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CORPORATION FOR
NATIONAL
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
Report of the
Evaluation Task Force
March 25, 1994
Version for Public Release
INTRODUCTION
The mission of the Corporation for National Service is:
To engage Americans of all ages and backgrounds in community-based service. This
service will address the nation's educational, public safety, human and environmental needs
in order to achieve direct and demonstrable results. In fulfilling its mission, the
Corporation will foster civic responsibility, strengthen the ties that bind us together as a
people and provide educational opportunity for those who make a substantial commitment
to service.
The future of national service depends on the Corporation's ability to present convincing
evidence that it is fulfilling its mission and to respond to the concerns of its various constituencies
in a timely and effective manner. The evaluation efforts of the Corporation will play a significant
role in each of these areas by:
*
Gathering and aggregating information to demonstrate program impacts on
communities and participants.
*
Serving as a source of information to help improve program quality and
management effectiveness at all levels.
*
Providing data in a timely manner to inform the decisions of policy-makers and
key constituencies.
The purpose of this plan is to present a comprehensive evaluation strategy detailing how
evaluation might best support the Corporation's mission. Because it is based on a philosophy of
continuous improvement, it incorporates many strategies and responsibilities that must be
performed in concert with other staffs.
Out of necessity, this plan focuses primarily on ways to evaluate the subtitles under the
National and Community Services Act of 1990 as amended (NCSA). The size of the NCSA
program portfolio and its recent creation demanded our attention. Even within the NCSA, the plan
emphasizes the evaluation of AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America. Serious consideration,
however, is still given to the evaluation needs of the National Civilian Community Corps. The
Evaluation Task Force believes that the strategy proposed here is valuable to all NCSA evaluation
activities.
The Evaluation Task Force recognizes that the activities under the Domestic Volunteer
Services Act (DVSA) are not addressed in this document. The DVSA offices have staff and a
budget. An evaluation plan for FY 1994 was prepared last year and is guiding this year's effort.
That plan, however, requires review and revision in light of the statements on mission and
principles framed in this document.
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This plan is organized into six sections:
I
The Mission for Evaluation and Its Guiding Principles
II
Objectives
III
Basic Evaluation Questions
IV
Information Gathering Techniques: How We Propose to Get Answers
V
Products and Systems that Communicate the Answer
VI
Partnerships
VII
Implementation (not for general release)
Technical Appendices
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I - MISSION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES
We will provide accurate, timely, and useful informa-
tion to demonstrate results, improve program quality,
and inform decisions.
The two philosophies of continuous improvement and reinventing government have
regularly guided the development of our evaluation strategy. These philosophies have been
formalized in the following working principles:
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We will be responsive to and serve the needs of our stakeholders, including local
programs, states, and Congressional decision-makers.
*
We will collect only information that is useful to demonstrate results, improve
program effectiveness, and meet legislative requirements.
*
We will use multiple approaches to information collection so that we have various
ways of knowing what and how programs are doing.
*
We will be partners with State Commissions and with programs in assessing and
improving effectiveness.
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We will minimize reporting requirements and interruption of program operations.
*
We will clearly communicate expectations and we will share the information we
gather in ways that are useful.
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We will take advantage of the potential of technology to link programs, State
Commissions and the Corporation so all parts of the system can benefit from the
knowledge of others.
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II - OBJECTIVES
Our evaluation strategy has two primary objectives:
1.
To assess the value of national service programs. Meeting this objective will require
that we:
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Assess program impacts on communities, participants, and involved
institutions.
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Collect descriptive information about communities, participants, and
programs.
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Assess the satisfaction of our "customers" - e.g., service recipients,
participants, community members, etc.
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Determine the return on the National Service investment.
2.
To provide information on effective practices in support of both program
improvement and policy decisions. Meeting this objective will require that we:
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Help identify effective (and ineffective) practices.
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Clearly communicate evaluation findings in formats and venues that will
support program improvement.
*
Work closely with program staff and the technical assistance group.
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Support programs, states, and grantees in developing, implementing, and
sharing approaches to self-assessment and continuous program
improvement.
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Put mechanisms in place to answer questions that arise or collect other data
as needed by Corporate staff and policy makers.
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Fulfill statutory requirements.
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III - THE EVALUATION QUESTIONS: WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW
We have identified five categories of information we need to collect to meet our objectives.
These categories are: information on program impacts; descriptive information on programs,
participants, and the communities they serve; information on "customer" satisfaction; information
on effective practices; and other information required by statute.
Information on Impacts
The ultimate measure of the Corporation's success will be the impact we have on the
communities we serve and the participants we sponsor.
Impacts on Communities can be viewed in terms of the value of the direct work that is
performed, in terms of the role our programs play in building stronger communities, and in terms
of the changes that occur in educational institutions and other organizations as a result of
involvement with our programs.
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Direct Impacts will be measured on two dimensions: quantity of work
accomplished (e.g., hours of literacy tutoring) and impact on the targeted
beneficiaries (e.g., increased reading skills).
*
Community Strengthening is a more subtle impact that we will gauge by studying
volunteer patterns, collaboration efforts among community-based organizations,
and the extent to which diverse community members work together. We will also
attempt to assess changes over time in the public's attitude toward community and
toward national service. Finally, although we look at participant development as a
separate impact (see below), one of the primary ways our programs may
strengthen communities is by developing more active citizens.
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Institutional Impacts, while pertinent to all subtitles, are of particular interest in the
Learn and Serve programs. What internal changes take place in schools, school
districts, or universities that have service programs? Has service-learning been
integrated into the institution's culture and curriculum? For all subtitles, we are
interested in the internal changes that occur in the organizations of partners and
sponsors: Have policies or procedures changed as a result of working with our
programs? Does the institution view service, community, and their role with
regard to each differently?
Impacts on Participants. In addition to meeting public needs and building stronger
communities, service programs should have a positive impact on those who provide the service.
We propose to examine the benefits of service participation from the perspective of the participant,
as well as the impact of service on their subsequent community, educational, and career activities.
We will focus whenever possible on behavioral, not attitudinal outcomes for two reasons: (1) the
difficulty of demonstrating clearly the independent effects of one or two years of service and (2)
the need to limit the costs and burden associated with collecting data on participants.
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Descriptive Information
To support more extensive evaluations, as well as to fulfill legislative requirements, we will
collect and maintain basic information on the magnitude and variety of work being performed, the
demographics of our participants, and basic program and community characteristics.
Information on Customer Satisfaction
All community service is local. One of the surest ways of sustaining service programs is
ensuring customers are satisfied. We define customer in a broad sense: Do beneficiaries believe
they are being well-served? Are partners pleased with their relationships? Are sponsors satisfied
with their investment? For each of these questions, why or why not?
Information on Effective Practices
The information we collect is most powerful when it is used to improve the quality of our
programs. With this in mind, we intend to evaluate what practices contribute to effective program
start-up and effective program operations. We will also assess what Corporation practices and
policies are most effective. Finally, we will work closely with program staff and the Technical
Assistance group to help identify technical assistance needs.
Information required by Statute
The National Service Trust Act of 1993 is quite prescriptive in terms of evaluation. It sets
standards for how we are to carry out evaluations, it details specific things we are to evaluate, and it
specifies when we are to report results. Studies required by statue are included in the matrix that
follows. Studies that are not covered elsewhere in the matrix or that must be included in a report to
Congress due June 30, 1995, are listed at the end of the matrix. Appendix A details all the
evaluation provisions of the statute.
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IV - INFORMATION GATHERING STRATEGIES: HOW WE PROPOSE TO get ANSWERS
The Evaluation group has two primary objectives: to assess the value of national service programs and to provide information on effective practices in support of
program improvement and policy decisions. The following questions were derived from these objectives. Questions applicable to the first objective are divided into two
categories covering communities and participants. Questions applicable to the second objective are similarly divided into implementation issues and statutory
requirements. In the third column, Strategy for Obtaining Information, we have included only phrases to describe the strategies we are proposing. Expanded descriptions
of these strategies follow the matrix.
Objective One: Assessing the value of national service programs. Although the following questions apply across subtitles, they do so in varying degrees.
For instance, when we study K-12 Learn and Serve impacts, the focus will be primarily on participants with some assessment of institutional impacts and a lesser focus on
service-recipient impacts. For the Higher Education programs, our focus will be equally distributed between participant and community impacts (with an emphasis on
institutional changes). When studying AmeriCorps, we will be most interested in community impacts, with a substantial interest in participant impacts as well. In
general the following questions are very broad and will be tailored to subtitle specific issues as appropriate.
COMMUNITIES
Question to be Answered
Timing
Strategy for Obtaining Information
INFORMATION ON IMPACTS
What work was performed by our programs?¹ (e.g. 50,000 hours
- Annually
- Develop and have programs complete Annual Program
of safety patrols provided)
Accomplishment Survey
What was the impact of the work performed on direct
- Annually
- Develop and have programs complete Annual Program
beneficiaries (e.g., 50% reduction in incidents of school
Accomplishment Survey2
violence)?
- Years 1 and 2
- Sponsor a film documentary of our programs
- Ensure all programs have a camera and videocam
- Longitudinally
- Compare beneficiaries and similar groups not receiving
services at select sites (comparison group study)
What are the institutional impacts of our programs on
- Annually
- Conduct pre- and post- interviews/focus groups with key
sponsors, partners, or involved institutions?
staff from involved institutions
- Conduct sample survey
- Longitudinally
- Note changes over time based on annual efforts
1 The Corporation is required to submit this information annually to Congress.
2 In many cases accomplishments will directly reflect intended impacts. However, for some programs it will be difficult to determine just what portion of change is
attributable to our service efforts because of the other variables involved. In these cases, accomplishments will not reflect ultimate impacts. For example, an
accomplishment may address number of children reached by a health van, but not resulting increases in health status.
Objective One: Assessing the value of national service programs (continued)
Question to be Answered
Timing
Strategy for Obtaining Information
Do our programs build stronger communities?³ Specifically:
- How many non-participant volunteers do they leverage?
- Annually
- Require programs to keep track of and report on non-
participant volunteer hours through Evaluation Data System
- Do they foster increased collaboration among community-
- Year 1 and 2
- Conduct pre- and post- interviews/focus groups with key
based organizations?
staff from involved institutions
- Longitudinally
- Note changes over time based on annual efforts
- Do they increase the number of activities that bring diverse
- Annually
- Use Evaluation Data System to determine participant mix
community members together?
- Every few years
- Note changes over time through interviews and focus groups
What is the return on the national service investment?
- Annually
- Perform cost-benefit analysis as appropriate
To what extent is the public aware of and supportive of
- Longitudinally
- Purchase questions in national polls
national service?
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
To what extent have distressed areas been served?⁴
- Annually
- Cross tabulate information in Evaluation Data System
with existing data bases (Census, Labor Statistics, HUD, etc.)
What do our programs look like and what types of services do
-Annually
- Use Evaluation Data System
they provide?
INFORMATION ON SATISFACTION
Are service recipients, program sponsors, program partners, and
- Periodically
- Distribute to programs sample customer satisfaction surveys.
community members satisfied with the programs and community
Require programs to report on the results of such surveys in
services provided?
their annual report.
- Ongoing
- Encourage programs to establish advisory councils & sponsor
periodic public meetings and focus groups for key stakeholders
3 Programs are required to set annual objectives for community strengthening activities which we will attempt to aggregate
4 The Corporation is required to report this information annually to Congress. Areas include economically and environmentally distressed areas, areas affected by
reductions in defense spending, areas that suffer economic loss as a result of the management of federal lands, and those with an unemployment rate high than the national
average.
Objective One: Assessing the value of national service programs (continued)
PARTICIPANTS⁵
Question to be Answered
Timing
Strategy for Obtaining Information
INFORMATION ON IMPACTS
Does participation in national service programs:
- Annually
- Use Evaluation Data System (see plans and perceived
benefits questions on participant exit form, Appendix B)
- increase participants' sense of civic responsibility?6
- enhance participants' education?⁷
- Years 1 and 2
- Note changes through interviews and focus groups
- enhance participants' life skills?
- Sponsor Journal Project
- Longitudinally
- Compare participants and similar group not enrolled in
service program (comparison group study)
- Conduct survey of alumni
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
What are the demographic characteristics of participants?⁸
- Annually
- Use Evaluation Data System (participant enrollment form)
INFORMATION ON SATISFACTION
How satisfied are participants with their experience?
- Annually
- Use Evaluation Data System (participant exit form)
- Periodically
- Encourage the use of participant satisfaction surveys, by
developing samples and distributing them to programs.
Require programs to report on the results of such surveys in
their annual report.
- Years 1 and 2
- Sponsor Journal Project
- Ongoing
- Encourage programs to establish participant advisory
councils, sponsor focus groups, etc.
5 Programs are required to set participant development objectives, which we will attempt to aggregate.
6 Required by statute
7 Required by statute
8 The Corporation is required to report this information to Congress annually.
Objective Two: Providing information on effective practices in support of program improvement and policy decisions.
Question to be Answered
Timing
Strategy for Obtaining Information
IDENTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE PRACTICES
What practices contribute to effective program startup?
- Ongoing
- Encourage programs to collect and share information on good
What practices contribute to successful program results?
practices
- Develop a handbook on continuous program improvement
mechanisms
- Sponsor participant ethnographer grant (A.Corps, High. Ed.)
- Sponsor effective practice studies
- Deploy Rapid Feedback Team when quick turn-around is required
- Use Electronic Highway to exchange info on good practices
How can the Corporation improve its operations?
- Annually
- Customer Satisfaction Survey (internal and external)
- Ongoing
- Use Electronic Highway, newsletters, etc. to share good
practice/suggestions
STUDIES REQUIRED BY STATUTE
Are some program models more cost effective?
- By January 1996 (for
- Perform cost effectiveness analysis
reauthorization)
- Analyze accomplishments by program and by program type
Do national service programs impact the recruiting of other
- By January 1996 (for
- Conduct surveys/interviews with participants and military
programs or the military (by state)?
reauthorization)
enlistees
What are the living allowances paid by AmeriCorps and
- By January 1996 (for
- Conduct sample survey
Youth and Conservation Corps programs and do living allowance
reauthorization)
amounts affect the ability to serve?
What impact are national service programs having on human
- Report to Congress
- Summarize results from community impact studies
education, environmental, or public safety needs?
due on June 30, 1995
How should the Corporation define and measure the out-
- Report to Congress
- Perform policy study. Specifics to be determined by policy study
comes of both stipended and nonstipended service programs ?
due on June 30, 1995
team
Should AmeriCorps and NCCC programs focus on economically
- Report to Congress
- Perform policy study. Specifics to be determined by policy study
disadvantaged individuals or at risk youth, or include a mix of
due on June 30, 1995
team
individuals, including individuals from middle and upper
income families?
Objective Two: Providing information on effective practices (continued)
Question to be Answered
Timing
Strategy for Obtaining Information
How import are stipends and educational benefits in achieving
- Report to Congress
- Perform policy study. Specifics to be determined by policy study
desired outcomes in the service programs?
due on June 30, 1995
team
What is the potential for cost savings and coordination of
- Report to Congress
- Perform policy study. Specifics to be determined by policy study
support and oversight from combining functions performed by
due on June 30, 1995
team
ACTION state offices and State Commissions?
What national service and domestic volunteer service
- Report to Congress
- Perform policy study. Specifics to be determined by policy study
programs exist and what is the potential for future consolidation
due on June 30, 1995
team
and/or reorganization?
What are the implications of the June 30, 1995, studies on
- Report to Congress
- Perform cost analysis as appropriate
authorized funding levels (as appropriate)
due on June 30, 1995
Can residential programs increase the public's support for
- Report to Congress
- To be determined
national and community service? (NCCC)
due on June 30, 1995
To what extent does the NCCC expand the opportunities for
- Report to Congress
- To be determined
young people to perform community service while increasing
due on June 30, 1995
their civic responsibility?
