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MAJOR EVENTS SCHEDULED AS OF 3/15/93
3/12
SEGAL SPEAKS AT THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND LUNCHEON
3/22
ELI KEYNOTES AT US STUDENT ASSOC. TOWN MEETING IN DC
3/25
SEGAL DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE CAMPUS OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY
LEAGUE (COOL) NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN CHAMPAGNE, IL
3/26
?? YOUTH SERVICE ALLIANCE IN BOSTON
4/2
SEGAL DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT MICHIGAN CAMPUS COMPACT
CONFERENCE IN EAST LANSING, MI
SEGAL JOINS CONGRESSMAN BILL FORD (D-IL) AT UNIV. OF MICHIGAN
"PROJECT SERVE" IN ANNE ARBOR, MI. (SITE WHERE JFK DELIVERED HIS
PEACE CORPS CHALLENGE)
WEEK OF 4/18
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK
4/20
NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY
ANNIVERSARY OF LA CONSERVATION CORPS
PUBLIC ALLIES AWARDS DAY
THE WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE OF NATIONAL SERVICE
NEWS AND INFORMATION SERVICE
March 3, 1993
Contact: Diana Aldridge
(202) 456-6444
THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSES NATIONAL SERVICE AT RUTGERS:
On the 32nd anniversary of the establishment of the Peace Corps,
President Clinton spent a day in New Jersey challenging young
people to serve their country by meeting pressing national needs.
Before his address at Rutgers University, the President visited
the New Brunswick Public Schools Adult Learning Center, and spoke
to participants from both Rutgers and the community about their
outstanding service work
Then speaking before what the New York Times termed a "wildly
enthusiastic" crowd at Rutgers, the President challenged
America's young people to "make America new again" by serving
their country.
The President also detailed his national service plan and issued
his challenged to young people in a taped interview with MTV.
Excepts aired Monday and Tuesday in a half-hour MTV special,
"Bill Clinton: His Plan, Your Future."
The VICE PRESIDENT AND OTHER ADMINISTRATION PRINCIPALS
ENCOURAGE SERVICE:
Also on Monday, March 1:
Vice President Gore visited the Wisconsin Conservation Corps and
gave a speech at the University of Wisconsin on national service
and the environment.
Mrs. Gore visited a Richmond emergency shelter for families, and
spoke to student service providers at the University of Richmond.
Five Cabinet Secretaries highlighted service on Monday: Secretary
Babbitt worked with the Durham Conservation Corps in Durham,
North Carolina; Secretary Pena specifically addressed service in
a speech to the National Association of County Organizations;
Secretary Reich visited YouthBuild in Boston; and Secretary
Shalala visited the Sick Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C.
On Tuesday, Secretary Espy gave a speech on national service at
Howard University.
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S RUTGERS ADDRESS:
"National service will be America at its best -- building
community, offering opportunity and rewarding
responsibility.
"We'll ask young people all across this country and some
who aren't so young
to serve in our schools as teachers
or tutors
to help our police forces across the nation
to help control pollution and waste
to work with
senior citizens and combat homelessness
"
"I want [national service] to empower young people and
their communities, not to empower yet another government
bureaucracy in Vashington. This is going to be your prc fram
at your level with your people. "
"I want to make this summer a summer of service
We are
going to recruit about 1,000 young people from every
background -- from high school dropouts to college
graduates, to send to an intensive leadership training
program for national service at the beginning of the summer.
Then we'll ask them to work on one of our country's most
urgent problems, helping our children who are in danger of
losing their God-given potential
At the end of this
summer they'll all join in a youth service summit. I will
attend the meeting
"
The President specifically challenged young people to serve:
"If anybody here would like to be one of those 1,000 -- or
if anybody who is listening to this speech
or reads
about it and would like to be one of those 1,000, drop me a
card at the White House and just mark it National Service."
"I ask you by Friday -- every one of you -- to think about
what you can do and what we should do to be agents of
renewal; to talk with your parents, your clergy, your
friends, your teachers; to join the effort to renew our
community and to rebuild our country; and to write to be
about what you are doing. It's time for millions of us to
change our country block by block, neighborhood by
neighborhood
"
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PUBLIC AND PRESS INTEREST:
Public and press interest in the President's national service
plans was wide-spread.
Extensive coverage of the President's speech included front page
stories in USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the Philadelphia
Inquirer, among others. ABC News' "American Agenda" highlighted
successful service programs and young people exemplifying the
President's national service message in Washington State.
MTV produced its broadcast to encourage young people to examine
and respond to the President's plans for national service. In
addition to the interview with President Clinton, the special
included footage of his speech as he issued his "chall enge to
serve" to young people, and President Kennedy announcing the
Peace Corps 32 years ago.
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INFORMATION ON THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SERVICE INITIATIVE:
o
Timing: The President will submit legislation for his
national service program to Congress this spring.
O
Two Components of the Program: The President's program will
have two primary components: 1) The program will create national
service opportunities for young people to serve their country and
receive money for college or training in return; 2) The program
will enable all young people to go to college or receive training
to pay back their student loans as a small percentage of their
income over time ("income contingent" loans) -- enabling them to
hold essential public service jobs that accomplish much but
sometimes pay relatively little.
Details C. The First Component:
o
Funding: The President has requested $7.4 billion over the
next four years for his national service program. The funding
level will rise each year, to $3.4 billion in 1997. Funding
starts at $400 million for the first year.
o
Number of Participants: The number of participants for the
first year is estimated at 25,000. By 1997, it is expected that
more than 100,000 young people will be paying for their education
or training by serving their country and communities.
o
Eligibility and Benefits: Students before, during and after
college will be eligible to serve for a year or two, and in
return receive a small stipend, health and child care benefits
where necessary, and an educational benefit to pay for college or
job training (or discharge loans incurred for those purposes).
O
Focus of Service Activities: The program objectives will be
to meet unmet needs in critical areas. For example, young people
will be able to serve as teachers in schools where children need
extra help; in clinics in areas where people need medical care;
in the police force, keeping criminals off the streets and kids
out of gangs; and in an environmental corps, recycling waste and
fighting pollution.
o
Administration: The program will be non-bureaucratic, using
venture capital to support entrepreneurs and public-private
partnerships to support growing programs. States and local
organizations will be given the opportunity to design innovative
ways to meet identified national priorities.
O
Nondisplacement: The legislation will include strict
nondisplacement and nonduplication provisions. National service
will only meet needs that are not otherwise being met.
INFORMATION ON THE PRESIDENT'S "SUMMER OF SERVICE" PROJECT:
o
Project Overview: With national service a high priority for
the President, he will be organizing a summer project even as his
proposed legislation will be making its way through Congress.
The project will focus on 4 to 10 communities around the country,
involving a diverse group of more than 1,000 young people
involved in special efforts to help children at risk.
O
Funding: The project will be funded with a portion of a $15
million appropriation in the FY 93 stimulus package. (Additional
challenge-grant funding for service corps; for expanding teacher
training in service learning; and for re-establishing VISTA's
Summer Associates program are also included in the package.)
O
Objectives: The program has two major joals: To show what
national service can accomplish, meeting critical needs and
bringing people together; and to develop a leadership corps for
future years of national service. National service is such a
priority of the President, he wouldn't let it wait for the full
program to pass Congress.
O
Targeted Needs: The programs in the "Summer of Service"
will focus on children-at-risk in the areas of education, health,
crime prevention, and environmental protection. For example, some
participants will tutor; some will help bring families into
medical clinics; some will develop recreational centers; some
will counsel youths to keep them out of gangs.
o
Leadership Training: The summer project will be designed to
develop the leadership skills of the young participants. For
several days at the beginning and end of the summer, the
participants will gather to share their experiences and complete
intensive leadership training.
o
Post-program/Ongoing Benefits: All participants interested
in continuing to serve through the next year will receive
placement assistance. Participants with ideas to design their own
programs to fight community problems will be able to receive
modest Service Entrepreneurial Awards for Change (SEA Change) to
realize their plans.
o
Administration: The Commission on National and Community
Service will administer a competitive process to determine what
programs participate. The programs will select the participants.
The Commission is working quickly to ensure that programs are
developed rapidly and effectively to succeed for this summer.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(New Brunswick, New Jersey)
For Immediate Release
March 1, 1993
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN NATIONAL SERVICE ADDRESS
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
1:15 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you, Nakia Tomlinson for that fine
introduction. I wish I could take you with me everywhere. We'd
make a great duo there. Let's give her another hand. I thought
she was great. (Applause.)
I'd like to thank President Frank Lawrence for his -
Francis Lawrence -- for his fine speech. Does anybody call him
Frank? I should have asked. (Laughter.) I want to compliment
Professor Benjamin Barber for his leadership and service here.
(Applause.) And I want to thank all of you here in the Rutgers
community for coming out for what I hope will be a truly historic
moment in our nation's history. (Applause.)
In addition to the people who have been introduced
here, there are a host of mayors and members of the Assembly and
county officials here from your state. We have two former
governors, both of whom I served with -- Brendan Byrne and Tom
Kean who are out there. I'm glad to see them. (Applause.) My
friends. We have a distinguished array of members of the House
from New Jersey -- Herb Klein, Bob Manendez, Frank Pallone,
Donald Payne -- (applause).
But you have some members of the Congress from all
over America here and I want to introduce them, too, because they
have taken a lot of trouble to come to Rutgers and because
without them and without the people who represent you, the
proposal I make today has no hope of passage.
Many members of the Congress for years have believed
we ought to do more in national service and some of them are here
today. I'd like to begin by introducing your Senator Bill
Bradley, who's behind me. (Applause.) I must say, when I walked
into this arena, I turned around and asked Bill Bradley if he'd
ever shot any baskets in here. I'd be intimidated to be the
opposing team in here. (Applause.) Senator Bradley sponsored
legislation to establish neighborhood corps and self-reliance
scholarships, things that are forbearers of the proposal I came
to make.
I'd like to recognize the presence on the platform
of Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts -- (applause) -- who
chairs the Senate Committee on Human Resources and Education,
which sheparded the pilot national and community service bill
through the Congress in the last session, along with his
counterpart who is out here in the audience somewhere. :'d like
to ask him to stand up. The Chairman of the House Committee,
Congressman Bill Ford, who came all the way from Michigan to =0
with us. Congressman, would you stand up. (Applause.)
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I'd like to recognize in the audience the presence
of Senator Chris Dodd from Connecticut, who was one of the first
Peace Corps volunteers in the United States. (Applause.)
The member of Congress who introduced many, many
years ago, the first piece of national service legislation ever
introduced, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee,
Senator Clairborne Pell from Rhode Island is here. (Applause.)
I'd also like to introduce the only person in this
audience, at least of our crowd, who doesn't have to look up to
Senator Bradley, Senator Jay Rockefeller from West Virginia, an
early VISTA volunteer in the United States. (Applause.)
And finally I would like to recognize two other
people, one, a member of the United States Senate and one a
distinguished American citizen, the first boss of the Peace
Corps, Sargent Shriver, who's up here with me. (Applause.) And
his deputy, Senator Harris Wofford, from Pennsylvania.
(Applause.) And Mrs. Wofford, I'm glad to see you. (Applause.)
Now, I was involved before I became President in a
group called the Democratic Leadership Council, and we made one
of the central parts of our platform to reclaim a new majority of
Americans for our party the establishment of a system of national
service to help people to finance education. And one of our
founding members and guiding lights is here, Representative Dave
McCurdy from Oklahoma. I'd like for him to stand up.
(Applause.)
Let me make this last point, if I might, by way of
beginning. None of these things happen at the national level.
We empower them to happen and then people have to do things here
at the grassroots. And I want to say a special word of thanks to
your Governor for supporting the New Jersey Youth Corps and
several other projects like it around the state, because if
nobody's here to believe in this, it can't happen. And I thank
Governor Florio for his support for these things. (Applause.)
I came here to ask all of you to join me in a great
national adventure, for in the next few weeks I will ask the
United States Congress to join me in creating a new system of
voluntary national service -- something that I believe in the
next few years will change America forever and for the better.
My parents' generation won new dignity working their
way out of the great Depression through programs that provided
them the opportunity to serve and to survive. Brave men and
women in my own generation waged and won peaceful revolutions
here at home for civil rights and human rights, and began service
around the world in the Peace Corps and here at home in Vista.
Now, Americans of every generation face profound challenges in
meeting the needs that have been neglected for too long in this
country -- from city streets plagued by crime and drugs to
classrooms where girls and boys must learn the skills they need
for tomorrow, to hospital wards where patients need more care.
All across America we have problems that demand our common
attention.
For those who answer the call and meet these
challenges, I propose that our country honor your service with
new opportunities for education. National service will be
America at its best -- building community, offering opportunity,
and rewarding responsibility. National service is a challenge
for Americans from every background and walk of life, and it
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values something far more than money. National service is
nothing less than the American way to change America.
(Applause.)
It is rooted in the concept of community: the
simple idea that none of us on our own will ever have as much to
cherish about our own lives if we are out here all alone as we
will if we work together. That somehow a society really is an
organism in which the whole can be greater than the sum of its
parts. And every one of us, no matter how many privileges with
which we are born, can still be enriched by the contributions of
the least of us. And that we will never fulfill our individual
capacities until, as Americans, we can all be what God meant for
us to be. (Applause.)
If that is so -- if that is true, my fellow
Americans, and if you believe it, it must therefore follow that
each of us has an obligation to serve. For it is perfectly clear
that all of us cannot be what we ought to be until those of us
who can help others -- and that is nearly all of us -- are doing
something to help others live up to their potential. The concept
of community and the idea of service are as old as our history.
They began the moment America was literally invented.
Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of
Independence, "With a firm reliance on the protection of Divine
Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our
fortune, and our sacred honor." In the midst of the Civil War,
President Lincoln signed into law two visionary programs that
helped our people come together again and build America up. The
Morrill Act helped states create new land grant colleges. This
is a land grant university. The university in my home state was
the first land grant college west of the Mississippi River.
In these places, young people learn to make American
agriculture and industry the best in the world. The legacy of
the Morrill Act is not only our great colleges and universities
like Rutgers, but the American tradition that merit and not money
should give people a chance for a higher education. (Applause.)
Mr. Lincoln also signed the Homestead Act that
offered 100 acres of land for families who had the courage to
settle the frontier and farm the wilderness. Its legacy is a
nation that stretches from coast to coast. Now we must create a
new legacy that gives a new generation of Americans the right and
the power to explore the frontiers of science and technology and
space. The frontiers of the limitations of our knowledge must be
pushed back so that we can do what we need to do. And education
is the way to do it, just as surely as it was more than 100 years
ago.
Seven decades after the Civil War in the midst of
the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created the Civilian
Conservation Corps, which gave 2.5 million young people the
opportunity to support themselves while working in disaster
relief and maintaining forests, beaches, rivers, and parks. Its
legacy is not only the restoration of our natural environment,
but the restoration of our national spirit. Along with the Works
Products Administration -- the WPA -- the Civilian Conservation
Corps symbolized government's effort to provide a nation in
depression with the opportunity to work, to build the American
community through service. And all over America today, you can
see projects -- even today in the 1990s -- built by your parents
or your grandparents with the WPA plaque on it -- the CCC plaque
on it -- the idea that people should be asked to serve and
rewarded for doing it.
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In the midst of World War II, President Roosevelt
proposed the GI Bill of Rights, which offered returning veterans
the opportunity for education in respect to their service to our
country in the war. Thanks to the GI Bill, which became a living
reality in President Truman's time, more than eight million
veterans got advanced education. And half a century later, the
enduring legacy of the GI Bill is the strongest economy in the
world and the broadest, biggest middle class that any nation has
ever enjoyed.
For many in my own generation, the summons to
citizenship and service came on this day 32 years ago, when
President Kennedy created the Peace Corps with Sargent Shriver
and Harris Wofford and other dedicated Americans when President
Kennedy created the Peace Corps. With Sargent Shriver and Harris
Wofford and other dedicated Americans, he enabled thousands of
young men and women to serve on the leading edge of the new
frontier, helping people all over the world to become what they
ought to be, and bringing them the message by their very lives
that America was a great country that stood for good values and
human progress.
At its height, the Peace Corps enrolled 16,000 young
men and women. Its legacy is not simply goodwill and good works
in countries all across the globe, but a profound and lasting
change in the way Americans think about their own country and the
world.
Shortly after the Peace Corps, Congress, under
President Johnson, created the volunteers and service to America.
Senator Jay Rockefeller, whom I introduced a moment ago, and many
thousands of other Americans went to the hills and hollows of
poor places, like West Virginia and Arkansas and Mississippi, to
lift up Americans through their service.
The lesson of our whole history is that honoring
service and rewarding responsibility is the best investment
America can make. And I have seen it today. Across this great
land, through the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, which took the
children who lived in the neighborhoods where the riots occurred
and gave them a chance to get out into nature and to clean up
their own neighborhoods and to lift themselves and their friends
in the effort; in Boston with the City Year program -- with all
these programs represented here in this room today, the spirit of
service is sweeping this country and giving us a chance to put
the quilt of America together in a way that makes a strength out
of diversity; that lifts us up out of our problems; and that
keeps our people looking toward a better and brighter future.
(Applause.)
National service recognizes a simple but powerful
truth -- that we make progress not by governmental action alone,
but we do best when the people and their government work at the
grassroots in genuine partnership. The idea of national service
permeates many other aspects of the programs I have sought to
bring to America. The economic plan that I announced to
Congress, for example, will offer every child the chance for a
healthy start through immunization and basic health care and Head
Start. (Applause.) But still it depends on parents doing the
best they can as parents and children making the most of their
opportunities.
The plan can help to rebuild our cities and our
small communities through physical investments that will put
people to work. But Americans still must work to restore the
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social fabric that has been torn in too many communities. Unless
people know we can work together in our schools and our offices,
in our factories, unless they believe we can walk the streets
safely together, and unless we do that together, governmental
action alone is doomed to fail. (Applause.)
The national service plan I propose will be built on
the same principles as the old GI Bill -- when people give
something of invaluable merit to their country, they ought to be
rewarded with the opportunity to further their education.
National service will challenge our people to do the work that
should and indeed must be done and cannot be done unless the
American people voluntarily give themselves up to that work. It
will invest in the future of every person who serves.
And as we rekindle the spirit of national service, I
know it won't disappoint many of the students here to know that
we also have to reform the whole system of student loans.
(Applause.) We should begin by making it easier for young people
to pay back their student loans and enabling them to hold jobs --
(applause) -- enabling them to hold jobs that may accomplish
much, but pay little.
Today, when students borrow money for an education,
the repayment plan they make is based largely on how much they
have to repay, without regard to what the jobs they take
themselves pay. It is a powerful incentive, therefore, for young
college graduates to do just the reverse of what we might want
them to do; to take a job that pays more even it is less
rewarding because that is the job that will make the repayment of
the loans possible. It is also, unfortunately, a powerful
incentive for some not to make the payments at all, which is
unforgivable.
So what we seek to do is to enable the American
students to borrow the money they need for college and pay it
back as a small percentage of their own income over time. This
is especially important after a decade in which the cost of a
college education has gone up even more rapidly than the cost of
health care. (Applause.) Making a major contribution to one of
the more disturbing statistics in America today, which is that
the college dropout rate in this country is now 2.5 times the
high school dropout rate. We can do better than that through
national service and adequate financing. (Applause.)
The present system is unacceptable, not only for
students, but for the taxpayers as well. It's complicated and
it's expensive. It costs the taxpayers of our country about $4
billion every year to finance the student loan program because of
loan defaults and the cost of administering the program. And I
believe we can do better.
Beyond reforming this system for financing higher
education, the national service program more importantly will
create new opportunities for Americans to work off outstanding
loans or to build up credits for future education and training
opportunities.
We'll ask young people all across this country and
some who aren't so young who want to further their college
education to serve in our schools as teachers or tutors in
reading and mathematics. We'll ask you to help our police forces
across the nation, training members for a new police corps that
will walk beats and work with neighborhoods and build the kind of
communities ties that will prevent crime from happening in the
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first place so that our police officers won't have to spend all
their time chasing criminals. (Applause.)
We'll ask young people to work, to help control
pollution and recycle waste, to paint darkened buildings and
clean up neighborhoods. (Applause.) To work with senior
citizens and combat homelessness and help children in trouble get
out of it and build a better life. (Applause.)
And these are just a few of the things that you will
be able to, for most of the decisions about what you can do will
be made by people like those in this room, people who run the
programs represented by all of those wearing these different
kinds of tee-shirts. We don't seek a national bureaucracy. I
have spoken often about how we need to reinvent the government to
make it more efficient and less bureaucratic, to make it more
responsive to people at the grassroots level.
And I want national service to do just that. I want
it to empower young people and their communities, not to empower
yet another government bureaucracy in Washington. This is going
to be your program at your level with your people. (Applause.)
And as you well know, that's what's happening all
across America today. People are already serving their neighbors
in their neighborhoods. Just this morning, I was inspired to see
and to speak with students from Rutgers serving their community,
from mentoring young people as Big Sisters, to helping older
people learn new skills.
I met a lady today who has 13 grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren who dropped out of school the year before I
was born -- is about to become a high school graduate shortly
because of the efforts of this program. (Applause.) Is she back
there? Stand up. (Applause.)
I'm impressed by the spirit behind the Rutgers civic
education and community service program: the understanding that
community service enriches education, that students should not
only take the lessons they learn in class out into the community,
but bring the lessons they learn in the community back into the
classroom. (Applause.)
And that spirit, during this academic year alone,
more than 800 students from Rutgers are contributing more than
60,000 hours of community service -- in New Brunswick, in Camden,
in Newark, throughout this state. (Applause.)
This morning I also met with members of the New
Jersey Youth Corps. Here they are. (Applause.) Stand up.
(Applause.) Young people who are looking for a second chance at
school, and who when coming back to finish their high school
degrees, also serve in their communities. Through this program,
more than 6,500 young adults have contributed over 900,000 hours
of service to the state of New Jersey. (Applause.)
They've done everything from paint senior citizens'
homes, to tutor and mentor children in after-school programs.
For the future of our state and nation, we need more young people
like those in the New Jersey Youth Corps who exemplify the spirit
of service.
That spirit also moves people all across the nation.
In my state, there's a young woman named Antoinette Jackson,
who's a senior in a small community called Gauld, Arkansas.
She's a member of the Delta Service Corps. The rural Mississippi
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Delta is still the poorest place in America. And in that area,
she works with a "Lend a Hand" program which runs a thrift shop
to provide hungry and homeless people with food and clothing.
And in return, the Delta Four is going to help her attend college
so that she can make an even greater contribution. (Applause.)
The spirit of service also moves a young man I met
about a year ago named Stephen Spalos, who works with a City Year
program in Boston. At age 23, he's had some hard times in his
life. But as he puts it, City Year gave him a place and the
tools to be able to start over. He works as a team leader, a
mentor, a tutor, a project manager for a bunch of young people
who restore senior citizens' homes.
Last year when I visited his project, he literally
took his sweatshirt off his back and gave it to me so that I
would never forget the kids at city Year. And I still wear it
when I go jogging, always remembering what they're doing in
Boston to help those kids. (Applause.)
The spirit of service moves Orah Fireman, a graduate
of Wesleyan College. As a sophomore in high school, she worked
with disadvantaged children in upstate New York. That experience
changed her life. And during her high school and college years,
she continued to work with children. And now that she is out of
college, she has begun what will probably be a lifetime of
service by working at a school for emotionally disturbed children
in Boston. She wants other people to have the opportunity to
serve, and she wrote this: Service work teaches responsibility
and compassion. It fights alienation by proving to young people
that they can make a difference. There is no lesson more
important than that.
Well, there are stories like this in this room and
all across America. And we're going to create thousands of more
of them through national service. We'll work with groups with
proven track records to serve their community, giving them the
support they need. And if you have more good ideas, if you're
entrepreneurs of national service, we'll let you compete for our
form of venture capital -- develop new programs to serve your
neighbors. That's how we want the national service program to
grow every year -- rewarding results, building on success, and
bubbling up from the grassroots energy and compassion and
intellect of America.
I don't want service to wait while this potential is
wasted. That's why I want to make this summer a summer of
service, when young people can not only serve their communities,
but build a foundation for a new national effort. I've asked
Congress to invest in and I'm asking young people to participate
in a special effort in national service and leadership training
just this summer. We are going to recruit about 1,000 young
people from every background -- from high school dropouts to
college graduates, to send to an intensive leadership training
program for national service at the beginning of the summer.
Then we'll ask them to work on one of our country's
most urgent problems, helping our children who are in danger of
losing their God-given potential. Some of them will tutor. Some
will work on programs to immunize young children from preventible
childhood diseases. Some will help to develop and run
recreational centers or reclaim urban parks from dealers and
debris. Some will counsel people a few years younger than
themselves to keep them out of gangs and into good activities.
And everyone will learn about serving our country and helping our
communities.
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At the end of this summer, we'll bring all these
people together for several days of debriefing and training, and
then they'll all join in a youth service summit. I will attend
the meeting and I expect to listen a lot more than I talk. I'll
ask leaders from Congress, from business, labor, religious, and
community groups to attend the youth service summit, too. We'll
give those who serve the honor they deserve, and we'll learn a
lot more about how to build this national service program. And
from the thousand pioneers of this summer, I want the national
service to grow 100-fold in the next four years. (Applause.)
