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FOIA Number: 2013-0661-F (2)
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This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the William J. Clinton
Presidential Library Staff.
Collection/Record Group:
Clinton Presidential Records
Subgroup/Office of Origin:
National Service
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Rick Allen
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Department of Agriculture
The Honorable Mike Espy
Chief of Staff: Ron Blackley Phone: (202)-720-3631 Fax: (202)-720-5437
Community Service Contact: Joel Berg, Office of Public Liaison
Phone: (202)-720-4623 Fax: (202)-720-5043
I. Agency Sponsored Programs - Highlights
* The Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP). Managed by the
Cooperative Extension System, EFNEP operates in all fifty states and Puerto
Rico. Program volunteers assist low-income families in acquiring the knowledge,
skills, attitudes, and changed behavior needed to improve their diets and
nutritional well-being. In 1991, 54, 163 volunteers worked a total of 466,018
hours, providing an estimated $2.3 million worth of service.
* Earth Team. A conservation program run by the Soil Conservation Service, the
Earth Team engaged 10,000 volunteers in 50,000 hours of service at 1,800 sites
throughout the nation. The volunteers helped staff Soil Conservation offices,
planted trees, surveyed land, designed and constructed grass waterways,
developed environmental education materials, and created computer databases
of local soils.
* American Indian Youth Practicum. Each summer, this program brings
together 25-50 young people form still warring tribes for a week of service and
learning in national forests in Montana and the Dakotas. The program teaches
community cooperation, environmental conservation principles, and the
importance of staying in school. The program was created by a man named
Girard, a ranger in the Custer Forest in Montana. The program is paid for
entirely out of regular Custer Forest operating funds and is managed by Girard
during his personal time.
* Youth Forest Camps. Run by the non-profit National Forest Foundation, the
camps program will begin this summer at two sites in Washington State and one
in Virginia. Each site will operate an eight week and ten week session or
approximately 200 people. The participants will be paid minimum wage and
perform conservation work in National Forests.
II. Employee Voluntary Programs -- Highlights
Approximately one-hundred USDA employees volunteer at the Van Ness
School in Southeast DC as part of the "Partners in Education" program. The
employees tutor students, organize field trips, raise money to purchase
computers, and buy and deliver gifts to students during the Holiday season.
III. Total Amount Spent on Service Initiatives
USDA spent approximately $13.1 million on volunteer and youth service
programs in 1992. The total could be as high as $153.1 million, however, if 4-H
and Jobs Corps funding are added. Over $65 million in federal formula funds
were spent on 4-H in 1992, and the Labor Department has allocated $75 million
to the Forest Service for the Jobs Corps programs in 1993.
IV. Ideas for Program Development
Secretary Espy has asked Joel Berg to chair a USDA working group on
ways to incorporate USDA into the National Service program. Here are some
initial ideas:
*
Expanding the role of USDA-affiliated Cooperative Extension Offices to
incorporate more service initiatives. Extension Service field offices nationwide
are poised to play a leadership role in developing the infrastructure of service
opportunities that the National Service program will need to survive in the long-
run. Over 30 different Extension Offices submitted Summer of Service proposals.
The proposals included a peer educators program in rural Southeast Colorado, a
child care project in Hartford, Connecticut, a nutrition program state-wide in
Mississippi, and a drug awareness project in Kansas City, Missouri.
* The Department is developing plans for two separate youth corps to be run
by the USDA:
A Modern-day Civilian Conservation Corps run by the National Forest
Service and the Soil Conservation Service. The Forest Service already runs the
Youth Conservation Corps Program and the Youth Forest Camps. The Soil
Conservation Service already runs the Earth Team. This new CCC would focus
on the unique environmental problems of the 1990's such as protecting drinking
water supplies and developing community recycling programs.
A National anti-hunger and nutrition corps run by the Cooperative
Extension System and the two USDA agencies which deal directly with food
stamps and nutrition programs. This program would be similar to the EFNEP
program described above. Corps members would work in urban and rural areas
to help families and individuals apply for food stamps and teach them about
basic nutrition.