What is the capacity of current and former members of the
- Report to Congress
- To be determined
Armed Forces to direct and train NCCC participants?
due on June 30, 1995
Is national service an option to military service in a time of
- Report to Congress
- To be determined
reduced opportunity to serve in the Armed Forces?
due on June 30, 1995
IV - INFORMATION GATHERING STRATEGIES: HOW WE PROPOSE TO GET
ANSWERS
As reflected in the previous matrix, we intend to put in place a rich mix of evaluation
methods, both quantitative and qualitative. The following section describes in more detail the
specific methods we intend to use in answering our evaluation questions. Many of the methods we
propose serve more than one purpose and will contribute to answering more than one question. In
the interest of brevity, however, we discuss each method only once in the section where it plays the
largest role.
Information on Impacts
Annual Program Accomplishment Survey. As part of their application, individual
AmeriCorps and Higher Education programs are required to specify challenging yet realistic
annual objectives for each of the four service areas in which they intend to work. During the year,
programs will continually refine these objectives and report on their progress toward them. At the
end of the year, programs will report on their success at reaching these objectives, as well as other
major program accomplishments.
The vehicle for reporting these accomplishments will be the Annual Accomplishments
Survey. Drawing from the best of the Abt and Action summer of safety surveys, we will design a
survey to collect data on the specific work programs perform. The survey will collect information
on accomplishments in a consistent format so that we can aggregate it. It is important to note that
this task will not be a simple one. We will have over 300 programs in operation, providing a wide
variety of services. We will need to spend a substantial amount of time working with grantees,
especially during the first year, both in the design and execution of this survey.
Comparison Group Studies. By statute we are required to perform these types of studies
"where appropriate" to gauge participant impacts. In keeping with this requirement, we propose to
carry out a long-term, panel study of service participants. Through this study, we will select a
sample of participants to interview at the beginning and at the end of their term of service. We will
interview them again at regular intervals over the course of several years. We will also select to
interview a group of non-participants who resemble the participants. At the end of the program
year, and periodically over time, we will compare the two groups to identify the impact of service
participation on behaviors and values.
We also propose to use these types of studies, where appropriate, to measure the impact of
our programs on service recipients. How have program beneficiaries changed as a result of our
services? How are they different from an otherwise similar group who did not receive services?
We will perform representative comparison group studies in each of the four service areas.
Surveys. Surveys are a relatively inexpensive way of collecting a great deal of information.
Surveys are also a powerful evaluation tool because if a representative sample of respondents is
selected, conclusions about a wider population can be drawn from the data generated. We propose
to make use of surveys when studying a variety of things, most notably institutional impacts.
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Interviews and Focus Groups. We will conduct one-on-one or small group discussions to
produce information which can not be collected through surveys or regular program reports. We
will use these techniques to gauge the impact of our programs on involved institutions (e.g., Have
our programs influenced the education curriculum of involved school districts? Have our
programs changed the way private sector partners think about their role in their community?).
Through a series of pre- and post- interviews/focus groups, we will also try to assess whether our
programs foster increased collaborations among community organizations.
Cost-benefit Analysis. We will estimate the benefits of programs and the costs of pro-
grams, wherever possible in dollars, and then compare benefits to costs. We will perform cost-
benefit analyses on our programs as appropriate, recognizing that many of the benefits of
community service can not be quantified in terms of dollars.
National Polling. One of the primary purposes the National and Community Service Trust
Act is to renew an ethic of service across the country. Through the purchase of questions in already
established national polls, we propose to study over a period of years the nation's attitudes toward
communities and service. We will also test the public's awareness of service opportunities,
particularly our national service programs. While we do not expect major shifts in attitudes from
year to year, we do hope to see notable changes over the course of several years.
The Film Project. Because visual documentation is a powerful way of demonstrating
impacts, we will produce a documentary describing our programs and the work they do. Similarly,
we intend to encourage local programs to photographically document their accomplishments, by
giving every program funds in their grant to cover the cost of a camera and video camera.
The Journal Project. Measuring and assigning changes in our participants will be a
challenging task. One way to address this challenge is to allow participants to tell their own
stories. We propose to contract with a professional, qualitative researcher to create an account of
participant experiences based on participant journals. The analyst would abstract themes and
identify patterns of experience to illustrate both typical and atypical service years. The final product
would be both objective and entertaining.
Descriptive Information
The Evaluation Data System. The Evaluation Data System (EDS) will contain
information on both programs and participants. Basic program information will be collected
during the grant negotiation stage. Participant data will be collected for AmeriCorps programs
through Participant Enrollment and Exit Forms. Because we are not required by statue to collect
individual demographic data on Learn and Serve programs we will collect only aggregated
participant data from them. The EDS will also link to other parts of the overall Management
Information System (Appendix B contains sample data collection instruments).
Information on Satisfaction
Local Satisfaction Surveys. By regulation local programs are required to collect
meaningful measures of customer satisfaction, where "customers" include direct beneficiaries,
community members, partners and the like. To support this effort, the Corporation will provide
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example customer surveys which programs can adapt as they see fit. During site visits program
officers will review the results of customer satisfaction efforts. Programs will also be required to
submit summaries of these efforts in their periodic reports to their program officer.
Other Local Feedback Mechanisms. Maintaining contact and an ongoing dialogue with
stakeholders is a critical element of ensuring "customer" satisfaction. With this in mind, we will
encourage local programs to establish advisory councils and sponsor periodic public meetings and
focus groups for key stakeholders.
Satisfaction Surveys of Corporation Customers. In order to be responsive to our
customers and improve the quality of the services we provide, we envision surveying all direct
grantees and State Commissions, as well as samples of participants and community representa-
tives each year.
Information on Effective Practices (Continuous Improvement)
Continuous Improvement Handbook. The ultimate responsibility for quality and
continuous improvement belongs to local programs. Programs are required through the
regulations to monitor the quality of their services, the satisfaction of "customers", and
management effectiveness. They are also required to track progress towards annual objectives.
These efforts are to be ongoing allowing for frequent feedback and the quick correction of weak-
nesses. To facilitate this ongoing assessment the Corporation is developing a handbook which
will provide information on continuous program improvement methods.
Effective Practice Sharing. We plan to bring a consultant on-board to help design creative
approaches to identifying and evaluating effective practices. This consultant will also work with
the Technical Assistance team to put in place mechanisms that facilitate the sharing of good
practices and effective monitoring and evaluation techniques.
Participant Observers/Ethnographers Ethnography relies on frequent, extended
observations of local program observations by trained researchers. The strength of ethnography is
that it is based not on brief visits or knowledge obtained from interviews, but rather it is based on
the first-hand experience of the researcher. It is important to note that ethnography is bound by
strict ethical standards designed to protect the confidentiality of individuals providing information.
The goal is to understand program reality through frequent contact with participants and others. In
doing so, the establishment of trust and rapport is essential.
We propose establishing a grant program to enroll graduate student "observers" in a
sample of local AmeriCorps and Higher Education programs with one of their primary objectives
being the identifying of good practices and common program challenges. These student observers
will only be placed in programs that agree to host them. They will have common training and will
meet periodically to share what they have learned. A final report summarizing findings and
recommending actions will be produced and shared with programs and State Commissions.
Rapid Feedback Teams. Periodically throughout the year we expect questions to arise that
we cannot readily answer without additional analysis or information collection. To respond to
these questions, we propose using rapid feedback teams to collect or verify data, or to evaluate and
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report on programs of particular interest. These teams will not perform investigative functions
better suited to teams operating under the cognizance of senior management or the inspector
general, nor will they perform program management functions.
Effective Practices Sharing via the Electronic Highway. The Corporation has distinguished
itself as one of the first federally funded entity to place a notice of proposed rule making on the
Internet for comment. This is just one example of the use of on-line communication. Bulletin
boards, conferences, and electronic mail are other examples of how on-line communications can
facilitate information sharing that, in turn, will facilitate program improvement.
Cost-effectiveness Studies The Act requires that the Corporation investigate the cost-
effectiveness of various program models. Through cost-effectiveness analysis we will assess the
performance of programs in meeting their goals in relation to the costs. We can then compare the
results of this type of analysis across similar programs to indicate which programs are achieving
better efficiencies.
Policy Study Teams. We propose that the Corporation create policy teams to study and
prepare reports on policy questions. Teams should be drawn from various offices in the
Corporation including Legislative Affairs, the subtitle offices, and the Office of the Chief
Executive. Program and state representatives should also be included. These teams should operate
under the direction of the Corporation's Managing Director. The costs of these policy studies have
not been included in the evaluation budget.
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V - PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS THAT COMMUNICATE THE ANSWERS
The information we learn through our research methods will be packaged in many different
ways. Each single research technique will find several outlets. The formats for presenting our
information will vary with the needs of our many constituencies: Congress, Corporate leadership,
Corporation Program Officers, State Commissions, grantees and sub-grantees, participants,
applicants, donors, and the American public. Essentially, we have four categories of products:
*
Interim Information for Corporate Leadership and Staff
*
Reports to Congress
*
Program Evaluation Reports
*
Reports to States
Interim Information for Corporate Leadership and Staff
One of the most common criticisms of evaluation efforts is that the information comes too
late to be of any utility to decision makers. The evaluation systems of the Corporation must find
ways to overcome this tendency. We must support ways to get information to the Corporation's
leadership that is timely, accurate, and useful (as our mission statement demands).
Meetings with Hill and OMB Staff. Congress and OMB are key Corporation stakeholders
with whom we must maintain an open channel of communication. To this end, we have already
held the first in what will be a series of meetings with Hill and OMB staff on evaluation activities.
We do not want to wait until appropriation or budget hearings are held to know what these
important stakeholders want of us.
Program Accomplishment and Customer Satisfaction Reports. In support of the Corp-
oration's annual report, we will produce regular reports on Program Accomplishments and
Customer Satisfaction Reports, in addition to the demographics report required by Congress.
These reports will contain the detail behind the information reported in the annual report to Con-
gress.
Teleconferences. At any given time, the Corporation may have several evaluators in the
field actively studying first hand the operations and activities of our local programs. We propose
to hold periodic teleconferences with these researchers. In these conferences we would gather first
hand, fresh impressions of program needs, problems, and accomplishments. These conferences
could be attended by corporate leaders, program staff or we could issue summaries of their
contents.
Periodic Data Base Reports. The Evaluation Data System will generate periodic reports.
These reports will contain basic data on program levels, renewals, participant enrollments and
terminations, demographic characteristics, and so on.
Interim Reporting Requirements in Grants and Contracts. Every research grant and
contract will have interim reporting requirements built in. On multi-year contracts, these reports
should be at least every year. On one-year contracts, the interim reports should be at least
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quarterly. These reports would summarize what has been learned to date. This could include early
warnings on program difficulties and recommendations for program improvement.
Electronic Highway. This may be our quickest path to information on challenges and
issues confronting participants and programs. This information will come through various bulletin
boards and other on-line links to the field.
Reports to Congress
There are four Congressional reporting requirements.
Corporation's Annual Report to Congress, due before February 1. The Act requires the
Corporation to submit an annual report to Congress with the first one due before February 1, 1995.
This report must, among other requirements, provide information on the results achieved by our
programs. The annual report must also include the findings and actions taken as a result of evalua-
tions done by the Corporation that year, so it could include data from the Evaluation Data System,
the Program Accomplishments Survey, Customer Satisfaction Surveys, and other evaluation
studies. It is important to note that the first annual report will not contain substantial information on
program accomplishments since this report is due before our first program year is over.
Annual Demographics Report on National Service Participants and Communities, due on
March 21. At a minimum, we must file reports for AmeriCorps and NCCC every year on the
demographics of participants and the funding to distressed areas. The Act actually requires reports
on aid to distressed areas on two dates: before March 21 (18 months after enactment) and on June
30. In the first year, we can report twice if required, but it will be annual after that.
Policy Issues Report, due June 30, 1995. The Act requires that the Corporation carry out
evaluation studies on the administration and organization of national service programs. These
programs include AmeriCorps, the National Civilian Community Corps, and VISTA. The issues
the Corporation must cover include: meeting needs, getting results, cost-effectiveness, funding, the
merger of ACTION and ONS, and others (see matrix in section IV).
Policy Issues Report on NCCC, due June 30, 1995. Due at the same time are the answers
to a second set of broad policy questions specifically addressing the National Civilian Community
Corps. Topics include: public support for national service, expanded opportunities for youth,
potential uses for former military members, and the role of community service as an option to
military service.
Program Evaluation Reports
Subtitle Evaluation Reports. These reports will describe program and participant charac-
teristics, activities, accomplishments, strengths, weaknesses, and recommendations by subtitle.
Subtitle reports will also include information on what is already known about a subtitle (e.g.,
summaries of previous studies).
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Issue Reports. Where appropriate, we intend to prepare evaluation reports that focus on
cross-cutting issues. These reports would cover topics or problems that are shared by more than
one subtitle. For example, we might report on the impact of national service programs on public
safety. These issue reports would in all likelihood be more analytic and be aimed at a national
program leadership and policy makers.
Film Documentaries and Journal Reports. We will also produce less traditional types of
reports in the form of videos and still photography. These visual and narrative reports would serve
to complement and support the more technical and traditional reporting devices.
Reports to States and Grantees
Individual State Reports. We propose that the Corporation produce a series of annual, 2-4
page reports tailored to each State (organized by Congressional district if appropriate) that highlight
activities and accomplishments.
Such reports might include:
*
funding by subtitle in the State
numbers and characteristics of participants
program results for the State
*
customer satisfaction levels within the State
vignettes that profile successful programs and participants
common challenges and program recommendations
Newsletter. We intend to communicate with the field through either an evaluation
newsletter or an evaluation section in the Corporation's newsletter. Through this vehicle we plan to
keep grantees, subgrantees and other interested parties up to date on evaluation activities. We will
also use newsletters to disseminate evaluation findings as appropriate.
Best Practices Reports. In concert with the Technical Assistance team and the field, we
will prepare reports on effective (and ineffective) practices. These reports will be designed to
provide useful information and recommendations for program improvement.
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VI - PARTNERSHIPS
Partnering with Grantees and States
The Corporation's overall evaluation strategy builds on the respective strengths of
programs, states, and the Corporation. The Corporation has the resources available to evaluate, in-
depth, the impact of National Service. Our studies will build on individual program and state data,
and will draw conclusions that are possible only from a larger sampling and larger perspective. We
believe that evaluation at the state and local level should be used as a management tool that helps
program continuously improve. Consequently, programs and states are not required to perform
independent or in-depth impact evaluations. Instead, they are required to set up methods for
continuously assessing performance.
They are also required to establish and track meaningful annual objectives (consistent with
their mission statement). The Corporation will invest in quality programs which get things done.
Striving to meet demonstrable objectives must be an important task of every program. However,
the Corporation does not want grantees to focus exclusively on meeting objectives at the expense
of quality service delivery. Just as important as meeting objectives is the learning that takes place
along the way. We acknowledge that objectives may be refined over the course of the year, and
we recognize that accountability must be balanced with flexibility.
In order to ensure this evaluation approach is successful, the Corporation must partner with
our grantees. Traditionally, evaluation units in government have been regarded by grantees as
adversaries rather than partners. The relationship we envision is more closely akin to a
consultative relationship, with evaluation processes providing objective information and, as
appropriate, recommendations, in a time frame and in a way that grantees will find useful. In this
sense our relationship with grantees will be a client service relationship. All information requests
that require input from subgrantees will be discussed with grantees in coordination with our
program staff. Our goal in serving our grantees is to make them as self-sufficient as possible in
assessing and improving the performance of their subgrantees. At the same time, we will
minimize the burden of data aggregation where this task is mechanical and there is little to be
learned from the process. Finally, we will provide training and technical assistance in formulating
objectives and developing tailored strategies for performing continuous assessment.
In turn, we expect State Commissions and other grantees to:
*
Set clear and specific annual objectives that define the results they will achieve.
*
Select subgrantees with strong mission statements and meaningful annual
objectives.
*
Fulfill our requests for information regarding their own and subgrantee results
within the required time frames.
*
Ensure their subgrantees submit complete and accurate data as requested.
*
Work with the Corporation in identifying useful evaluations, designing questions
and studies, and improving the ways we communicate information back to them.