But even when hundreds of thousands are serving, I
want to maintain the pioneer spirit of this first few months,
because national service can make America new again. It can help
solve our problems, educate our people, and build our communities
back together. So if anybody here would like to be one of those
1,000 -- or if anybody who is listening to this speech by radio
or television or reads about it and would like to be one of those
1,000, drop me a card at the White House and just mark it
national service. We're going to pick them. And I can't promise
you'll be selected, but I promise you'll be considered. I want
to engage the energies of America in this effort. (Applause.)
I also want to say that you shouldn't wait for the
summer or for a new program. We need to begin now. We are going
to be looking for the kinds of ideas that we ought to be funding.
This is Monday. I ask you by Friday -- every one of you -- to
think about what you think you can do and what we should do to be
agents of renewal; to talk with your parents, your clergy, your
friends, your teachers, to join the effort to renew our community
and to rebuild our country; and to write to me about what you are
doing. It's time for millions of us to change our country block
by block, neighborhood by neighborhood -- time to return to our
roots an excitement, an idealism, and an energy. (Applause.)
I have to tell you that there are some among us who
do not believe that young Americans will answer a call to action,
who believe that our people now measure their success merely in
the accumulation of material things. They believe this call to
service will go unanswered. But I believe they are dead wrong.
(Applause.)
And so, especially to the young Americans here, I
ask you to prove that those who doubt you are wrong about your
generation. And today I ask all of you who are young in spirit
-- whether you are a 10-year-old in a service program in our
schools who reads to still younger children, or a 72-year-old who
has become a foster grandparent -- I ask you all to believe that
you can contribute to your community and your country. And in so
doing, you will find the best in yourself.
You will learn the lessons about your life that you
might not ever learn any other way. You will learn again that
each of us has the spark of potential to accomplish something
truly and enduringly unique. You will experience the
satisfaction of making a connection in a way with another person
that you could do in no other way. You will learn that the joy
of mastering a new skill or discovering a new insight is exceeded
only by the joy of helping someone else do the same thing. You
will know the satisfaction of being valued not for what you own
or what you earn or what position you hold, but just because of
what you have given to someone else. (Applause.) You will
understand in personal ways the wisdom of the words spoken years
ago by Martin Luther King who said "Everybody can be great
because everybody can serve." (Applause.)
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I ask you all, my fellow Americans, to support our
proposal for national service and to live a proposal for national
service; to learn the meaning of America at its best, and to
recreate for others America at its best. We are not just another
country. We have always been a special kind of community, linked
by a web of rights and responsibilities, and bound together, not
by bloodlines, but by beliefs. At an age in time when people all
across the world are being literally torn apart by racial
hatreds, by ethnic hatreds, by religious divisions, we are a
nation, with all of our problems, where people can come together
across racial and religious lines and hold hands and work
together, not just to endure our differences, but to celebrate
them. I ask you to make America celebrate that again.
(Applause.)
I ask you, in closing, to commit yourselves to this
season of service because America needs it. We need every one of
you to live up to the fullest of your potential, and we need you
to reach those who are not here and who will never hear this
talk, and who will never have the future they could otherwise
have if not for something that you could do. The great challenge
of your generation is to prove that every person here in this
great land can live up to the fullest of their God-given
capacity. If we do it, the 21st century will be the American
century. The American Dream will be kept alive if you will today
answer the call to service.
Thank you, and God bless you all. (Applause.)
END
1:50 P.M. EST
Summer of Service
Pregram Design
To demonstrate the power of national service to change both
communities served and individuals serving, the President has asked
Congress to appropriate $15 million in the economic stimulus
package for a Summer of Service.
The Summer of Service initiative will involve more than 1,000
young people in programs in a limited number of urban and rural
areas that will (1) meet the unmet needs of children at risk in the
areas OF education, health, public safety and environment; and (2)
train the young people to become leaders of the full-year national
service program.
The Commission on National and Community Service will select
programs for funding based on the statutory authority contained in
the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Current catching
requirements will leverage additional funding to support the
funding contained in the economic stimulus package. The following
activities indicate examples of services that programs in the
Summer cf Service might provide:
assisting health care providers in implementing immunization
programs for very young children;
individualized literacy programs;
educational enrichment and recreational activities for
children at risk of dropping out of school;
projects to test an entire neighborhood for lead paint.
Building on Existing Models
Existing not-for-profit organizations (service providers.
schools, higher education institutions, youth corps, and/or, public
agencies) will be invited to submit program proposals to the
Commission. Programs that are funded will be required to reflect
the following components, among others:
a detailed plan showing measurable outcomes from the
services to be rendered (e.g., how many children immunized ==
tutored; how many parks cleaned up or established);
a minimum of eight weeks of service during the summer ::
1993, not including the national training and related
activities described below;
a preven track record of running community service programs
of the type proposed;
THE WASHINGTON POST
SATURDAY. MARCH 13. 1993
Yet Clinton's philosophy of service rep-
resents intellectual newness to many in
high school and college. John F. Kennedy's
appeals to national service are seen as
historical relics, known from books but not
live on MTV as are Clinton's. It wasn't a
SATURDAY, MARCH 13. 1993 A21
politician's celebrityhood that created sup-
port for the president at Notre Dame and
Rutgers. Students saw in him someone
Colman McCarthy
with a positive message-put community
interest above self-interest-that many
Clinton's
professors and counselors at their schools
had been exposing them to all along: If you
can't teach the illiterate, comfort the sick
and handicapped, or mend whatever and
Call to
whoever is broken during your college
years, you're receiving a limited education.
Clinton deserves to be honored for
taking a risk that he'll be able to raise the
Service
money for his program of national ser-
vice. Critics in Congress with no greater
agenda than carping about ideas they
were too dull-witted or timid to propose
No speech in the Clinton campaign
themselves now lie in wait for the presi-
was more inspirational than the candi-
dent when he comes in with specifics.
date's remarks at the University of No-
They will say Clinton's ideas are danger-
tre Dame last September. As president,
ous because they are romantic and utopi-
Clinton didn't match it until his March 1
an, a charge that ignores the thought of
speech at Rutgers University. At both
James Madison in 1788: "No theoretical
campuses, he issued calls for national
checks-no form of government, can
service for college students.
render us secure. To suppose that any
At Notre Dame: "If we are truly to
form of government will secure liberty or
practice what we preach, Americans of
happiness without any virtue in the peo-
every faith and viewpoint should come
ple is a chimerical idea."
together to promote the common good."
Some critics charge that Clinton is into
It was similar at Rutgers: "National ser-
bribery: tuition money for service. While
vice is nothing less than the American
the details are being worked out on how
way to change America."
much money for what service, who com-
Clinton's effort to rally the young to
plains that the U.S. Army entices re-
altruism has created a debate that pits
cruits with as much as $20,000 toward a
idealism against realism, as if the two are
college education. Why isn't it bribery
forever locked in conflict. Where's the mon-
when ROTC programs pay students to
ey, ask realists, for the tuition-for-service
shine their boots occasionally and take
program that Clinton is proposing: $389
gut courses in military lore. Nor is much
million in scholarships for 25,000 students
alarm expressed over the most lavish
the first year and $3.4 billion for 100,000
enticement of all: a free ride at the
by 1997. Realists say that Clinton's sweet
military academies in exchange for a few
talk ignores sour facts: There's no money
years in uniform after graduation.
for a new social program.
Clinton's Rutgers speech marked the
From that negative, despairing argu-
32nd anniversary of the Peace Corps. Ken-
ment, Clinton is supposed to get the
nedy's spirited message was repeated by
message: Don't even try. That means
Clinton: "Answer the call to service." In
don't lead, just preside. The past 12 years
"The Bold Experiment," a history of the
witnessed two presiders in the White
Peace Corps by Gerard Rice, one of those
House. Most first-year college students
who responded to Kennedy's call explained
today were in kindergarten when Ronald
why: "I'd never done anything political,
Reagan was elected and in fourth grade
patriotic or unselfish because nobody ever
when reelected. They came into adoles-
asked me to. Kennedy asked."
cence under a politician who tried nothing
So has Clinton.
by way of linking government with nation-
al service. Instead of selflessness to oth-
ers, he extolled self-enrichment.
Evidence suggests that the young
weren't seduced either by Reagan's mes-
sage of contempt for government or his
disdain for altruism. The 1980s saw a
surge in campus community-service pro-
grams, such as the ones Clinton praised
at Notre Dame and Rutgers. Amnesty
International chapters increased on cam-
puses, as did those of Oxfam USA. Appli-
cations to Peace Corps remained high, as
they did for such private domestic pro-
grams as the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and
the Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
National Service - Now
By Bill Clinton
lenge is great. We must combine the
would be self-defeating: it would
intensity of the post-World War II
squash the spirit of Innovation that
years with the idealism of the early
national service demands.
WASHINGTON
1960's - and help young people afford
By design, our national service pro-
a college education or job training.
gram will not happen overnight. In-
A pathy is dead.
Of everything I've
In 1993, we'll restore the spirit of
stead, it will grow year by year, with
learned in my first
service by asking our people to serve
funding reaching $3 billion in 1997.
few weeks in the
here at home. We won't refight the
And as I've said many times, I be-
White House, that's
wars we won, but we'll tackle the
lieve it will be the best money we ever
the thing that's made
growing domestic dangers that
spend.
me the happiest. Whether or not the
threaten our future.
If Congress gives us the chance,
people I've met outside the capital
Our new initiative will embody the
this summer we'll create an eight-
support the changes I have proposed,
same principles as the old G.I. Bill. It
week leadership training program.
they're all saying they're ready to
will challenge our people to serve our
We'll recruit more than 1,000 young
rebuild our country.
country and do the work that should
people for special projects to meet
But they know, as I do, that no
- and must - be done. It will give
the needs of children at risk - and to
economic plan can do it alone. A plan
those who serve the honor and re-
train the first class of full-year par-
can make vaccines available to chil-
wards they deserve. It will invest in
ticipants.
dren, but alone It will not administer
the future of the quiet heroes who
In the first full year of our initiative,
the shots to all of them. It can put
invest in the future of others.
we'll launch our flexible loan program
security guards in the schools, but
The national service legislation
and aim to put tens of thousands of
alone it will not take gangs off the
that I will send to Congress shortly
people to work. By 1997, more than
streets. And it can provide more aid
will give our people the chance to
100,000 citizens could be serving our
for college, but alone it will not make
serve in two basic ways:
country, getting education and train-
the costs of college less daunting for
First, it will make it easier for
ing benefits in return. And hundreds
the middle class.
young people to hold low-paying pub-
of thousands more people could be
That's why I believe we need na-
lic service jobs and still pay off their
doing invaluable work because col-
tional service - now.
student loans.
lege loans no longer block the way.
If Congress acts quickly enough, just
Under our program, Americans
But the best planning and the most
months from now more than 1,000
will be able to borrow the money they
ambitious design won't make this Vi-
young people will start serving our
need for college and pay it back as a
sion of national service a reality. That
country in a special summer effort. In
small percentage of their income
responsibility ultimately rests with
four years, the successors to these
over time. By giving graduates the
the American people.
pioneers will multiply a hundredfold
chance to repay loans on an afford-
I am convinced that after 12 years
Imagine: an army of 100,000 young
able, reasonable schedule, this "in-
of drifting apart instead of working
people restoring urban and rural com-
come-contingent" program will allow
together we are ready to meet the
munities and giving their labor in re-
our people to do the work that our
challenge. From a 14-year-old boy in
turn for education and training.
communities really need.
North Dakota who sent us $1,000 to
National service is an idea as old as
Second, our legislation will create
help pay off the deficit, to a 92-year-
America. Time and again, our people
new opportunities for Americans to
old widower in Kansas who followed
have found new ways to honor citizen-
serve our country for a year or two -
his example, people are demonstrat-
ship and match the needs of changing
and receive financial support for edu-
ing that they want to give something
times.
cation or training in return.
back to their nation.
Lincoln's Homestead Act rewarded
We'll offer people of different ages
National service will exercise our
those who had the courage to settle the
and educational levels different ways
talents and rebuild our communities.
frontier with the land to raise a family.
to serve. And to focus our energies and
It will harness the energy of our
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Social Securi-
get the most for our money, we'll direct
youth and attack the problems of our
ty Act insured that Americans who
special attention to a few areas:
time. It will bring together men and
work a lifetime can grow old with
. We'll ask thousands of young peo-
women of every age and race and lift
dignity. Harry S. Truman's G.I. Bill
up our nation's spirit. And for all of
ple to serve in our schools - some as
rewarded the service of my father's
us, it will rekindle the excitement of
teachers, others as youth mentors,
generation, transforming youthful vet-
being Americans.
reading specialists and math tutors.
erans into an army of educated civil-
They'll join the effort to Insure that
ians that led our nation into a new era.
our schools offer the best education in
For my generation, the reality of
the world.
national service was born 32 years
ago tomorrow, when President John
0 We'll send people into medical
F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps.
clinics to help Immunize the nation's
At its peak, the Peace Corps enrolled
2-year-olds. Some participants will be
only 16,000 volunteers yet it changed
qualified to give the shots, but thou-
the way a generation of Americans
sands of others can provide essential
look at themselves and the world.
support, contacting parents and
Today, the spirit of our people once
following up to make sure children
again can meet head-on the troubles
get the shots they need.
of our times.
We'll help police forces across the
The task is as complex as our chal-
country through a new Police Corps
trained to walk beats. We'll also or-
President Clinton will deliver a
ganize others in our communities to
speech on national service tomorrow
keep kids out of gangs and off drugs.
at Rutgers University.
. We'll put still others to work con-
trolling pollution and recycling waste,
to help insure that we pass on to our
children a nation that is clean and
safe for years to come.
Our national service program will
offer more than benefits to individ-
uals. We'll help pay operating costs
for community groups with proved
track records, providing the support
they'll need to grow. And we'll let
entrepreneurs compete for venture
capital to develop new service pro-
grams.
While the Federal Government will
provide the seed money for national
service, we are determined that the
participants - the individuals who
serve and the groups that sponsor
their service - will guide the process.
Spending tens of millions of tax dol-
lars to build a massive bureaucracy
To:
Diana Aldridge
Gloria Johnson
From:
Liz Gonchar
Date:
May 27, 1993
Peter Max, the artist, is very interested in helping the
Administration, and in particular, he is eager to help advance
the National Service program.
Peter had lunch with Joan last Thursday and then briefly met with
the President in the Oval Office. Subsequently, his
representative, Eric White, called me regarding Peter's interest
in National Service.
Eric can be reached at 544-5030.
Thanks.
February 11, 1993
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
Eli Segal
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON NATIONAL SERVICE
This memo will report on the status of national service
legislation, progress in communications, and plans for
legislative strategy. In a decision memo next week I will
present key issues regarding the administrative structure of a
new national service program as well as issues related to
existing agencies such as ACTION.
I.
National Service Legislation
We are drafting legislation to implement your campaign proposal.
The legislation will offer the option of income-contingent loan
repayment to every American. By offering a longer repayment
schedule with lower monthly payments, we will enable more young
people to take lower-paying public service jobs and still repay
their loans. The legislation will also create a national service
program that will directly fund service positions, and provide a
mechanism for students/graduates to repay loans in exchange for
one or two years of service. The details of this program are as
follows:
Funding: The legislation will offer a fixed post-service benefit
to individuals completing one or two years of approved national
service. It will also help pay for stipends, health and child
care benefits, program costs including training and supervision,
start-up and replication. Federal funds, other than post-service
benefits, will require a dollar-for-dollar match from non-federal
sources.
Types of Service: National service positions will involve work
in education, human services, environment and public safety.
Positions in these areas may be in youth corps (like City Year),
specialized service corps dedicated to priority needs (like Teach
for America) and individual placements in non-profit
organizations (like VISTA).
Eligibility: Service will be possible after college, during
college or before college (including non-college-bound youth).
Individuals will be selected for participation by applying to and
being accepted by a program offering approved national service
positions. This will not be an entitlement program, but will
have a mechanism for allocating slots a limited number of slots.
Operation: Local organizations, state programs, and federal
agencies will all be able to receive funding through the national
service agency. There will be an emphasis on supporting locally-
based programs over top-down bureaucracies.
National esprit de corps: To build a sense of unity across
programs, the national service agency will establish shared
features for all programs, create a national advertising
campaign, and sponsor training and networking programs
nationwide.
II. Summer Leadership Training
To launch the national service program quickly, we have requested
$15 million from the economic stimulus package to start a summer
program. Based at four sites nationwide, the program will gather
motivated youth to learn leadership skills and do national
service in clearly defined areas. We envision some young people
setting up programs for the homeless on military bases; others
doing environmental cleanup; and others providing education and
outreach to help the immunization program. In the fall,
participants with innovative ideas will be eligible to receive
grants to establish their own national service programs; these
individuals will become service leaders for years to come. Headed
by well-known figures, the summer program will be designed to
demonstrate in a visible way the value of service.
III. Communications Strategy
To emphasize the importance of a "season of service" in spite of
the deficit, we need to give national service high visibility in
every possible way. We are working with the communications and
scheduling staffs to ensure that in activities like tomorrow's
immunization event, service is highlighted as a way to meet
shared goals. This effort to integrate the service message with
other Administration programs will be ongoing.
We are planning two special events to launch the service program,
both around the March 1 anniversary of JFK's establishment of the
Peace Corps. A New York Times op-ed authored by you on February
28 will show the elites how much service matters to you and place
the legislative program in broader context. With a major speech
to a college audience, you can again "pass the torch" of
leadership to America's young people, and at the same time unveil
the summer program. Such a speech would generate incredible
excitement about service and about your presidency. I will also
recommend specific opportunities for your to participate directly
in service activities.
If you like the idea of the op-ed and speech, we will need to
talk further about content.
IV. Legislative Strategy
Starting next week, with your approval, I will begin to circulate
an outline of legislation for comment to key House and Senate
contacts. My office will coordinate with Howard Paster on this
effort. I will then make a round of visits to key House and
Senate members, and with their comments complete the actual
drafting process. We are aiming to introduce legislation by
early March.
We are working with the political staff to develop a strategy to
follow through with a wider round of contacts in the education,
service, labor and other constituent communities. To build
further support for your initiative, we will hold (and encourage
congressional committees to hold) field hearings. I also plan to
make a round of program visits around the country to continue to
highlight the importance of service and build support for the
legislation we propose. We believe that through these efforts,
national service should pass Congress without huge difficulties.
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14:16 No.001 P.02
TO:
JOAN BAGGETT
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
focused
FROM:
GLORIA JOHNSON
NATIONAL SERVICE
Others
RE:
PRELIMINARY LIST OF LABOR CONSTITUENCIES
DATE:
2/15/93
As we move toward organizing White House consultative
meetings and proactive outreach to constituents through our news
service, it is important that we have a list of priority
organizations which can help us communicate our message and
garner support for the legislation. Mike Lux and Doris Matsui
suggested the following labor contacts.
Please add to the list any additional organizations and make
recommendations about friends we may need to touch personally. I
will be doing the same regarding the other constituencies later
this week. We want to ensure coordination on every front. thanks
Joan- I've made some changes to their
preliminary list. do you have any additions?
-Liz
maggie Williams
Rob me Garrow
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AFSME - Frank Conan
AFL-CIO
Chuck Richards
- Charlie McDonald.
Service Employers International Union - check w/ Geri PATAST Dept Loolson
AFT - Rachelle Horonitz. Chuck Richards
Nany Donaldson
NEA - Debra Delee
AFGE - Janice Lachance
International Association of Firefighters - Fred heshitt
FOP
Dewey Stokes
NAPO
International Brotherhood of Police Officers
International Union of Police Assoc.
Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas
Ron DeLord
Association of Social Workers
Building and Construction Trades Council
Bob Georgiene
AFSCME:
Frank Cowan
P: 429-1111
F: 429-1102
AFL-CIO:
Charlie McDonald
P: 637-5000
F: 637-5058
SEIU:
Nancy Donaldson
P: 898-3360
F: 898-3304
AFT:
Rachelle Horowitz
P: 879-4436
F: 393-6375
NEA:
Debra DeLee
P: 822-7300
F: 822-7741
AFGE:
Janice LaChance
P: 639-6457
F: 639-6441
FireFighters: Fred Nesbitt
P: 737-8484
F: 737-8418
Build. & Const. Trades:
Bob Georgine
P: 347-1461
F: 628-0724
The WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS and YOU
WHAT IS THE WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS?
It is a new program funded by the State Legislature to provide training and job
opportunities to young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. At the same time it
offers young adults an opportunity to serve their community.
The Legislature enacted the program in response to Washington State's high
unemployment.
The program is designed to give young adults some meaningful work experience and
skill training in volunteer-like community service positions which address unmet
community needs. The young adults receive a stipend of $600 per month, plus medical
insurance while enrolled in a six-month project under the supervision of public or
private non-profit organizations.
WHY SHOULD MY ORGANIZATION SUBMIT A PROJECT REQUEST FOR A SERVICE CORPS ENROLLEE?
Because there are probably some projects you would like to accomplish which have
been put off because of lack of staff and funds. There may be some unmet needs in
the community which could be addressed by your organization, while at the same time
providing a young adult an opportunity to gain valuable, on-the-job training and
self-esteem by improving the quality of life in the community.
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST MY ORGANIZATION?
Your organization will pay a fee of $840 per enrollee, for a six-month project, as
your contribution to the program. The state will be responsible for paying the
enrollee twice a month.
WHAT WILL MY ORGANIZATION'S RESPONSIBILITIES BE?
Your organization will be responsible for supervising the enrollee and making sure
that the skill-training and community benefit provided in the Agency Agreement are
accomplished. The enrollee will be responsible for finishing tasks assigned. The
state will be responsible for assisting with special training needs, such as helping
the enrollee acquire a high school equivalency certificate (GED). The Service Corps
has a Local Area Coordinator who will work with you and the enrollee as needed.
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE PROJECTS?
Summaries of a variety of approved projects are on the back of this page.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR ENROLLMENT IN A SERVICE CORPS PROJECT?
Any Washington State resident, 18 to 25, not a full-time student, who has been
unemployed for at least two weeks is eligible for enrollment.
WHAT WILL ENHANCE MY CHANCES OF HAVING A PROJECT REQUEST APPROVED?
If your project is creative, benefits the community, fills an unmet need in an area
of high unemployment, does not displace current workers, provides good training to
an enrollee, and/or has an economic development component, you have a good chance of
having a project funded.
HOW DO I APPLY FOR THE WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS?
Write or call the Washington Service Corps office c/o Bill Basl, Employment Security
Department, Training and Employment Analysis Division, Mail Stop KG-11, Olympia, WA
98504-5311, (206) 438-4072.
0006W Rev. 5/90
EXAMPLES OF APPROVED WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS PROJECTS
Establish and maintain a youth community center and develop youth programs;
Counsel victims of domestic violence, and solicit homes for temporary shelter;
Computerize police records for law enforcement agencies;
Extend available human services to migrant farmworkers and their families to
include bi-cultural advocacy, medical referral, and nutrition education;
Provide information and referral in a Small Business Resource Center and
coordinate workshops for businesses to encourage economic development;
Assist in the production and distribution of personal safety curricula for use
in schools to help prevent sexual abuse and exploitation of children and youth;
Coordinate with Community Block Grant Programs to provide minor home repairs for
the handicapped and low-income elderly;
Assist in establishing a placement center for a vocational training institute
and establish linkages with other community resources;
Provide independent living skills training and support services in the community
and within mental health programs for mentally ill persons;
Compile economic development data, update the community profile and complete an
industrial site survey for use in attracting new job generating industries;
Teach new skills to groups of trainable, severely handicapped students which
will enable them to attain sheltered workshop positions;
Help update a city's comprehensive plan, including zoning specifics, long range
utility, street and park improvements;
Provide interpretation, advocacy, and paperwork assistance to Asian refugees in
the resettlement and employment process;
Assist a small museum to expand exhibits and operate a gift shop;
Monitor pre-trial release youth not normally released by the court due to
various family situations;
Conduct a business needs assessment as part of an overall economic development
effort by a Chamber of Commerce:
Assist in a water quality study of Puget Sound inlets on behalf of shellfish
growers as well as the general public; and
Assist with a food distribution program.
CONSERVATION
AND SERVICE CORPS
PROFILES
Spring 1991
National Association of Service
and Conservation Corps
CONSERVATION AND SERVICE CORPS PROFILES
Across the nation. some 75 states. cities. and counties operate year-round and summer
twelve for minimal wages or stipends. Most corps expose participants to basic skills training:
conservation and service corps programs. The combined annual budgets of these programs
some offer worksite training opportunities and job readiness programs.
total $180 million. At least 20.000 young people 12-26 serve in the programs each year.
Each year, we welcome additions to the corps movement. Urban corps in Albany, Baton
Through hard work, the young people produce impressive benefits for their communities.
Rouge, Jackson, Miami and Winston-Salem began operation in 1990 alone. and Durham and
The corps of today have their roots in the public lands projects of the New Deal era
Kansas City, MO in March of 1991. reflecting the continuing rapid growth of the corps
Civilian Conservation Corps. the more recent federal Youth and Young Adult Conservation
network. The new corps reflect and present many models of corps development for other
Corps programs, and local expressions of interest in testing and developing new concepts of
cities and states. Planning efforts that apply some of these models are already underway in
national youth service. Without a doubt, the recent upsurge in interest in youth service has
several states and cities.
fueled and supported the expansion of the corps network, building upon these roots and
On November 16. 1990 President Bush signed the National and Community Service Act
infusing the movement with innovations and renewed energy. Corpsmembers still build trails
of 1990. This law provides federal funds to establish school-based and full-time youth corps
and fight fires. but now they also perform human service projects. In several locations,
programs. Youth corps development is funded at $16.5 million for FY 1990 with another $22
corpsmembers now assist the homebound elderly, provide support services for teachers of
million appropriated for national demonstrations. The programs will be administered by a
the mentally handicapped. and deliver food to the hungry.