USDA:KF
AGRICULTURE - The Honorable Mike Espy
Agency Sponsored Year-Round Programs
Chief of Staff: Ron Blackley Community Service Contact: Joel Berg, Office of Public Affairs
AGENCY MISSION: USDA works to improve farm income and develop markets for agricultural products abroad; administers rural
phone: 202-720-3631
phone: 202-720-4623
development and conservation programs; adresses issues of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition nationwide; assists landowners to protect
fax: 202-720-5437
fax: 202-720-5043
soil, water, forests, and other natural resources; conducts research, inspection, and grading services to safeguard and ensure standards
for food quailty.
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
Research Apprenticeship
RAP provides paid volunteer opportunities for high
ARS provides
400-500 students
High school age
Program
school students to work in labs of the ARS and at
$500,000 to
universities. Students work with scientists on research
support the
AGENCIES: Agricultural
projects in the biological and physical science and
program of
Research Service and
engineering fields. The program is particularly geared
which $250,000 is
Co perative State
toward female and minority students.
transferred to
: search Service
CSRS to fund
The purpose of the program is to increase awareness of
the program at
opportunities in food and agricultural sciences and
universities.
ultimately increase the pool of applicants for
employment.
Agriculture: Page 1
AGRICULTURE - The Honorable Mike Espy
Agency Sponsored Summer Programs
Chief of Staff: Ron Blackley Community Service Contact: Joel Berg, Office of Public Affairs
AGENCY MISSION: USDA works to improve farm income and develop markets for agricultural products abroad; administers rural
phone: 202-720-3631
phone: 202-720-4623
development and conservation programs; adresses issues of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition nationwide; assists landowners to protect
fax: 202-720-5437
fax: 202-720-5043
soil, water, forests, and other natural resources; conducts research, inspection, and grading services to safeguard and ensure standards
for food quailty.
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
Youth Conservation Corps
The Youth Conservation Corps provides 8 weeks of
On-going annual
$2.5 million
1,185 youths
15-18 years old
Minimum Wage
N/A
The FS and
summer employment for youths from all strata of
project
(1992)
cooperating
AGENCY: Forest Service
society. Youths perform conservation work on the
The enrollees
private sector
National Forest System.
are paid from
entities provide
Forest Service
tools, trainir.
Each National Forest Park Director determines which
resource
and super ion.
projects should be completed by YCC works and which
activities funds.
should be completed by professional seasonal and/or
The government
union workers.
assumes tort and
workmen's
compensation
liability.
Agriculture: Page 2
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
National Forest
The National Forest Foundation is a non-profit
8 to 10 week
$1.3 million
200
Minimum Wage
N/A
Private Sector
Foundation Youth Camps
corporation established by congressional statute.
programs
will provide most
of programs'
AGENCY: Forest Service
Some of its purpose is to raise funds from private
funding
sources for activities which support the programs
administered by the Forest Service.
National Forest
Foundation will
The Foundation has just been established. One of its
run the programs
first projects will be operating three summer camps for
and and assume
at-risk youth in the George Washington, Mt. Hood, and
administrative
Gifford Pinchot National Forests. Special attempts will
costs
be made to supplement the work experience with social
and remedial education skills so that participants, once
they complete the program, can successfully enter into
the job corps or private sector employment into the job
corps or private sector employment.
Office of International
OICD's Summer Employees Program provides
N/A
Academic Credit
Cooperation and
professional on-the-job training experience to both
Development Summer
college and high school students. In return for thier
Employee's Program
services, students receive academic credit.
AGENCY: Office of
Experience enhancement:
International Cooperation
1. Students are exposed to guest speakers that cover
and Development
an array of subjects from agriculture to
transportation.