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Partnering with Program Staff
This plan's focus on continuous program improvement is a significant change in emphasis
from previous evaluation approaches taken in ACTION and the former Commission on National
and Community Service. Our intent is to work closely with the program staff. Specifically, we
see our working relationship guided by four principles:
*
We will never seek information from or visit a program or State without discussing
our plans with the appropriate program officer well in advance to make sure our
plans do not conflict with other activities.
*
We will rely on program officers to facilitate these activities and to help ensure their
States or programs meet requested deadlines.
*
We will confer with program officers in selecting programs for special studies.
*
We will work with program staff in determining evaluation priorities and in
designing evaluation questions and studies.
These principles do not conflict with the legislated requirement that the Corporation's evaluations
be conducted by persons independent of program operation. Rather, they enhance the ultimate
usefulness of evaluation, while building on the premise of evaluation's independence.
In sum, while evaluation activities and reporting must be independent of programs, there
will always be a close advisory relationship between program staff and evaluators.
Partnering with the Technical Assistance Team
To ensure evaluation findings contribute to continuous program improvement efforts, the link
between technical assistance and evaluation must be a strong one. In order to forge such a link we must:
*
Ensure evaluation results are clearly communicated to the technical assistance team.
*
Ensure technical assistance representatives are included in evaluation design work.
*
Design evaluations that link outcomes to effective practices and that identify
common program challenges.
Technical assistance plays a critical role in ensuring evaluation results are used to improve
program quality. They also have a critical role to play in providing technical assistance on
evaluation. We have put in place an outcome based evaluation system. The evaluation of
individual programs centers around their success in achieving direct and demonstrable results. To
ensure this outcome based evaluation is successful, programs, states, and Corporation staff will
need to be trained on how to set realistic, demonstrable outcome objectives. Similarly, many
programs and states will need assistance in designing tailored evaluation techniques they can use
during the year to improve quality and measure results.
We will work with the Technical Assistance team to create a pool of experts who are
available to provide assistance on setting objectives and designing tailored local evaluation
strategies. This pool of evaluators should be available by May so that assistance can be provided
before program start-up.
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VII - IMPLEMENTATION
PERSONNEL
As we implement our evaluation strategy, we face a key issue: how can the work get done
given the ambitious program and limited staffing? In answer to this challenge, we propose that
staffing resources be augmented through the following approaches:
Corporation Staff:
Evaluation Staff Resources. The Office of National and Community Service Programs
needs to fill the two remaining evaluation slots. The evaluation budget for the Office of National
and Community Service programs is $5 million in FY 94 and $7 million (proposed) in FY 95.
With these funds the evaluation staff will carry out the evaluation of a portfolio of program funds
that total $414 million - $240 million.
Program Office Data Specialists. This proposed evaluation system is built on a data base
foundation. With this in mind, we propose that the Corporation formally identify in each program
office one person who will be responsible for the data needs of that program. This data specialist
will be the liaison to evaluation and MIS systems in the Corporation. They will be an important
part of maintaining the integrity and utility of the data bases. This person will also be able to do
program specific analyses, on demand, for their program area.
Personnel on Loan to the Corporation:
Inter-agency Personnel Agreements. Interagency personnel agreements (IPAs) are one
way to increase personnel without violating FTE constraints. The Corporation can recruit for
limited periods of time (one year is common in many federal agencies) personnel from outside the
government. We reimburse the source and promise that the person on loan will not be offered a
permanent position.
Details. 'A second way to increase resources, at least temporarily, is to borrow staff from
other agencies. One area where this might be of particular value is in the area of contracting. We
propose to borrow, on reimbursable detail, a specialist in contract development. This person
would help us draft our statements of work and requests for proposals.
Presidential Management Interns. Presidential Management Interns (PMIs) are graduates
of masters degree programs who intern for two year with Federal agencies. PMIs can rotate for
up to a year in agencies other than the one that sponsors them. PMIs do not count against FTEs
and, during a rotation, the sponsoring agency continues to pay the PMI's salary.
Evaluation Sounding Board
We propose that the Corporation form a sounding board, representing a range of view-
points, to provide feedback on evaluation activities within the Corporation. This board should
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represent the views of various stakeholders and provide a broad range of input to Corporation staff
responsible for program evaluation.
The Evaluation Sounding Board should have eight members, including:
*
Two individuals with significant and current experience in the operation of direct
service programs (when there is no conflict of interest).
*
Two individuals with experience in coordinating or directing service programs at
the state or regional level (when there is no conflict of interest).
*
Two staff members from the Corporation with responsibilities for grant-making or
program operations.
*
One evaluation professionals from other agencies of the federal government.
*
One evaluation professional from outside of government.
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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
The Act permits the Corporation to fund evaluations through grants and contracts. While
there are many technical distinctions between these vehicles, two major ones exist for evaluation
purposes. One is that grants are more open and independent of our control than are contracts. The
second is that grants must be made in the interest of serving the general public, while contracts
serve the interest of the federal government.
Grants
With grants, we have a substantial amount of discretion in selecting evaluators. For
instance, we may identify an educational institution or non-profit organization that has a valuable
expertise that we want to access. At the same time, grantees often operate relatively independent of
our influence, and quality control is more difficult than is the case with contracts.
Contracts
Fixed-Fee Contracts. In the area of contracting, our choices are basically between fixed-fee
and cost-reimbursement contracts. Where we can draw fairly tight parameters around a service or
product, it is to our benefit to enter into a fixed-fee contract. This is the type of contract used to
purchase supplies, for example. In our systems, a fixed-fee contract might be most appropriate for
a limited task like the implementation and management of data collection for the Evaluation Data
System. We know the fields and can estimate the number of units, thus enabling us to reimburse
on a fixed unit-cost basis.
Cost-reimbursement Contracts. In most cases, however, because of the uncertainty of the
work involved and the demands for creativity, innovation, and flexibility, evaluation contracts will fall
into the cost-reimbursement category. In these contracts payment is made based on the costs actually
incurred. We propose awarding several contracts (under one solicitation) to perform impact
evaluations. Depending on the quality of the contract proposals we receive, we envisioning awarding
at least one contract for subtitle B impact evaluations and another contract for subtitle C impact
evaluations. These contracts will be designed to provide interim impact data based on work done our
first program year, and longitudinal impact data based on work performed over several years.
Task Order Contracts. For the bulk of the remaining evaluation studies (primarily effective
practice studies), we recommend the use of task order contracts, sometimes known as indefinite
quantity contracts. Having task order contracts in place will allow us to purchase evaluation
support on an as needed basis without having to compete each purchase. We recommend that the
Corporation enter into more than one, but not more than three task order contracts in support of
our major programming areas. These contracts would be for one year and renewable for three
additional years. Each offeror would have to demonstrate organizational capabilities in the range
of information gathering methods proposed in Section IV of this plan.
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Consultants
Consultants are best used when the work involved is small in scale or not yet clearly
defined. We have identified several projects suitable for consulting contracts, primarily involving
planning and design work.
The following tables summarizes our recommendations on funding vehicles and budget
amounts for each of the information gathering techniques described in section IV.
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Information Gathering Techniques and Funding Mechanisms
(Marks Have Been Removed - Contract Sensitive Information)
VEHICLE FOR PERFORMING WORK:
Grants - Competitive?
Contracts
Yes
No
Fixed-Fee
Cost-Reimb.
Task Order
Consultants
Information on Impacts
Community Impacts (including annual
accomplishments survey)
Participant Impacts (including panel
study)
National Polling
The Film Project
The Journal Project
Descriptive Information
Evaluation Data System
Information on Satisfaction
Satisfaction Survey of Corp. Grantees
Information on Effective Practices
Subtitle specific effective practice
questions
Continuous Improvement Handbooks
Effective Practice Sharing
Participant Observers
Rapid Feedback Capability
Network on Electronic Highway
Cost-effectiveness Studies
Policy Study Teams
Numbers Removed - Contract Sensitive Information
Funding Requirements for Evaluation
FY 94 and FY 95
Evaluation Component
Fiscal Years
1994
1995
Community Impact Contracts
(including Accomplishment Survey)
Participant Impact Contracts (including
participant panel study)
Task Order Contracts
National Polling
Film Project
Journal Project
Evaluation Data System
Program Quality Handbook
Consultant Hires
Fellows Program
IPA's
Summers of Service
Abt Contract
Staff Training
Staff Travel
Contingencies/State Evaluations
Total
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TIMELINE
(Removed - Contains Contract Sensitive Information)
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TECHNICAL APPENDICES
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APPENDIX A
LEGISLATED EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS
The National and Community Service Trust Act (NCSTA) of 1993 contains a complex
set of evaluation standards on the Corporation. These standards come in the form of
amendments to the preexisting, national service acts: the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
(DVSA) of 1973 and the National and Community Service Act of 1990. We analyzed the
legislation in detail. First, we listed all the citations in the NCSTA on evaluation. We then
developed matrices that plot the requirements by section and subtitle. We next organized the
requirements by level of applicability, from a level that includes all subtitles under both laws to
subtitle specific requirements. In general, the amendments set standards for how the Corporation
is to carry out evaluations, what we are to evaluate, when we must report the results, and how
evaluations are to be funded.
1.
How Evaluations Are To Be Carried Out.
The NCSTA contains guidance on how we are to evaluate. These requirements cover all
Corporation subtitles, under both the DVSA and the NCSA.
The NCSTA requires that evaluations in the Corporation will be:
continuous.
comparative.
--
conducted by persons not directly involved in program administration.
--
governed by published standards for evaluation that the Corporation must set.
governed by appropriate OMB circulars.
The act also lays out some standards on the relationship between the Corporation, states,
programs, and participants:
--
evaluations must seek the opinions of participants and community members on
the strengths and weaknesses of programs.
States, programs, and participants must provide any information that the
Corporation believes is necessary for evaluation.
--
Evaluations must protect individual confidentiality If individuals give written
consent, we may disclose personal information. Corporation may disclose aggre-
gate information.
The Corporation will provided training and technical assistance to applicants and
grantees to enable them to carry out evaluations appropriate to their level of
activity.
Some aspects of the law give the Corporation permission to engage in activities that
would enhance the evaluation mission:
funding may be through grants or contracts.
the CEO may appoint advisory committees to advise the Board on national
service issues, including the evaluation of programs.
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the Corporation may support research and evaluation on national service,
including service learning.
2.
What Is To Be Evaluated
This aspect of the law is complex. There are requirements that apply to all subtitles in
both acts, some to two subtitles, and some to only one of the sub-titles. In addition, there are two
levels of evaluation research implicit in the legislation: program evaluation issues and national
policy questions.
National Policy Questions
The law requires that the Corporation carry out evaluation studies on the administration
and organization of national service programs. These programs include Subtitles C (AmeriCorps
Grants), Subtitle E (the National Civilian Community Corps), and VISTA. The issues the
Corporation must cover include:
--
the degree to which our programs help answer unmet human, education,
environmental, and public safety needs.
--
how to measure educational and other program results.
--
the appropriate mix of income-levels among national service participants.
the role and importance of stipends and educational benefits.
--
the potential for cost savings and coordination of support by combining ACTION
State Offices and State Commissions.
--
the implications of studies and demonstrations for authorized funding levels.
the number, potential consolidation, and future organization of national service
programs, including VISTA, subtitle C and others.
--
other issues that the CEO thinks are important.
A report on these questions is due to Congress by June 30, 1995.
A second set of broad, policy questions specifically address the National Civilian
Community Corps:
--
the degree to which residential programs can increase support for national and
community service by the people of the United States.
the success of the CCC in expanding the opportunities for young people to do
community service while building their own skills and increasing their civic
responsibility to the country.
--
the capacity of current and former members of the Armed Forces to direct and
train participants in the CCC.
--
the degree to which domestic, national service is an option to military service for
young people in a time of reduced opportunity to serve in the Armed Forces.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation is responsible for answering these questions.
Unlike the other set of policy questions, there is no deadline for any report on these questions.
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Program Evaluation Issues
The act provides some guidance on the content of evaluations for all programs. Subtitles
C and E receive more specific direction.
All Programs. The law requires that evaluations be conducted on all programs. These
studies must include:
--
the study of impacts.
--
the determination of effectiveness of program models in meeting goals and cost of
doing so.
--
the structure and mechanisms for delivery of services for such programs.
Additional, general responsibilities of the Corporation include setting up measurable
performance goals for all programs.
Subtitles C and E. An evaluation of Subtitles C (AmeriCorps Grants) and E (National
Civilian Community Corps) must cover, first, the demographic characteristics of participants, for
each State. These demographic characteristics are "sex, age, economic background, education
level, ethnic group, disability classification, and geographic region."
In addition, the evaluation must determine annual funding to:
--
communities with "high concentrations of low-income people" (includes
empowerment zones).
--
environmentally distressed areas;
--
areas adversely changed by Federal action related to the management of Federal
lands;
--
"areas adversely affected by reductions in defense spending";
--
areas with high unemployment.
The law places a major emphasis on program effectiveness in Subtitles C and E for these
issues:
--
diversity of participants.
--
promoting educational achievement.
--
influencing participants to further public and community service through careers,
service in other programs, military and part-time volunteer service.
--
promoting positive attitudes on the impact of service and on civic responsibility.
--
reduction in higher education loan burden.
--
providing benefits to communities.
:
providing aid to community agencies without being a burden.
--
not supplanting or displacing existing workers.
--
attracting citizens to public service, including armed forces, VISTA, and the
Peace Corps.
Subtitle C and I. The act requires evaluations by the Corporation of AmeriCorps grants
programs and the American Conservation Youth Corps to determine:
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--
living allowances paid in programs
--
effect of allowances on individuals' ability to participate in the programs.
Subtitle C Only. The legislation calls for evaluations of Subtitle C to determine the
following:
--
impact on recruitment, for each State, by ACTION programs, Armed Forces, and
the Peace Corps.
--
levels of economically disadvantaged youth.
--
income levels of all participants.
--
the amount of aid provided to distressed areas.
ACTION Programs. The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (as amended) requires
that the Director have each program evaluated every three years. These evaluations must cover:
--
the impact of all programs.
--
their effectiveness in meeting stated goals.
--
cost-effectiveness.
--
impact on related programs.
--
the structure and mechanisms for the delivery of services.
3. When Evaluations Are To Be Reported
Reports to Congress. The legislation sets four reporting requirements. Two refer to one-
time only reports due June 30, 1995:
The first report covers the issues identified above as national policy issues for all pro-
grams and those policy issues on the National Civilian Community Corps.
The second report due on June 30, 1995, covers an "evaluation of success of investment
in national service":
--
the levels in Subtitle C of participating, economically disadvantaged youth;
--
the total income of each participant in Subtitle C programs;
--
assistance for distressed areas.
Two reports are required annually. The first report that must be submitted annually is a
general report from the Corporation to Congress, due within 120 days of the end of the fiscal
year. This report covers:
--
what the States report in their annual report to the Corporation.
--
findings and actions taken as a result of evaluations done by the Corporation.
--
information on the results achieved by the programs funded by this Act during the
year preceding the year in which the Corporation prepares the report.
The second report the Corporation must submit annually focuses on the demographics of
national service participants and distressed areas. The Act specifies that a report is due to
Congress from the "entity conducting the evaluation" to "the President, Congress, the
Corporation, and each State Commission." We must submit this report 18 months after the first
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day of the year covered by the evaluation. At a minimum, we must file reports for Subtitles C
and E every year on:
--
the demographics of participants.
--
the funding to distressed areas.
The law is not requiring that we study all issues every year. The Corporation may set the
time frames for studying the remaining (non-demographic) program evaluation issues. The
Corporation must report, however, the findings of any completed evaluation studies as part of the
annual report to Congress.
In sum, there are three dates for four reports to Congress:
--
results of the study of the national policy issues on June 30, 1995.
--
summary of participant income data and distressed areas served, due on June 30,
1995.
--
the Corporation's annual report to Congress within 120 days of the end of the
fiscal year.
--
18 months after the first day of the year covered by an evaluation of the
demographics of participants and communities involved in national service pro-
grams.
Other Reporting Requirements. The DVSA requires that the Director of ACTION
"publish summaries of the results of evaluations of program and project impact and effectiveness
no later than 60 days" after the evaluations are completed.