Commission on National Service which must be appointed by the President before funds can
Corps have retained the solid structure that makes them so effective at the varied
be released. As of this writing, Commissioners had not yet been appointed. States can apply
projects they undertake. The design of corps programs varies somewhat, but all corps
to the Commission for one or more programs authorized under the law when the Commission
provide meaningful long-lasting public services, develop employable youth, and instill social
is in place and regulations have been written. For additional program information or a
values such as citizenship and a sense of community. Corpsmembers work in crews of eight to
summary of the Law, contact NASCC.
Program Summary
These tables profile the corps programs of which we are aware. providing basic information about them and
State Programs - Year-Round Corps
17
identifying their leaders. Methods of accounting vary, 50 the funding levels (mostly representing 1990) the tables
State Programs - Summer Corps
8
show are not necessarily comparable from corps to corps. The Center will be happy to provide details on the
Local & Regional - Year-Round Corps
38
structure and function of each corps. and earnestly invites corrections and additions.
Local & Regional - Summer Corps
12
-
55
+
20
=
75
YEAR-ROUND CORPS
State and Provincial Programs
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Arizona Conservation Corps
SI million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriations. spon-
Administered by a overnor-appointed Commission.
Frank W Sultys, Executive Director
Emphasis on diversity of workforce and work
#: 100
soring pubbe agencies and
State Parks Board provides administrative support.
800 11 Washington
experience Runs an education and development
non-profit organizations,
Contracts with public agencies and non-profit orga-
Phoenix. AZ 85007
component and 1- developing an m-school and sum-
corporate and private grants
mzations for conservation work. community service
602/542-9222
mer component. Corpsmembers completing one
and contributions
and emergency assistance throughout the state.
602/542-3585 Fax
year receive J $500 incentive 01 voucher for one
semester tuition at any State university
California Conservation Corps
$58 million
Ages: 18-23
State appropriation
Administered as a division of the California Re-
Bud Sheble, Director
Operates a Training Academy and 17 residential
#: 2200
sources Agency. Contracts with federal. state and
1530 Capitol Avenue
centers (see below) with 29 satellites. which are
local government agencies and non-profit organiza-
Sacramento. CA 95814
extensions of a base center. Corpsmembers receive
tions for conservation work. community service and
916/45-0307
minimum wage. and can qualify for a 10% per-
emergency assistance in cities and rural arcas.
916/323-4989 Fax
formance-based raise after 4 months. Those who
complete one year and meet eligibility requirements
receive .1 $100 bonus and an $800 scholarship for
educational expenses Several evenings a week are
spent 111 educ atton. career development, and con-
CENTERS OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS
Program
Comments/Special Features
Program
Comments/Special Features
Academy
Provides 13-day training to 160 new corpsmembers per
Mendocino Center
Provides public service conservation work. and operates the
Enos Flores. Academy Superintendent
session. Corpsmembers receive training in safe tool usage.
Bill England, District Director
Napa Native Plant Nursery. which propagates more than
P.O. Box 5207
first aid. water safety. basic fire-fighting. flood control. and
2600 East Side Road
200.000 plants each year for distribution throughout the
San Luis Obispo. CA 93403
other skills. Operates monthly Certified Leadership Program
Ukiah, CA 95482
state.
805/549-3470
for second year corpsmembers.
707/463-2822
Corpsmembers: 78
Satellites: Napa. Russian Gulch. Sonoma
Bay Area Center
Provides general public service conservation work to the San
Joan Bennett. District Director
Francisco Bay Area.
Placer Energy Center
Oversees the CCC's Energy program. in which corpsmembers
2600 Moraga Way
Corpsmembers: 96
David Boyd. District Director
monitor energy use. install energy saving devices in office
San Pablo. CA 94806
Satellites: Oakland. San Mateo
3710 Christian Valley Road
buildings and low-income homes throughout the state.
415/223-3251
Auburn. CA 95603
Corpsmembers: 112
916/823-4902
Satellite: Greenwood
Butte Fire Center
Specializes in fire protection in Butte, Plumas and Tehama
Steve Kroeger. District Director
Counties. Includes a 17-acre nursery where more than one
Pomona Center
Provides general public service conservation work in parts of
6640 Steiffer Road
million trees are raised. harvested, and shipped each year.
Joel Neil, District Director
Los Angeles. Orange. San Bernardino. and Riverside
Magaha. CA 95954
Corpsmembers: 80
3530 West Pomona Blvd.
counties.
916/873-0330
Satellites: Chico. Oroville
Pomona, CA 91768
Corpsmembers: 101
714/594-4206
Satellite: Coachella
Camarillo Center
Provides general public service conservation work in Santa
Nacho Pina, District Director
Barbara. Ventura and surrounding areas.
San Diego Service District
Provides general public service conservation work in San
Box A-CCC
Corpsmembers: 97
Benny Garcia, District Director
Diego and neighboring counties.
Camarillo State Hospital
Satellite: Oxnard
Route 12, Box 640
Corpsmembers: 108
Camarillo. CA 93010
Escondido, CA 92056
Satellites: Downtown San Diego
805/484-4345
619/741-2981
Central Coast Service District
Provides general public service conservation work throughout
San Pedro Center
Provides general public service conservation work in parts of
Larry Hand. District Director
central coast. Operates a year-round Firefighter Internship
Walt Hughes, District Director
Los Angeles County.
P.O. Box 1380
with USFS. Oversees International Work Exchange Program
P.O. Box 5348
Corpsmembers: 118
San Luis Obispo. CA 93406
(IWEP) for the CCC.
San Pedro. CA 90733
Satellites: Los Angeles. Watts
805/549-3561
Corpsmembers: 90
213/831-0185
Satellite: Santa Maria
Santa Clara Service District
Provides general public service conservation work.
Del Norte Center
Provides general public conservation work on the North
Joe Griffin. District Director
Corpsmembers: 106
Ed Miller. District Director
Coast. especially in fisheries restoration. Oversees the CCC
P.O. Box 4128
Satellites: Hollister. Monterey Bay. Santa Cruz
1500 P.J. Murphy Memorial Drive
Backcountry Trails program, which sends 75 corpsmembers
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Klamath. CA 95548
to Yosemite and other wilderness locations for six months of
408/277-1150
707/482-2941
trail construction and meadow reforestation.
Corpsmembers: 104
Sequoia Center
Provides general public service conservation work in the mid-
Betty Harris. District Director
state area.
Delta Center
Work includes general public service conservation and flood
1406 South Hillcrest Street
Corpsmembers: 102
John Banuelos, District Director
fighting. Oversees an additional 54 corpsmembers as part of
Porterville, CA 93257
Satellites: Fresno. Bakersfield
1202 North American Street
the CCC Helitack program for air attack of forest fires in 8
209/782-2912
Stockton. CA 95202
locations throughout the state.
209/948-7110
Corpsmembers: 128
Siskiyou Center
Provides general public service conservation work in the north
Satellites: Calaveras. Los Banos, Madera, Sacramento
Tom Buckner, District Director
part of the state:
P.O. Box 645
Corpsmembers: 90
Humboldt Fire Center
Specializes in fire protection on Cabfornia's North Coast.
Montague. CA 96064
Satellite: Redding
Stew Ogburn, District Director
Oversees the Salmon Restoration Project which restores
916/459-3462
1660 Newburg Rd
habitat for salmon and steelhead trout.
Fortuna, CA 95540
Corpsmembers: 117
Tahoe Sierra Service District
Provides general public service conservation work III the
707/946-2362
Satellites: Eureka, Forest Glen. Leggett
Clark Emch. District Director
Taboe Basin and Northern Sierra part of the state.
P.O. Box 8199
Corpsmembers: 70
Inland Empire Service District
Provides general public service conser vation work in the
South Lake Tahoe. CA 95731
Ardess Lilly, District Director
counties of San Bernardino, Inyo, and Mono and desert areas.
916/577-1061
P.O. Box 601
Corpsmembers: 89
Patton, CA 92369
Satellite: San nardino
714/862-3600
YEAR-ROUND CORPS: State and Provincial Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Environment Youth Corps of British
S11 million
Ages: 16-24
Provincial Government of B.C.
Administered by the Provincial Ministry of
Columbia
Operates province-wide: crews generally consist of 5
#: 1,000+
with contributions from
Environment and operated under contract by non-
Bob Williams. Acting Manager
corpsmembers and one supervisor: 20% of the time 1.
Ministry of Environment,
profit groups. who act as partners and undertake
Ministry of Environment. Parliament Building
devoted to training. Corpsmembers can join for 8-23
Ministry of Social Services &
all aspects of crew management, hiring, day-to-
Victoria. British Columbia, Canada V8V 1X5
weeks. Operates an environmental education compo-
Housing, and Ministry of
day operations, etc. Government agencies, local
604/387-9753
nent in schools. museums, community centers. shop-
Provincial Secretary
governments. municipalities, community groups,
604/356-7197 Fax
ping malls. which is delivered by young people -
non-profit organizations can request crews.
teaches environmental awareness to young people by
young people.
Florida Conservation Corps
$960,000
Ages: 18-23
State appropriation, fees-for-
Corps Centers are managed by the Florida
Frank Phelan, Director
Operates one residential and one urban center. All
#: 40
services. Department of
Conservation Corps. a Division of Eckerd Family
Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives. Inc.
entry training is conducted at the Christmas, FL site.
Education
Youth Alternatives. Inc.
100 N. Starcrest Drive
P.O. Box 7450
Clearwater. FL 34618-7450
813/461-2990
813/442-5911 Fax
Florida Youth Conservation Corps
$960.000
Ages: 18-21
State appropriation. fees-for-
Operates on contract with the Office of Civilian
451 St. Nicholas Avenue
Residential program Training site with camp area and
#: 60
services, Department of
Conservation. Dept. of Natural Resources
Christmas. FL 32709
ropes course.
Education
407/568-0216
Ft. Lauderdale Conservation Corps
$735.000
Ages: 18-23
UCEP grant. fees-for-services.
Operates on contract with the City of Fr.
Frank Phelan. Center Director
Upon completion of one year. all corpsmembers are
#: 30
city. state and federal monies
Lauderdale. Work performed for the City of Ft.
701 NW 18th Avenue
eligible for either a full two year scholarship (tuition
Lauderdale and federal. state. and county
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
& books) at Broward Community College or a law
governments.
305/767-9147
enforcement training scholarship with the City of Ft.
Lauderdale.
Iowa Conservation Corps*
$1.8 million
Ages: 14-24
State appropriation and local
Administered by Iowa Department of Economic
JoAnn Callison
(includes local
Operates four components: a Young Adult
#: 1,500
match
Development. Funds are subgranted to school
Department of Economic Development
match of 35% or
Conservation Corps for 18-24 year olds: a summer
200 E. Grand Avenue
districts. conservation boards and community
conservation program for 15-18 year olds: an In-
more)
Des Moines. IA 50309
groups for community improvement, human
School Service Corps in which disadvantaged 14-21
515/242-4784
service and conservation projects.
year old students work 10 hours/week after school on
515/281-7276 Fax
service projects: and the lowa Corps in which youth
can receive future college tuition payments for
volunteer service.
Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps
$5.2 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation
Frank Ruswick. Jr.
Administered by the Department of Natural
Corpsmembers must receive Aid to Families With
#: 450
Resources. Operates primarily on public land.
Department of Natural Resources
Dependent Children (AFDC) or general assistance
P O. Box 30028
when hired. 80-100 corpsmembers are in 3
Lansing. MI 48909
residential camps.
517/373-1188
517/373-1012 Fax
Michigan Neighborhood Corps
$6.5 million
Ages: 18-20+
State appropriation
Administered by the Neighborhood Builders
Richard Ballard. Project Director
Corpsmembers must be economically disadvantaged.
#: 675
Neighborhood Builders Alliance
Alliance. a unit of the Michigan State Housing
and work with local community groups on neighbor-
P.O. Box 30242
Development Authority. Operates through local
hood improvement projects. usually in their own
Lansing. MI-48909
government or community-based organizations in
neighborhoods.
517-373-7111
Detroit. Muskegon. Battle Creck. Pontiac. Flim
and Lansing.
517/373-6547 Fax
Minnesota Conservation Corps*
$1.3 million
Ages: 16.26
State appropriation
Lann homest. Dire for
Administered by the Department of Natural
Operates summer residential youth corps for 80
#: 120
Mom sola Department of Natural Resources
Resources, Operates on state-owned and county
participants III Inding 20 hearing impaned youth.
lands
500 silavette Road
Mapority at FTF all and to work adult corps,
"1 Paul. MN 55135. 1001
612 296-5012
612 "It, 500 Fax
YEAR-ROL ND CORPS: State and Provincial Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/ Work Sponsors
( comments Special Features
Yes Hampshire ( onservation Corps"
$225,000
120% 15.19
B... Sandos
# 10
New Hampshire Charitable
Administration :- the Stude ni Conservation
100 to
Find. TIPA NH 1011 bainng
Insuration and wills with 1|;, \,,, 11
NH
Comeilt and orporate &
Davision of Park. \ Keeneation, Workson public
individual gifts
and others owned hand
F...
New Jerses Youth Corp-
SI milhon
Ages: 16.25
State appropriation. Dept. of
Jointh administ .... in Dept ..| Community
Von
1,200
Community Mans $2
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!:... 1:1 ... oniminals
million. Pep. of Education-
throughout VI " X
$2.37 million
physical improvement proper - 1147 for for a!
social SCIVICE and developm nt
organizations
YEAR-ROUND CORPS: State and Provincial Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps
$5.9 million
Ages: 18-24
State appropriation
Administered by the Division of Civilian
Voluntary GED and remedial education
Jeff Wilson. Acting Chief
#: 250
Conservation in the Department of Natural
programs offered to corpsmembers.
Ohio Division of Civilian Conservation
Resources. Operates on public lands. Works for
primarily at the residential camps.
1855 Fountain Square. Bldg. H-1
state. county and local governments.
Operates three residential and eight non-
Columbus. OH 43224
residential camps.
614/265-6423
614/447-8005 Fax
Ontario Environmental Youth Corps
$10.9 million
Ages: 15-24. 29 if
Provincial Government
Administered by 5 Provincial Ministries. Each
Priority given to participants entering into
Linda Koniar. Coordinator
disabled
individual ministry sponsors Environmental/
Employment Equity target groups sue as:
40 St. Clair Avenue. West
#: 3,000
Resource Management/Conservation projects
women. visible minorities. natives.
Toronto. Ontario. Canada M4V 1M2
submitted by organizations such as: Conservation
francophones. disabled persons and social
416/323-5058
Authorities. Native Band Councils. Municipalities.
assistance recipients.
Universities/Colleges, Public Interest & Advocacy
Groups.
Pennsy Ivania Conservation Corps
$6 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation
Administered by the Department of Labor and
Preference in hiring is given to
Don Mathis. Director
#: 590
Industry. Operates on public land or private land
economically disadvantaged youth.
Dept of Labor & Industry
with documented public benefit. State agencies
Corpsmembers receive on-the-job
7th & Forester Sts.. Rm 1304
and local government can submit project
training, literacy training and
Harrisburg, PA 17120
proposals to the DLI.
opportunities to earn a GED.
717/783-6385
717/783-5225 Fax
Washington Conservation Corps
$2.35 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation and
Administered in six state conservation agencies.
Provides on-the-job training, job search.
Linda Bradford. Chair
#: 475
fees-for-services
Operates on public lands assisting the states
career development and scholastic
Coordinating Council
resource conservation agencies in carrying out
assistance to corpsmembers.
Dept of Ecology Headquarters. PV-11
their legislative mandate.
Olympia. WA 98504
206/459-6131
Washington Service Corps
$1.1 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation
Administered by the Department of Employment
Works on projects to meet unmet
William Basl. Director
(plus $200.000 cash
#: 300
Security.
community needs such as serving people
600 Woodview Dr.. SE. KG.11
contributions from
with disabilities. promoting tourism.
Olympia. 11.4 98504
sponsoring agencies)
assisting refugees. stimulating economic
206/438-4072
development and assisting the elderly
2067 138-3174 Fax
Washington State Parks Youth Development and
$331,000 plus contract
Ages: 11-21
State appropriation and
Administered by the WA State Parks & Recreation
Washington State Parks provides funding
Conservation Corps
lees
state funding -
fees-for-services
Commission. Operates in State Parks. and on
to operate ino year-round residential
Don Brower. Manager. Youth Programs
#: 120
other recreational lands open to the public.
camps. Contracts with other government
7150 Cleanwater Lane. KY-11
contracts -
entities to leverage additional funding.
Olympia. WA 98504-5711
#: 20-50
206/753-5775
Wisconsin Conservation Corps
$4.3 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation
Administered by a governor-appointed citizen
Public and non-profit agencies submit
Topf Wells. Executive Director
#: 350
policy board as an independent state agency
proposals to receive corps services.
30 W. Mifflin - #406
attached 10 the Department of Administration for
Corpsmembers who complete a year
Madison. WI 53703-2558
fiscal and budgetary purposes. Operates on public
receive a $500 bonus or $1.800
608/266-7730
land and private land with public access or where
scholarship.
608/266-2164 Fax
significant public benefits will result.
YEAR ROUND CORPS
Local and Regional Programs
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Albany Service Corps
$627,000
Ages: 18-24
UCEP. City of Albany, State of
Administered by the City of Albany, Department
Corpsmembers participate 111 a 5-day residential
Mel Campos, Executive Director
#: 50
New York. JTPA. fees-for-
of Human Resources.
training camp before entering the program. Work is
80 Central Avenue
services
split evenly between human service and physical
Albany, NY 12206
projects. in addition to work projects. 10 hours/week
518/434-2714
is spent on education.
518/434-5358 Fax
A-Team
$200.000-
Ages: 18-24
JTPA and Anne Arundel
Administered by the Anne Arundel County Office
Three-month program for low income youth with focus
240,000
#: 25
County Office of Community
of Manpower. Provides services for community
on getting participants into construction trades.
120 N. Langley Road Suite 200
Development (CDBG)
and non-profit organizations and federal, county
Provides classroom and on-the-job skills training.
Glen Burnie. MD 21060
and city government agencies.
301/222-6675
Banana Kelly Community Improvement
$6 million
Ages: 16-24
City, state. federal, NYC
Administered as a non-profit organization.
Targetted for unemployed high school drop-outs. 50%
Association
#: 120
Housing. NYC DOE. private.
academic/50% paid on-site construction training.
Getz Obstfeld. Executive Director
corporate and foundation
Comprehensive services include counseling and
965 Longwood Avenue
grants
leadership development.
Bronx. NY 10459
212/328-1064
Chicago Youth Conservation Corps
$300,000
Ages: 18-21
JTPA, private contributions.
Administered by the YMCA of metropolitan
Eighteen week program with focus on academic skills
Rhonda Present. Program Director
#: 40
Chicago Park District
Chicago. Crews work on Park District projects.
and on-the-joh training. Job placement upon
18 S. Michigan Avenue. #608
completion.
Chicago. IL 60603
312/580-1911
City Volunteer Corps
$5.8 million
Ages: 16-20
City of New York with some
Administered as a private. non-profit organization.
CVs receive $100 a week for expenses and qualify for
Toni Schmiegelow. Executive Director
#: 500
private funding
Work sponsors are government agencies and non-
$2.500 III cash or a $5,000 scholarship after one year
National Service Corporation
profit organizations.
of service. Includes an education component. CVC
838 Broadway
also operates an in-school program for 16-20 year
New York. NY 10003
olds who work full-time during the summer and 6
212/475-6444
hours a week during the school year. CVC participated
212/475-9437 Fax
in the Mayor's anti-erime plan delivering public safety
& youth support to troubled neighborhoods.
City Year
$1.5 million
Ages: 17-22
Corporate and individual
Administered as n private. non-profit organization.
Corpsmembers receive a stipend and an educational
Alan Khazei/Michael Brown. Co-Directors
#: 70
philanthropy and foundation
working with government agencies and other non-
opportunity scholarship. The program operates a
City Year. Inc.
grants
profits on a variety of human and physical service
t-day work week with a fifth day for educational
11 Stillings Street
projects.
programming. City Year unites youth from a variety of
Boston. MA 02210
backgrounds.
617/451-0699
617/695-0562 Fax
Conservation Corps of Long Beach
$983.000
Ages: 18-23
State of California Conser-
Administered as a non-profit organization. Work is
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth education day.
Theresa Marino. Executive Director
#: 50
vation Corps, Department of
done primarily for the City of Long Beach in water
The corps is housed in 2 historic buildings which they
801 Federation Drive
Conservation Bottle Bill, City
recreation areas. parklands and city facilities.
refurbished. The headquarters is in a boat house used
Long Beach. CA 90804
of Long Beach Human
in the 1932 olympics. built with WPA money during
213/433-1790
Services Funds, private,
the Roosevelt era. They hope to add a summer pro-
213/434-5670 Fax
foundation and corporate
gram in 1991.
grants, fees-for-services
Coromandel Conservation Corps
$120,000
Ages: 16-23
New Zealand Conservation
Sponsored by the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. a
Corpsmembers are trained in scuba diving 10 enable
Paul Kayes
#: 240
Corps (which is funded by the
non-profit educational institution. Projects are
them to do surveying for marine reserve proposals III
P.O. Box 160
Ministry for Youth Affairs)
done for the Department of Conser vation.
NZ. This is a fully residential program and
bitianga, New Zealand
Greenpeace, NZ Forest & Bud Society and small
corpsmembers often work 00 individual assignments
(0843) 65461
landowners.
al night.
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Dutchess County Youth Resource
$414.000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. New York State
Administered by the Youth Resource Development
Employs economically-disadvantaged. high school
Development Corporation*
#: 140
Department of Labor and
Corporation, a private-non-profit organization.
drop-outs. Operates a 5-day week with a half day of
John Boggs. Executive Director
some foundation support for
Crews work on projects for county and state parks,
school and half day of work. Work and classroom
50 Delafield Street
supplies and uniforms
public and community agencies.
components are competency-based.
Poughkeepsie. NY 12601
914/473-5005
Durham Service Corps
$701,000
Ages: 18-23
UCEP. private foundations.
Administered as a non-profit organization. Works
The first two crews of 10-12 corpsmembers came on
Ann Baker. Executive Director
#: 24
corporations. city & county
for the City and County of Durham; neighborhood
board in March 1991 and one crew will be added
P.O. Box 306
operational funding. United
non-profits. seeking contracts with Research
every quarter for the next two years. Corps offers
Durham. NC 27702
Way, fees-for-services
Triangle Foundation. Duke University and NC
incentives and promotions based on attendance.
919/683-6602
Central University.
leadership. and longevity - a $250 cash award at the
end of 6 months: a $1,500 education scholarship
voucher or $750 cash bonus at one year.
East Baton Rouge Urban Corps
$302.000
Ages: 18-23
JTPA
Administered as a non-profit organization.
The program offers 4 hours of work and 3 hours of
Sharon Armstrong. Director
#: 45
classroom training each day.
4523 Plank Road
Baton Rouge. LA 70805
504/358-4609
504/356-7868 Fax
East Bay Conservation Corps*
$44 milion
Ages: 18-23
Fees-for-services. state and
Administered as a private, non-profit corporation.
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid. man-
Joanna Lennon. Executive Director
#: 160 yr.-rnd.
local public agency funds.
Contracts for work with federal, state and local
datory education day. Corpsmembers use a computer
1021 3rd Street
Ages: 15-21
foundation and Department of
agencies. and community-based non-profit
assisted learning center. Operates a public/non-profit
Oakland. CA 94607
#: 70 summer
Conservation grants, JTPA and
organizations.
agency intern program. a large recycling. litter abate-
415/891-3900
Ages: 12-14
corporate contributions
415/272-9001 Fax
ment program. and an after-school/Saturday program
#: 250
for middle school and high school students.
summer
#; 150 yr.-rnd.
Greater Atlanta Conservation Corps
$400,000
Ages: 16-25
Public agency funds,
Administered as a non-profit corporation with a
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid day of
Karan Smith. Executive Director
#: 20-36
foundation grants. corporate
board of directors co-chaired by the Chairman of
basic continuing education. career development and
250 Georgia Avenue Suite 206
contributions and fees-for-
Fulton County: Contracts for work on public lands
life-coping skills.
Atlanta. GA 30312
services
and for non-profit organizations.
+04/522-4222
Greater Jackson Youth Service Corps
$300,000
Ages: 16-23
JTPA. CDGB. private grants
Operates as a non-profit organization doing civic
Each day corpsmembers receive 3 hours of education
Alfred Martin. Director
#: 40
work and work for other non-profits.
III the RAP (Reaching for your Actual Potential)
211 \. Farish Street
program
J. kson. MS 39202
601. 353-1311
Greater Miami Service Corps
$824.000
Ages: 18-23
UCEP. local government.
Administered by Community Action Agency until
The first paid corpemembers came on board October
Barbara Jordan. Executive Director
#: 50
JTPA, CDBG. Private Industry
the program receives non-profit status.