2. Field trips included:
(a) visits to Congress to learn about its functions;
(b) visits to embassies to learn about their
relationship to the Federal Court, the
National Association of State Departments
of Agriculture, and the USDA
Agriculture: Page 3
AGRICULTURE - The Honorable Mike Espy
Voluntary Programs which Enforce Department's Mission
Chief of Staff: Ron Blackley Community Service Contact: Joel Berg, Office of Public Affairs
AGENCY MISSION: USDA works to improve farm income and develop markets for agricultural products abroad; administers rural
phone: 202-720-3631
phone: 202-720-4623
development and conservation programs; adresses issues of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition nationwide; assists landowners to protect
fax: 202-720-5437
fax: 202-720-5043
soil, water, forests, and other natural resources; conducts research, inspection, and grading services to safeguard and ensure standards
for food quailty.
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
National Forest Service
Offers individuals and organizations the opportunity to
108,977 students
N/A
N/A
Volunteer Program
donate their talents and services to help manage the
nation's natural resource.
AGENCY: Forest Service
Volunteers participate in resource protection and
management, cooperative forestry. and research. Typical
positions include campground hosts, information
specialists, fire lookouts, and recreations, wildlife and
fisheries assistants.
Earth Team Volunteer
Volunteers helped staff Soil Conservation Service
$100,000
10,000 at 1,800
N/A
N/A
Program
offices, planted trees, surveyed land, designed and
sites nationwide
constructed grass waterways, developed environmental
AGENCY: Soil
education materials, and created computer databases of
Conservation Service
local soils.
Nutrition and Education
Volunteers provide basic nutritional information to child
N/A
N/A
Training Program
care centers, school meal programs, and other interested
entities.
AGENCY: Food and
Nutrition Service
National Agricultural
NAL provides opportunities for adult and youth
N/A
20
N/A
N/A
Library Volunteer
volunteers. Depending on the skill of the individual,
Program
volunteers provide clerical, technical, or professional
assistance to NAL in operating its library and its
AGENCY: National
databases.
Agricultural Library
Agriculture: Page 4
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
Food Stamp Outreach
Outreach activities include explaining program rules,
N/A
N/A
Program
helping people apply and fill out forms, etc.
AGENCY: Food and
Nutrition Service
The Emergency Food
Volunteers unload trucks, hand out food at donation
N/A
N/A
Assistance Program
sites, help with applications, etc.
(TEFAP)
Commodities are all donated.
AGENCY: Food and
Nutrition Service
4-H
Co-op with land
3 million
10-20 years Id
Land grant
grant colleges
colleges
Agricutural Research
A number of ARS locations nationwide accept volunteer
Over 100
N/A
Service Volunteer
services for a wide variety of administrative and research
Programs
support functions. The U.S. National Arboretum in
D.C. relies on volunteers to perform a number of
AGENCY: Agricultural
services, including serving as tour guides, providing
Research Service
assistance in the library, assisting in the maintenance of
plant collections and working with researchers in the
herbarium.
Once they receive training, volunteers are asked to work
for at least four hours per week.
Agriculture: Page 5
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
Extension
3 million
Agriculture: Page 6
AGRICULTURE - The Honorable Mike Espy
Voluntary Employee Activities
Chief of Staff: Ron Blackley Community Service Contact: Joel Berg, Office of Public Affairs
AGENCY MISSION: USDA works to improve farm income and develop markets for agricultural products abroad; administers rural
phone: 202-720-3631
phone: 202-720-4623
development and conservation programs; adresses issues of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition nationwide; assists landowners to protect
fax: 202-720-5437
fax: 202-720-5043
soil, water, forests, and other natural resources; conducts research, inspection, and grading services to safeguard and ensure standards
for food quailty.
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
Youth at Risk Program
Youth at Risk Program
The Youth at Risk Program provides funding for
$10 million
100,000
1890 institutions
community-based programs to address the needs of at-
SOE
AGENCY: Extension
risk youth. Programs provide youth with after school
Supplemented
for several
Service
programs; reading and science enrichment classes; teen
by local and
projects.
pregnancy, drug abuse and depression counseling.
private matching
Opportunities are available for youth to be trained to
funds.
provide these same services to their peers.
Agriculture: Page 7