4. Funding for Evaluation.
The funding for evaluation comes from two sources. These are the separate
appropriations for National and Community Service Act activities and Domestic Volunteer
Service Act activities. NCSA appropriations are a separate funded activity in the President's
budget. For FY 1994, $5 million has been appropriated and the proposed budget for FY 1995 is
$7 million.
DVSA programs are funded, not as a separate line item. Instead, within the DVSA, the
Director is authorized to spend no more than one per cent of the funds appropriated under the act.
For FY 1994, one percent of appropriations would be $2 million. In FY 1995, the maximum
permitted for evaluation would be $ 2.4 million.
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AmeriCorps is Coming
Non-Profit
Federal Agency
+
AmeriCorps Direct - Grantees 1994
ACORN Housing Corporation
City Year, Inc.
Mr. Michael Shea
Mr. Gary Orren
117 West Harrison St.
11 Stillings Street
2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone 617-451-0699
Phone 312-939-1611
Fax 617-695-0562
Fax 312-939-8256
:
Arkansas Dept of Human Services / Division of
Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
Volunteerism
Rev. H. M. Lemmons
Mr. Leslie S. Brunson
1225 Eye Street,NW
P.O. Box 1437
Suite750
Mail Slot 1300
Washington, DC 20005
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone 202-371-1091
Phone 501-682-7504
Fax 202-371-0908
Fax 501-682-6752
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
Council of State Governments
Ms. Lynda D. Mull
Mr. Ron Dawson
1925 North Lynn Street
Iron Works Pike
Suite 701
P.O. Box 11910
Arlington, VA 22209
Lexington, KY 40578-1910
Phone 703-528-4141
Phone 606-231-1939
Fax 703-528-4145
Fax 606-231-1858
Boston University School of Public Health
Council of the Great City Schools
Mr. Janis Roberts
Mr. Michael Casserly
80 E. Concord Street
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Suite 702
Phone 617-638-4590
Washington, DC 20004
Fax 617-638-4559
Phone 202-393-2427
Fax 202-393-2400
Children's Health Fund
Department of Veterans Affairs
Ms. Mariana Devenport
317 East 64th Street
Marcelle Habillion
New York, NY 10021
810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Phone 212-535-9400
Washington, D.C. 20420
Fax 212-535-7488
Phone (202) 273-5058
Fax (202) 273-5993
AmeriCorps Direct - Grantees 1994
Environmental Careers
Kansas City Consensus
Organization, Inc.
Ms. Tammy Blossom
Ms. Diane Mailey
3515 Broadway
286 Congress Street
Suite 204
Third Floor
Kansas City, MO 64111
Boston, MA 02210
Phone 816-753-3398
Phone 617-426-4375
Fax 816-753-6019
Fax 617-426-4375 x132
:
Environmental Protection Agency
Legal Services Corporation
Ms. Heiga Butler
Ms. Leslie Russell
401 M Street, SW
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20460
10 Floor
Phone 202-260-4179
Washington, DC 20002-4250
Fax 202-260-9284
Phone 202-336-8824
Fax 202-336-8959
Green Corps
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich
Mr. Rick Cohen
37 Temple Place
733 3rd Avnue
Boston, MA 02111
New York, NY 10017
Phone 617-426-8506
Phone 212-455-9806
Fax 617-292-8057
Fax 212-682-5929
Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.
Magic ME America
Mr. David McDaniels
Mr. Alfred de la Cuesta
121 Habitat Street
2521 N. Charles Street
Americus, GA 31709-3498
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone 912-924-6935
Phone 410-243-9066
Fax 912-924-6541
Fax 410-243-9076
I Have a Dream Foundation
Mid-Atientic Network of Youth & Family Services
Mr. Christopher Coons
Ms. Nancy Johnson
330 Seventh Avenue
9400 McKnight Road
New York, NY 10001
Suite 204
Phone 212-736-1730 ext.17
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Fax 212-736-1852
Phone 412-366-6562
Fax 412-366-5407
AmeriCorps Direct - Grantees 1994
National Association of Child Care Resource &
National Council of La Raza
Referral Agencies
Ms. Norma Y. Lopez
Ms. Yasmina S Vinci
810 First St NW, 3rd Floor
1319 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20002
Suite 606
Phone 202-289-1380
Washington, DC 20004
Fax 202-289-8173
Phone 202-393-5501
Fax 202-393-1109
National Association of Community Health Centers
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the
Ms. Freda Mitchem
U.S.A.
1330 New Hamshire Ave NW
Mr. Charles W. Rawlings
Washington, DC 20036
475 Riverside Drive
Room 853
Phone 202-659-8008 ext133
New York, NY 100115
Fax 202-659-8519
Phone 212-870-3064
Fax 212-870-3112
National Center for Family Literacy
National Endowment for the Arts
Mr. Robert E. Spillman
A. B. Spellman
Waterfront Plaza
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
325 W Main Street Suite 200
Washington, DC 20506
Louisville, KY 40204
Phone 202-682-5421
Phone 502-584-1133
Fax 202-682-5613
Fax 502-584-0172
National Community AIDS Partnership
National Institute for Literacy
Ms. Paula Van Ness
Ms. Carolyn Y. Staley
1140 Connecticut Ave., NW
800 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 200
Suite 901
Washington, DC 20006
Washington, DC 20036
Phone 202-632-1500
Phone 202-429-2820
Fax 202-632-1512
Fax 202-429-2814
National Council of Educational Opportunity
National Multiple Scierosis Society
Associations
Ms. Nancy J. Holland
Ms. Maureen Holyler
733 Third Avenue
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
New York, NY 10017
Suite 1201
Phone 212-476-0453
Washington, DC 20005
Fax 212-986-7981
Phone 202-347-7430
Fax 202-347-0786
AmeriCorps Direct - Grantees 1994
National Organization for Victim Assistance
Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Dr. Mariene A. Young
Ms. Eve B. Klothen
1757 Park Road, NW
1100 Market Street
Washington, DC 20010
11th Floor
Phone 202-232-6682
Philadelphia, PA 19107-2911
Fax 202-462-2255
Phone 215-238-6347
Fax 215-238-1267
:
Navajo Nation
Public Allies
Ms. Jacques Seronde
Ms. Vanessa Kirsch
Division of Natural Resources
1511 K Street, NW
P.O. Box 9000
Suite 330
Window Rock, AZ 86515-9000
Washington, DC 20005
Phone 602-871-6592
Phone 202-638-3300
Fax 602-871-7040
Fax 202-638-3477
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Public Education Fund Network
Mr. Ronald L Walker
Ms. Amanda Broun
1325 G Street NW
601 Thirteenth Street, NW
Suite 800
Suite 290 North
Washington, DC 20005
Washington, DC 20005
Phone 202-376-3216
Phone 202-628-7460
Fax 202-376-3213
Fax 202-628-1893
New York University
Summerbridge National
Ms. Leslie Berlowitz
Ms. Lois Loofbourrow
Washington Square Chair Council on Community Service
3101 Washington Street
New York, NY 10012
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone 212-998-2300
Phone 415-749-2037
Fax 212-95-4103
Fax 415-749-5282
Northeastern University Study for Sports in
Teach for America
Society
Ms. Wendy Kopp
Mr. Clive H. Perry
One World Trade Center
Division of Research Mgmt 423 Lake
John Floor
360 Huntington Avenue
New York, NY 10048
Boston, MA 02115
Phone 212-432-1272
Phone 617-373-5036
Fax 212-432-7206
Fax 617-373-4595
AmeriCorps Direct - Grantees 1994
The Arc
US Department of Agriculture-
Ms. Sharon Davis Ph.D.
Public Lands & Environment
500 E. Border Street
Mr. Joel Berg
STE 300
Room 538-A
Arlington, TX 76010
14th and Independence Ave. S.W.
Phone 817-261-6003
Washington, DC 20250-1300
Fax 817-277-3491
Phone 202-720-6350
Fax 202-720-4614
The ASPIRA Association, Inc.
US Department of Agriculture-
Mr. Ronald Blackbum-Morano
Rural Development
1112 16th Street, N.W. Suite 340
Mr. Joel Berg
Washington, D.C. 20036
Room 538-A
Washington, DC
14th and Independence Ave. S.W.
Phone (202) 835-3600
Washington, DC 20250-1300
Fax (202) 223-1253
Phone 202-720-6350
Fax 202-720-4614
U.S. Catholic Conference/ Migration & Refugee
US Department of Energy - -
Services
Salmon Corps
Mr. Terry Abeles
Mr. Howlie R. Davis
3211 4th Street, NE
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20017
Washington, DC 20585
Phone 202-541-3341
Phone 202-586-7970
Fax 202-541-3245
Fax 202-586-7334
University of Texas at Austin
US Department of HHS Administration on
Mr. Stephen A. Monti
Children, Youth, and Families
Office of the Executive Vice-President and Provost
Ms. Gai Collins
Main Building, # 201
330 C Street, SW
Austin, TX 78712-1111
Room 2026
Phone 512-471-6424
Washington, DC 20201
Fax 512-471-6564
Phone 202-205-8347
Fax 202-205-9721
US Department of Agriculture
us Department of HHS - Administration on
-Hunger Corps
Developmental Disabilities- ADD Corps
Mr. Joel Berg
Mr. Bob Williams
Room 538-A
Dept. of Health and Human Services
14th and Independence Ave. S.W.
200 Independence Avenue
Washington, DC 20250-1300
Washington, DC 20201
Phone 202-720-6350
Phone 202-690-7025
Fax 202-720-4614
Fax 202-690-6904
AmeriCorps Direct - Grantees 1994
US Department of HHS -
US Department of the Navy
Health Resources and Services Administration
Col. Jack A Davis
Mr. Caroline Lewis
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (M&RA)
Room 8A-55, Parklawn Building
Washington, DC 20350-1000
5600 Fishers Lane
Phone 703-696-1158
Rockville, MD 20857
Fax 703-696-2065
Phone 301-443-1530
Fax 301-443-6343
:
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
US Department of Transportation - Rehabilitatic
Mr. Kevin Marchman
Reclamation, and Beautification
451 7th Street, S.W. Room 9151
Mr. Michael Brown
Washington, D.C. 20410
400 7th Street 8W
Washington, DC
Room 10200
Phone (202) 401-8812
Washington, DC 20590
Fax
Phone 202-366-1111
Fax 202-366-7952
US Department of Justice - Weed and Seed
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Ms. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Haskell Rhett
633 Indiana Avenue, 13th Floor
CN 5281
Washington, DC 20531
5 Vaughn Drive
Phone 202-307-5933
Princeton, NJ 08543-5281
Fax 202-514-7805
Phone 609-452-7007
Fax 609-452-0066
US Department of Labor-
YMCA of the USA
Youth Fair Chance
Ms. Celeste J. Wroblewski
Mr. David Lah
101 N. Wacker Dr.
200 Constitution Ave, NW
Chicago, IL 60606
Room N637
Phone 312-269-0506
Washington, DC 20210
Fax 312-977-9063
Phone 202-219-5782
Fax 202-219-5455
US Department of the Interior
Youth Volunteer Corps
(and Partners)
Ms. Susan Kemnitzer
Ms. Fron Rethetein
Office of the Secretary
Youth Volunteer Corps
1849 c Street NW
8011 Underwood Street
Washington, DC 20240
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-5029
Phone 202-208-4009
Phone 301 656-7675
Fax 202-208-7508
Fax 301 656-7667
AmeriCorps Direct - Grantees 1994
YouthBulld USA, Inc.
Ms. Dorothy Stoneman
58 Day Street
PO Box 440322
Somerville, MA 02144
Phone 617-623-9900
Fax 617-623-4331
AMERICORPS
*
AmeriCorps National Network of Programs
As of June 23, 1994
AmeriCorps National Service
CORPORATION
FOR NATIONAL
SERVICE
Alabama
Statewide:
Program:
HHS--Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Participants:
70 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will provide personal assistance services to
increase the social and economic independence of individuals with
developmental disabilities.
Contact:
Bob Williams; (202) 690-7025
Birmingham:
Program:
Boston University AmeriCorps Health and Housing Program Fellows
Participants:
4 AmeriCorps Members (31 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will direct a critical health awareness campaign to
stop the spread of HIV and other STD's. AmeriCorps Members will be
recruited from the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers program and will
serve while earning their Masters in Public Health at the University of
Alabama.
Contact:
Jonathan Howland; (617) 638-4640
Birmingham:
Program:
National Community AIDS Partnership (NCAP)/
"Youth & HIV/AIDS Services Partnership"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (40 Nationally)
Description:
NCAP is dedicated to supporting high-quality education and service
initiatives to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.
AmeriCorps Members will provide direct care and assistance to HIV
victims and offer education for high-risk communities.
Contact:
Harry L. Brown; (205) 458-2060
Birmingham:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Alaska
Rural areas:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency/
Improving Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Responding to a solid waste and sanitation crisis in Native American
villages, AmeriCorps Members will work with local planners and
community-based organizations to develop and implement waste
management strategies and to conduct a solid waste education program.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
1100 Vermont Avenue. NW
Washington. DC 20525
Telephone 202-606-5000
Fax 202-606-4906
Getting Things Done.
AmeriCorps. National Service
Learn and Serve America
National Senior Service Corps
California
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
28 AmeriCorps Members (61 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and support services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will repair and protect burned watersheds, protect
critical individual species, supervise tree planting and erosion control.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Northern Areas:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members (564 Nationally)
Description:
As part of an effort to reduce public lands and reduce community
environmental hazards, AmeriCorps Members will improve, build, and
staff camping and recreational facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Southern Areas:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
77 AmeriCorps Members(564 Nationally)
Description:
As part of an effort to reduce public lands and reduce community
environmental hazards, AmeriCorps Members will improve, build, and
staff camping and recreational facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
Department of the Interior/Southern California Urban Water
Conservation Program
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (505 Nationally)
Description:
Working with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Metropolitan Water
District, AmeriCorps Members will educate communities about water
conservation and act on their suggestions by implementing household
projects. The goal is to reduce residential water consumption by 150
million gallons annually.
Contact:
Timothy J. Ulrich, (909) 695-5310
Program:
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral
Agencies / Action for Children Today! (ACT)
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (45 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will educate the community about child care needs
and increase child care availability by training staff and opening centers.
Contact:
Yasmina S. Vinci; (202) 393 - 5501
Fort Ord:
Program:
Department of the Interior/Ft. Ord Habitat Restoration
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members (505 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work on this military-based conversion project
restoring wildlife habitat, constructing erosion controls and rehabilitating
trails.
Contact:
Sue Kemnitzer; (202) 208-4009
Inglewood:
Program:
Children's Health Fund/
AmeriCorps Community Outreach
Participants:
3 AmeriCorps Members (15 Nationally)
Description:
The Children's Health Fund was designed to meet the complex health care
needs of medically under-served, homeless, and impoverished children.
AmeriCorps Members will encourage families to take advantage of
available primary health care resources.
Contact:
Francine Atterberry, MD; (310) 412-3737
Oakland:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Ross:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objectives are to improve
students' academic and leadership performance and to build the members'
commitment to a career in teaching.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Sacramento:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Sacramento:
Program:
AIDS Partnership (NCAP)/
"Youth & HIV/AIDS Services Partnership"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (40 Nationally)
Description:
NCAP is dedicated to supporting high-quality education and service
initiatives to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.
AmeriCorps Members will provide direct care and assistance to HIV
victims and offer education for high-risk communities.
Contact:
Peter Simpson; (916) 368-3188
Sacramento:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Sacramento:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
San Diego:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
San Francisco:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will restore the national environment of urban
waterways, perform radon testing, and provide training on techniques to
prevent lead poisoning.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Long Beach:
Program:
Council of Great City Schools
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit teachers, develop service-learning
programs, organize model service corps of volunteers working as
school/classroom aides, literacy tutors, and academic mentors.
Contact:
Michael Casserly; (202) 393-2427
Los Angeles:
Program:
Council of Great City Schools
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit teachers, develop service-learning
programs, organize model service corps of volunteers working as
school/classroom aides, literacy tutors, and academic mentors.