1. 1990 after a one week residential training program
395 VR First Street - Room 210
Council. fees-for-services
Miami. FL 33128
In addition to education programs during the work
305/347-4641
week. corpsmembers may utilize a tutorial program
10 prepare for their GED at Florida International
305/372-8745 Fax
University to take college courses through a scholar-
ship program at Miami Dade Community College
Kansas City Urban Youth Corps
$719. 056
Ages: 18-23
City, State and County fees-
Operates as a non-profit partnership between
Operates a 1-day work week with .1 fifth education das
Mike Hughes. Direct tot
#: 20
for-services, corporate.
business, government, education and the Full
1720 Paseo Suite A
Graduates either 111 ene college " holarships. enter
foundation. UCEP and JTPA
Employment Council. Works on projects for city.
Kansas City, MO 64108
into apprentice training with labor unions. move into
for start-up and administrative
state. county and community sponsors in human
816/ 171 2330 Fn 285
entry level jobs with public employee mumeripal
costs
service, community service, and fee-for-service
organizations. or find private sector employment.
areas.
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Agen/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Los Angeles Conservation Corps*
$4.2 million
Ages: 18-23
State and public agencies,
Administered as a non-profit organization.
Operates a 4-day week corps program of learning.
Martha Diepenbrock
#: 120
fees-for-services, foundations
Operates on public lands and with non-profit
work and physical fitness. Also operates summer and
P.O. Box 15868
Ages: 12-15
and corporate contributions.
organizations.
Saturday program for 120 Jr. High School students.
Los Angeles. CA 90015
Bottle Bill, City of Los Angeles
with integrated educational and experiential
#: 420
components. to clean up the city.
213/749-3601
213/749-3331 Fax
Marin Conservation Corps*
$1.2 million
Ages: 18-26
Fees-for-services. foundation
Administered as a private, non-profit organization.
Operates a 4-day work neek with a fifth unpaid
grants
Contracts for work with federal. state and local
mandatory education day.
Donald Neuwirth. Director
#: 50
agencies.
Box 89
San Rafael. CA 94915
415/454-4554
415/454-4595 Fax
McKeesport Youth Service Corps
$385,000
Ages: 17-21
State appropriation, JTPA.
Administered by the McKeesport YMCA. on
Corpsmembers receive bonuses for attendance and
Michael Washowich. Project Director
#: 45
private foundations
contract through Allegheny County.
length of service.
523 Sinclair Street
McKeesport. PA 15132
412/672-1124
412/664-9312 Fax
Montgomery County Conservation
$1.1 million
Ages: 16-23
County appropriation, JTPA.
Administered by Montgomery College. Operates
The Service Corps has individual placements and
and Service Corps*
#: 50
fees-for-scrvices. private
on public lands in the county.
crew projects. Corpsmembers earn vouchers.
Doug Appleman. Director
donations and grants
600 E. Gude Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
301/294-8720
301/309-1828 Fax
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Natural Resources & Employment Program
$150.000
Ages: 18 and
JTPA. fees-for-services. state
Administered as a project of the Community
This 6-month program is designed to get low-incor
Bruce Davis. Director
up
and public agencies
Action Board of Santa Cruz County. Inc., a
persons back into the work force. Participants are
323 Spreckles Drive Suite C
#: 10
private. non-profit corporation. Contracts for work
trained in the natural resources/landscaping fields
Aptos. CA 95003
on private and public lands.
408/662-3616
Philadelphia Ranger Corps
$4.2 million
Ages: 17-24
Foundation grants, private
Operates as a non-profit career development and
Trainee-corpsmeinbers (candidates) participate 111
Peter Engbretson. Executive Director
#: 100
contributions. public support.
community service organization in partnership
a two-year program that includes four semesters of
Ohio House - Fairmount Park
(70
fees-for-services
with several public & private agencies. Provides
subsidized full-time study at Temple University. 80
Belmont Are. al States Drive
"candidates"
visitor services in Philadelphias park system and
hours of classroom training provided by the Corps.
Philadelphia. PA 19131
in-training,
other public spaces. environmental education
and 2.300 hours of on-the-job experience in the P.
215/581-5111
30 graduate
programs in the city's public schools, and
Graduate-corpsmembers (rangers) are certified as
215/877-1264 Fax
"rangers")
corpsmember-volunteer service to several
professional urban park rangers. offered full-time
community programs.
employment by the Corps and encouraged to comp
their college education on their own.
Philadelphia Youth Service Corps
$1.1 million
Ages: 17-22
Private Industry Council,
Administered as a non-profit corporation.
Corpsmembers participate in 2 hours of mandator
Anthony Fairbanks. Executive Director
#: 38
foundations, private sector
education per day.
33 South Third Street
support
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215/238-5200
215/238-5217 Fax
Pittsburgh Citi-Corps
$600,000
Ages: 17-21
State and city appropriations
Administered as a non-profit organization provid-
Corpsmembers spend 32 hours per neek on work
William Thompkins. Program Director
#: 60
and corporate contributions.
ing services to government entities and non-profit
projects in addition 10 classroom work. Monetary
3208 Smallman Street
private foundations
organizations including the City of Pittsburgh. the
incentives offered for perfect attendance.
Pittsburgh. PA 15201
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. and the Salva-
412/281-7557
tion Army.
412/642-2310 Fax
Sacramento Local Conservation Corps
$1.5 million
Ages: 18-23
State appropriations. grants,
Administered as a private. non-profit corporation
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid
Pauline Marzette. Executive Director
#: 60-70
35% fees-for-services.
with all work done for government entities or other
education day.
8460 Belvedere Ave. #7
donations
non-profit organizations.
Sacramento. CA 95826
916/386-8394
San Francisco Conservation Corps*
$3.1 million
Ages: 18-23
Government projects. phi-
Administered as a private, non-profit organization.
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid.
Ann Cochran. Acting Director
#: 120
lanthropy. fees-for-services
Contracts for work on public land.
mandatory education day. plus a summer and
Fort Mason. Bldg. 111
in-school program.
San Francisco. CA 94123
415/928-7322
415/928-7330 Fax
San Jose Conservation Corps
$1.5 million
Ages: 18-23
Foundation grants. the
Administered as a non-profit corporation by a
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid
Bob Hennessy. Director
#: 60-80
California Conservation Corps,
board of directors.
education dav using a computer assisted learning
2650A Senter Road
Dept. of Conservation and
center.
San Jose. C.A. 95111
fees-for-services
408/998-5884
Seattle Conservation Corps
$850,000
Ages: 18 and
Fees-for-services, and
Contracts with the Department of Administrative
Specifically designed to serve homeless adults
Cheryl Ooka. Director
up
Community Development
Services. Parks. and Department of Construction
Operates a program teaching technical skills to the
1425 Elhou Ave. W.
#: 45
Block Grants
and Land Use: King County: METRO: Washington
corpsmembers. who earn $7.50//hr.
Seattle. HA 98119
State.
206/684-0190
Smokey House
$200.000
Ages: 14-19
School tuitions. philanthropy
Administered by a non-profit organization.
Operates natural resource demonstration project
Lynn Bondurant. General Manager
#: 24-36
and JTPA
and worksite training program for meschool.
R.D. # Box 292
disadvantaged Southwestern Vermont youth.
Danby, VT 05739
802/293-5121
EAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
TEP. Inc."
$336,000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. Department of Com-
Operates as il private non-profit community action
Full-time corpsinembers receive this per week
leas Roller. Due, 1..1 of Youth Programs
18-24 (thru
munity Affairs. Pennsylvania
agency. Works on public lands and for other non-
i'll Box 1328 meeto Street,
of specialized. individualized empater enhanced
PCC grant)
Conservation Corps/Dept. of
profits.
Withamsport, I'\ 17703-1328
edo ational traming. shimp corpsmember receive
#: 12 corps.
Labor
remedial work, study name: and all receive basic
:17 W. ill
members at il
GED traming .1. not Origmally used a a lean
TVT
time (approx,
building (oo). tin goods .1 5 day Wilderness
30 per year)
Challenge training program :... the PA Dept of Labor
for other summer throughout the -late
bilare County Conservation Corps
$300,000
Nges: 18.23
State appropriations. lee-for
TCCC is a propert of Community Service and
I:- P.O.
Operate work ...: with with onpand
#:22
services. and corporate grants
Employment Training (C-SET). I non-probt
200 Street
doe das Education program - "**** relive
corporation that provides employment. training
project of TCCC Tube Viali 5...i and 70001
Bise V9323
and other services to low-meome people 111 Tulare
CCP project.
200
County.
I chan Conservation Corps of the
$250,000
Ages: 16.21
ITPA. lers-lor-services
Operates as a non-probt organization, Work -
Operates .1 ...: ...: with 505 unpard
Palm Beaches*
#: 80
contined 10 non-profits ⑉ the Palm 11. " 1, County
education das
Lets Mergan. Program Manager
area only.
:11 Vener
11..1 11. R. 33101
107 655
1 rban Corps of San Diego
$300,000
Ages: 18-23
California Conservation Corps
Operates as a private non-profit corporation. Work
Sam Excellive Director
The corps 15 very involved 1'1 has and adamunts
#: 50
grant. private donations. fees.
projects are performed on a fee-for-service basis
96; National Name
volunteer efforts (.) improve the invironment and
for-services. Dept. of Conser-
or as a community volunteer effort for amy public
in Die V92113
waste management
vation Division of Reeve ling
agency or other non-profit organization
and 9130
Botde Bill monies. private
11/1 232-7467 In
foundation grants
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Youth
$651,000
Ages: 18-23
Local foundations. corpo-
Operates as a non-profit organization.
The 10 hom work week Collegate 0: 20 hours --:
Service Corps
#: 50
rations and private sector
Administered by the Winston-Salem Work Force
community service, noons o! classroom hous.
Karl Menefee. Coordinator
donations
Development Office.
community '''' chnes and hours of phose di train
P.O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem. NC 27102
919/727-8004
919/727-2878 Fax
YouthBuild Boston
$500,000
'':
Ages: 17.21
CDCB. in lonkage funds.
Administered 15 a non-profit organization working
Targetted 1.1 -1:11 mployed bigh had diop-outs
Jackie Gelb. Executive Director
: 28
Boston Community Si hook.
with other non-profits. private contrac lors and
a adems 500; part onesite construe non Manung
/0 First Church
foundation grants
developers.
Comprehensis ⑉ hade counseling and
10 Putman Street
leadership development
Roxbury. MA 02119
617, 445-8887
Youth Action Program. Inc.
$1.5 million
Ages: 17.24
City, state. NYC Department of
Administered as a non-profit organization.
Targetted for unemployed high choul dropounts
Soma Bu. Executive Direct for
#: 60
Employment. private funding
500 academe 150% paid oneste construe tion
!280 Fifth Avenue
training. Comprehensive services include counselin
you York. VY 10029
and leadership development This YouthBuild mode
212/860-8170
is being reple ated at other -1100- at 11155 the country
Youth Energy Corps
$672.351
Ages: 16.20
Funded by formitions. fees-
Administered by the Corporation for Youth Energy
Mork Baming program for disadvantaged youth a.
Neven Rease. President
#: 108
for-services. government
Corps. Sponsored by the Argus Community. a
high school drop-outs, Provides basic weatherization
Corporation in Youth Energy Corps
contracts and grants
community-based organization.
for low-meom housing. Provides GED instrur from
Total 160th Street
Bronx. 11 10456
212 102-3300
These programs add more curpsmembers during the summer months. typically using Title Il (B) Job Training Partnership Act funds or state summer employment resources.
SUMMER AND SEASONAL CORPS
State and Provincial Programs
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Alaska Conservation Corps
$209.600
Ages: 18-24
General Fund and JTPA
Park area offices administer the program. State
Corpsmembers work for park area offices in this non-
John Wiles. Deputy Director
#: 40
and local government agencies sponsor work
residential program.
Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation
projects.
DNR 3601 C Street Box 107001
Anchorage. AK 99510
907/762-2603
Colorado Youth Corps
$200.000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. state appropriations,
One SDA administers this statewide project.
Operates one residential camp with a significant
Peter Tierney. Director
#: 45
and contributions from 9
Operates on state and federal land, and conducts
emphasis on multiracial living. Corpsmembers
Jeffco Employment & Training Services
Service Delivery Areas
projects for local non-profits.
participate in remedial education at local community
900 Jefferson County Parkway
college. All corpsmembers and staff take part in
Golden. CO 80401
wilderness experiences. Operates in the summer &
303/271-4665
fall with work projects located throughout the state
with 12 spike crews.
Maine Conservation Corps
$342,000
Ages: 14 and up
$200,000 state appropriation
Administered by the Department of Conservation.
Operates 8 week job training projects throughout the
Ken Spalding. Director
#: 145
plus state, local, federal and
Operates on public land or private non-profit land
year. including a small component of residential work
State House Station 22.
corpsmembers
private non-profit sponsors
operating for the public good.
camps. Operates SERVE/Maine. a year-round
Augusta. ME 04333
#: 400 volun-
and JTPA
volunteer and intern program.
207/289-4931
leers and interns
Maryland Conservation Corps
$524,000
Ages: 14-21
State appropriation, JTPA, and
Administered by the Department of Natural
Projects are restricted to those that restore the
Jonathan Underwood. Director
#: 465
private funding
Resources. Forest Parkland Wildlife Service.
Chesapeake Bay. Some after-school and weekend
Department of Natural Resources
Operates on state. county and private lands.
crews operate in fall and spring.
FPWS Tawes State Office Building B-2
Annapolis, MD 21401
301/974-3771
301/974-5550 Fax
Montana Conservation Corps
$75,000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. state and local gov-
Administered as a private non-profit corporation
Organized in the fall of 1989. the program operated
Jeffrey K. Rupp. President
#: 30
ernments. private funding
working for a variety of federal, state and local
three sites (Bozeman. Billings & Kalispell) in 1990.
321 East Main - Suite 300
sponsoring agencies.
Bozeman. MT 59715
406/587-4486
New York State Conservation Corps
S1 million
Ages: 14-18
State appropriation and 20%
Administered by the NYS Office of Parks.
Operating a summer program in 1991. with plans for
Ann Harrison-Kravis. Director
#: 400
local match
Recreation and Historic Preservation. Contracts
eventual year-round programming. Corpsmembers
New York State OPRHP
with local government, state agencies. not-for-
receive training in basic employment skills develop-
Agency Building 1. Empire State Plaza
profit corporations and Indian nations to do
ment and environmental education.
Albany. NY 12238
conservation work on public lands.
518/474-0472
518/486-2916 Fax
Oregon Youth Conservation Corps
$600,000
Ages: 16 and up
Private funds, Stripper Well
Administered by the Oregon Employment Divi-
Operates statewide.
Nick Guarriello. Director
#: 500
fund. JTPA and state
sion. Direct site supervision provided by state and
875 Union St. NE
appropriation
local natural resource agencies. Weatherization
Salem, OR 97311
project administered by the Oregon Department of
503/378-2038
Human Resources.
503/378-2958 Fax
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
$350.000
Ages: 16-21
Private sponsors (40%).
Administered by the Department of Forests. Parks
Expected 10 become year-round III 1991
Thomas L. Hark. Director
#: 90
federal JTPA (55%).
& Recreation in cooperation with the Department
(50% residential).
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
and state (5%)
of Employment & Training, the State of Vermont
Department of Forests. Parks & Recreation
and the Citizens Council of Employment &
103 Main Street
Training. Operates on public facilities.
Waterbury. VT 05676
802/244-8713
802/244-1481 Fax
SUMMER AND SEASONAL CORPS
Local and Regional Programs
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
NY State County Programs
Cheektowaga Conservation Corps
$67,900
Ages: 16-18
Town appropriation
Administered by the town Youth Bureau. Operates
Supplemental acitivities include Environmental
Ellen Fischer, Program Coordinator
#: 30-35
on state and local lands.
Education and Job Training components. field trips
Cheektowaga Youth Bureau
guest lecturers and presentations. Operates three
Alexander Community Center
crews for nine weeks.
275 Alexander Street
Cheektowaga. NY 14211
716/895-1587
Oswego County Conservation Corps
$133.800
Ages: 14-19
JTPA. local in-kind, Oswego
Administered by the Oswego County Cooperative
Operates "World of Work" environmental education
David Warner. Director
#: 90
County Youth Bureau & New
Extension. Operates on state and local lands.
program.
Oswego County Cooperative Extension
York State OPRHP
Main Street
Mexico. NY 13114
315/963-7286
St. Lawrence County Conservation Corps
$96.000
Ages: 14-18
New York State Conservation
Jointly administered by the St. Lawrence County
Crews operate on state. county and local lands.
Mary Ann Ashley. Executive Director
#: 27-40
Corps. New York State Divi-
Youth Bureau, St. Lawrence County Forester. and
Educational component includes presentations by
St. Lawrence County Youth Bureau
sion for Youth. St. Lawrence
the New York State Department of Environmental
human service organizations. e.g. Sheriff's Juvenile
Surrogate Court Building
County and local in-kind
Conservation.
Aid Division. Planned Parenthood.
Court & Judson Street
Canton. NY 13617
315/379-2377/9464
315/379-2333 Fax
Suffolk County Conservation Corps
$150.000
Ages: 14-21
JTPA. local in-kind. New York
Administered by the Suffolk County Department
Ten crews of nine work eight weeks on conservation
Raymond DeFranco. Director of
#: 80
State Conservation Corps and
of Labor.
projects at federal. state. county and local parks.
Youth Programs
private foundation grants
Suffolk County Department of Labor
655 Deerpark Avenue
Babylon. NY 11702
516/661-8600
516/661-0052 Fax
Northwest Youth Corps
$500,000
Ages: 16-19
Fees-for-services. private
Administered as a private. non-profit organization
Mandatory daily education and job training
Arthur Pope. Director
#: 250
foundation grants. corporate
operating on public and private lands in spring.
component Residential summer programs for high
P.O. Box 5345
contributions
summer and fall.
school "g" youth. Year-round program under
Eugene. OR 97405
development.
503/746-8653
West Philadelphia Improvement Corps
$1.2 million
Ages: 9-19
Private and public donations.
Coordinated by the West Philadelphia
Year-round "after-school" program emphasizes
George Brown. Executive Director
#: 300
state and federal gorvernment
Partnership. a private. non-profit organization.
classes in horticulture. landscaping. architecture and
3906 Spruce Street
(250 adults in
housing rehabilitation as extension of summer work
Philadelphia. PA 19104
an evening
projects. All work & education activities are linked
215/222-8680
program)
community improvement projects & supervised by
teachers.
Urban Conservation Corps
$250,000
Ages: 11.21
TTPA through the NYC Dc.
Administered by The Parks Council, a private
Educational enrichment including employment
Carolyn Angiolitio, Program Director
#: "P to 800
partment of Employment.
non-profit group founded in 1926. Contracts with
readmess training. held tops. environmental project
The Parks Council
foundations, corporations and
neighborhood voluntary agencies.
Youth participants are paid by sponsoring agencies.
457 Madison Avenue
individuals
New York. NY 10022
212/838-9410
212/371-6048 Fax
SUMMER AND SEASONAL CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Youth Volunteer Corps of America
$55.000 average
Ages: 12-18
Foundation. corporate.
Programs are sponsored locally by non-profit
The YVCA replication project established by Youth
(.1 replication project of Youth Service America)
1st year program
#: 100/
individual. United Way and
organizations such as United Way, the Volunteer
Service America in 1988. recently received a S1
David Battey. Project Director (Kansas City
site
summer
government grants
Center and the YMCA.
million grant from the Kellogg Foundation for 40
816/474-5112)
200-300/
replication sites (including 3 in Michigan) Programs
Frank Slobig. Director of Policy & Progams
school year
consist of two general components: an intense summer
Youth Service America
program and short-term projects throughout the
1319 Street. VII 9th Floor
school year.
Washington. DC 20004
202/783-8855
202/347-2603 Fax
YVCA PROGRAMS
Program
Comments/Special Features
Program
Comments/Special Features
Youth Volunteer Corps of Pittsburgh
Budget: $48.000
Youth Volunteer Corps of Greater
Budget: $164.000
Ann Mason. Project Coordinator
Ages: 12-17 45 volunteers
Kansas City
Ages: 13-17 159 volunteers
200 Ross Street
Sponsored by United Way of Allegheny County and
Maurice Byrd. Project Coordinator
Sponsored by the Heart of America United Way. Summer
P.O. Box 735
Southwestern Pennsylvania. Summer 1990: 14 projects
1080 Washington
1990: 16 projects including day camps. homeless shelter.
Pittsburgh. PA 15230
including day camps, elderly. handicapped. hunger services.
Kansis City, MO 64105
drug education. home weatherizing, service to disabled and
412/261-6010
recycling. School yr.: Weekend and one day projects.
816/474-5112
handicapped. School yr.: Volunteers serve at a city teen
hotline and as legal aides.
Youth Volunteer Corps of Colorado Springs
Budget: $40.000
Marge Asay/Barb Vierling. Project
Ages: 14-15 59 volunteers
Youth Volunteer Corps of Vero Beach
Budget: $32.000
Coordinators
Sponsored by the American Red Cross. Pikes Peak Chapter.
Diane Hankle. Project Coordinator
Ages: 13-18 46 volunteers
P.O. Box 7640
Summer 1990: 8 projects including services to homeless,
P.O. Box 5287
Sponsored by the Vero Beach Family YMCA. Summer 1990: 8
Colorado Springs. CO 80933
refugees. mentally/physically challenged. and pre-school age
Vero Beach, FL 32961
projects including day camps. serving at a nursing home. and
719/632-3563
constituencies. School yr.: Weekend and Christmas projects.
407/562-9036
a regional park. School yr.: Volunteers will develop a creative
playground and serve on Habitar for Humanity projects.
Youth Volunteer Corps of Spartanburg
Budget: $29,540
Joyce Yelverton. Project Coordinator
Ages: 13-17 63 volunteers
Youth Volunteer Corps of Marquette
Budget: $55,000
P.O. Box 5624
Sponsored by the United Way of the Piedmont. Summer
Joe Zahn. Project Coordinator
Sponsored by Marquette-Alger Internediate School District.
Spartanburg. SC 29304
1990: 9 projects including services at a home for
427 W. College Avenue
This program began in January 1991.
803/582-7556
handicapped children, a battered women's shelter, a child
Marquette, MI 49855
welfare center and a housing project day camp. School yr.:
906/228-9400
Projects conducted on holidays.
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Program
Youth Conservation Corps
The federal government maintains minimal Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) operations in the National Park Service. the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service. At its
National Park Service - Francis Gipson
height. some 32,000 young people were employed in both federal and state grant Youth Conservation Corps programs with a total appropriation of $60 million. In summer. 1990
202/343-5514
approximately $5 million was spent by the three agencies to employ some 2,500 young people across the nation. A separate appropriation is no longer available for YCC. Agencies
Fish & Wildlife Service Bud Oliveira
must expend from their own operating budgets for corps programs.
703/358-2029
At its height. the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) program operated at both the federal and state level with a total appropriation of $260 million. Funding for YACC
Forest Service Ransom Hughes
ended in 1981. Current federal programs have not expanded in recent years and momentum for growth has shifted to the state and local level.
703/235-8861
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE AND CONSERVATION CORPS (NASCC) took shape at the first national youth
conservation and service corps conference in May, 1985. The Association promotes youth corps at the federal,
state, regional, county and municipal levels and serves as a forum for identifying policy issues affecting members.
It seeks to broaden the national consensus for youth service and provide information and technical assistance to
existing and nascent conservation and service corps programs.
The Association continues to broaden its membership and speak as the voice for the growing youth corps
movement. The Association sponsors national and regional conferences and workshops, monitors and reports on
corps programs, is developing a national data collection system and staff training program, and operates a travel
fund to encourage those planning new programs to visit existing operations.
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 827
Washington, DC 20036
202/331-9647
202/223-0593 Fax
The National Association of Service and Conservation Corps is grateful to the
Dewitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett and Charles S. Mott Foundations
for contributing substantially to our conservation and service corps work.
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ADVOCACY INSTITUTE
WORKSHOP SERIES
BRIDGING WASHINGTON
AND
THE GRASSROOTS
A Report to the
Advocacy Community
Prepared by:
ADVOCACY INSTITUTE
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 659-8475
EXAMPLES OF APPROVED WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS PROJECTS
Establish and maintain a youth community center and develop youth programs;
Counsel victims of domestic violence, and solicit homes for temporary shelter;
Computerize police records for law enforcement agencies;
Extend available human services to migrant farmworkers and their families to
include bi-cultural advocacy, medical referral, and nutrition education;
Provide information and referral in a Small Business Resource Center and
coordinate workshops for businesses to encourage economic development;
Assist in the production and distribution of personal safety curricula for use
in schools to help prevent sexual abuse and exploitation of children and youth;
Coordinate with Community Block Grant Programs to provide minor home repairs for
the handicapped and low-income elderly;
Assist in establishing a placement center for a vocational training institute
and establish linkages with other community resources;
Provide independent living skills training and support services in the community
and within mental health programs for mentally ill persons;
Compile economic development data, update the community profile and complete an
industrial site survey for use in attracting new job generating industries;
Teach new skills to groups of trainable, severely handicapped students which
will enable them to attain sheltered workshop positions;
Help update a city's comprehensive plan, including zoning specifics, long range
utility, street and park improvements;
Provide interpretation, advocacy, and paperwork assistance to Asian refugees in
the resettlement and employment process;
Assist a small museum to expand exhibits and operate a gift shop;
Monitor pre-trial release youth not normally released by the court due to
various family situations;
Conduct a business needs assessment as part of an overall economic development
effort by a Chamber of Commerce;
Assist in a water quality study of Puget Sound inlets on behalf of shellfish
growers as well as the general public; and
Assist with a food distribution program.
The WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS and YOU
WHAT IS THE WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS?
