Evaluation interviews completed
By October 1: Evaluation report completed
Leadership Training
The project director and team leaders will receive two weeks of safety and group
dynamics training, as well as environmental training. prior to the start of the project from
DYTR staff. Forest Service staff. and ASU community service faculty and staff.
Institutional Capacity
The ASU/DYTR is a successful and innovative partnership that already has received
$956,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The partnership is already
running volunteer programs in urban gardening. DYTR. a department with a $34 million budget
and over 800 employees, will handle payroll and accounting. The project will also have access
to the extensive resources of ASU, a major research university. The USDA Forest Service.
including the districts in Arizona, has a long and successful record of engaging youth in
conservation activities in its forests. The Forest Service in Arizona has in the past successfully
supervised delinquent youths.
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Staff Experience
Project consultant Joel Marie Blumenthal is a management consultant, business executive,
communications and public affairs specialist, and educator with over twenty-five years, of
corporate and government experience in planning, management, teaching, training, agency and
legislative liaison, research and writing under high pressure circumstances. She is currently
Project Director of the ASU/DYTR Partnership and Chief of Volunteer Intern Services for
DYTR. She has a Master's Degree in education and is currently a candidate for a Doctorate of
Public Administration at ASU.
Joel Berg, Director of Public Liaison and National Service for USDA, will coordinate
the Departmental resources involved in the project. He has studied national service and visited
successful youth corps since 1989, and helped design the national service demonstration
provisions of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. He also served on President-
Elect Clinton's national service transition team.
Working Relationships
The ASU/DYTR Partnership and the USDA Forrest Service already have successful
working relationships with local community organizations and public agencies.
Law Enforcement Relationship
The Arizona Department of Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation, the Maricopa County
Juvenile Court, and the Forest Service will coordinate closely with the Phoenix Police
Department. These entities already work together.
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Applicant Experience
Both the Arizona Department of Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation and the USDA
Forest Service already run successful volunteer programs.
Certification of Participants
This project is wholeheartedly committed to promoting one national identity to the
President's AmeriCorps program. All uniforms and promotional materials will use the
AmeriCorps logo. All press releases, promotional literature, and public events will reference
the national program. As much as possible, all training activities and team-building activities
will be tied into national initiatives.
The program will enthusiastically participate in national opening and/or closing
ceremonies.
Partnership Description
The ASU/DYTR will run the program. The partnership will take prime responsibility
for recruiting and screening participants and providing the payroll mechanism for the living wage
stipend. The partnership will provide an in-kind match of half time of one parole officer, who
earns $25,000 a year, for 10 weeks, and five percent of the ASU Student Services staff time
for ten weeks, and ten percent of the time of the ASU/DYTR Project staff. whose pay averages
$30,000 per year, for 3 months. The Office of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Mike Espy.
will provide general federal government coordination, liaison with the Corporation for National
and Community Service. production of recruitment and promotional. and public affairs and
electronic communications support.
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The USDA Forest Service will provide supervision and training for all work done on
national forests. The Forest Service will also provide meeting space. office space. and use of
tools. The agency will also provide urban forestry and ecosystem training and curriculum
materials. The agency will coordinate with state and city agencies to provide technical assistance
on urban forestry issues. The Forest Service will also work to identify possible donors of tree
seedlings, whips, containers, and soil.
The USDA Extension Service will provide training and educational materials. and help
with program evaluation.
The Maricopa County Juvenile Coun and the Phoenix Union School District will help
in recruiting and screening participants. as well as obtaining use of vacant lots in Phoenix. The
Phoenix Police Department will help with crime prevention near sites.
Evaluating and Monitoring Progress
National service staff from the Washington office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
will make at least one unannounced visit to the project within its first month of operation.
The local project staff will also use both on an ongoing process evaluation and an impact
assessment. In-depth interview and observation data with be gathered to keep track of the
implementation process of the Summer of Safety Project.
The Project Director, crew supervisors. a representative sample of the AmeriCorps
participants. Forest Service personnel. parole officers. high school staff, and families will be
interview at the start-up of the project and weekly intervals throughout the project.
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Interviews will be semi-structured: some questions will be used throughout the project
and some time will be allowed for respondents to describe their experiences in and feelings about
the project. Direct observations of the service projects will also be conducted regularly. These
interviews with a wide range of project players will facilitate the ongoing monitoring of the
project implementation and the meeting of project goals. The evaluation will be especially
sensitive to the creative modification of project goals and their effect. as well as unanticipated
effects of the project. The evaluator will provide reports to the staff during weeks 3. 5. and 7
Oi the project to allow for consultation with the Corporation for National and Community
Service about what modifications could me made if problems arise. In other words. the
monitoring will fix identify and fix problems as they occur. Demographic and other relevant
background data will be gathered from the original application materials and other means about
both the AmeriCorps participants and the younger volunteers.
To access the impact at the end of the program. start-up interviews and post-project
interviews with samples of the project managers will be used to assess changes in the participant
views of citizenship, community service. and their place in the community before and after
service. Follow-up information from DYTR parole officers and youth families will help assess
the potential impact of the service upon the youth on parole. Interviews with appropriate
forestry personnel and community leaders will asses the value of the conservation and
environment work performed.
Commitment to National Evaluation
The project will take every step necessary to provide access and data needed by national
evaluators.
FY 94 SUMMER OF SERVICE BUDGET
1.
Participant Stipends
35
$147
10
51,450.00
# of Participants
Minimum $147 a week
# of Weeks
2. Total Salaries
Project Director
8,694
Project Staff
17,250
25,944.00
3.
Participant Training
15,143
15,143.00
4.
Other Expenses
Tools, Transportation
Health & Safety
75,246
5.
National Training & Travel
2,100.00
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS
169,883.00
6.
NON-CORPORATION CONTRIBUTIONS
Matching Funds
30,076
In-Kind Contributions
Other Federal Funds
24,727
Total:
54,803.00
7. FUNDS REQUESTED FROM THE CORPORATION
115,080.00