Contact:
Michael Casserly; (202) 393-2427
Los Angeles:
Program:
US Department of Justice-Weed & Seed
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will teach crime prevention to children through
conflict resolution techniques. The program will enhance neighborhood
environments through empowerment strategies such as linking police and
neighborhood residents through law enforcement, community policing,
prevention, intervention, treatment and economic revitalization.
Contact:
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (202) 307-5933; (213) 625-6281
Los Angeles:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Los Angeles:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
175 AmeriCorps Members (1000 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will respond to an acute need for educators and role
models in under-served urban and rural areas by lending their diverse
perspectives on education while introducing innovative teaching methods
to the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Los Angeles:
Program:
USDA Anti-Hunger Team
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members (150 Nationally)
Description:
Several local service agencies will join AmeriCorps Members in
performing outreach for food assistance programs. Efforts will focus on
increasing use of the Summer Food Service in Los Angeles public schools
and on establishing farmers' markets for low-income residents.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Los Angeles:
Program:
Department of Veterans Affairs/National Coalition of Homeless Veterans
Partnership Project
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help homeless veterans obtain needed medical
care, drug abuse prevention and treatment, as well as vocational training.
Contact:
Marcelle Habibion; (202) 273-5058
Oakland:
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
San Francisco:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
San Francisco:
Program:
National Endowment for the Arts/The Writers Corps
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members (25 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with homeless and runaway youth in
creative writing and poetry workshops in order to improve writing and
verbal skills, while boosting self-worth.
Contact:
Joanne Chow Winship; (415) 931-9500
San Francisco:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
San Francisco:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
85 AmeriCorps Members (1000 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will respond to an acute need for educators and role
models in under-served urban and rural areas by introducing innovative
teaching methods to the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
San Francisco:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
San Jose:
Program:
City Year, Inc.
Participants:
55 AmeriCorps Members (220 Nationally)
Description:
Teams of AmeriCorps Members will take a holistic approach toward
addressing seemingly unrelated community needs including: violence
prevention, neighborhood environment, school success and community
revitalization.
Contact:
Michael Brown/Alan Khazei; (617) 451-0699
San Jose:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members( 60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Santa Barbara:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Colorado
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
50 AmeriCorps Members (Four Corners)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Colorado Springs:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America Leadership Corps
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Denver:
Program:
Council of Great City Schools
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit teachers, develop service-learning
programs, organize model service corps of volunteers working as
school/classroom aides, literacy tutors, and academic mentors.
Contact:
Michael Casserly; (202) 393-2427
Connecticut
Bridgeport:
Program:
ASPIRA Association, Inc.
Participants:
13 AmeriCorps Members (40 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will establish a holistic service-delivery model for
assisting Latino students and parents with language, literacy, and math
skills. AmeriCorps Members will also train youth in conflict resolution
and violence prevention.
Contact:
Ronald Blackburn-Moreno; (202) 835-3600
Hartford:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
7 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to reduce the dropout rate, increase
parental and community involvement in the schools, and to develop service
opportunities.
Contact:
Daniel Moralies; (201) 275-8281
New Haven:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
New Haven:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members( Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
Rebecca West; (203) 436-3556
Delaware
Wilmington:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
District of Columbia
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work to restore tributaries of the Anacostia
River flowing through the nation's capitol. Programs include replanting
wetlands, erosion prevention, and community education.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Program:
Department of Labor/Youth Fair Chance
Participants:
56 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
The Youth Fair Chance model offers AmeriCorps Members the opportunity
to help troubled youth stay in school, to reduce gang involvement, and to
address a range of community public health issues.
Contact:
David Lah (202) 219-5782
Program:
Department of Transportation
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will improve neighborhood environments converting
abandoned, crime-infested rail corridor into a recreational area for local
families. Members will also develop playgrounds and help design
recreational facilities.
Contact:
CDR Timothy Belz; (202) 366 - 1111
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Program:
Housing and Urban Development/HOPE 6
Participants:
100 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will lead community service activities in selected
Urban Revitalization Demonstration cities. Activities will include
tutoring, mentoring, and counseling young people living in distressed
housing and improving the housing environment by building urban
gardens, playgrounds, and green spaces
Contact:
Kevin K. Marchman; (202) 401-8812
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
14 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
Gregg Brown; (202) 628-2951
Program:
Legal Services Corporation/National Service Legal Corps
Participants:
54 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members working as lawyers, paralegal, social workers, and
educators will provide legal assistance to disadvantaged communities on
such urgent issues as homelessness, child care, domestic violence, and
education rights.
Contact:
Leslie Russell; (202) 466-3686
Program:
National Association of Community Health Centers
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will provide care in medically under-served areas
conducting TB screenings in homeless shelters, providing HIV counseling
in migrant farmworker camps, and immunizing preschool children.
Contact:
Freda Mitchem; (202) 659-8008
Program:
National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations/AmeriCorps:
College
Bound
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will tutor, mentor, and provide service-learning
activities to promote educational achievement among low income children
and youth.
Contact:
Maurine Hoyler; (202) 347-7430
Program:
National Council of La Raza
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will assist local Hispanic groups on a range of
critical issues: education, employment, training, health, housing, and
community development.
Contact:
Norma Y. Lopez; (202) 289-1380
Program:
Public Allies
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members in partnership with communities will identify and
comprehensively respond to specific community needs in the realms of
education, public safety, community development and health.
Contact:
Vanessa Kirsch; (202) 638-3300
Program:
Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth and Family Services/
MANY Youth and Community Development Corps
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will facilitate a runaway and homeless youth
service project aimed at leadership development through community
service. This program will meet the dual needs of community assistance
and self-esteem building for the youth it involves.
Contact:
Lori Kaplan, Latin American Youth Center; (202) 483-1140
Program:
National Endowment for the Arts/The Writers Corps
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with homeless and runaway youth in
creative writing and poetry workshops in order to improve writing and
verbal skills, while boosting self-worth.
Contact:
William Aguado; (718) 931-9500
Program:
The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
The NeighborWorks Community Corps, with which AmeriCorps Members
will work, promotes neighborhood stabilization through home ownership
and crime prevention. AmeriCorps Members will assist with mortgage
financing, work to establish Neighborhood Watch groups, and organize
community rehabilitation in needy cities throughout the country.
Contact:
Ronald L. Walker; (202) 376-3216
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
65 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will respond to an acute need for educators and role
models in under-served urban and rural areas by introducing innovative
teaching methods to the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Program:
US Catholic Conference/Migration and Refugee Services
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will perform services such as language training,
parenting, consumer education, and employment services.
Contact:
Terry Abeles; (202) 541-3341
Program:
USDA Anti-Hunger Team
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members Nationally (150 Nationally)
Description:
Several local service agencies will join AmeriCorps Members in
performing outreach on food assistance programs, nutrition, food safety,
and planting urban gardens.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members (564 Nationally)
Description:
As part of a national effort to address local environmental problems,
AmeriCorps Members will renovate parks and recreation areas in
addition to expanding educational programs and tending to the US.
Arboretum.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Florida
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
HHS - Head Start / Family Serve
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
For the children of migrant farmworker communities, AmeriCorps Members
will provide literacy tutoring, and their parents will be educated in basic
parenting skills to help improve school success. Families will also receive
needed health and social services project.
Contact:
JoEllen Shannon; (703) 243 - 7522
Everglades:
Program:
Department of the Interior/Everglades South Florida Ecosystem
Participants:
110 AmeriCorps Members (505 Nationally)
Description:
Charged with protecting the delicate Everglades ecosystem, AmeriCorps
Members will work with specialists in monitoring plant and animal life in
addition to doing restoration projects and providing environmental
education.
Contact:
Richard Ring; (305) 242-7700
Everglades:
Program:
Department of the Interior/Earth Science Field Corps
Participants:
125 AmeriCorps Members (505 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with the US Geological Survey to
enhance federal and state environmental studies including computer
science, cartography, statistics, and surveying.
Contact:
Sue Keminitzer; (202) 208-4009
Homestead:
Program:
Habitat for Humanity International
Participants:
47 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help build 200 homes in the new,
environmentally-sensitive Jordan Commons development.
Contact:
David McDaniels; (912) 924-6935, ext. 193
Jacksonville:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Miami:
Program:
Children's Health Fund/AmeriCorps Community Outreach
Participants:
4 AmeriCorps Members (15 Nationally)
Description:
The Children's Health Fund was designed to meet the complex health care
needs of medically under-served, homeless, and impoverished children.
AmeriCorps Members will work to this end by encouraging families to
take advantage of available primary health care resources.
Contact:
Linda Anderson; (304) 525-3334
Miami:
Program:
Habitat for Humanity International
Participants:
48 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work on the construction of 90 houses for low-
income families who were victims of Hurricane Andrew.
Contact:
David McDaniels; (912) 924-6935, ext. 193
Miami
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Vero Beach:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
6 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Georgia
Statewide:
Program:
HHS--Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Participants:
70 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will provide personal assistance services to
increase the social and economic independence of individuals with
developmental disabilities.
Contact:
Bob Williams; (202) 690-7025
Statewide:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members 1000 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will respond to an acute need for educators and role
models in under-served urban and rural areas by introducing innovative
teaching methods to the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Americus:
Program:
Habitat for Humanity International
Participants:
35 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will build 60 houses in a county-wide effort
involving civic groups, churches, and businesses.
Contact:
David McDaniels; (912) 924-6935, ext. 193
Atlanta:
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
Atlanta:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will restore the national environment of urban
waterways, perform r radon testing, and provide training on techniques to
prevent lead poisoning.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Atlanta:
Program:
New York University/Faculty Resource Network/
"Safety Net-A Campaign Against Violence"
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
A broad coalition of colleges will support this AmeriCorps program
designed to curb violence through counseling, training, and the
development of solutions. In Atlanta, for instance, AmeriCorps Members
will assist groups in building rope courses used to train middle school
students in peer mediation and conflict resolution.
Contact:
Leslie Berlowitz; (212) 998-2300
Atlanta:
Program:
Public Education Fund Network/Project FIRST (Fostering Instructional
Reform
Through Service and Technology)
Participants:
11 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Working with retired technology experts, AmeriCorps Members will
integrate new educational technologies into instruction across subject
areas, increasing student access by 20 percent.
Contact:
Mary Gaunt; (404) 522-4662
Atlanta:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members (564 Nationally)
Description:
As part of a national effort to restore public lands and reduce community
environmental hazards, AmeriCorps Members will monitor and
rehabilitate five impaired streams in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Hawaii
Honolulu:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Idaho
Columbia River Basin:
Program:
United States Department of Energy -Salmon Corps
Participants:
24 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Participants, most of who will represent the 5 Native
American tribes in the region, will work to restore the critical salmon
habitat of the Columbia River Basin while restoring Native American
culture.
Contact:
Howlie Davis; (202) 586-7970
Illinois
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
3 AmeriCorps Members (61 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers access to
other health, education and support services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce ground water
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Chicago:
Program:
ACORN Housing Corporation
Participants:
42 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Working as intake and loan counselors, AmeriCorps Members will
provide affordable housing opportunities for low and moderate-income
families-a critical step in ACORN's community reinvestment program.
Contact:
Michael Shea; (312) 939-1611
Chicago:
Program:
City Year, Inc.
Participants:
55 AmeriCorps Members (220 Nationally)
Description:
Teams of AmeriCorps Members will comprehensively address interrelated
community need.
Contact:
Michael Brown/Alan Khazei; (617) 451-0699
Chicago:
Program:
Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services
Administration- "Model Health Service Corps"
Participants:
33 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will provide comprehensive community-based health
care including home visits and outreach workshops.
Contact:
John Westcott (301) 443-6880
Chicago:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
John Horan; (312) 787-8029
Chicago:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit 500 volunteers to create sites that
combine urban agriculture and public safety at public housing
developments in addition to educating hundreds more about urban
agriculture.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
East St. Louis:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will restore neglected lots, beautify green houses
and restore several other urban environments.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Indiana
Statewide:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Fort Wayne:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Indianapolis
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
Indianapolis:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Iowa
Statewide:
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Programs
Participants:
61 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farm workers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farm workers' access to
other health, education, and support services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce ground water
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Des Moines:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
James C. Work; (515) 269-3178
Kansas
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
1 AmeriCorps Member (61 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and support services.
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and supportive services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce ground water
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
(Western Kansas):
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will renovate windbreaks originally planted by the
Roosevelt-era Civilian Conservation Corps and will also carry out
educational programs on windbreak renovation and wood use.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Kansas City:
Program:
Kansas City Consensus/Bridges Across the Heartland
Participants:
76 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Supported by a coalition of experienced non-profit agencies, AmeriCorps
Members will serve Kansas City urban communities by providing
comprehensive response to interrelated community needs.
Contact:
Tammy Blossom; (816) 753-3398
Shawnee Mission:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/
"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work to build awareness about Multiple
Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers in extensive living assistance
programs-helping disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Kentucky
Statewide:
Program:
Council of State Governments
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help reduce infant mortality rates through
educational programs focusing on prenatal substance abuse. It will also
facilitate prenatal care through a comprehensive transportation and
mobile clinic program.
Contact:
Ron Dawson; (606) 231-1939
Louisville:
Program:
National Center for Family Literacy
Participants:
45 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will serve as teachers' assistants in family literacy
classrooms and visit homes to tutor family members.
Contact:
Robert Spillman; (502) 584-1133
Louisville:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Louisiana
Statewide:
Program:
Delta Service Corps
Participants:
145 AmeriCorps Members (435 Nationally)
Description:
Through a partnership with local community agencies, AmeriCorps
Members will assist low-income residents in finding low income housing,
tutor children to enhance their literacy skills and work with state parks to
conserve and restore the environment.
Contact:
Trudy Bell; (504) 342 - 4062
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
67 AmeriCorps Members (Mississippi Delta)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
New Orleans:
Program:
National Institute for Literacy/Literacy AmeriCorps
Participants:
14 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Backed by a partnership between Federal agencies and literacy groups,
AmeriCorps Members will confront the debilitating literacy problem. In
New Orleans, AmeriCorps Members will attack the problem on several
fronts while training community members to take over their training duties.
Contact:
Gary Patureau; (504) 926-7323
New Orleans:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Southeastern, LA
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
50 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will respond to an acute need for educators and role
models in under-served urban and rural areas by innovative teaching
methods to the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Southwestern, LA
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
35 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will respond to an acute need for educators and role
models in under-served urban and rural areas by bringing diverse
perspectives on education and introducing innovative teaching methods to
the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Maine
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
2 AmeriCorps Members (61 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and support services.
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and supportive services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members (New England)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Maryland
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
1 AmeriCorps Member (61 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and support services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Baltimore:
Program:
Boston University AmeriCorps Health and Housing Program Fellows
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members (31 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will direct a critical health awareness campaign to
stop the spread of HIV and other STD's. AmeriCorps Members will be
recruited from the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers program and will
serve while earning their Masters in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins
University.
Contact:
Stella Shiber; (410) 955-7540
Baltimore:
Program:
Department of Transportation
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Together with veteran laborers, AmeriCorps Members will rehabilitate
transportation facilities to make them more accessible for the elderly. In
addition members will be trained in landscaping for urban green spaces
and fixing hazardous sidewalks for the disabled.
Contact:
Barbara Bostick; (410) 728 - 8607
Baltimore/Sandtown
Program:
Habitat for Humanity International
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help construct 40 housing units in a project
that will involve county-wide officials and community members.
Contact:
David McDaniels; (912) 924-6935, ext. 193
Baltimore:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
90 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
Responding to an acute need for educators and role models in urban and
rural areas, AmeriCorps Members will teach, advise clubs, and sponsor
service activities.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Baltimore:
Program:
Magic Me
Participants:
33 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will orchestrate self-esteem building and
academically motivating service-learning projects directed at adolescents
while serving isolated elderly people.
Contact:
Alfred de la Cuesta; (410) 243-9066
Towson:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Massachusetts
Becket:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Boston:
Program:
Boston University AmeriCorps Health and Housing Program Fellows
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will direct a critical health awareness campaign to
stop the spread of HIV and other STD's. AmeriCorps Members will be
recruited from the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers program and will
serve while earning their Masters in Public Health at Boston University.