It is a new program funded by the State Legislature to provide training and job
opportunities to young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. At the same time it
offers young adults an opportunity to serve their community.
The Legislature enacted the program in response to Washington State's high
unemployment.
The program is designed to give young adults some meaningful work experience and
skill training in volunteer-like community service positions which address unmet
community needs. The young adults receive a stipend of $600 per month, plus medical
insurance while enrolled in a six-month project under the supervision of public or
private non-profit organizations.
WHY SHOULD MY ORGANIZATION SUBMIT A PROJECT REQUEST FOR A SERVICE CORPS ENROLLEE?
Because there are probably some projects you would like to accomplish which have
been put off because of lack of staff and funds. There may be some unmet needs in
the community which could be addressed by your organization, while at the same time
providing a young adult an opportunity to gain valuable, on-the-job training and
self-esteem by improving the quality of life in the community.
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST MY ORGANIZATION?
Your organization will pay a fee of $840 per enrollee, for a six-month project, as
your contribution to the program. The state will be responsible for paying the
enrollee twice a month.
WHAT WILL MY ORGANIZATION'S RESPONSIBILITIES BE?
Your organization will be responsible for supervising the enrollee and making sure
that the skill-training and community benefit provided in the Agency Agreement are
accomplished. The enrollee will be responsible for finishing tasks assigned. The
state will be responsible for assisting with special training needs, such as helping
the enrollee acquire a high school equivalency certificate (GED). The Service Corps
has a Local Area Coordinator who will work with you and the enrollee as needed.
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE PROJECTS?
Summaries of a variety of approved projects are on the back of this page.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR ENROLLMENT IN A SERVICE CORPS PROJECT?
Any Washington State resident, 18 to 25, not a full-time student, who has been
unemployed for at least two weeks is eligible for enrollment.
WHAT WILL ENHANCE MY CHANCES OF HAVING A PROJECT REQUEST APPROVED?
If your project is creative, benefits the community, fills an unmet need in an area
of high unemployment, does not displace current workers, provides good training to
an enrollee, and/or has an economic development component, you have a good chance of
having a project funded.
HOW DO I APPLY FOR THE WASHINGTON SERVICE CORPS?
Write or call the Washington Service Corps office c/o Bill Basl, Employment Security
Department, Training and Employment Analysis Division, Mail Stop KG-11, Olympia, WA
98504-5311, (206) 438-4072.
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CONSERVATION
AND SERVICE CORPS
PROFILES
Spring 1991
National Association of Service
and Conservation Corps
CONSERVATION AND SERVICE CORPS PROFILES
Across the nation. some 75 states. cities. and counties operate year-round and summer
twelve for minimal wages or stipends. Most corps expose participants to basic skills training:
conservation and service corps programs. The combined annual budgets of these programs
some offer worksite training opportunities and job readiness programs.
total $180 million. At least 20,000 young people 12-26 serve in the programs each year.
Each year, we welcome additions to the corps movement. Urban corps in Albany, Baton
Through hard work. the young people produce impressive benefits for their communities.
Rouge, Jackson, Miami and Winston-Salem began operation in 1990 alone. and Durham and
The corps of todav have their roots in the public lands projects of the New Deal era
Kansas City, MO in March of 1991, reflecting the continuing rapid growth of the corps
Civilian Conservation Corps. the more recent federal Youth and Young Adult Conservation
network. The new corps reflect and present many models of corps development for other
Corps programs. and local expressions of interest in testing and developing new concepts of
cities and states. Planning efforts that apply some of these models are already underway in
national youth service. Without a doubt, the recent upsurge in interest in youth service has
several states and cities.
fueled and supported the expansion of the corps network, building upon these roots and
On November 16, 1990 President Bush signed the National and Community Service Act
infusing the movement with innovations and renewed energy. Corpsmembers still build trails
of 1990. This law provides federal funds to establish school-based and full-time youth corps
and fight fires. but now they also perform human service projects. In several locations,
programs. Youth corps development is funded at $16.5 million for FY 1990 with another $22
corpsmembers now assist the homebound elderly. provide support services for teachers of
million appropriated for national demonstrations. The programs will be administered by a
the mentally handicapped, and deliver food to the hungry.
Commission on National Service which must be appointed by the President before funds can
Corps have retained the solid structure that makes them so effective at the varied
be released. As of this writing, Commissioners had not yet been appointed. States can apply
projects they undertake. The design of corps programs varies somewhat, but all corps
to the Commission for one or more programs authorized under the law when the Commission
provide meaningful long-lasting public services, develop employable youth, and instill social
is in place and regulations have been written. For additional program information or a
values such as citizenship and a sense of community. Corpsmembers work in crews of eight to
summary of the Law, contact NASCC.
Program Summary
These tables profile the corps programs of which we are aware. providing basic information about them and
State Programs - Year-Round Corps
17
identifying their leaders. Methods of accounting vary. so the funding levels (mostly representing 1990) the tables
State Programs - Summer Corps
8
show are not necessarily comparable from corps to corps. The Center will be happy to provide details on the
Local & Regional - Year-Round Corps
38
structure and function of each corps. and earnestly invites corrections and additions.
Local & Regional - Summer Corps
12
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55
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YEAR-ROUND CORPS
State and Provincial Programs
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Arizona Conservation Corps
SI million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriations. spon-
Administered by a governor-appointed Commission.
Emphasis on diversity of workforce and work
Frank W: Soliys, Executive Direc for
#: 100
soring public agencies and
State Parks Board provides administrative support.
experience. Runs an education and development
800 11 Washington
non-profit organizations.
Contracts with public agencies and non-profit orga-
component and is developing an in-school and sum-
Phoenix. AZ 8500:
corporate and private grants
nizations for conservation work. community service
mer component. Corpsmembers completing one
602/542-9222
and contributions
and emergency assistance throughout the state.
year receive a $500 incentive or voucher for one
602/542-3585 Fax
semester tuition at any State university
California Conservation Corps
$58 million
Ages: 18-23
State appropriation
Administered as a division of the California Re-
Operates a Training Academy and 17 residential
Bud Sheble. Director
#: 2200
sources Agency. Contracts with federal, state and
centers (see below) with 29 satellites. which are
1530 apitol Avenue
local government agencies and non-profit organiza-
extensions of a base center. Corpsmembers receive
Sacramento. CA 95814
tions for conservation work. community service and
minimum wage. and can qualify for a 10% per-
916/445-0307
emergency assistance in cities and rural areas.
formance-based raise after 4 months. Those who
916/323-4989 Fax
complete one year and meet eligibility requirements
receive a $ 100 bonus and an $800 scholarship for
educational expenses. Several evenings a week are
spent III education. career development. and con-
CENTERS OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS
Program
Comments/Special Features
Program
Comments/Special Features
Academy
Provides 13-day training 10 160 new corpsmembers per
Mendocino Center
Provides public service conservation work. and operates the
Enos Flores. Academy Superintendent
session. Corpsmembers receive training in safe tool usage.
Bill England, District Director
Napa Native Plant Nursery. which propagates more than
P.O. Box 5207
first aid. water safety. basic fire-fighting. flood control. and
2600 East Side Road
200.000 plants each year for distribution throughout the
San Luis Obispo. CA 93403
other skills. Operates monthly Certified Leadership Program
Ukiah. CA 95482
state.
805/549-3470
for second year corpsmembers.
707/463-2822
Corpsmembers: 78
Satellites: Napa. Russian Gulch. Sonoma
Bay Area Center
Provides general public service conservation work to the San
Joan Bennett. District Director
Francisco Bay Area.
Placer Energy Center
Oversees the CCC's Energy program. in which corpsmembers
2600 Moraga Tai
Corpsmembers: 96
David Boyd. District Director
monitor energy use. install energy saving devices in office
San Pablo. C.A. 94806
Satellites: Oakland. San Mateo
3710 Christian Valley Road
buildings and low-income homes throughout the state.
415/223-3251
Auburn, CA 95603
Corpsmembers: 112
916/823-4902
Satellite: Greenwood
Butte Fire Center
Specializes in fire protection in Butte, Plumas and Tehama
Steve Kroeger. District Director
Counties. Includes a 17-acre nursery where more than one
Pomona Center
Provides general public service conservation work in parts of
6640 Steiffer Road
million trees are raised. harvested. and shipped each year.
Joel Neil, District Director
Los Angeles. Orange. San Bernardino, and Riverside
Magalia. CA 95954
Corpsmembers: 80
3530 West Pomona Blvd.
counties.
916/873-0330
Satellites: Chico. Oroville
Pomona, CA 91768
Corpsmembers: 101
714/594-4206
Satellite: Coachella
Camarillo Center
Provides general public service conservation work in Santa
Nacho Pina. District Director
Barbara. Ventura and surrounding areas.
San Diego Service District
Provides general public service conservation work in San
Box A-CCC
Corpsmembers: 97
Benny Garcia. District Director
Diego and neighboring counties.
Camarillo State Hospital
Satellite: Oxnard
Route 12. Box 640
Corpsmembers: 108
Camarillo. CA 93010
Escondido, CA 92056
Satellites: Downtown San Diego
805/484-4345
619/741-2981
Central Coast Service District
Provides general public service conservation work throughout
San Pedro Center
Provides general public service conservation work in parts of
Larry Hand. District Director
central coast. Operates a year-round Firefighter Internship
Walt Hughes, District Director
Los Angeles County.
P.O. Box 1380
with USFS. Oversees International Work Exchange Program
P.O. Box 5348
Corpsmembers: 118
San Luis Obispo. CA 93406
(IWEP) for the CCC.
San Pedro. CA 90733
Satellites: Los Angeles. Watts
805/549-3561
Corpsinembers: 90
213/831-0185
Satellite: Santa Maria
Santa Clara Service District
Provides general public service conservation work.
Del Norte Center
Provides general public conservation work on the North
Joe Griffin. District Director
Corpsmembers: 106
Ed Miller. District Director
Coast. especially in fisheries restoration. Oversees the CCC
P.O. Box 4128
Satellites: Hollister. Monterey Bay. Santa Cruz
1500 P.J. Murphy Memorial Drive
Backcountry Trails program. which sends 75 corpsmembers
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Klamath. CA 95548
to Yosemite and other wilderness locations for six months of
408/277-1150
707/482-2941
trail construction and meadow reforestation.
Corpsmembers: 104
Sequoia Center
Provides general public service conservation work in the mid-
Betty Harris, District Director
state area.
Delta Center
Work includes general public service conservation and flood
1406 South Hillcrest Street
Corpsmembers: 102
John Banuelos. District Director
fighting. Oversees an additional 54 corpsmembers as part of
Porterville. CA 93257
Satellites: Fresno. Bakersfield
1202 North American Street
the CCC Helitack program for air attack of forest fires in 8
209/782-2912
Stockton. CA 95202
locations throughout the state.
209/948-7110
Corpsmembers: 128
Siskiyou Center
Provides general public service conservation work in the north
Satellites: Calaveras. Los Banos. Madera, Sacramento
Tom Buckner, District Director
part of the state:
P.O. Box 645
Corpsmembers: 90
Humboldt Fire Center
Specializes in fire protection 00 California's North Coast.
Montague, CA 96064
Satellite: Redding
Stew Ogborn. District Director
Oversees the Salmon Restoration Project which restores
916/459-3462
1660 Newburg Rd
habitat for salmon and steelhead Trout.
Fortuna. CA 95540
Corpsmembers: 117
Tahoe Sierra Service District
Provides general public service conservation work in the
707/946-2362
Satellites: Eureka. Forest Glen, Leggen
Clark Emch. District Director
Tahoe Basin and Northern Sierra part of the state.
P.O. Box 8199
Corpsmembers: 70
Inland Empire Service District
Provides general public service conservation work in the
South Lake Tahoe. CA 95731
Ardess Lilly. District Director
counties of San Bernardino, Inyo, and Mono and desert areas.
916/577-1061
P.O. Box 601
Corpsmembers: 89
Patton. CA 92369
Satellite: San Bernardino
711/862-3600
YEAR-ROUND CORPS: State and Provincial Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Environment Youth Corps of British
$11 million
Ages: 16-24
Provincial Government of B.C.
Administered by the Provincial Ministry of
Operates province-wide: crews generally consist of 5
Columbia
#: 1.000+
with contributions from
Environment and operated under contract by non-
corpsmembers and one supervisor: 20% of the time is
Bob Williams. Acting Manager
Ministry of Environment.
profit groups, who act as partners and undertake
devoted 10 training. Corpsmembers can join for 8-23
Ministry of Environment. Parliament Building
Ministry of Social Services &
all aspects of crew management, hiring. day-to-
weeks. Operates an environmental education compo-
Victoria. British Columbia. Canada V8V 1X5
Housing, and Ministry of
day operations, etc. Government agencies. local
nent in schools. museums, community centers. shop-
604/387-9753
Provincial Secretary
governments, municipalities, community groups,
ping malls. which is delivered by young people -
604/356-7197 Fax
non-profit organizations can request crews.
teaches environmental awareness to young people by
young people.
Florida Conservation Corps
$960.000
Ages: 18-23
State appropriation. fees-for-
Corps Centers are managed by the Florida
Operates one residential and one urban center. All
Frank Phelan, Director
#: 40
services. Department of
Conservation Corps, a Division of Eckerd Family
entry training is conducted at the Christmas, FL site.
Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives. Inc.
Education
Youth Alternatives. Inc.
100 N. Starcrest Drive
P.O. Box 7450
Clearwater. FL 34618-7450
813/461-2990
813/442-5911 Fax
Florida Youth Conservation Corps
$960.000
Ages: 18-21
State appropriation. fees-for-
Operates on contract with the Office of Civilian
Residential program. Training site with camp area and
451 St. Nicholas Avenue
#: 60
services, Department of
Conservation. Dept. of Natural Resources
ropes course.
Christmas. FL 32709
Education
407/568-0216
Ft. Lauderdale Conservation Corps
$735.000
Ages: 18-23
UCEP grant, fees-for-services.
Operates on contract with the City of Ft.
Upon completion of one year. all corpsmembers are
Frank Phelan. Center Director
#: 30
city, state and federal monies
Lauderdale. Work performed for the City of Ft.
eligible for either a full two year scholarship (tuition
701 VII 18th Avenue
Lauderdale and federal. state. and county
& books) at Broward Community College or a law
Ft. Lauderdale. FL 33311
governments.
enforcement training scholarship with the City of Ft.
305/767-9147
Lauderdale.
Iowa Conservation Corps*
$1.8 million
Ages: 14-24
State appropriation and local
Administered by Iowa Department of Economic
Operates four components: a Young Adult
JoAnn Callison
(includes local
#: 1.500
match
Development. Funds are subgranted to school
Conservation Corps for 18-24 year olds: a summer
Department of Economic Development
match of 35% or
districts, conservation boards and community
conservation program for 15-18 year olds: an In-
200 E. Grand Avenue
more)
groups for community improvement, human
School Service Corps in which disadvantaged 14-21
Des Moines. IA 50309
service and conservation projects.
year old students work 10 hours/week after school on
515/242-4784
service projects: and the lowa Corps in which youth
515/281-7276 Fax
can receive future college tuition payments for
volunteer service.
Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps
$5.2 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation
Administered by the Department of Natural
Corpsmembers must receive Aid to Families With
Frank Ruswick. Jr.
#: 450
Resources. Operates primarily on public land.
Dependent Children (AFDC) or general assistance
Department of Natural Resources
when hired. 80-100 corpsmembers are in 3
P.O. Box 30028
residential camps.
Lansing. MI 48909
517/373-1188
517/373-1012 Fax
Michigan Neighborhood Corps
$6 5 million
Ages: 18-20+
State appropriation
Administered by the Neighborhood Builders
Corpsmembers must be economically disadvantaged.
Rx hard Ballard. Project Director
#: 675
Alliance. a unit of the Michigan State Housing
and work with local community groups on neighbor-
Neighborhood Builders Alliance
Development Authority. Operates through local
hood improvement projects. usually in their own
PO. Box 30242
government or community-based organizations in
neighborhoods.
Lansing. MI 48909
Detroit. Muskegon. Battle Creek. Pontiac. Flint
517,373-7111
and Lansing.
517/373-6547 Fax
Minnesota Conservation Corps"
$13 milhon
Agest 16-26
State appropriation
Administered by the Department of Natural
Operates summer residential youth corps for 80
Lama Formest Due loi
#: 120
Resources. Operates on state-owned and county
partic pants including 20 hearing impaired youth
Minnesota D. partnent of Natural Resources
lands.
Majority of FTE is allocated to young adult corps.
500 Lafayette Road
Si Paul. MN 55155- 1001
612 20n.
612 Fax
YEAR-ROU ND CORPS: State and Provincial Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Spon-ors
Comments/Special Feature-
you Hampshire Conservation Corps'
$225000
15-19
Spintor,
#:10
New Hampshire Charitable
Adminish and by the Student Conservation
De have 5: and
in B... 530
Fund. TTPA (\H Job Training
Assin iation and works with the Vii Hampship
P....... vezer
Council). and orporate &
Division of Park- & Recreation Works on public
Runs box
not 525 Chd
individual gifts
and utility awned fund-
present
1.1>
Now Jersey Youth Corp-
$1.1 million
1grst 16-25
State appropriation. Dept. of
Jointly administered in Dept. of Community
Non-residential program. 201
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#. 1,200
Community Mairs $2
Affairs and 11. P! of Ldn thes with 13 corposites
vonths phasizia ::: -------------------------
one 1. .....
million. Dept. of Education
in urban centers throughout V Human server is
4: secondary education. des Departmento
$2.37 million
physic at improvement project - done for local
work maturity -kills ...:!
social service and community .1. velopment
postprogram. placement center THE
organizations.
..! all date and no
YEAR-ROUND CORPS: State and Provincial Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps
$5.9 million
Ages: 18-24
State appropriation
Administered by the Division of Civilian
Voluntary GED and remedial education
Jeff Wilson. Acting Chief
#: 250
Conservation in the Department of Natural
programs offered to corpsmembers.
Ohio Division of Civilian Conservation
Resources. Operates on public lands. Works for
primarily at the residential camps.
1855 Fountain Square. Bldg. H-1
state. county and local governments.
Operates three residential and eight non-
Columbus. OH 43224
residential camps.
614/265-6423
614/447-8005 Fax
Ontario Environmental Youth Corps
$10.9 million
Ages: 15-24. 29 if
Provincial Government
Administered by 5 Provincial Ministries. Each
Priority given to participants entering into
Linda Koniar. Coordinator
disabled
individual ministry sponsors Environmental/
Employment Equity target groups such as
40 St. Clair Avenue. West
#: 3.000
Resource Management/Conservation projects
women. visible minorities. natives.
Toronto. Ontario. Canada M4V 1M2
submitted by organizations such as: Conservation
francophones. disabled persons and social
416/323-5058
Authorities. Native Band Councils. Municipalities.
assistance recipients.
Universities/Colleges, Public Interest & Advocacy
Groups.
Pennsy Ivania Conservation Corps
$6 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation
Administered by the Department of Labor and
Preference in hiring is given to
Don Mathis. Director
#: 590
Industry. Operates on public land or private land
economically disadvantaged youth.
Dept. of Labor & Industry
with documented public benefit. State agencies
Corpsmembers receive on-the-job
7th & Forester Sts.. Rm 1304
and local government can submit project
training, literacy training and
Harrisburg, PA 17120
proposals to the DLI.
opportunities to earn a GED.
717/783-6385
717/783-5225 Fax
Washington Conservation Corps
$2.35 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation and
Administered in six state conservation agencies.
Provides on-the-job training. job search,
Linda Bradford. Chair
#: 475
fees-for-services
Operates on public lands assisting the states
career development and scholastic
Coordinating Council
resource conservation agencies in carrying out
assistance to corpsmembers.
Dept. of Ecology Headquarters. PV-11
their legislative mandate.
Olympia. WA 98504
206/459-6131
Washington Service Corps
$1.1 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation
Administered by the Department of Employment
Works on projects to meet unmet
William Basl. Director
(plus $200.000 cash
#: 300
Security.
community needs such as serving people
600 Woodview Dr., SE. KG-11
contributions from
with disabilities. promoting tourism.
Olympia. WA 98504
sponsoring agencies)
assisting refugees. stimulating economic
206, 438-4072
development and assisting the elderly.
2067 138-3174 Fax
Washington State Parks Youth Development and
$331,000 plus contract
Ages: 14-21
State appropriation and
Administered by the WA State Parks & Recreation
Washington State Parks provides funding
Conservation Corps
fees
state funding -
fees-for-services
Commission. Operates in State Parks. and on
to operate two year-round residential
Dun Brower. Manager. Youth Programs
#: 120
other recreational lands open to the public.
camps. Contracts with other government
7150 Cleanwater Lane. KY-11
contracts -
entities to leverage additional funding.
Olympia. WA 98504-5711
#: 20-50
206/753-5775
Wisconsin Conservation Corps
$4.3 million
Ages: 18-25
State appropriation
Administered by a governor-appointed citizen
Public and non-profit agencies submit
Topf Wells. Executive Director
#: 350
policy board as an independent state agency
proposals to receive corps services.
30 W. Mifflin #406
attached to the Department of Administration for
Corpsmembers who complete a year
Madison, WI 53703-2558
fiscal and budgetary purposes. Operates on public
receive a $500 bonus or $1.800
608/266-7730
land and private land with public access or where
scholarship.
608/266-2164 Fax
significant public benefits will result.
YEAR ROUND CORPS
Local and Regional Programs
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Albany Service Corps
$627.000
Ages: 18-24
UCEP, City of Albany. State of
Administered by the City of Albany. Department
Corpsmembers participate in a 5-day residential
Mel Campos, Executive Director
#: 50
New York. JTPA. fees-for-
of Human Resources.
training camp before entering the program. Work is
80 Central Avenue
services
split evenly between human service and physical
Albany. NY 12206
projects. In addition 10 work projects. 10 hours/week
518/434-2714
is spent on education.
518/434-5358 Fax
A-Team
$200.000-
Ages: 18-24
JTPA and Anne Arundel
Administered by the Anne Arundel County Office
Three-month program for low income youth with focus
240.000
#: 25
County Office of Community
of Manpower. Provides services for community
on getting participants into construction trades.
120 N Langley Road Suite 200
Development (CDBG)
and non-profit organizations and federal. county
Provides classroom and on-the-job skills training.
Glen Burnie. MD 21060
and city government agencies.
301/222-6675
Banana Kelly Community Improvement
$6 million
Ages: 16-24
City, state. federal, NYC
Administered as a non-profit organization.
Targetted for unemployed high school drop-outs. 50%
Association
#: 120
Housing, NYC DOE, private.
academic/50% paid on-site construction training.
Getz Obstfeld. Executive Director
corporate and foundation
Comprehensive services include counseling and
965 Longwood Avenue
grants
leadership development.
Bronx. NY 10459
212/328-1064
Chicago Youth Conservation Corps
$300.000
Ages: 18-21
JTPA. private contributions.
Administered by the YMCA of metropolitan
Eighteen week program with focus on academic skills
Rhonda Present. Program Director
#: 40
Chicago Park District
Chicago. Crews work on Park District projects.
and on-the-job training. Job placement upon
18 S. Michigan Avenue. #608
completion.
Chicago. IL 60603
312/580-1911
City Volunteer Corps
$5.8 million
Ages: 16-20
City of New York with some
Administered as a private. non-profit organization.
CVs receive $100 a week for expenses and qualify for
Toni Schmiegelow. Executive Director
#: 500
private funding
Work sponsors are government agencies and non-
$2.500 in cash or a $5.000 scholarship after one year
National Service Corporation
profit organizations.
of service. Includes an education component. CVC
838 Broadway
also operates an in-school program for 16-20 year
New York. NY 10003
olds who work full-time during the summer and 6
212/475-6444
hours a week during the school year. CVC participated
212/475-9457 Fax
in the Mayor's anti-crime plan delivering public safety
& youth support to troubled neighborhoods.
City Year
$1.5 million
Ages: 17-22
Corporate and individual
Administered as a private. non-profit organization.
Corpsmembers receive a stipend and an educational
Alan Khazer/Michael Brown. Co-Directors
#: 70
philanthropy and foundation
working with government agencies and other non-
opportunity scholarship. The program operates a
City Year. Inc.
grants
profits on a variety of human and physical service
4-day work week with a fifth day for educational
11 Stillings Street
projects.
programming. City Year unites youth from a variety of
Boston. MA 02210
backgrounds.
617/451-0699
617/695-0562 Fax
Conservation Corps of Long Beach
$983,000
Ages: 18-23
State of California Conser-
Administered as a non-profit organization. Work is
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth education day.
Theresa Marino. Executive Director
#: 50
vation Corps, Department of
done primarily for the City of Long Beach in water
The corps is housed in 2 historic buildings which they
801 Federation Drive
Conservation Bottle Bill, City
recreation areas. parklands and city facilities.
refurbished. The headquarters is in a boat house used
Long Beach. CA 90804
of Long Beach Human
in the 1932 olympics, built with WPA money during
213/433-1790
Services Funds. private,
the Roosevelt era. They hope to add a summer pro-
213/434-5670 Fax
foundation and corporate
gram in 1991.
grants, fees-for-services
Coromandel Conservation Corps
$120,000
Ages: 16-23
New Zealand Conservation
Sponsored by the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. a
Corpsmembers are trained in scuba diving 10 enable
Paul Kayes
#: 240
Corps (which is funded by the
non-profit educational institution. Projects are
them to do surveying for marine reserve proposals in
P.O. Box 160
Ministry for Youth Affairs)
done for the Department of Conservation.
NZ. This is a fully residential program and
Whitianga, New Zealand
Greenpeace, NZ Forest & Bird Society and small
corpsmembers often work on individual assignments
(0843) 65461
landowners.
at night.
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Dutchess County Youth Resource
$414.000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. New York State
Administered by the Youth Resource Development
Employs economically-disadvantaged high school
Development Corporation*
#: 140
Department of Labor and
Corporation, a private-non-profit organization.
drop-outs. Operates a 5-day week with a half day of
John Boggs. Executive Director
some foundation support for
Crews work on projects for county and state parks,
school and half day of work. Work and classroom
50 Delafield Street
supplies and uniforms
public and community agencies.
components are competency-based.
Poughkeepsie. NY 12601
914/473-5005
Durham Service Corps
$701,000
Ages: 18-23
UCEP, private foundations,
Administered as a non-profit organization. Works
The first two crews of 10-12 corpsmembers came on
Ann Baker. Executive Director
#: 24
corporations. city & county
for the City and County of Durham; neighborhood
board in March 1991 and one crew will be added
P.O. Box 306
operational funding. United
non-profits. seeking contracts with Research
every quarter for the next two years. Corps offers
Durham. NC 27702
Way, fees-for-services
Triangle Foundation, Duke University and NC
incentives and promotions based on attendance.
919/683-6602
Central University.
leadership, and longevity - a $250 cash award at the
end of 6 months; a $1.500 education scholarship
voucher or $750 cash bonus at one year.
East Baton Rouge Urban Corps
$302.000
Ages: 18-23
JTPA
Administered as a non-profit organization.
The program offers 4 hours of work and 3 hours of
Sharon Armstrong. Director
#: 45
classroom training each day.
4523 Plank Road
Baton Rouge. LA 70805
504/358-4609
504/356-7868 Fax
East Bay Conservation Corps*
$4.4 million
Ages: 18-23
Fees-for-services. state and
Administered as a private, non-profit corporation.
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid, man-
Joanna Lennon. Executive Director
#: 160 yr.-rnd.
local public agency funds,
Contracts for work with federal, state and local
datory education day. Corpsmembers use a computer
1021 3rd Street
Ages: 15-21
foundation and Department of
agencies. and community-based non-profit
assisted learning center. Operates a public/non-proft
Oakland. CA 94607
#: 70 summer
Conservation grants, JTPA and
organizations.
agency intern program. a large recycling. litter abate-
415/891-3900
Ages: 12-14
corporate contributions
ment program. and an after-school/Saturday program
415/272-9001 Fax
#: 250
for middle school and high school students.
summer
#: 150 yr.-rnd.
Greater Atlanta Conservation Corps
$400.000
Ages: 16-25
Public agency funds,
Administered as a non-profit corporation with a
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid day of
Karan Smith. Executive Director
#: 20-36
foundation grants. corporate
board of directors co-chaired by the Chairman of
basic continuing education. career development and
250 Georgia Avenue Suite 206
contributions and fees-for-
Fulton County. Contracts for work on public lands
life-coping skills.
Atlanta. GA 30312
services
and for non-profit organizations.
404/522-4222
Greater Jackson Youth Service Corps
$300.000
Ages: 16-23
JTPA. CDGB. private grants
Operates as a non-profit organization doing civic
Each day corpsmembers receive 3 hours of education
Altred Martin. Director
#: 40
work and work for other non-profits.
in the RAP (Reaching for your Actual Potential)
211 \ Farish Street
program.
Jackson. MS 39202
7353-1311
Greater Miami Service Corps
$824.000
Ages: 18-23
UCEP. local government.
Administered by Community Action Agency until
The first paid corpemembers came on board October
Barbara Jordan. Executive Director
#: 50
JTPA. CDBG, Private Industry
the program receives non-profit status.
1. 1990 after a one week residential training program.
395 VII First Street - Room 210
Council. fees-for-services
In addition to education programs during the work
Miami. FL 33128
week. corpsmembers may utilize a tutorial program
305/347-4641
to prepare for their GED at Florida International
305/372-8745 Fax
University to take college courses through a scholar-
ship program at Miami Dade Community College.
Kansas City Urban Youth Corps
$719. 056
Ages: 18-23
City. State and County fees-
Operates as a non-profit partnership between
Operates a 4-dav work week with a fifth education day.
Mike Hughes Direc toi
20
for-services, corporate.
business, government. education and the Full
Graduates either receive ollege scholarships. enter
1720 Paseo Suite A
foundation. UCEP and JTPA
Employment Council. Works on projects for city.
into apprentice training with labor unions. move into
Kansas City, MO 64108
for start-up and administrative
state. county and community sponsors in human
entry level jobs with public employee municipal
310, 171-2330 Ext 285
costs
service, community service, and fee-lor-service
organizations. or find private sector employment.
areas.
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Los Angeles Conservation Corps'
$4.2 million
Ages: 18-23
State and public agencies.
Administered as a non-profit organization.
Operates a 4-day week corps program of learning.
Martha Diepenbrock
#: 120
fees-for-services, foundations
Operates on public lands and with non-profit
work and physical fitness. Also operates summer and
P.O. Box 15868
Ages: 12-15
and corporate contributions.
organizations.
Saturday program for 120 Jr. High School students.
Los Angeles. CA 90015
#: 420
Bottle Bill, City of Los Angeles
with integrated educational and experiential
213/749-3601
components. to clean up the city.
213/749-3331 Fax
Marin Conservation Corps*
$1.2 million
Ages: 18-26
Fees-for-services, foundation
Administered as a private. non-profit organization.
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid
Donald Neuwirth. Director
#: 50
grants
Contracts for work with federal, state and local
mandatory education day.
Box 89
agencies.
San Rafael. CA 94915
415/454-4554
415/454-4595 Fax
McKeesport Youth Service Corps
$385,000
Ages: 17-21
State appropriation, JTPA.
Administered by the McKeesport YMCA, on
Corpsmembers receive bonuses for attendance and
Michael Washowich. Project Director
#: 45
private foundations
contract through Allegheny County.
length of service.
523 Sinclair Street
McKeesport. PA 15132
412/672-1124
412/664-9312 Fax
Montgomery County Conservation
$1.1 million
Ages: 16-23
County appropriation, JTPA,
Administered by Montgomery College. Operates
The Service Corps has individual placements and
and Service Corps*
#: 50
fees-for-services. private
on public lands in the county.
crew projects. Corpsmembers earn vouchers.
Doug Appleman, Director
donations and grants
600 E. Gude Drive
Rockville. MD 20850
301/294-8720
301/309-1828 Fax
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Natural Resources & Employment Program
$150.000
Ages: 18 and
JTPA. fees-for-services. state
Administered as a project of the Community
This 6-month program IS designed to get low-incor
Bruce Davis. Director
up
and public agencies
Action Board of Santa Cruz County. Inc., a
persons back into the work force. Participants are
323 Spreckles Drive Suite C
#: 10
private, non-profit corporation. Contracts for work
trained in the natural resources/landscaping fields
Aptos. CA 95003
on private and public lands.
408/662-3616
Philadelphia Ranger Corps
$4.2 million
Ages: 17-24
Foundation grants, private
Operates as a non-profit career development and
Trainee-corpsmeinbers (candidates) participate in
Peter Engbretson. Executive Director
#: 100
contributions. public support.
community service organization in partnership
a two-year program that includes four semesters of
Ohio House - Fairmount Park
(70
fees-for-services
with several public & private agencies. Provides
subsidized full-time study at Temple University. 80
Belmont Ave. at States Drive
"candidates"
visitor services in Philadelphias park system and
hours of classroom training provided by the Corps.
Philadelphia. PA 19131
in-training.
other public spaces. environmental education
and 2.300 hours of on-the-job experience in the p:
215/581-5111
30 graduate
programs in the city's public schools. and
Graduate-corpsmembers (rangers) are certified as
215/877-1264 Fax
"rangers")
corpsmember-volunteer service to several
professional urban park rangers. offered full-time
community programs.
employment by the Corps and encouraged to comp
their college education on their own.
Philadelphia Youth Service Corps
$1.1 million
Ages: 17-22
Private Industry Council,
Administered as a non-profit corporation.
Corpsmembers participate in 2 hours of mandator
Anthony Fairbanks. Executive Director
#: 38
foundations. private sector
education per day.
33 South Third Street
support
Philadelphia. PA 19106
215/238-5200
215/238-5217 Fax
Pittsburgh Citi-Corps
$600.000
Ages: 17-21
State and city appropriations
Administered as a non-profit organization provid-
Corpsmembers spend 32 hours per week on work
William Thompkins. Program Director
#: 60
and corporate contributions.
ing services to government entities and non-profit
projects in addition to classroom work. Monetary
3208 Smallman Street
private foundations
organizations including the City of Pittsburgh. the
incentives offered for perfect attendance.
Pittsburgh. PA 15201
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. and the Salva-
412/281-7557
tion Army.
412/642-2310 Fax
Sacramento Local Conservation Corps
$1.5 million
Ages: 18-23
State appropriations. grants,
Administered as a private. non-profit corporation
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid
Pauline Marzette. Executive Director
#: 60-70
35% fees-for-services.
with all work done for government entities or other
education day.
8460 Belvedere Ave. #7
donations
non-profit organizations.
Sacramento. CA 95826
916/386-8394
San Francisco Conservation Corps*
$3.1 million
Ages: 18-23
Government projects. phi-
Administered as a private, non-profit organization.
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid.
Ann Cochran. Acting Director
#: 120
lanthropy. fees-for-services
Contracts for work on public land.
mandatory education day, plus a summer and
Fort Mason. Bldg. 111
in-school program.
San Francisco. CA 94123
415/928-7322
415/928-7330 Fax
San Jose Conservation Corps
$1.5 million
Ages: 18-23
Foundation grants. the
Administered as a non-profit corporation by a
Operates a 4-day work week with a fifth unpaid
Bob Hennessy. Director
#: 60-80
California Conservation Corps,
board of directors.
education day using a computer assisted learning
2650A Senter Road
Dept. of Conservation and
center.
San Jose. CA 95111
fees-for-services
408/998-5884
Seattle Conservation Corps
$850.000
Ages: 18 and
Fees-lor-services. and
Contracts with the Department of Administrative
Specifically designed to serve homeless adults.
Chervl Ooka. Director
up
Community Development
Services. Parks. and Department of Construction
Operates a program teaching technical skills to the
1425 Elhou Ave. W.
#: 45
Block Grants
and Land Use: King County: METRO: Washington
corpsmembers. who carn $7.50//hr.
Seattle. WA 98119
State.
206/684-0190
Smokey House
$200.000
Ages: 14-19
School tuitions. philanthropy
Administered by a non-profit organization.
Operates natural resource demonstration project
Lvnn Bondurant. General Manager
#: 24-36
and JTPA
and worksite training program for in-school.
R.D. # 1Box 292
disadvantaged Southwestern Vermont youth.
Danby, VT 05739
802/293-5121
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
STEP Inc."
$336,000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. Department of Com-
Operates as a private non-profit community action
loos Roller. Director 01 Youth Programs
Full-time corpsmembers receive hr- per week
18-21 (Thru
munity Affairs. Pennsylvania
agency. Works on public lands and for other non-
PO Box 1320 such Street
of specialize d. individualize di computer enharge if
PCC grant)
Conservation Corps/Dept of
profits
:\ thansport. PA 177034
educ anomal traning. summer corpsmembers receive
#: 12 corps-
Labor
THE 327-3513
remedial work; study training and all receive basic
members at a
THE 322-2297
GED traming as needed. Origmally used as a team
time (approx.
building 1001. the corps new cuns .1 5 day Wilderness
30 per year)
Challenge training program for the PA Dept. of Labor
for other summer youth corps throughout the $1200
lulare County Conservation Corp.
$300,000
Agest 18-23
State appropriations. fee-for-
TCCC is :1 project of Community Service and
-
Operates .1 Ledas work we h with .1 with unpaid
#:22
STARTS and corporate grants
:20 Mistro
Employment Training (C-SET). a non-profit
education day. betw ation program i- .: cooperative
corporation that provides employment. training
project of TOCC Tulare Adult S. hool and 70001
and other services to low -1110 ome people 111 Tulare
_''''
CCP project.
County:
( rhan Conservation Corps of the
$250,000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. lees-for-services
Operates its a non-profit organization. Work -
Palm Beaches'
Operates :1 Leday with APP with .! finh unpaid
#:80
Leada Morgan Program Manager
confined to non-profits 111 the Palm Bear 1, County
education das
area only.
11 Avenue
the Paim Beach. Fi. 33401
107 965-8210
1 rban Corps of San Diego
$300.000
Ages: 18-23
California Conservation Corps
Sam Duran, Executive Director
Operates as a private non-profit corporation. Work
=: 50
The corps IS very involved a teey ling and community
grant. private donations. fees-
projects are performed on a fee-for-service basis
186; National Avenue
volunteer efforts in improve the environment and
for-services. Dept. of Conser-
Sm Diego, 1.\ 92173
or as a community volunteer effort for any public
waste management.
vation Division of Recycling
6193235-0137
agency or other non-profit organization
Botde Bill monies. private
619.232.146. Fax
foundation grants
YEAR ROUND CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Winston-Salem/Forsytl County Youth
$651.000
Ages: 18-23
Local foundations. corpo-
Operates as a non-profit organization.
The 10 hom work week consists of 26 hours of
Service Corps
=: 50
rations and private sector
Administered by the Winston-Salem Work Force
community service. is hours of classroom. 4 hours
Karl Menefee. Coordinator
donations
Development Office.
community meetings and hours of physical trainir
P.O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem. NC 27102
919/727-8004
919/727-2878 Fax
YouthBuild Boston
$500,000
Ages: 17-24
CDGB. city linkage funds.
Administered its a non-profit organization working
Targetted for unemployed high school drop-outs 50
Jackie Gelb. Executive Director
#: 28
Boston Community Schools.
with other non-profits. private contractors and
academic/509 paid on-site construe ton training
1/0 First Church
foundation grants
developers.
Comprehensive services include counseling and
10 Putman Street
leadership development.
Roxburs. MA 02119
617, 445-8887
Youth Action Program. Inc.
$1.5 milhon
Ages: 17-24
City. state, NYC Department of
Administered as a non-profit organization.
Targetted for unemployed lagh school drop-outs.
Soma Bu. Executive Director
=. 60
Employment. private funding
50 cacademic 150% paid on-stle construction
1280 Fitth Avenue
training Comprehensive services include counselin
MAY York. M 10029
and leadership development. This YouthBuild mode
212/860-8170
is being replicated at other sites across the country.
Youth Energy Corps
$672.351
Ages: 16-20
Funded by foundations. lees-
Administered by the Corporation for Youth Energy
Work/training program for disadvantaged youth AM
Streen Rease. Prespient
#: 108
for-services. government
Corps. Sponsored by the Argus Community. a
high " hool drop-outs. Provides basic weatherization
Corporation for Youth Energy Corps
contracts and grants
community-based organization.
for low-income housing. Provides GED instruction.
Tou E. {60th Street
Bronx. NY 10156
212 402-3300
These programs add more corpsimembers during the summer months. typically using Title II (B) Job Training Partnership Act funds or state summer employment resources.
SUMMER AND SEASONAL CORPS
State and Provincial Programs
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Alaska Conservation Corps
$209.600
Ages: 18-24
General Fund and JTPA
Park area offices administer the program. State
Corpsmembers work for park area offices in this non-
John Wiles. Deputy Director
#: 40
and local government agencies sponsor work
residential program.
Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation
projects.
DNR - 3601 C Street Box 107001
Anchorage. AK 99510
907/762-2603
Colorado Youth Corps
$200.000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. state appropriations,
One SDA administers this statewide project.
Operates one residential camp with a significant
Peter Tierney. Director
#: 45
and contributions from 9
Operates on state and federal land. and conducts
emphasis on multiracial living. Corpsmembers
Jeffco Employment & Training Services
Service Delivery Areas
projects for local non-profits.
participate in remedial education at local community
900 Jefferson County Parkway
college. All corpsmembers and staff take part in
Golden. CO 80401
wilderness experiences. Operates in the summer &
303/271-4665
fall with work projects located throughout the state
with 12 spike crews.
Maine Conservation Corps
$342,000
Ages: 14 and up
$200,000 state appropriation
Administered by the Department of Conservation.
Operates 8 week job training projects throughout the
Ken Spalding. Director
#: 145
plus state, local, federal and
Operates on public land or private non-profit land
year. including a small component of residential work
State House Station 22.
corpsmembers
private non-profit sponsors
operating for the public good.
camps. Operates SERVE/Maine. a year-round
Augusta. ME 04333
#: 400 volun-
and JTPA
volunteer and intern program.
207/289-4931
teers and interns
Maryland Conservation Corps
$524.000
Ages: 14-21
State appropriation, JTPA, and
Administered by the Department of Natural
Projects are restricted to those that restore the
Jonathan Underwood. Director
#: 465
private funding
Resources. Forest Parkland Wildlife Service.
Chesapeake Bay. Some after-school and weekend
Department of Natural Resources
Operates on state, county and private lands.
crews operate in fall and spring.
FPWS - Tawes State Office Building B-2
Annapolis. MD 21401
301/974-3771
301/974-5550 Fax
Montana Conservation Corps
$75,000
Ages: 16-21
JTPA. state and local gov-
Administered as a private non-profit corporation
Organized in the fall of 1989. the program operated
Jeffrey K. Rupp. President
#: 30
ernments. private funding
working for a variety of federal. state and local
three sites (Bozeman, Billings & Kalispell) in 1990.
321 East Main Suite 300
sponsoring agencies.
Bozeman. MT 59715
406/587-4486
New York State Conservation Corps
S1 million
Ages: 14-18
State appropriation and 20%
Administered by the NYS Office of Parks,
Operating a summer program in 1991. with plans for
Ann Harrison-Kravis. Director
#: 400
local match
Recreation and Historic Preservation. Contracts
eventual year-round programming. Corpsmembers
New York State OPRHP
with local government. state agencies. not-for-
receive training in basic employment skills develop-
Agency Building 1. Empire State Plaza
profit corporations and Indian nations to do
ment and environmental education.
Albany, NY 12238
conservation work on public lands.
518/474-0472
518/486-2916 Fax
Oregon Youth Conservation Corps
$600.000
Ages: 16 and up
Private funds, Stripper Well
Administered by the Oregon Employment Divi-
Operates statewide.
Nick Guarriello. Director
#: 500
fund, JTPA and state
sion. Direct site supervision provided by state and
875 Union St. NE
appropriation
local natural resource agencies. Weatherization
Salem. OR 97311
project administered by the Oregon Department of
503/378-2038
Human Resources.
503/378-2958 Fax
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
$350.000
Ages: 16-21
Private sponsors (40%).
Administered by the Department of Forests. Parks
Expected to become year-round in 1991
Thomas L. Hark. Director
#: 90
federal JTPA (55%).
& Recreation in cooperation with the Department
(50% residential).
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
and state (5%)
of Employment & Training, the State of Vermont
Department of Forests. Parks & Recreation
and the Citizens Council of Employment &
103 Main Street
Training. Operates on public facilities.
Waterbury. VT 05676
802/244-8713
802/244-1481 Fax
SUMMER AND SEASONAL CORPS
Local and Regional Programs
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
NY State County Programs
Cheektowaga Conservation Corps
$67,900
Ages: 16-18
Town appropriation
Administered by the town Youth Bureau. Operates
Supplemental acitivities include Environmental
Ellen Fischer, Program Coordinator
#: 30-35
on state and local lands.
Education and Job Training components. field trips,
Cheektowaga Youth Bureau
guest lecturers and presentations. Operates three
Alexander Community Center
crews for nine weeks.
275 Alexander Street
Cheektowaga. NY 14211
716/895-1587
Oswego County Conservation Corps
$133.800
Ages: 14-19
JTPA, local in-kind, Oswego
Administered by the Oswego County Cooperative
Operates "World of Work" environmental education
David Warner. Director
#: 90
County Youth Bureau & New
Extension. Operates on state and local lands.
program.
Oswego County Cooperative Extension
York State OPRHP
Main Street
Mexico. NY 13114
315/963-7286
St. Lawrence County Conservation Corps
$96.000
Ages: 14-18
New York State Conservation
Jointly administered by the St. Lawrence County
Crews operate on state. county and local lands.
Mary Ann Ashley. Executive Director
#: 27-40
Corps. New York State Divi-
Youth Bureau. St. Lawrence County Forester, and
Educational component includes presentations by
St. Lawrence County Youth Bureau
sion for Youth. St. Lawrence
the New York State Department of Environmental
human service organizations. e.g. Sheriff's Juvenile
Surrogate Court Building
County and local in-kind
Conservation.
Aid Division. Planned Parenthood.
Court & Judson Street
Canton. NY 13617
315/379-2377/9464
315/379-2333 Fax
Suffolk County Conservation Corps
$150.000
Ages: 14-21
JTPA. local in-kind, New York
Administered by the Suffolk County Department
Ten crews of nine work eight weeks on conservation
Raymond DeFranco. Director of
#: 80
State Conservation Corps and
of Labor.
projects at federal. state. county and local parks.
Youth Programs
private foundation grants
Suffolk County Department of Labor
655 Deerpark Avenue
Babylon. NY 11702
516/661-8600
516/661-0052 Fax
Northwest Youth Corps
$500,000
Ages: 16-19
Fees-for-services. private
Administered as a private. non-profit organization
Mandatory daily education and job training
Arthur Pope. Director
#: 250
foundation grants. corporate
operating on public and private lands in spring.
component. Residential summer programs for high
P.O. Box 5345
contributions
summer and fall.
school age youth. Year-round program under
Eugene. OR 97405
development.
503/746-8653
West Philadelphia Improvement Corps
$1.2 million
Ages: 9-19
Private and public donations.
Coordinated by the West Philadelphia
Year-round "after-school" program emphasizes
George Brown. Executive Director
#: 300
state and federal gorvernment
Partnership, a private. non-profit organization.
classes in horticulture. landscaping. architecture and
3906 Spruce Street
(250 adults in
housing rehabilitation as extension of summer work
Philadelphia. PA 19104
an evening
projects. All work & education activities are linked to
215/222-8680
program)
community improvement projects & supervised by
teachers.
Urban Conservation Corps
$250,000
Ages: 11-21
JTPA through the NYC Dc-
Administered by The Parks Council, a private
Educational enrichment mchuding employment
Carolyn Angiolillo, Program Direct tot
#: "P to 800
partment of Employment.
non-profit group founded III 1926. Contracts with
readiness training. field trips. environmental projects
The Parks Council
foundations, corporations and
neighborhood voluntary agencies.
Youth participants are paid by sponsoring agencies.
457 Madison Avenue
individuals
New York. NY 10022
212/838-9410
212/371-6048 Fax
SUMMER AND SEASONAL CORPS: Local and Regional Programs (continued)
Ages/# of
Program
Annual Budget
Participants
Funding Sources
Administration/Work Sponsors
Comments/Special Features
Youth Volunteer Corps of America
$55.000 average
Ages: 12-18
Foundation. corporate.
Programs are sponsored locally by non-profit
The YVCA replication project established by Youth
1.1 replication project of Youth Service America)
1st year program
#: 100/
individual. United Way and
organizations such as United Way. the Volunteer
Service America in 1988. recently received a $1
David Battey. Project Director (Kansas City
site
summer
government grants
Center and the YMCA.
million grant from the Kellogg Foundation for 40
816/474-5112)
200-300/
replication sites (including 3 in Michigan). Programs
Frank Slobig. Director of Policy & Progams
school year
consist of two general components: an intense summer
Youth Service America
program and short-term projects throughout the
1319 F Street. NW 9th Floor
school year.
Washington. DC 20004
202/783-8855
202/347-2603 Fax
YVCA PROGRAMS
Program
Comments/Special Features
Program
Comments/Special Features
Youth Volunteer Corps of Pittsburgh
Budget: $48.000
Youth Volunteer Corps of Greater
Budget: $164.000
Ann Mason. Project Coordinator
Ages: 12-17 45 volunteers
Kansas City
Ages: 13-17 159 volunteers
200 Ross Street
Sponsored by United Way of Allegheny County and
Maurice Byrd, Project Coordinator
Sponsored by the Heart of America United Way: Summer
P.O. Box 735
Southwestern Pennsylvania. Summer 1990: 14 projects
1080 Washington
1990: 16 projects including day camps. homeless shelter.
Pittsburgh. PA 15230
including day camps, elderly. handicapped. hunger services.
Kansis City, MO 64105
drug education. home weatherizing, service to disabled and
412/261-6010
recycling. School yr.: Weekend and one day projects.
816/474-5112
handicapped. School yr.: Volunteers serve at a city teen
hotline and as legal aides.
Youth Volunteer Corps of Colorado Springs
Budget: $40.000
Marge Asay/Barb Vierling. Project
Ages: 14-15 59 volunteers
Youth Volunteer Corps of Vero Beach
Budget: $32.000
Coordinators
Sponsored by the American Red Cross. Pikes Peak Chapter.
Diane Hankle. Project Coordinator
Ages: 13-18 46 volunteers
P.O. Box 7640
Summer 1990: 8 projects including services to homeless.
P.O. Box 5287
Sponsored by the Vero Beach Family YMCA. Summer 1990: 8
Colorado Springs. CO 80933
refugees. mentally/physically challenged, and pre-school age
Vero Beach, FL 32961
projects including day camps. serving at a nursing home. and
719/632-3563
constituencies. School yr.: Weekend and Christmas projects.