Contact:
Janis Roberts; (617) 638-4590
Boston:
Program:
Environmental Careers Organization
Participants:
45 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Retired scientists and engineers will be placed in nonprofit and community
organizations involved in reducing industrial toxics as part of this model
program.
Contact:
Diane Mailey; (617) 426-4375
Boston:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
City Year Boston and the EPA will team up revitalize the environment of
downtown Boston. AmeriCorps Members, trained by environmental and
public health experts will conduct environmental audits and implement
measures to improve indoor environmental risks.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Boston:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
60 AmeriCorps Members Nationally (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Boston:
Program:
Northeastern University Center for Sports and Society /
Athletes in Service to America
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, in coordination with college and university
athletes, will conduct training and community-based programs to reduce
vouth violence and to increase academic skills of school-aged children.
Contact
Richard Lapchick; (617) 373-4025
Boston:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Replacing inner-city environmental hazards with recreation areas and
green spaces, AmeriCorps volunteers will combat urban neglect and teach
the inner-city population about the project in several languages.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
YMCA:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Brockton:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Cambridge:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Fall River:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Sommerville:
Program:
YouthBuild, USA
Participants:
228 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
Inspired by a basic philosophy that leadership development will occur
through young people having the opportunity to produce tangible benefits
for their communities, AmeriCorps Members will facilitate youth
leadership development by addressing the need for affordable, low-income
housing in cities around the country.
Contact:
Dorothy Stoneman; (617) 623-9900
Waltham:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Michigan
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members (Great Lakes)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Detroit:
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
Detroit:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Southfield:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Southwest Michigan:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
7 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Minnesota
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
21 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce ground water
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Duluth:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
St. Paul
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Mississippi
Statewide:
Program:
Delta Service Corps
Participants:
145 AmeriCorps Members (435 Nationally)
Description:
Through a partnership with local community agencies, AmeriCorps
Members will assist low-income residents in finding low income housing,
tutor children to enhance their literacy skills and work with state parks to
conserve and restore the environment.
Contact:
Clarence Lovelady; (601) 359 - 3602
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
67 AmeriCorps Members (Mississippi Delta)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Clarksdale:
Program:
Children's Health Fund/AmeriCorps Community Outreach
Participants:
4 AmeriCorps Members (15 Nationally)
Description:
The Children's Health Fund was designed to meet the complex health care
needs of medically under-served, homeless, and impoverished children.
AmeriCorps Members will work to this end by encouraging families to
take advantage of available primary health care resources.
Contact:
Aurelia Jones-Taylor; (601) 624-2504
Jackson:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Working to improve the habitat and the facilities necessary for
appreciating the habitats, AmeriCorps Members will radically increase
awareness of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker living along the Shockaloe
Trail.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Mississippi Delta:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
45 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will respond to an acute need for educators and role
models in under-served urban and rural areas by introducing innovative
teaching methods to the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Mississippi Delta:
Program:
USDA Anti-Hunger Team
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (150 Nationally)
Description:
Several local service agencies will join AmeriCorps Members in
performing food assistance outreach aimed primarily at needy seniors.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Flathead Reservation:
Program:
HHS Head Start/Family Serve
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work in Head Start centers educating children
on the environment and safety, accompanying children to health screenings,
and assisting staff in nutrition planning and preparation.
Contact:
Gail Collins; (202) 205-8347
Nebraska
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce ground water
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Omaha:
Program:
Council of Great City Schools
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit teachers, develop service-learning
programs, organize model service corps of volunteers working as
school/classroom aides, literacy tutors, and academic mentors.
Contact:
Michael Casserly; (202) 393-2427
New Hampshire
Rural:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
32 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will care for ecosystems supporting threatened and
endangered species in addition to maintaining snowmobile trail networks
and campgrounds throughout the forest.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
New Jersey
Statewide:
Program:
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral
Agencies/Action for Children Today! (ACT)
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (45 Nationally)
Description:
CCR&R's will educate the community about child care needs and critical
identify critical issues. ACT will improve the quality of child care by
increasing availability by 450 for infants, 1395 for school - age children
and will train 1215 child care staff.
Contact:
Yasmina S. Vinci; (202) 393 - 5501
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will focus their attention on three watersheds-
maintaining soil, fish populations, and forest. Physical efforts will be
supplemented by community education.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Missouri
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
61 AmeriCorps Members (61 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and support services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce ground water
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Kansas City:
Program:
Kansas City Consensus/Bridges Across the Heartland
Participants:
76 Members
Description:
Supported by a coalition of experienced non-profit agencies, AmeriCorps
Members will serve Kansas City urban communities by providing a
comprehensive response to interrelated community needs.
Contact:
Tammy Blossom; (816) 753-3398
Kansas City:
Program:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA/Ecumenical
Program for Urban Service (EPRUS)
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Joining urban pastors and gang leaders, AmeriCorps Members will work
to break the cycle of violence by offering educational alternatives to gang
involvement and support to young people already involved in the criminal
justice system.
Contact:
Rev. Sam Mann; (816) 842-5454
Kansas City:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
St. Louis:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of who have Multiple Sclerosis, will work to
build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating volunteers
in extensive living assistance programs-helping disadvantaged people to
make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Montana
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
61 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and support services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
New Mexico
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
50 AmeriCorps Members (Four Corners)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
Navajo Nation Youth Conservation Corps
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members (120 Nationally)
Description:
Building self-esteem in "at-risk" youth takes a decidedly environmental
slant with community revitalization projects focused on watershed and
soil conservation. using both wesern and traditional Navajo technologies.
Contact:
Jacques Seronda; (602) 871-6592
New York
Statewide:
Program:
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Participants:
92 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
LISC is the largest national intermediary aimed at providing assistance to
community development corporations. AmeriCorps Members will engage
comprehensive community revitalization projects such as: community
policing, job training and vouth education programs.
Contact:
Rick Cohen; (212) 455 - 9806
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members (New England)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
New York:
Program:
ASPIRA Association, Inc.
Participants:
13 AmeriCorps Members (40 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will establish a holistic service-delivery model for
assisting Latino students and parents with language, literacy, and math
skills. AmeriCorps Members will also train youth in conflict resolution
and violence prevention.
Contact:
Ronald Blackburn-Moreno; (202) 835-3600
New York:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
60 AmeriCorps Members Nationally (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
New York:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
Pedro Gonzalez; (212) 229-5462
New York:
Program:
National Organization for Victim Assistance
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will provide immediate and long-term assistance to
victims of crime and violence in a model program that will establish
guidelines for community restitution and provide violence prevention
education.
Contact:
Marlene Young; (202) 232-6682
Atlantic City:
Program:
New York University/Faculty Resource Network/
"Safety Net-A Campaign Against Violence"
Participants:
16 AmeriCorps Members (111 Nationally)
Description:
A broad coalition of colleges will support this AmeriCorps program
designed to curb violence through counseling, training, and the
development of solutions. In Atlantic City, for instance, AmeriCorps
Members will conduct afterschool programs that foster safety and build
self-esteem and conflict resolution skills.
Contact:
Leslie Berlowitz; (212) 998-2300
Camden:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
Dr. J. Bruce Grisi; (609) 665-6400, ext. 4015
Newark:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will restore the national environment of urban
waterways, perform r adon testing, and provide training on techniques to
prevent lead poisoning.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Newark:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
60 AmeriCorps Members Nationally (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Newark:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
9 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Newark:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Trenton:
Program:
United States Department of Justice
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will improve the safety of neighborhood
environments through the establishment of "safe corridors" to and from
school and Town Watch groups which will aid in crime prevention.
Public safety will be increased through recruiting youth for after school
programs and assisting in implementing more conflict resolution and
mediation programs for adults.
Contact:
Elizabeth N. Johnson (609) 989-3169
Urban Districts:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
55 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
Responding to an acute need for educators and role models in underserved
urban and rural areas, AmeriCorps Members will lend their diverse
perspectives on education and introduce innovative teaching methods to
the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Charlotte/Mecklenburg:
Program:
Public Education Fund Network/Project First
Participants:
12 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with volunteers from IBM and other
corporations to increase student access to computers and to integrate
technology into 25 elementary and middle schools.
Contact:
Amanda Broun; (202) 628-7460
Charlotte:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Greensboro:
Program:
New York University/Faculty Resource Network/
"Safety Net-A Campaign Against Violence"
Participants:
25 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
A broad coalition of colleges will support this AmeriCorps program
designed to curb violence through counseling, training, and the
development of solutions. At Bennett College, AmeriCorps Members will
partner with youth who have been involved with the juvenile justice
system and develop a mediation and restitution program for young people.
Contact:
Leslie Berlowitz; (212) 998-2300
Raleigh:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
North Dakota
Statewide
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce groundwater
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Fort Totten:
Program:
HHS-Head Start / Family Serve
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will be paired with children to help build literacy,
language and social interaction skills. Field trips to schools and visiting
the child's teachers will also be included to help provide for improving
their school success.
Contact:
Dr. David Gipp; (701) 255 - 3258
New York:
Program:
National Endowment for the Arts/The Writers Corps
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with homeless and runaway youth in
creative writing and poetry workshops in order to improve writing and
verbal skills, while boosting self-worth.
Contact:
William Aguado; (718) 931-9500
New York:
Program:
New York University/Faculty Resource Network/"Safety Net-A
Campaign
Against Violence"
Participants:
48 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
A broad coalition of colleges will support this AmeriCorps program
designed to curb violence through counseling, training, and the
development of solutions. AmeriCorps Members will mediate disputes and
teach peacemaking to afterschool students.
Contact:
Leslie Berlowitz; (212) 998-2300
New York:
Program:
Public Education Fund Network/Project First
Participants:
26 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with volunteers from IBM and other
corporations to increase student access to computers and to integrate
technology into 25 elementary and middle schools.
Contact:
Amanda Broun; (202) 628-7460
New York:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
160 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
Responding to an acute need for educators and role models in underserved
urban and rural areas, AmeriCorps Members will lend their diverse
perspectives on education and introduce innovative teaching methods to
the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
New York:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
North Carolina
Statewide:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
55 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
Responding to an acute need for educators and role models in underserved
urban and rural areas, AmeriCorps Members will lend their diverse
perspectives on education and introduce innovative teaching methods to
the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Charlotte:
Program:
New York University/Faculty Resource Network/
"Safety Net-A Campaign Against Violence"
Participants:
12 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
A broad coalition of colleges will support this AmeriCorps program
designed to curb violence through counseling, training, and problem-
solving exercises. At Johnson C. Smith University, AmeriCorps Members
will mediate conflicts and train'students in dispute resolution.
Contact:
Leslie Berlowitz; (212) 998-2300
Toledo:
Program:
Council of Great City Schools
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit teachers, develop service-learning
programs, organize model service corps of volunteers working as
school/classroom aides, literacy tutors, and academic mentors.
Contact:
Michael Casserly; (202) 393-2427
Oklahoma
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
61 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and supportive services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Tulsa:
Program:
National Community AIDS Partnership (NCAP)/
"Youth & HIV/AIDS Services Partnership"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (40 Nationally)
Description:
NCAP is dedicated to supporting high-quality education and service
initiatives to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.
AmeriCorps Members will provide direct care and assistance to HIV
victims and offer education for high-risk communities.
Contact:
Harry L. Brown; (205) 458-2060
Tulsa:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
7 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Western:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will renovate windbreaks originally planted by the
Roosevelt-era Civilian Conservation Corps and will also carry out
educational programs on windbreak renovation and wood use.
Contact:
Joel Berg (202) 720-635
Oregon
Statewide:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with the local power authority in such
activities as energy audits, educational workshops, and installation of
energy efficient lighting fixtures at 150 area public schools.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
43 AmeriCorps Members (Pacific Northwest)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Statewide:
(Southern)
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
35 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will attend to miles of hiking trails and trail bridges,
in addition to enhancing spotted owl ecosystems at 10 locations in the
forest.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Ohio
Statewide:
(Rural areas)
Program:
Association of Farmworkers Opportunity Program
Participants:
61 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will train migrant and seasonal farmworkers on
how to reduce exposure to pesticides and improve farmworkers' access to
other health, education and supportive services.
Contact:
Lynda Mull; (703) 528-4141
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members (Great Lakes)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Cincinnati:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Cleveland:
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
Cleveland:
Program:
National Council of Churches of Christ
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with the Interchurch Council of Greater
Cleveland to expand the number of volunteers and projects in the School
Adoption Program. Activities will include tutoring, in-class assistance,
and overseeing small group activities.
Contact:
Charles Rawlings; (212) 870-3064
Columbus:
Program:
City Year, Inc.
Participants:
55 AmeriCorps Members (220 Nationally)
Description:
Teams of AmeriCorps Members will comprehensively address interrelated
community need.
Contact:
Michael Brown/Alan Khazei; (617) 451-0699
Columbus:
Program:
University of Texas at Austin/AmeriCorps for Math and Literacy
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with 1,000 young children in intercity
and rural elementary schools to help students develop critical literacy and
numeric skills.
Contact:
Stephen Monti, (512) 471-6424
Dayton:
Program:
National Community AIDS Partnership (NCAP)/
"Youth & HIV/AIDS Services Partnership"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (40 Nationally)
Description:
NCAP is dedicated to supporting high-quality education and service
initiatives to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.
AmeriCorps Members will provide direct care and assistance to HIV
victims and offer education for high-risk communities.
Contact:
Luigi S. Procopio, II; (513) 225-3058
Bethlehem:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Centre County:
Program:
Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth and Family Services/
MANY Youth and Community Development Corps
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will facilitate a runaway youth and homeless youth
service project aimed at promoting youth development through community
service. This program will meet the dual needs of community assistance
and self-esteem building for the youth it involves.
Contact:
Centre County Youth Service Bureau; (703) 771-5300
Philadelphia:
Program:
ASPIRA Association, Inc.
Participants:
13 AmeriCorps Members (40 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will establish a holistic service-delivery model for
assisting Latino students and parents with language, literacy, and math
skills. AmeriCorps Members will also train youth in conflict resolution
and violence prevention.
Contact:
Ronald Blackburn-Moreno; (202) 835-3600
Philadelphia:
Program:
Council of Great City Schools
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit teachers, develop service-learning
programs, organize model service corps of volunteers working as
school/classroom aides, literacy tutors, and academic mentors.
Contact:
Michael Casserly; (202) 393-2427
Philadelphia:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
60 AmeriCorps Members Nationally (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Philadelphia:
Program:
Department of Health and Human Resources, Health Resources and
Services
Administration-Model Health Service Corps"
Participants:
33 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will improve the safety of neighborhood
environments through the establishment of "safe corridors" to and from
school and Town Watch groups which will aid in crime prevention.
Public safety will be increased through recruiting youth for after school
programs and assisting in implementing more conflict resolution and
mediation programs for adults.
Contact:
John Westcott (301) 443-6880
Philadelphia:
Program:
Habitat for Humanity International
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help construct 40 housing units in a project
that will involve county-wide officials and community members.
Contact:
David McDaniels; (912) 924-6935, ext. 193
Philadelphia:
Program:
Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Participants:
5 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will be graduating law students who have accepted
jobs at large law firms, but who are deferring their entry for one year
during which they'll work full-time at a local legal services program.
During the deferral year, the law firms will advance one-half of the
associates' first year salary.
Contact:
Eve Biskind Klothen; (215) 238-6347
Columbia River Basin:
Program:
United States Department of Energy -Salmon Corps
Participants:
24 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Participants, most of whom will represent the 5 Native
American tribes in the region, will work to restore the critical salmon
habitat of the Columbia River Basin while restoring Native American
culture.
Contact:
Howlie Davis; (202) 586-7970
Portland:
Program:
Green Corps' Neighborhood Green Corps Program
Participants:
60 AmeriCorps Members Nationally (60 Nationally)
Description:
Splitting their time between projects involving the home environment and
the community environment, AmeriCorps Members will educate and then
activate their communities through three projects: low income home
weatherization, lead paint abatement, and urban gardening.
Contact:
Ms. Leslie Samuelrich; (617) 426-8506
Portland:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
Pamela Jacklin; (503) 227-2439
Portland:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will enhance the habitat of several pond ecosystems,
enhancing warm water fishery areas.
Contact:
Joel Berg (202) 720 - 6350
Southern:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
35 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will attend to miles of hiking trails and trail bridges,
in addition to enhancing spotted owl ecosystems at 10 locations in the
forest.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Tillamook:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Pennsylvania
Statewide:
Program:
HHS--Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Participants:
70 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will provide personal assistance services to
increase the social and economic independence of individuals with
developmental disabilities.
Contact:
Bob Williams; (202) 690-7025
Alleghany:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Lancaster:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/
"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Rhode Island
Providence:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with City Year and environmental and
public health professionals to conduct onsite environmental commercial
and residential audits, reduce radon, and lead abatement.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Providence
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
South Carolina
Statewide:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
37 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Columbia:
Program:
City Year, Inc.
Participants:
55 AmeriCorps Members (220 Nationally)
Description:
Teams of AmeriCorps Members will comprehensively address interrelated
community need.
Contact:
Michael Brown/Alan Khazei; (617) 451-0699
Piedmont:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
9 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
South Dakota
Statewide
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Philadelphia:
Program:
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation/Urban Schools Service Corps
Participants:
160 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will create community schools, engaging many
pressing urban issues-AIDS education to child abuse prevention-while
educating the communities on how to impact those problems.
Contact:
Marty Friedman; (609) 633-6628
Philadelphia:
Program:
US Department of Justice/Weed and Seed
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will establish safe corridors to and from 15 schools;
establish Town Watch groups; work in the mobile police ministrations;
support after -school "save haven" programs; and train teachers, parents,
and youth in conflict resolution skills.
Contact:
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; (202) 307-5933
Pittsburgh:
Program:
Department of Health and Human Resources, Health Resources and
Services
Administration-
"Model Health Service Corps"
Participants:
34 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will provide comprehensive community-based health
care including home visits and outreach workshops.
Contact:
John Westcott (301) 443-6880
Pittsburgh:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
9 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
Natalie Taaffe; (412) 268-5204
Pittsburgh:
Program:
National Council of the Churches of Christ/Ecumenical Program for
Urban
Service
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with interfaith community organizations
in improving education, working for a cleaner environment, developing
public safety, and meeting human needs.
Contact:
Charles Rawlings; (212) 870-3064
Pittsburgh:
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Pittsburgh:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
9 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Pittsburgh:
Program:
National Institute for Literacy/Literacy AmeriCorps
Participants:
23 Members
Description:
Designed to build self-sufficiency in traditionally disadvantaged
communities, AmeriCorps Members will tutor welfare mothers, provide
homework assistance to children, teach ESL classes and coordinate
special activities like spelling bees and read-a-thons.
Contact:
Donald G. Block; (412) 661-7323
Colonias:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
El Paso:
Program:
Boston University AmeriCorps Health and Housing Program Fellows
Participants:
3 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will provide health services to immigrant
communities while earning their Masters in Public Health at the
University of Texas-El Paso. Services will include:immunizations and
health education programs. Health clinics will also be able to feed
undernourished homeless children.
Contact:
K. Robert Oppermann; (713) 792 - 4970
El Paso:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
A multi-generational group of AmeriCorps Members will assess the
strained water resources in El Paso, educate the bilingual community
about its options in the face of the problem, and then implement a strategy
to improve water quality by controlling sources of contamination.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Fort Worth:
Program:
I Have a Dream Foundation/AmeriCorps Partnership
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (114 Nationally)
Description:
Members will mentor and tutor student "Dreamers" from disadvantaged
areas, giving personal guidance to prevent dropouts.
Contact:
Melissa Ashworth; (817) 738-0212
Fort Worth
Program:
Summerbridge AmeriCorps Teaching Program
Participants:
68 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will recruit high school and college students to teach
disadvantaged middle school students. The objective will be to improve
their academic and leadership performance.
Contact:
Lois Loofbourrow; (415) 749-2037
Fort Worth:
Program:
The Arc
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help people with mental retardation live
independently by teaching skills such as: food shopping and preparation,
locating jobs, and linking them to existing vocational support services.
Contact:
Nancy Bolding; (817) 261-6003
Fort Worth:
Program:
United States Department of Justice
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will enhance the neighborhood environment through
teaching crime prevention to children and working with senior citizens to
prevent crime.
Contact:
Patsy Thomas (817) 877-5161
Galveston:
Program:
Department of Navy - Seaborne
Participants:
133 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
This nine - month residential program will perform direct environmental
service in Galveston Bay. The participants will receive a GED and the job
skills needed to work in the marine industry.
Contact:
Dr. David J. Scmidly; (409) - 740 - 4403
Galveston:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
By building wave barriers, AmeriCorps Members will reduce shoreline
erosion, allowing for more permanent vegetation and in increase in the fish
population.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce ground water
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Rosebud:
Program:
HHS/Head Start/Family Serve
Participants:
10 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work in Head Start centers where they will
assist with lesson plans, nutrition education, field trips and bus
monitoring.
Contact:
Gail Collins; (202) 205-8347
Tennessee
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
80 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Texas
Statewide:
Program:
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral
Agencies / Action for Children Today! (ACT)
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members (45 Nationally)
Description:
CCR&R's will educate the community about child care needs and critical
identify critical issues. ACT will improve the quality of child care by
increasing availability by 450 for infants, 1395 for school - age children
and will train 1215 child care staff.
Contact:
Yasmina S. Vinci; (202) 393 - 5501
Alamo:
Program:
Department of Interior/Rio Grande Ecosystem
Participants:
105 AmeriCorps Members (505 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conserve and restore failing habitat in the Rio
Grande River, monitor air and water quality, and research, map and
survey endangered species populations. Returning Peace Corps Volunteers
and AARP members will serve as on-site partners.
Contact:
Sue Kemnitzer; (202) 208-4009
Austin:
Program:
University of Texas at Austin/AmeriCorps for Math and Literacy
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with inner - city children to help improve
their skills in literacy, mathematics, writing and numeracy. Members will
also provide family workshops to strengthen parents ability to support
their children's school success.
Contact:
Uri Treisman; (512) 471 - 6190
Utah
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
50 AmeriCorps Members (Four Corners)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
Navajo Nation Youth Conservation Corps
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members (120 Nationally)
Description:
Building self-esteem in "at-risk" youth takes a decidedly environmental
slant with community revitalization projects focused on watershed and
soil conservation. using both wesern and traditional Navajo technologies.
Contact:
Jacques Seronda; (602) 871-6592
Vermont
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members (New England)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Anti-Hunger Team
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members (150 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will reach out to several Vermont communities,
encouraging eligible citizens to utilize such resources as food stamps and
to increase the awareness and availability of other anti-hunger programs.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will enhance recreational areas and their
accompanying habitats on 300 acres of forest.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Virginia
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
80 AmeriCorps Members (Appalachia)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Blue Ridge:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosiswhile coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Loudon County:
Program:
Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth and Family Services/
MANY Youth and Community Development Corps
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will facilitate a runaway youth and homeless youth
service project aimed at promoting youth development through community
service. This program will meet the dual needs of community assistance
and self-esteem building for the youth it involves.
Contact:
Jerry Tracy; (703) 771-5300
Hidakgo County:
Program:
HHS/Head Start/Family Serve
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will work with Head Start to provide care to
children of migrant farm workers. Activities will include literacy tutoring,
parenting skills, and facilitating needed health and social services.
Contact:
Gail Collins; (202) 205-8347
Houston:
Program:
Department of Veterans Affairs/National Coalition of Homeless Veterans
Partnership Project
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help in obtaining needed medical care, drug
abuse prevention and treatment, and vocational training for homeless
veterans.
Contact:
Marcelle Habibion; (202) 273-5058
Houston:
Program:
National Institute for Literacy/Literacy AmeriCorps
Participants:
23 Members
Description:
Designed to build self-sufficiency in traditionally disadvantaged
communities, AmeriCorps Members will tutor welfare mothers, provide
homework assistance to children, teach ESL classes and coordinate
special activities like spelling bees and read-a-thons.
Contact:
Margaret Doughty; (713) 228-1801
Houston:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
85 AmeriCorps Members (1000 Nationally)
Description:
Responding to an acute need for educators and role models in underserved
urban and rural areas, AmeriCorps Members will lend their diverse
perspectives on education and introduce innovative teaching methods to
the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Rio Grande:
Program:
Department of the Interior/Rio Grande Ecosystem
Participants:
125 AmeriCorps Members (505 Nationally)
Description:
The environmental goals outlined by the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) are the basis for projects to be performed by
AmeriCorps Member including habitat restoration and ecosystem surveys.
Contact:
Larry Ditto; (210) 630-4636
Rio Grande Valley:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
Responding to an acute need for educators and role models in underserved
urban and rural areas, AmeriCorps Members will lend their diverse
perspectives on education and introduce innovative teaching methods to
the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
San Antonio
Program:
United States Department of Justice
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will improve the safety of neighborhood
environments through the establishment of "safe corridors" to and from
school and Town Watch groups which will aid in crime prevention.
Public safety will be increased through recruiting youth for after school
programs and assisting in implementing more conflict resolution and
mediation programs for adults.
Contact:
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (202) 307-5933,
(210) 299-7196
San Antonio:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Seattle:
Program:
National Institute for Literacy/Literacy AmeriCorps
Participants:
14 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Backed by a partnership between Federal agencies and literacy groups,
AmeriCorps Members will confront the debilitating literacy problem. In
Seattle, AmeriCorps Members will facilitate innovative ESL programs as
part of a student speakers bureau.
Contact:
Edith Johnson; (206) 386-4661
Seattle:
Program:
Teach for America
Participants:
65 AmeriCorps Members(1000 Nationally)
Description:
Responding to an acute need for educators and role models in underserved
urban and rural areas, AmeriCorps Members will lend their diverse
perspectives on education and introduce innovative teaching methods to
the classroom.
Contact:
Wendy Kopp; (212) 432-1272
Seattle:
Program:
United States Department of Justice
Participants:
30 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will be placed in schools to help teach crime
prevention to children through conflict resolution techniques.
Neighborhood environments will be enhanced through empowerment
strategies aimed as linking police and neighborhood residents through law
enforcement, community policing, prevention, intervention, treatment and
economic revitalization.
Contact:
Dan Fleissner; (206) 684-5758
Seattle:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
Seattle:
Program:
Youth Volunteer Corps of America/YVCA Leadership Corps
Participants:
6 AmeriCorps Members (107 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will develop, run, and enroll volunteers in service
projects including: summer camps, academic enrichment programs, service-
learning curricula, conflict resolution training, gang alternative programs,
and identification of high crime areas.
Contact:
David Battey; (913) 432-9822
Spokane:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society/"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosiswhile coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Tacoma:
Program:
AIDS Partnership (NCAP)/
"Youth & HIV/AIDS Services Partnership"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (40 Nationally)
Description:
NCAP is dedicated to supporting high-quality education and service
initiatives to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.
AmeriCorps Members will provide direct care and assistance to HIV
victims and offer education for high-risk communities.
Contact:
Harry L. Brown; (205) 458-2060
Norfolk:
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
Richmond:
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
Washington
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
32 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will carry out a number of protective restoration
projects including erosion control and planting along salmon bearing
streams in addition to caring for recreation areas.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
43 AmeriCorps Members (Pacific Northwest)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Columbia River Basin:
Program:
United States Department of Energy -Salmon Corps
Participants:
24 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Participants, most of whom will represent the 5 Native
American tribes in the region, will work to restore the critical salmon
habitat of the Columbia River Basin while restoring Native American
culture.
Contact:
Howlie Davis; (202) 586-7970
Olympia:
Program:
Department of Transportation
Participants:
20 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
Independent living needs of the elderly and disabled will be addressed
through education about public transportation between home and care
facilities. AmeriCorps Members will accompany the elderly population to
these facilities after dark.
Contact:
Dave Broom; (206) 438 - 4009
Pierce County:
Program:
Environmental Protection Agency
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will restore the national environment of urban
waterways, perform r adon testing, and provide training on techniques to
prevent lead poisoning.
Contact:
Helga Butler; (202) 260-4179
Seattle:
Program:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA/Ecumenical
Program for Urban Service
Participants:
15 AmeriCorps Members
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help homeless youth meet basic needs for food,
clothing, housing and health care while building community awareness of
homelessness and supporting after-school programs for elementary age
children.
Contact:
Rev. Elaine J. Stanovsky, (206) 525-1213
West Virginia
Statewide:
Program:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society /
"Bridge to Independence"
Participants:
8 AmeriCorps Members (144 Nationally)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members, many of whom have Multiple Sclerosis, will work
to build awareness about Multiple Sclerosis while coordinating
volunteers in extensive living assistance programs-helping
disadvantaged people to make it on their own.
Contact:
Nancy J. Holland; (212) 476-0453
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
80 AmeriCorps Members (Appalachia)
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will help communities protect watersheds, improve
housing, promote economic development, boost sustainable agriculture and
respond to disasters.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Huntington:
Program:
Children's Health Fund/
AmeriCorps Community Outreach Project
Participants:
4 AmeriCorps Members (15 Nationally)
Description:
The Children's Health Fund was designed to meet the complex health care
needs of medically underserved, homeless, and impoverished children.
AmeriCorps Members will work to this end by encouraging families to
take advantage of available primary health care resources.
Contact:
Mariana Jones-Taylor
Wisconsin
Statewide:
Program:
USDA Rural Development Team
Participants:
78 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
Responding to the environmental and economic damage caused by last
year's flood, AmeriCorps Members will assess flood-relief needs, explain
wetlands delineation to land owners and work to reduce groundwater
pollution.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Program:
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team
Participants:
73 AmeriCorps Members in the 9 Flood States
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will engage a variety of flood relief work by
assessing damage, restoring wetlands, and restoring flood control
facilities.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Madison:
Program:
United States Department of Justice
Participants:
43 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will be placed in schools to help teach crime
prevention to children through conflict resolution techniques.
Neighborhood environments will be enhanced through empowerment
strategies aimed as linking police and neighborhood residents through law
enforcement, community policing, prevention, intervention, treatment and
economic revitalization.
Contact:
Bob Humke and John Olson; (608) 266-6070
Milwaukee:
Program:
Congress of National Black Churches
Participants:
To Be Determined
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will conduct violence prevention programs in the
areas of gang deterrence, sexual and substance abuse, and prison issues.
Contact:
Leon West; (202) 371-1091
Milwaukee:
Program:
USDA Anti-Hunger Team
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally (150 Nationally)
Description:
Several local service agencies will join AmeriCorps Members in
performing outreach on food assistance programs and will establish five
new summer food pantries.
Contact:
Joel Berg; (202) 720-6350
Milwaukee:
Program:
YMCA Earth Service Corps Fellowship
Participants:
40 AmeriCorps Members Nationally
Description:
AmeriCorps Members will address local environmental concerns,
coordinating park cleanups, urban gardening projects, and environmental
symposia.