407/562-9036
a regional park. School yr.: Volunteers will develop a creative
playground and serve on Habitat for Humanity projects.
Youth Volunteer Corps of Spartanburg
Budget: $29,540
Jovce Yelverton. Project Coordinator
Ages: 13-17 63 volunteers
Youth Volunteer Corps of Marquette
Budget: $55,000
P.O. Box 5624
Sponsored by the United Way of the Piedmont. Summer
Joe Zahn, Project Coordinator
Sponsored by Marquette-Alger Internediate School District.
Spartanburg. SC 29304
1990: 9 projects including services at a home for
427 W. College Avenue
This program began in January 1991.
803/582-7556
handicapped children, a battered women's shelter. a child
Marquette, MI 49855
welfare center and a housing project day camp. School yr.:
906/228-9400
Projects conducted on holidays.
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Program
Youth Conservation Corps
The federal government maintains minimal Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) operations in the National Park Service. the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service. Al its
National Park Service Francis Gipson
height. some 32.000 young people were employed in both federal and state grant Youth Conservation Corps programs with a total appropriation of $60 million. In summer. 1990
202/343-5514
approximately $5 million was spent by the three agencies to employ some 2,500 young people across the nation. A separate appropriation is no longer available for YCC. Agencies
Fish & Wildlife Service - Bud Obveira
must expend from their own operating budgets for corps programs.
703/358-2029
At its height. the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) program operated at both the federal and state level with a total appropriation of $260 million. Funding for YACC
Forest Service Ransom Hughes
ended in 1981. Current federal programs have not expanded in recent years and momentum for growth has shifted to the state and local level.
703/235-8861
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE AND CONSERVATION CORPS (NASCC) took shape at the first national youth
conservation and service corps conference in May, 1985. The Association promotes youth corps at the federal,
state, regional, county and municipal levels and serves as a forum for identifying policy issues affecting members.
It seeks to broaden the national consensus for youth service and provide information and technical assistance to
existing and nascent conservation and service corps programs.
The Association continues to broaden its membership and speak as the voice for the growing youth corps
movement. The Association sponsors national and regional conferences and workshops, monitors and reports on
corps programs, is developing a national data collection system and staff training program, and operates a travel
fund to encourage those planning new programs to visit existing operations.
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 827
Washington, DC 20036
202/331-9647
202/223-0593 Fax
The National Association of Service and Conservation Corps is grateful to the
Dewitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett and Charles S. Mott Foundations
for contributing substantially to our conservation and service corps work.
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1/4 m
discussion of #'s of pre +
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availability to pre- not college students bound
yet determined to be
(such as home small ounership business stAt-up)
Sen. Bonen bill
on under titised mulitary personnel
"factities
Comm ission
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\ -X- 12 - school based
(AFT has concerns)
- CAMPUS based apportunities
2
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Cuofford - portion for CAMPUS
based
3 - youth corps
- -ccc's
4 - Denvonstration Projects
for broader natil programs of service
7 amently -MD
(m.kelski)
- ATLANTA peach corps (moller)
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LABOR
public sector
Building Trades
worked w/ Jerry Klepner
Potential JOB Displacement
v) munt language more acceptable
language into legislation
Seat At table
2)
when displacement issues arise
labor against local cancil experience
Cjob training pathership act is
failure from labor's point
of view + it is
local)
more appealling to labor: state lead agencies
will labor have a seat at that table
TP - innet national needs
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Brilding Trades : apprenticeship program
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Colman McCarthy
Yet Clinton's philosophy of service rep-
resents Intellectual newness to many in
high school and college. John F. Kennedy's
Clinton's
appeals to national service are seen as
historical relics, known from books but not
live on MTV as are Clinton's. It wasn't a
politician's celebrityhood that created sup-
Call to
port for the president At Notre Dame and
Rutgers. Students saw in him someone
with a positive message-put community
interest above self-interest-that many
Service
professors and counselors at their schools
had been exposing them to all along: If you
can't teach the illiterate, comfort the sick
No speech in the Clinton campaign
and handicapped. or mend whatever and
was more inspirational than the candi-
whoever is broken during your college
date's remarks at the University of No-
years, you're receiving a limited education:
tre Dame last September. As president.
Clinton deserves to be honored for
Clinton didn't match it until his March 1.
taking a risk that he'll be able to raise the
speech at Rutgers University. At both
money for his program of national ser-
campuses, he issued calls for national
vice. Critics in Congress with no greater
service for college students.
agenda than carping about ideas they
At Notre Dame: "If we are truly to
were too dull-witted or timid to propose
themselves now lie in wait for the presi-
practice what we preach, Americans of
every faith and viewpoint should-come
dent when he comes in with specifics.
together to promote the common good.
They will say Clinton's ideas are danger-
It was similar at Rutgers: "National ser-
ous because they are romantic and utopi-
an. a charge that ignores the thought of
vice la nothing less than the American'
way to change America."
James Madison in 1788: "No theoretical
checks-no form of government, can
Clinton's effort to rally the voung to
rendor LHD SECURE To suppose that any
altruism has created a debate that pits
idealism against realism. as if the two are
form of government will secure liberty or
forever locked in conflict. Where's the mon-
happiness without any virtue in the peo-
ey, ask realists. for the tuitinn-for-service
ple is a chimerical idea."
program that Clinton is proposing: $389
Some critics charge that Clinton is into
million in scholarships for 25,000 students
bribery: tuition money for service. While
the first year and $3.4 billion for 100,000
the details are being worked out on how
by 1997. Realists say that Clinton's sweet
much money for what service, who com-
talk ignores sour facts: There's no money.
plains that the U.S. Army entices ra-
for a new social program.
cruits with as much as $20,000 toward a
From that negative, dongnising Argu
college education. Why isn't it bribery
ment. Clinton is supposed to get the
when ROTO programs pay students to
shine their boots occasionally and take
message: Don't even try. That means
don't lead, just preside. The past 12 years
gut courses in military lore. Nor is much
witnessed two presiders in the White
alarm expressed over the most lavish
House. Most first-year college students
enticement of all: a free ride at the
today WPTP in kindergarten when Ronald
military academies in exchange for a few
Reagan was elected and in fourth grade
years in uniform after graduation.
when reelected. They came into adoles-
Clinton's Rutgers speech marked the
cance wide, . publician who tried nothing
32nd anniversary of the Peace Corps. Ken-
by way of linking government with nation-
nedy's spirited message was repeated by
al service. Instead of selflessness to oth-
Clinton: "Answer the call to service." In
ers, he extolled self-enrichment.
"The Bold Experiment," a history of the
Evidence suggests that the young
Peace Corps by Gerard Rice, one of those
weren't seduced either by Reagan's mes-
who responded to Kennedy's call explained
sage of contempt for government or his
why: "I'd never done anything political.
disdain for altruism. The 1980s Slaw a
patriotic OF unselfish because nobody ever
surge in campus community-service pro-
asked me to. Kennedy asked."
grams, such as the ones Clinton praised
So has Clinton.
at Notre Dame and Rutgers. Amnesty
International chapters increased on cam-
puses. as did those of Oxfam USA. Appli-
cations to Peace Corpo remained high,
they did for such private domestic pro-
grams as the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and
the Luthornn Volunteer Coren
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LANE KIRKLAND PRESIDENT
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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LAROR
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March 15, 1993
Mr. Eli Segal
Assistant to the President
Office of National Service
OEOB Room 145
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Eli:
Thank you for briefing us on the President's National Service initiative. It is a great idea which I feel
confident our members will enthusiastically support.
We believe the AFL-CIO is in a position to help you. Through a unique partnership with local United
Ways, we have assembled a national network of over 200 full-time AFL-CIO community services
representatives in large and small communities throughout the country.
These representatives work with the United Way, social service agencies, community groups and local
unions to identify needs and organize volunteers to meet those needs. We have developed community other
projects on child care and elder care; on helping the homeless and the unemployed and a range of
social problems.
Our program has existed for over 50 years - we've learned a lot about what works and what doesn't. We
also are sensitive to the national and local politics necessary to make this initiative succeed.
We would like to put our experience, our organizing skills and our field network to work for you. If you'd
like, I suggest scheduling a working meeting between our national staff and you to discuss ideas.
We are confident that your commitment to "filling unmet needs and avoiding job displacement" is genuine.
We would be pleased to help you make the President's program work at the local level.
Sincerely,
Joe Velasquez Director
Department of Community Services
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FROM THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL SERVICE
AND THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
May 4, 1993
The Honorable Charles E. Schumer
U.S House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Schumer:
On behalf of the White House Office of National Service and the
Commission on National and Community Service, we would like to inform you
about an exciting announcement.
On Thursday, May 6, at a 9:00 a.m. press conference, we will jointly
announce the outstanding programs (and the cities and towns in which they
are located) selected to participate in the "Summer of Service" program
initiated by President Clinton and administered by the Commission.
Please see the attached information on your constituent Summer of Service
programs.
The Summer of Service is an integral part of the President's vision of
National Service. It is an immediate initiative designed to meet
critical needs of children at-risk this summer, while at the same time
building future National Service leaders. Approximately 1,500 young
people (ages 17-25) across the country will engage in service projects
this summer.
Interest and enthusiasm in the Summer of Service is extremely high. The
Commission on National and Community Service received over 430 grant
applications from every state in the union. Sixteen high-quality
programs were selected by the Commission Board after review by an
independent panel assembled by the Commission.
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We wanted to inform you of your constituent winners in anticipation of
the Thursday press conference announcement which will take place at the
Commission's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Please note that
information on the winners is embargoed for 9:00 a.m. Thursday.
One of our staff members will be contacting your press secretary shortly
to provide additional information and to help facilitate media outreach
with your office. Also, we would be happy to distribute at the event
your statement on the winners from your area.
Sincerely,
El.j.Sgl
Caon nick
Eli J. Segal
Catherine Milton
Assistant to the President and
Executive Director
Director, Office of National Service
Commission on National
and Community Service
BACKGROUND ON
SUMMER OF SERVICE
On March 1, 1993, in a speech at Rutgers University, the President outlined his vision for
National Service. Last week in New Orleans, he unveiled the first part of that vision -- a
legislative initiative creating a National Service program. By reforming the student loan
system and offering increased educational opportunity, the program will make it easier for
every American to afford college. In return, National Service will demand responsibility
from Americans for rebuilding our country and our communities -- city by city,
neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block.
A second aspect of the President's vision of National Service is the "Summer of
Service" an immediate initiative designed to meet critical needs of at-risk children this
summer, while at the same time building future National Service leaders.
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This effort will involve approximately 1,500 young people (ages 17-25) across the country
in serving the educational, health, public safety and environmental needs of children at-
risk.
The Commission on National and Community Service, which is responsible for
implementing the Summer of Service, received more than 430 grant applications from
community service organizations in all 50 states and three territories. The White Office
of National Service received more than 6,000 letters expressing interest in the program.
The Office of National Service and the Commission will announce on Thursday, May 6,
1993, sixteen Summer of Service grant recipients from across the country. The programs
range from a primary healthcare project for children at-risk, to a low-income housing
safety inspection and smoke detector installation project, to a middle school tutoring and
mentoring program. Groups that receive grants will then recruit and select the young
people to serve in these programs. All of the initiatives will demonstrate the tangible and
measurable community benefits that can result from National Service.
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Summer of Service will kick off with a national leadership training week during the third
week of June. All of these young national service pioneers will gather in one location and
learn by doing. By going out into the community and serving, these leaders will learn
what it takes to serve and make a difference. They will be trained by leaders from such
programs as the Peace Corps, Outward Bound, Youth Build and Boston's City Year and
learn how to bring their national training experience home to the communities in which
they live.
The summer will end with a Summit on Service hosted by the President where he and the
service pioneers will meet to discuss the challenges of the summer and lay future plans
for National Service.
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SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Oakland, California
PROGRAM NAME:
East Bay Conservation Corps
PARTNERSHIPS: Primary partnerships are with Easl Bay Conservation Corps; Stanford
University, Haas Center for Public Service; and the University of California at Berkeley.
Also involved are California State University, Hayward; Mills College; Peralta Community
College District; various city departments in Berkeley and Oakland; the Alameda County
Health Agency; the Berkeley and Oakland Unified School Districts; the American Indian
Child Resource Center; Children's Hospital; and the East Bay Asian Youth Center.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 250
SERVICE FOCUS: Education, Health Care
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
East Bay Conservation Corps will place Summer of Service participants in public schools,
local non-profit and community based organizations, county health outreach programs,
and public institutions to meet the needs of thousands of at-risk children from East and
West Oakland, South and Wet Berkeley, and East Palo Alto.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: Project YES will pair participants with middle school students as teachers,
mentors, tutors and supervisors. Some participants will serve as classroom aides in the
East Palo Alto summer school. Others will work in the Early Childhood Education
Program in Oakland.
Health Care: Participants will serve with Oakland Healthy Start to assist program staff in
implementing Sober and Safe summer block parties, summer Health Fairs, outreach on
the medical van, and door-to-door health promotion in the community. The Alameda
Country Immunization Program will identify and follow up with children needing
immunization.
CONTACT:
Joanna Lennon (510) 891-3900
MER OF SERVICE SITE: Boston Medford and Roxbury, Massachusetts
GRAM NAME:
Tufts University
VERSHIPS:
Tite Thomas Jefferson Forum, Lincoln Filene Center at Tufts University; Boston
Department of Health and Hospitals, Boston School Department and the
Environmental Diversity Forum.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
ISSUE AREAS:
Health Care, Education, Environment
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
This summer a service corps of 50 young people will serve children-at-risk
throughout Boston, Mcdford and Roxbury. The Corps will be an economically and
racially diverse group composed equally of Tufts undergraduate and graduate
students, young people from Medford, and young people from Boston and the
greater Roxbury community.
In addition to the direct service activities for children at-risk, a supplementary Civil
Leadership Seminar will build participants' civic advocacy skills and emphasize
how issues of racial justice influence the lives of citizens.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Health Care: Participants will be serving with the Boston Department of Health
and Hospitals outreach program to encourage at-risk children and their families to
receive health services through its system of community health centers. Corps
participants will go door-to-door to distribute health information, urge residents to
seek needed health services, assist them in traveling to community health centers,
provide child care when necessary, and meet with youth in a broad range of settings
:0 provide basic health information.
Education: Corps members will work with the Boston Public Schools' Summer
Transition Program tutoring students who are entering sixth grade.
Environment: Teams will work with middle school children and volunteers
from the neighborhood to rehabilitate school yards and reclaim vacant lots near
schools.
CONTACT: Jay Chrepta (617) 627-3500
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Boston
PROGRAM NAME:
City Year
PARTNERSHIPS: Northeastern University; Mason School; Tobin
Community Center; Safe Haven; Boston Urban Gardeners; Phyllis Wheatley
Middle School; Healthy Boston; City of Boston, Division of Health and
Hospitals, Mayor's Office, and Safe Neighborhoods Program, and the
Massachusetts Youth Service Alliance.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 75
ISSUE AREAS:
Education, Environment, Health Care
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
CY Corps members will form teams of economically, racially and
educationally diverse young people to perform critically needed community
services and build a cadre of leaders who will serve long after the summer.
Corps members will begin their day with a mandatory calisthenics session
(physical training - PT) which promotes corps discipline and a sense of
community among corps members. After PT, corps members deploy in teams
to serve the community's education, environmental and health care needs.
In the evening, corps members will have time for community building and
educational and training initiatives which will provide context for their
service work and the skills to address critical community needs, both as
individuals and as members of service groups.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: City Year teams will operate educationally focused summer
camp programs for hundreds of inner city elementary school students.
Environment: Corps members and community residents will launch an
aggressive program to revitalize a semi-abandoned urban garden system
surrounding the Wheatley Middle School in Roxbury.
Health Care: In collaboration with the Boston Immunization Action Plan,
the City Year health promotion campaign will 1) increase availability and
access to vaccines to up to 3,000 families this summer in inner city
neighborhoods, 2) increase outreach and health education efforts and 3) help
children at risk and their families to develop a pattern of regular health
checkups.
CONTACT: Michael MacCrystall
(617) 151-0699
Magda Escobar
(617) 451-0699
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITF: New York
PROGRAM NAME:
Teach for America
PARTNERSHIPS:
Teach for America New York; Community School District Six; and the City
College of New York Department of Invironmental Education.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
SERVICE FOCUS: Education, Environment
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
Teach for America will develop 25 community-based service learning teams
in Washington Heights, New York. Each team will work together to design,
plan, execute and evaluate service projects to be completed within the eight
week program. Each learning team will pair a Teach for America participant
with a graduating public high school senior to guide and mentor eight
students from Community School District Six. Half of the students will be
entering eighth grade, the other half will be entering fifth grade.
All participants will work together on a comprehensive mid-summer
community service project developed in conjunction with existing
community organizations. businesses and leaders. Teach for America will
include community participants in implementing this project.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: The learning teams will be working with 200 children to raise
their reading levels, improve writing skills, increase English language
competence and overall communication skills, and develop critical thinking
skills.
Environment: Each team will complete a community service project that
benefits the environment of the area and builds a service partnership with
community residents. Community service projects about the science concepts
will underlie urban environmental issues and give participants an
opportunity to work with residents in developing community solutions.
CONTACTS:
Richard Barth
(212) 228-1043
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx
PROGRAM NAME:
New York ACORN
PARTNERSHIPS: ACORN; Pediatrics Ambulatory Care -- State University of
New York Health Science Center and Brooklyn /Children Medical Center of
Brooklyn.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
SERVICE FOCUS: Environment, Health
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
With the help of service participants, the ACORN/Children's Medical Center
Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention project will intervene on behalf of children
who are at-risk of contracting lead paint poisoning in low income
neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
Fifty Summer of Service Participants working in teams with neighborhood
volunteers, will visit, educate and refer for treatment approximately 25,000
families during the summer.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Environment:
During the regular, scheduled visits and in follow-up
activities, participants will inspect apartments for the presence of lead paint.
They will arrange for formal city inspections of these apartments, working
toward abatement of the lead paint hazard. Service participants will also
assist families in forming tenant organizations that can follow up on these
activities after the Summer of Service.
Health: Participants will educate families on the dangers of lead paint
poisoning and will arrange for children who live in apartments with lead
paint to be tested and treated.
CONTACT: Jon Kest
(718) 693-6700 ext. 202
Jennifer Anderson (718) 693-6700 ext. 204
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Harlem, New York
PROGRAM NAME:
Harlem Freedom Schools Project
PARTNERSHIPS:
Rheedlen Center for Children and Families, Inc.;
City College of New York, Berough of Manhattan Community College;
Manhattan Valley Youth Outreach, El Puente, and Rise & Shine Productions.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
SERVICE rocus: Education, Health
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
The program will set up five "one room schoolhouses" where up to 1000
eligible children between the ages of 5 and 18 from Harlem and Williamsburg
will be served breakfast, lunch and a snack while they participate in the
summer day school.
During the afternoons and evenings, program participants will develop their
advocacy and organizing skills by working in the community to plan and
implement a program to increase the involvement of residents in
community issues including health, housing and violence.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: The program will manage five Freedom Schools in Central
Harlem and Williamsburg where a staff of five experienced African
American and Latino American student community organizer/supervisors
will work with college faculty and Rheadlen staff to direct and support the 50
newly trained participants in operating a summer day school for 1000 at risk
children.
Health: In addition to providing the nutrition of two meals and a snack for
the children who attend the schools, there will bc a public education and
media campaign on children's hunger issues. These advocacy efforts will also
focus on the issues of lead paint poisoning and the violence prevention.
CONTACT:
Gerald Lewis
(212) 866-0700
SUMMER or SERVICE SITE:
Newark, New Jersey
PROGRAM NAME:
Newark Summer of Service
PARTNERSHIPS: This is a partnership among four colleges and universities, 17 community
agencies, public officials, the business community, and a number of local foundations
Institutions of Higher Education include: Essex County College. New Jersey Institute of
Technology, Rutgers - Newark. and the University of Medicine and Dentistry.
Service organizations include: Boys' and Cirls' Clubs of Newark; Community Agencies
Corporation of New Jersey; Community 2000, Department of Family Medicine, UMDNH;
Consortium of Pre-College Education in Newark, Greater Newark Conservancy; Habitat for
Humanity; International Youth Organization, New Jersey Youth Corps, La Casa De Don Fedro;
Link Community Middle School; New Community Corporation; NJIT - Division of Physical
Education and Athletics; Newark Fighting Back; Newark Police Department, Newark Public
Library; Project BABIES: St. Michael's Medical Center; Quest of Essex County.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 200
ISSUE AREAS:
Education, Environment, Health Care, Public Safety
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM:
Newark Summer of Service is a partnership among universities. community service agencies to
serve children at risk throughout Newark. Corps members will be coupled with over 650
volunteers to perform thousands of hours of community service for over 14,000 children.
Programs will address the most critical needs of young children and will develop the potential of
Newark area youth through comprehensive service-learning and leadership development
activities.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Public Safety:
Participants will work with the Newark Police Department and Newark
Fighting Back to disseminate anti-crime information educate residents about crime prevention
and canvas neighborhoods in block watches.
Education: Service will provide tutoring for at-risk children in different academic areas;
instruction in education and team building through athletics; literacy tutoring; water safety and
swimming instruction; and instruction in nutrition, academics and proper health care to infants
and young children.
Environment:
Participants will create parks and playgrounds; others will restore homes to
provide children at-risk with safe places to live.
Health:
Immunization, health education, health care at local clinics and additional health
care for at-risk babies will be provided.
CONTACT:
Cassie Miller
(201) 648-5421
Joel Bloom
(201) 596-6476
Jennifer Price
(201) 242-2300
Jessica Phipps
(201) 242-2300
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SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Philadelphia
PROGRAM NAME:
ICARE (Immunize Children At Risk Early)
PARTNERSHIPS: Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition;
Philadelphia Department of Public Health; Philadelphia Higher Education
Network for Neighborhood Development and the School District of
Philadelphia.
PARTICIPANTS: Half of the participants will be recruited from nursing
students enrolled at the following institutions. Community Coilege of
Philadeiphia, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Hahremarn University, LaSalle
University, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, the University
of Pennsylvania and Villanova University.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 150
SERVICE FOCUS: Health
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
ICARE is a health education outreach program that will immunize 8,000
children in the Philadelphia area this summer. The majority of those treated
will be under two years old. The program will use the concept of service
learning opportunities to vaccinate those children and educate the families
who are most risk.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Health: The immunization program establish six stationary and two mobile
sites to serve children from low income communities in Philadelphia. In
addition to immunizations, ICARE will create an immunization record data
set that will match these health records with other health needs for public
health efforts targeting children-at-risk.
Public efforts may also include health education outreach on lead poisoning,
AIDS education, nutrition workshops, smoke detector testing and radon
testing.
CONTACT: Jett Moran (215) 686-5042
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Atlanta
PROGRAM NAME:
Clark Atlanta University
PARTNERSHIPS: Clark Atlanta University; Greater Atlanta Conversation
Corps, Inc; and the Atlanta Project.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
ISSUE AREAS: Education
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
Clark Atlanta and Greater Atlanta Conservation Corps are forming education
crews that will operate in five community education sites in the Booker T.
Washington cluster of the Atlanta Project. Students will receive leadership
and task-specific training to conduct hands-on learning projects at up to ten
community education sites. Each crcw will consist of 5 participants, 5 high
school volunteers and 5 middle school students.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: Projects will include conflict resolution, refugee services, AIDS
awareness education and educational enrichment in summer schools and day
camps for at-risk children.
CONTACT: Bill Denton
(404) 880-8493
Tom Hallman
(404) 880-8493
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SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Atlanta
PROGRAM NAME:
Hands on Atlanta, Inc.
PARTNERSHIPS: Hands on Atlanta, Inc., Clark Atlanta University; College
Park Elementary School.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
SERVICE FOCUS: Education
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
Hands on Atlanta will recruit a diverse corps of 50 young people to serve
College Park Elementary School during the summer session. This unique
year-round elementary school is located in a low income neighborhood with
93% of the student body receiving federally funded lunches. The summer
session is the first quarter of the school year.
This small scale model will allow Hands on Atlanta to build a partnership of
a youth corps and a public school that will have impact this summer and on a
longer term basis.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: Corps members will work 83 teacher's assistants and tutors during
the school day and develop enrichment activities for children after school.
Environment: During the first weeks of service, the corps will clean-up,
renovate, and beautify the school grounds and the adjacent public housing
authority complex which is home to most of the students.
CONTACT: Michelle Nunn (404) 872-2252
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Delaware, Ohio
PROGRAM NAME:
Ohio Weslevan University
PARTNERSHIPS: Ohio Wesleyan University; The Columbus Initiative; the Delaware
Initiative; Columbus Public Schools, Delaware City Schools; National Society to Prevent
Blindness; Delaware County Health Department; Delaware Area Recovery Resources;
Central Ohio Rural Consortium Job Training; Touchstone; Walden Center; Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Civilian Conservation; United Way and
Community Services of Delaware County and Franklin County: Delaware Branch
Chapter, NAACP; Godman Guild/Camp Mary Orton; Delaware County Juvenile Court;
Delwood Children's Home; Crawford Dienst.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 75
ISSUE AREAS: Education, Environment, Health Care Public Safety
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
This program is a campus-based residential model which combines direct, full-time
community service during the day with rigorous evening academic and training program.
OW U will involve 73 participants from diverse racial, educational, and economic
backgrounds in over 20 central Ohio agencies, provide at least 24,000 hours of service to
over 1800 young people The community agencies who provide service opportunities by
day will provide training at night for insight and understanding between the dynamics of
at-risk youth and their families in the community.
The Summer of Service initiative includes two parts: the Delaware Initiative and the
Columbus Initiative. These partners will work collaboratively to provide both leaders and
servers to meet the urgent needs of at-risk youth and their families.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: Programs will offer intensive tutorial support and mentoring relationships
for elementary through high school students, as well as provide day care and recreational
activities.
Environment:
Participants will work with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Civilian Conservation, the City of Delaware Parks and Recreation Department
and the Delaware County Habitat for Humanity on a variety of evaluation and restoration
work projects.
Health:
Communities will receive visual screening services, health education,
alcohol/drug counseling and prevention services.
Public Safety:
Program participants will work with the Juvenile Courts as interns and
tutors for children who are retained in school for disciplinary problems.
CONTACT:
Todd Wilson
(614) 368-3337
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: New Orleans
PROGRAM NAME:
New Orleans Summerbridge
PARTNERSHIPS: New Orleans Summerbridge; Tulane University, Xavier
University, New Orleans Public Schools; the Louisiana Land and Exploration
Company and Summerbridge National Project.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 100
ISSUE AREAS: Education
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
New Orleans Summerbridge is an eight week academic preparation program
serving over 360 middle schools students from New Orleans public schools.
The program will inspire a diverse group of young people to enter the field of
education and community service, and will teach middle school students the
skills and instill the confidence to enter and thrive in rigorous academic
programs. The program. will recruit 100 diverse young people to serve as
teachers and will involve parents as volunteers throughout the summer.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: Corps members are responsible for running nearly every aspect of
the program under the supervision and mentorship of the directors and
master teachers. They design curricula, teach classes, evaluate students and
provide much of the program administration. They plan and teach afternoon
classes and manage activities, special events, field trips, and theme weeks
throughout the summer.
Corps members will sponsor an Earth Week which will focus on
environmental awareness and action between speakers, workshops, activities,
a club service day where middle school students develop and carry out project
ideas and impact on the city's environment.
Health: Corps members will assist local doctors with eye exams, hearing tests,
and nutrition workshops.
CONTACT:
Jay Altman
(504) 896-8597
Rosemary James
(504) 586-1609
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Red Lake, Minnesota
PROGRAM NAME:
Summer of Service Project
PARTNERSHIPS: Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians: Red Lake
Community College, Red Lake Tribal Council; Cross Cultural Training
Program; Department of Housing and Urban Development Drug Elimination
Program; Red Lake Department of Natural Resources, and Red Lake Indian
Eagles Program.
NUMBER or PARTICIPANTS: 50
ISSUE AREAS:
Environment, Education
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
Providing educational opportunities in the fields of history, environmental
science and natural resource management, the Summer of Service program is
a community-wide effor: to involve young people in improving the
environmental conditions of their community.
Participants, who will be recruited by tribal elders, will also lead a
community-wide symposium, "Honor the Children and Respect for the
Future," featuring workshops on educational and employment opportunities,
cross-cultural training, health care, law enforcement, social services and
cultural activities relevant to young people of the tribal community.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: The project will develop a one-third-mile long interpretive trail
for the Poneman Elementary School that will service as an environmental
learning area, featuring bilingual signs in English and Ojibwe. Participants
will attend natural resource management classes that range from assessing
the White Tail deer population to timber inventory, to wild rice
management.
Environment: The project will develop a small park and hiking trail, clean
the river shoreline, and plant trees and shrubs.
CONTACT: Gerald Grun, Eugene McArthur (218) 679-3341
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Los Angeles
PROGRAM NAME:
IT'S ABOUT HEALTH
PARTNERSHIPS: The UCLA Schools of Nursing, Dentistry, Social Welfare, Public Health
and Medicine in clinical health/outreach centers in Los Angeles and Ventura counties and
inner city high schools and community colleges which service underrepresented minority
students.
Students will be recruited from the following partners in the program: S.W.
Community College, Oxnard Community College, Drew/Allied Health College.
Bravo Medical Magnet High School, and Drew/King Medical Magnet High School.
Agencies involved in the delivery of clinical field experience include: the
King/Drew College of Medicine, the Venice Dental Clinic, the American Indian
Clinic, UCLA School of Nursing Heath Centre at the Union Rescue Mission, and
UCLS School of Health Care at the St Francis Medical Center.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
ISSUE AREAS:
Health, Education
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
The program combines direct health service delivery with academic studies and leadership
training. The UCLA School of Nursing will recruit and train minority high school and
college students to deliver primary health care services to children at-risk through health
care centers and home visits. The program provides leadership training and career
development opportunities for participants to become potential minority health care
providers for the long term.
The summer program will be divided into three components: UCLA basic sciences classes,
clinical specialized health education classes, and service delivery at area locations serving
the majority of the areas at-risk, homeless or shelter residential children.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Health: The participants will conduct primary health care assessments of at least 1,000 at-
risk patients in the five health care centers during the course of the summer; conduct
individualized instruction in self-care behavior with these children; and conduct health
care utilization histories on these children by interviewing parents either at the clinic OF
during follow-up home visits.
Education: The participants' work will be enhanced by special educational programs
focusing on health issues relevant to children at risk, including violence prevention,
substance abuse, sexual and physical abuse and diet issues.
CONTACT:
Dr. Gwen Van Servellen (310) 825-3308
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Los Angeles
PROGRAM:
Building Up: Summer of Service in Los Angeles
PARTNERSHIPS: Building Up: Summer of Service in Los Angeles is a city-wide
partnership involving five universities and colleges, 29 community-based organizations
and over 20 schools in the Los Angeles area.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 150
ISSUE AREAS: Education. Environment, Health Care, Public Safety
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
Building Up is based on a peer-managed model; the core component is a five person team
working together on an individual service project. Team members vary in age, ethnicity
and socio-economic background.
Building Up will conduct service activities in many traditionally under-served Los
Angeles neighborhooda. Building Up will engage participants in various activities in
collaboration with existing community service organizations to galvanize and empower
neighborhoods and assist youth at-risk.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: Through partnership with community agencies, participants will tutor,
manage day camps, supervise basketball leagues, present self-esteem seminars, recruit
children for cultural classes, develop leadership training, recruit parents for afterschool
tutoring, teach civic responsibility classes, and organize job awareness programs.
Environment: Participants will work on the LA Eco-Village project, plan and implement
beautification projects, and install 8-16 gardens at elementary schools in partnership with
community agencies.
Health Care: Participants will be trained and make presentations to elementary school
children in CPR, First Aid, Earthquake and Disaster Preparedness and HIV/AIDS
Awareness. Participants will also assist health care workers immunize and screen at-risk
children. Those involved with Building Up will also design and present substance abuse
programs.
Public Safety:
Participants will plan and engage in crime prevention seminars to 180
classrooms including gang prevention workshops and gang diversion activities.
Implement drug awareness programs. Lead neighborhood surveys and relationship
building activities.
CONTACT:
Martha Diepenbrock
(213) 749-3601
Marc Litchman
(310) 433-7686
SUMMER OF SERVICE SITE: Baltimore
PROGRAM NAME:
MPOWER, the Maryland Summer of Service
PARTNERSHIPS: University of Maryland College Park
Civic Works (Baltimore's Youth Service Corps)
Summer Corps (Maryland Student Service Alliance)
Volunteer Maryland! (Governor's Office on Volunteerism)
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 75
ISSUE AREAS:
Education, Health Care, Environment, Service-learning
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM:
MPOWER will conduct service projects which were designed in partnership with
community organizations to assist in the schools, clean-up the environment, and educate
the public about critical community health issues.
MPOWER participants will engage in a variety of experiential service-learning and
leadership development activities sponsored by UMCP's Center of Political Leadership and
Participation, a nationally-recognized leader in the field of service-learning and leadership
programs for college students.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE:
Education: Civic Works corpsmembers will tutor, plan special projects and conduct
physical renovation and maintenance of the recreation center and playground of the
Herring Run Middle School. Corpsinembers will work with at-risk children (ages 5-10) at
day camps in Baltimore City.
Health Care: Civic Works, in partnership with the Baltimore City Department of Health,
will educate children about the consequences of sexual activity and substance abuse, and
will promote good nutrition habits. The Summer Corps will immunize campers and
teach healthy eating and exercise habits. Team Maryland, the student-athlete community
outreach proram at UMCP will be an integral part of the educational/health mission for
both Civic Works and the Summer Corps.
Environment: Civic works, in partnership with Save our Streams, will construct the
Gwynn's Falls Greenway, a trail from the Inner Harbor to Gwynn's Falls. Work will
include trash collection, clearing brush, laying chips, and planting wildflowers and
saplings. Day-long stream renewal projects will be included
CONTACT:
Ermette Williams-Purce (301) 405-5751
Terry Chase
(301) 405-6402
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 15, 1993
MEMORANDUM TO DISTRIBUTION
FROM:
Eli Segal EIP
SUBJECT: Attached talking points
As per our discussion yesterday, Robert Gordon in my office
has drafted some basic talking points on national service. We
will use these as the basis of our message when we send up
legislation. Please read them carefully and call Robert or me
with comments and suggested changes by noon tomorrow.
Thank you.
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DRAFT
NATIONAL SERVICE
DRAFT
TALKING POINTS
The American people elected Bill Clinton because they wanted
one thing. Change.
No more every man for himself, while our country comes
apart at the seams.
No more inaction, while our economy slides and educational
opportunities slip away.
And no more something for nothing, while the people who
build up our country fall further down.
Change also means rejecting old-style big bureaucracy. We
can't buy our way into community or out of trouble. Change means
reinventing government to unleash our people's potential.
National service is the best kind of change. It will bring
American education back to principles all Americans share.
It will create community -- bringing us together to fight
our common problems.
It will expand opportunity -- throwing open the doors of
college for hard-working Americans.
And it will demand responsibility -- telling everyone,
whoever they are, that when their country gives them
something they've got to give something back.
The President's national service legislation has the two
complementary parts that he promised during the campaign.
A new Civilian GI Bill and domestic Peace Corps, offering
those who serve their country here at home scholarships for
college in return.
An overhaul of the student loan system, making it easier
to borrow -- but tougher to default.
National service will restore community. Together, we'll
take on the problems that are stealing our country's future.
We'll ask everyone who goes to college to serve our
country. Many people will be able to do it through a
scholarship program, but millions more will get new freedom
to serve through a new way of paying back loans. By paying
off a small percentage of your income over time, you'll be
able to take jobs that pay less but do more for your
community, without losing control of your finances.
In national service, young people will keep schools open
late, to keep kids off the street. They'll immunize children
and educate parents about health care. They'l work with
police officers to root out drug dealers. And they'll fight
pollution to protect our children's future.
National service will work neighborhood by neighborhood,
block by block, empowering people -- especially young people
-- to help themselves.
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Opportunity. We're going to make it easier for everyone to
get the money to pay for college or job training.
We'll make it simpler to get a loan -- cutting out the
profiteering middlemen and their complicated procedures.
With the money we save, we'll lower interest rates for
students.
We'll give more students the chance to take out loans, by
making it easier to pay them off -- as a small percentage of
their income over time. There will be 25-year loans for
those who want them, just like 25-year mortgages.
Responsibility. We'll offer our young people more, but only
if they're willing to give something back in return. You'll have
to pay your education loans back, with either money or service.
If you pay the money back like an ordinary loan, we'll
make it a lot tougher to default. If we have to, we'll put
you on a repayment schedule that forces you to pay -- so you
can't beat the bill.
Those who join the national service program will be able
to pay for college by serving our country for a year or two,
doing work our country needs, and getting a scholarship in
return.
It's not just citizens who'll have to be more responsible;
it's government, too. National service will reinvent government.
We'll set up a Corporation for national service, and we'll
run it like a venture capital firm, not a big bureaucracy.
We'll fold together government programs that currently
duplicate each other -- cutting waste and increasing
efficiency.
We'll create public/private partnerships, so government
follows the lead of businesses and communities -- instead of
swamping them.
We'll establish national standards and national priorities
-- whether in immunizing children or keeping streets safe.
And we won't tell people how to meet these goals -- but
we'll make sure they do.
The service initiative is for Americans of all ages and
circumstances. Whether you're a 17-year-old who wants to pay for
job training, or a 67-year-old who wants to continue your
education, you'll have a chance at a scholarship for service.
There are no age limits; you can serve before, during, or after
schooling; and accredited training programs, community colleges,
four year universities and graduate schools are all eligible.
National service is for all Americans. Through initiatives
to improve service programs for kids and adults, it's calling
everyone to join in the national renewal. And we all have jobs to
do. "Everyone can be great," as Martin Luther King said, "because
everyone can serve."
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INFORMATION ON THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SERVICE INITIATIVE:
Timing: The President will submit legislation for his
national service program to Congress this spring.
Two Components of the Program: The President's program will
have two primary components: 1) The program will create national
service opportunities for young people to serve their country and
receive money for college or training in return; 2) The program
will enable all young people to go to college or receive training
to pay back their student loans as a small percentage of their
income over time ("income contingent" loans), thereby encouraging
young people to take their college or training skills to
essential but often low-paying public service jobs.
Details on The First Component:
Funding: The President has requested $7.4 billion over the
next four years for his national service program. The funding
level will rise each year, to $3.4 billion in 1997. Funding
starts at $400 million for the first year.
Number of Participants: The number of participants for the
first year is estimated at 25,000. By 1997, it is expected that
more than 100,000 young people will be paying for their education
or training by serving their country and communities.
Eligibility and Benefits: Students before, during and after
college will be eligible to serve for a year or two, and in
return receive a small stipend, health and child care benefits
where necessary, and an educational benefit to pay for college or
job training (or discharge loans incurred for those purposes).
o
Focus of Service Activities: The program objectives will be
to meet unmet needs in critical areas. For example, young people
will be able to serve as teachers in schools where children need
extra help; in clinics in areas where people need medical care;
in the police force, keeping criminals off the streets and kids
out of gangs; and in an environmental corps, recycling waste and
fighting pollution.
Administration: The program will be non-bureaucratic, using
venture capital to support entrepreneurs and public-private
partnerships to support growing programs. States and local
organizations will be given the opportunity to design innovative
ways to meet identified national priorities.
Nondisplacement: The legislation will include strict
nondisplacement and nonduplication provisions. National service
will only meet needs that are not otherwise being met.
Page Three
PRESIDENT'S "SUMMER OF SERVICE" PROJECT:
o
Project Overview: With national service a high priority for
the President, he will be organizing a summer project even as his
proposed legislation will be making its way through Congress.
The project will focus on 4 to 10 communities around the country,
involving a diverse group of more than 1,000 young people
involved in special efforts to help children at risk.
o
Funding: The project will be funded with a portion of a $15
million appropriation in the FY 93 stimulus package. (Additional
challenge-grant funding for service corps; for expanding teacher
training in service learning; and for re-establishing VISTA's
Summer Associates program are also included in the package.)
o
Objectives: The program has two major goals: To show what
national service can accomplish, meeting critical needs and
bringing people together; and to develop a leadership corps for
future years of national service. National service is such a
priority of the President, he wouldn't let it wait for the full
program to pass Congress.
o
Targeted Needs: The programs in the "Summer of Service"
will focus on children-at-risk in the areas of education, health,
crime prevention, and environmental protection. For example, some
participants will tutor; some will help bring families into
medical clinics; some will develop recreational centers; some
will counsel youths to keep them out of gangs.
o
Leadership Training: The summer project will be designed to
develop the leadership skills of the young participants. For
several days at the beginning and end of the summer, the
participants will gather to share their experiences and complete
intensive leadership training.
o
Post-program/Ongoing Benefits: All participants interested
in continuing to serve through the next year will receive
placement assistance. Participants with ideas to design their own
programs to fight community problems will be able to receive
modest Service Entrepreneurial Awards for Change (SEA Change) to
realize their plans.
Administration: The Commission on National and Community
o Service will administer a competitive process to determine what
programs participate. The programs will select the participants.
The Commission is working quickly to ensure that programs are
developed rapidly and effectively to succeed for this summer.
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National Service - Now
lenge is great We must combine the
and receive finance not support for adu.
country through if new Police Corps
would be self-defeating " would
By Bill Clinton
cation or training in return
trained to walk beats. We'll also or
squash the spirit of innovation that
intensity of the post-World War 11
years with the idealism of the early
We'll offer people of different ages
ganize others in our communities 10
national service demands.
1960's - and help young people afford
and educational levels different ways
keep kids out of gangs and off drugs.
By design, our national service pro-
WASHINGTON
a college education or job training.
to serve. And to focus our energies and
We'll put still others to work con-
gram will not happen overnight. In-
In 1993. we'll restore the spirit of
trolling pollution and recycling waste,
stead, It will grow year by year, with
A pathy is dead.
of everything I've
gel the most for our money, we II direct
learned in my first
service by asking our people to serve
special attention to a few areas:
to help insure that we pass on 10 our
funding reaching $3 billion in 1997.
few weeks in the
here at home. We won't refight the
We'll ask thousands of young peo-
children a nation that is clean and
And as I've said many times, I be-
ware we won, but we'll tackle the
safe for years to come.
lieve 11 will be the best money we ever
White House, that's
ple to serve in our schools some as
Our national service program will
spend.
the thing that's made
growing domestic dangers that
teachers, others as youth mentors,
offer more than benefits to individ-
If Congress gives us the chance,
me the happlest Whether or not the
threaten our future.
reading specialists and math tutors.
Our new initiative will embody the
usis. We'll help pay operating costs
this summer we'll create an eight.
people I've met outside the capital
They'll join the effort to Insure that
same principles as the old G1. Bill It
for community groups with proved
week leadership training program.
support the changes 1 have proposed,
our schools offer the best education in
track records, providing the support
We'll recruit more than 1,000 young
they're all saying they're ready to
will challenge our people to serve our
the world.
they'll need 10 grow. And we'll let
people for special projects to meet
rebuild our country.
country and do the work that should
entrepreneurs compete for venture
the needs of children at risk - and 10
flut they know, as I do, that no
- and must - be done. It will give
those who serve the honor and re.
capital to develop new service pro-
train the first class of full-year par-
economic plan can do " alone A plan
wards they deserve. It will invest in
Federal seed
grams.
ticipants.
an make vaccines available to chil-
While the Federal Government will
In the first full year of our Initiative,
dren. but alone " will not administer
the future of the quiet heroes who
invest in the future of others.
The national service legislation
money, but local
provide the seed money for national
we'll launch our nexible loan program
the shots to all of them 11 can put
service, we are determined that the
and sim to put tens of thousands of
security guards in the schools, but
participants - the individuals who
people to work. By 1997, more than
alone " will not take Rangs off the
that I will send to Congress shortly
management.
serve and the groups that sponsor
100,000 citizens could be serving our
streets And " an provide more aid
will give our people the chance to
their service will guide the process.
country, getting education and train.
for college. but alone 11 will not make
serve in two basic ways:
Spending tens of millions of tax dol-
INR benefits in return. And hundreds
the (OSIS of college less daunting for
First, II will make It easier for
lars to build a massive bureaucracy
of thousands more people could be
the middle class.
young people to hold low-paying pub-
That's why I believe we need na-
11c service jobs and still pay off their
. We'll send people into medical
clinics 10 help Immunize the nation's
tional service - now.
student loans.
Under our program, Americans
2-year-olds. Some participants will be
If Congress BC18 quickly enough, just
will be able 10 borrow the money they
qualified 10 give the shois, but thou-
months from now more than 1,000
young people will start serving our
need for college and pay " back as a
sands of others can provide essential
country in a special summer effort. in
small percentage of their income
support, contacting parents and
four years. the successors to these
over time By Riving graduates the
following up 10 make sure chikdren
pioneers will multiply a hundredfold
chance to repay loans on an afford.
get the shots they need.
Imagine an army of 100,000 young
able, reasonable schedule, this "In-
We'll help police forces across the
people restoring urban and rural com-
come-contingent" program will allow
munities and giving their labor in re
our people 10 do the work that our
turn for education and training
communities really need.
National service is an idea as old as
Second, our legislation will create
America Time and again, our people
new opportunities for Americans to
have found new ways to honor citizen.
serve our country for a year or two
ship and match the needs of changing
times
Lincoln's Homestead Act rewarded
doing Invaluable work because col.
those who had the courage 10 settle the
lege loans no longer block the way.
frontler with the land to raise . family.
But the best planning and the most
Franklin D. Roosevell's Social Securi-
ambitious design won't make this vl.
1y Act insured that Americans who
sion of national service a reality. That
work . lifetime can grow old with
responsibility ultimately rests with
dignity Harry S Truman's G.I. Bill
the American people.
rewarded the service of my father's
I am convinced that after 12 years
generation, transforming youthful vet.
of drifting apart Instead of working
erans into an army of educated civil.
together we are ready to meet the
lans that led our nation Into a new era.
challenge. From a 14-year-old boy in
For my generation, the reality of
North Dekota who sent us $1,000 to
national service was horn 32 years
help pay off the deficit, to a 92-year-
ago tomorrow, when President John
old widower in Kansas who followed
F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps.
his example, people are demonstrat-
At HS peak. the Peace Corps enrolled
ing that they want to give something
only 16,000 volunteers yet " changed
back to their nation.
the way . generation of Americans
National service will exercise our
look at themselves and the world
talents and rebuild our communities.
Today. the spirit of our people once
" will harness the energy of our
again can meet head-on the troubles
youth and attack the problems of our
of
time. 11 will bring together men and
The lask is as complex as our chal-
women of every age and race and life
up our nation's spirit. And for all of
us, It will rekindle the excHement of
Americans.
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February 11, 1993
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
Eli Segal
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON NATIONAL SERVICE
This memo will report on the status of national service
legislation, progress in communications, and plans for
legislative strategy. In a decision memo next week I will
present key issues regarding the administrative structure of a
new national service program as well as issues related to
existing agencies such as ACTION.
I.
National Service Legislation
We are drafting legislation to implement your campaign proposal.
The legislation will offer the option of income-contingent loan
repayment to every American. By offering a longer repayment
schedule with lower monthly payments, we will enable more young
people to take lower-paying public service jobs and still repay
their loans. The legislation will also create a national service
program that will directly fund service positions, and provide a
mechanism for students/graduates to repay loans in exchange for
one or two years of service. The details of this program are as
follows:
Funding: The legislation will offer a fixed post-service benefit
to individuals completing one or two years of approved national
service. It will also help pay for stipends, health and child
care benefits, program costs including training and supervision,
start-up and replication. Federal funds, other than post-service
benefits, will require a dollar-for-dollar match from non-federal
sources.
Types of Service: National service positions will involve work
in education, human services, environment and public safety.
Positions in these areas may be in youth corps (like City Year),
specialized service corps dedicated to priority needs (like Teach
for America) and individual placements in non-profit
organizations (like VISTA).
Eligibility: Service will be possible after college, during
college or before college (including non-college-bound youth).
Individuals will be selected for participation by applying to and
being accepted by a program offering approved national service
positions. This will not be an entitlement program, but will
have a mechanism for allocating slots a limited number of slots.
Operation: Local organizations, state programs, and federal
agencies will all be able to receive funding through the national
service agency. There will be an emphasis on supporting locally-
based programs over top-down bureaucracies.
National esprit de corps: To build a sense of unity across
programs, the national service agency will establish shared
features for all programs, create a national advertising
campaign, and sponsor training and networking programs
nationwide.
II. Summer Leadership Training
To launch the national service program quickly, we have requested
$15 million from the economic stimulus package to start a summer
program. Based at four sites nationwide, the program will gather
motivated youth to learn leadership skills and do national
service in clearly defined areas. We envision some young people
setting up programs for the homeless on military bases; others
doing environmental cleanup; and others providing education and
outreach to help the immunization program. In the fall,
participants with innovative ideas will be eligible to receive
grants to establish their own national service programs; these
individuals will become service leaders for years to come. Headed
by well-known figures, the summer program will be designed to
demonstrate in a visible way the value of service.
III. Communications Strategy
To emphasize the importance of a "season of service" in spite of
the deficit, we need to give national service high visibility in
every possible way. We are working with the communications and
scheduling staffs to ensure that in activities like tomorrow's
immunization event, service is highlighted as a way to meet
shared goals. This effort to integrate the service message with
other Administration programs will be ongoing.
We are planning two special events to launch the service program,
both around the March 1 anniversary of JFK's establishment of the
Peace Corps. A New York Times op-ed authored by you on February
28 will show the elites how much service matters to you and place
the legislative program in broader context. With a major speech
to a college audience, you can again "pass the torch" of
leadership to America's young people, and at the same time unveil
the summer program. Such a speech would generate incredible
excitement about service and about your presidency. I will also
recommend specific opportunities for your to participate directly
in service activities.
If you like the idea of the op-ed and speech, we will need to
talk further about content.
IV. Legislative Strategy
Starting next week, with your approval, I will begin to circulate
an outline of legislation for comment to key House and Senate
contacts. My office will coordinate with Howard Paster on this
effort. I will then make a round of visits to key House and
Senate members, and with their comments complete the actual
drafting process. We are aiming to introduce legislation by
early March.
We are working with the political staff to develop a strategy to
follow through with a wider round of contacts in the education,
service, labor and other constituent communities. To build
further support for your initiative, we will hold (and encourage
congressional committees to hold) field hearings. I also plan to
make a round of program visits around the country to continue to
highlight the importance of service and build support for the
legislation we propose. We believe that through these efforts,
national service should pass Congress without huge difficulties.