Contact:
Celeste Wroblewski; (312) 269-0506
STATE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Alabama
Connecticut
Ms. Kim Cartron
Mr. Matthew Cookson
Executive Director
Executive Director
Alabama Nat'l & Community ServiceState Commission
Conn. Commission on National & Community Service
600 Dexter Ave.
Dept. of Higher Education
Montgomery, AL 36130
61 Woodland St.
Hartford, CT 06105
Phone 205-242-7174
Fax 205-242-2885
Phone 203-566-6154
Fax 203-566-7865
Alaska
Mr. Jim Sinnett
Delaware
Executive Director
Ms. Vollie Melson
Alaska State Community Service Commission
Executive Director
Dept. of Community and Regional Affairs
Deleware Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
333 W. 4th Ave., Suite 222
Carvel State Office Building - 4th Floor
Anchorage, AK 99501
820 North French Street
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone 907-269-4611
Fax 907-269-4539
Phone 302-577-6650
Fax 302-577-2383
Arizona
Mr. Jaime Molera
Florida
Executive Director
Dr. Chris Gilmore
Arizona National and Community Service Commission
Executive Director
1700 West Washington St., 3rd Floor
Florida Governor's Commission on Community Service
Phoenix, AZ 85007
1101 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Box 188
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Phone 602-542-3461
Fax 602-542-3520
Phone 904 934-4000
Fax 904-934-4000
Arkansas
Ms. Ann Kamps
Georgia
Executive Director
Ms. Lynn Thornton
Arkansas Commission on Nat'l and Community Service
Executive Director
Executive Director
2020 Equitable Building
P.O. Box 1437, Slot 1300
100 Peachtree St.
Little Rock, AR 72203
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone 501-682-6724
Fax 501-682-6752
Phone 404-657-7827
Fax 404-657-7835
California
Hawaii
Dr. Linda Forsyth
Mr. Alvin M. Jitchaku
Executive Director
Executive Director
Calif. Commission on Improving Life Through Service
Hawaii State Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
1121 L St. Suite 600
335 Merchant St.,Rm. 101
Sacramento, CA 95814
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone 916-323-7646
Fax 916-323-3227
Phone 808-586-8672
Fax 808-586-8685
Colorado
Idaho
Mr. Mike Ready
Ms. Judy Ouderkirk
Executive Director
Executive Director
140 E. 19th Ave.
Idaho Commission for Nat'l & Community Service
Boulder, CO 80302
P.O. Box 83702
650 W. State St., Rm. 307
Phone 303-894-2750
Fax 303-894-2759
Boise, ID 83702
Connecticut
Phone (208)334-3843 Fax (208)334-2632
Ms. Nancy Mandell
Executive Director
Conn. Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
Dept. of Higher Educaction
61 Woodland St.
Hartford, CT 06105
Phone 203-566-6154
Fax 203-566-7865
STATE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Illinois
Massachusetts
Ms. Allyson Zedler
Mr. Joseph Madison
Executive Director
Executive Director
_t. Gov's Advisory Council on Volunatary Action
Massachusetts Nat'l & Community Service Commission
100 West Randolf, #15-200
87 Summer St
Chicago, IL 60601
Boston, MA 02110
Phone 312-814-5225
Fax 312-814-7236
Phone 617-542-2544
Fax 617-542-9715
Indiana
Michigan
Ms. Amy Conrad Warner
Mr. Frank Dirks
Executive Director
Executive Director
Indiana Commission on Community Service
111 South Capitol Ave. -- Olds Plaza Building
302 West Washington St., Room E220
Lansing, MI 48909
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone 517-335-4295
Fax 517-373-4977
Phone 317-233-4273
Fax 317-232-1815
Minnesota
lowa
Ms. Mary Jo Richardson
Ms. Susan Cory
Executive Director
Executive Director
Minnesota Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
lowa Commission on Community Service
683 capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St.
150 East Des Moines St.
Saint Paul, MN 55101
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone 616-296-1435
Fax 612-296-3348
Phone 515-281-9043
Fax 515-281-9033
Mississippi
Kansas
Ms. Marsha Meeks Kelly
Ms. Patricia Kells
Executive Director
Executive Director
Miss. Commission for Nat'l & Community Service
Kansas Commission on National and Community Service
3825 Ridgewood Rd.
P.O. Box 889
Jackson, MS 39205
ΓopeKa, KS 66601
Phone 601-982-6738 Fax 601-982-6790
Phone 913-234-1423
Fax 913-234-1429
Missouri
Kentucky
Mr. Steve Schad
Mr. David Crowley
Executive Director
Executive Director
Missouri Commission on Community Service
Kentucky Community Service Commission
Room 121
1050 U.S. 127 South, Suite 101
State Capitol
Frankfort, KY 40601
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone 502-564-3553
Fax 602-564-2063
Phone 314-751-4727
Fax 314-751-9422
Maine
Montana
Mr. Robert Blakesly
Ms. Mary Blake
Executive Director
Executive Director
Maine Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
Montana Community Services Advisory Council
State House -- Station 38
State Capitol, Room 219
Augusta, ME 04333
Helena, MT 59620-0801
Phone 207-624-6041
Fax 207-624-6023
Phone 406-444-5547
Fax 406-444-5529
Maryland
Nebraska
Dr. Marilyn W. Smith
Ms. Fayette Carpenter
Executive Director
Executive Director
Governor's Commission on Service
State Capitol -- 6th Floor
301 W. Preston St., 15th Floor
Centennial Mall
Baltimore, MD 21201
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone 410-225-1216
Fax 410-333-7124
Phone 402-471-6225
Fax 402-471-6286
STATE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Nevada
Oklahoma
Ms. Christine Bundren
Mr. Chris Delaporte
Executive Director
Executive Director
Nevada Commission for Nat'l & Community Service
Gov's Commission for Community Service
1830 E. Sahara Avenue
1515 N. Lincoln
Las Vegas, NV 89104
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone 702-486-7997
Fax 702-486-7924
Phone 405-235-7278
Fax 405-235-7290
New Hampshire
Oregon
Mr. Steve Bos
Ms. Marlis Miller
Executive Director
Executive Director
64 Old Suncook Rd.
Oregon Community Service Commission
Concord, NH 03301
Office of Community College Services
255 Capitol St. NE
Phone 603-228-9500
Fax 603-228-8557
Salem, OR 97310
New Jersey
Phone 503-725-5903
Fax 503-725-3693
Ms. Ellen Schecter
Executive Director
Pennsylvania
CN 500
Mr. John W. Cosgrove
Trenton, NJ 08625
Executive Director
Department of Labor and Industry
Phone 609-292-1083
Fax 609-633-0658
1304 Labor and Industry Building, Seventh and Forster Streets
New Mexico
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Mr. Bob Biggers
Phone 717-787-1971
Fax 717-787-9458
Executive Director
Governor's Office - State Capitol, Suite 400
Puerto Rico
Santa Fe, NM 87503
Dr. Jorge Luis Reyes
Executive Director
Phone 505-827-3042
Fax 505-827-3015
Puerto Rico State Commission of Community Service
New York
La Fortaleza
San Juan, PR 00901
Mr. Lou Trapani
Executive Director
Phone 809-721-7877
Fax 809-722-3562
New York Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
Executive Chamber - State Capitol
Rhode Island
Albany, NY 12224
Mr. David Karoff
Executive Director
Phone 518-473-8882
Fax 518-474-3767
903 Broad Street
North Carolina
Providence, RI 02907
Ms. Lynn Wareh
Phone 401-461-6305
Fax 401-461-2210
Executive Director
N.C. State Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
South Carolina
116 W. Jones St.
Ms. Diane Coleman
Raleigh, NC 27603
Executive Director
So. Carolina Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
Phone 919-715-3470
Fax 919-733-2120
Office of the Governor
Ohio
1205 Pendelton St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Ms. Kitty Burcsu
Executive Director
Phone 803-734-0398
Fax 803-734-0385
Gov's Community Service Commission
51 North High St., Suite 481
Tennessee
Columbus, OH 43215
Mr. Mike Herman
Executive Director
Phone 614-728-2916
Fax 614-728-2921
Tennessee Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
Governor's Office, G-12
State Capitol
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone 615-741-1676
Fax 615-532-7918
STATE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Texas
Wyoming
Ms. Randi Shade
Ms. Beverly Morrow
Executive Director
Executive Director
Texas Commission for Nat'l & Community Service
Wyoming Commission for Nat'l & Community Service
P.O. Box 12428
Herschler Building, 4th Floor - East
Austin, TX 78711
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone 512-463-1814
Fax 512-463-1861
Phone 307-777-5396
Fax 307-638-8967
Utah
Mr. Michael Call
Executive Director
Utah Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
324 S. State St., Ste. 240
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-7945
Phone 801-538-8611
Fax 801-538-8660
Vermont
Ms. Kathleen R. Blair
Executive Director
Vermont Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
Governor's Office
109 State St.
Montpelier, VT 05609
Phone 802-828-3326
Fax 802-828-3339
Virginia
Ms. Katie Noyes Campbell
Executive Director
Virginia Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
730 East Broad St., 9th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone 804-692-1952
Fax 804-692-1949
Washington
Mr. Bill Basl
Executive Director
Washington Commission on Nat'l & Community Service
Insurance Bldg., Room 100
#43113
Olympia, WA 98504
Phone 804-692-1952
Fax 804-692-1949
West Virginia
Dr. Belle Zars
Executive Director
West Virginia Commission for Nat'l & Community Service
421 Chestnut Street
Logan, WV 25601
Phone 304-340-3290
Fax 304-340-3284
Wisconsin
Mr. Lary Swoboda
Executive Director
Wisconsin Nat'l & Community Service Board
P.O. Box 7868
Madison, WI 53707-7868
Phone 608-266-8234
Fax 608-267-6931
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Revised 7/26/94
State Program Directors
Region I
Region II
Mr. Romero Cherry
Mr. Stanley Gorland
State Program Director
State Program Director
1 Commercial Plaza
44 S. Clinton Ave.
21st Floor
Suite 702
Hartford, CT 06103-3510
Trenton, NJ 08609-1507
(203) 240-3237
(609) 989-2243
Fax: (203) 240-3238
Fax: (609) 989-2304
Ms. Mary Pelkey
Mr. Bernard A. Conte
State Program Director.
State Program Director
US Court House, Rm 305
6 World Trade Ctr, #758
76 Pearl Street
New York, NY 10048-0206
Portland, ME 04101-4188
(212) 466-4471
(207) 780-3414
Fax: (212) 466-4195
Fax: (207) 780-3742
Gary O'Neal
Mr. Malcolm Coles
US Fed. Bldg., #G49
State Program Director
150 Carlos Chardon Ave.
10 Causeway St., Rm 473
Hato Rey, PR 00918-1737
Boston, MA 02222-1039
(809) 766-5134
(617) 565-7018
Fax: 809-766-5189
Fax: (617) 565-7011
Mr. Peter Bender
State Program Director
The Whitebridge
91-93 North State Street
Concord, NH 03301-3939
(603) 225-1450
Fax: (603) 225-1459
Mr. Vincent Marzullo
State Program Director
400 Westminster Street, Room 203
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 528-5424
Fax: 528-5220
Region III
Region IV
Ms. Betsy Wells
Mr. John D. Timmons
State Program Director
State Program Director
Fed. Bldg., Rm 372-D
Room 770
600 M.L. King, Jr. Place
Beacon Ridge Tower
Louisville, KY 40202
600 Beacon Pkway West
(502) 582-6384
Birmingham, AL 35209-3120
Fax: (502) 582-6386
(205) 290-7184
Fax: (205) 290-7186
Mr. Jerry Yates
State Program Director
Mr. Henry J. Jibaja
Fed. Bldg., Rm 1125
State Program Director
31 Hopkins Plaza
3165 McCrory Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-2814
Suite 115
(410) 962-4443
Orlando, FL 32803-3750
Fax: (410) 962-3201
(407) 648-6117
Fax: (407) 648-6116
Mr. Paul Schrader
State Program Director
Mr. David A. Dammann
Leveque Tower, Rm 304A
State Program Director
50 W. Broad Street
75 Piedmont Ave., N.E.
Columbus, OH 43215
Suite 462
(614) 469-7441
Atlanta, GA 30303-2587
Fax: (614) 469-2125
Mr. Arthur Brown, III
Ms. Jorina Ahmed
State Program Director
State Program Director
Fed. Bldg., Rm 1005-A
Gateway Bldg., Rm 2460
100 West Capitol Street
3535 Market Street
Jackson, MS 39269-1092
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(601) 965-5664
(215) 596-4077
Fax: (601) 965-4617
Fax: (215) 596-4072
Mr. Robert L. Winston
Mr. Lindsay Scott
State Program Director
State Program Director
Room 131
400 N. 8th St., Rm 1119
Fed. Bldg, PO Century Sta.
P.O. Box 10066
300 Fayetteville St Mall
Richmond, VA 23240-1832
Raleigh, NC 27601-1739
(804) 771 2197
(919) 856-4731
Fax: (804) 771-2157
Fax: (919) 856-4738
Ms. Judith Russell
Mr. Jerome J. Davis
State Program Director
State Program Director
603 Morris St., 2nd Floor
Fed. Bldg, Rm 872
Charleston, WV 25301-1409
1835 Assembly Street
(304) 347-5246
Columbia, SC 29201-2430
Fax: (304) 347-5464
(803) 765-5771
Fax: (803) 765-5777
Mr. Alfred E. Johnson
State Program Director
265 Cumberland Bend Dr.
Nashville, TN 37228
(615) 736-5561
Fax: (615) 736-7937
Region V
Region VI
Mr. Timothy Krieger
Mr. Robert Torvestad
State Program Director
State Program Director
77 West Jackson Blvd.,
Fed. Bldg., Rm 2506
Suite 442
700 West Capitol St
Chicago, IL 60604-3511
Little Rock, AR 72201
(312) 353-3622
(501) 324-5234
Fax: (312) 353-5343
Fax: (501) 324-6949
Mr. Thomas L. Haskett
Mr. James M. Byrnes
State Program Director
State Program Director
46 East Ohio Street
Fed. Bldg., Rm 248
Room 457
444 S. E. Quincy
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Topeka, KS 66603-3501
(317) 226-6724
(913) 295-2540
Fax: (317) 226-5437
Fax: (913) 295-2596
Mr. Joel Weinstein
Mr. Willard L. Labrie
State Program Director
State Program Director
Fed. Bldg., Rm 722
640 Main Street
210 Walnut
Suite 102
Des Moines, IA 50309
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
(515) 284-4816
(504) 389-0471
Fax (515) 284-6640
Fax: (504) 389-0510
Mr. Stanley Stewart
Mr. John J. McDonald
State Program Director
State Program Director
Fed. Bldg., Rm 658
Fed. Ofc. Bldg., Rm 1701
231 West Lafayette Blvd
911 Walnut
Detroit, MI 48226-2799
Kansas City, MO 64106
(313) 226-7848
(816) 426-5256
Fax: 226-2557
Fax: (816) 426-5027
Mr. Robert Jackson
Mr. Ernesto Ramos
State Program Director
State Program Director
431 South 7th Street
First Interstate Plaza
Room 2480
125 Lincoln Ave., #214-B
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Sante Fe, NM 87501-2026
(612) 334-4083
(505) 988-6755
Fax: (612) 334-4084
Fax: (505) 988-6661
Mr. Michael P. Murphy
Mr. H. Zeke Rodriguez
State Program Director
State Program Director
517 East Wisconsin Ave.
420 West Main
Room 601
Suite 530
Milwaukee, WI 53202-4507
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(414) 296-1118
(405) 231-5201
Fax: (414) 297-1863
Fax: (405) 231-4329
Mr. Jerry Thompson
State Program Director
611 East Sixth Street
Suite 404
Austin, TX 78701-3747
(512) 482-5671
Fax: (512) 482-5806
Region VIII
Region IX
Ms. Gayle Schladale (Acting)
Mr. Richard Persely
State Program Director
State Program Director
One Sherman Place
522 North Central
140 East 19th Ave. Suite 120
Room 205-A
Denver, CO 80203-1167
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2190
(303) 866-1070
(602) 379-4825
Fax: (303) 866-1081
Fax: (602) 379-4030
Mr. Joe R. Lovelady
Ms. Gayle Hawkins
State Program Director
State Program Director
FOB Drawer 10051
Fed. Bldg., Room 11221
302 South Park, Rm 192
11000 Wilshire Blvd.
Helena, MT 59626-0101
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(406) 449-5404
(310) 575-7421
Fax: (406) 449-5412
Fax: (310) 575-7422
Ms. Anne C. Johnson
Ms. Lynn Dunn
State Program Director
State Program Director
Fed. Bldg., Rm 156
Fed. Bldg., #6326
100 Centennial Mall N.
300 Ala Moana Blvd.
Lincoln, NE 68508-3896
Honolulu, HI 96850-0001
(402) 437-5493
(808) 541-2832
Fax: (402) 437-5495
Fax: (808) 541-3603
Mr. John Pohlman
Mr. Craig Warner
State Program Director
State Program Director
Fed. Bldg., Rm 225
4600 Kietzke Lane
225 S. Pierre Street
Suite E-141
Pierre, SD 57501-2452
Reno, NV 89502-5033
(605) 224-5996
(702) 784-5314
Fax: (6050 224-9201
Fax: (702) 784-5026
Mr. Richard Crawford
State Program Director
Frank E. Moss US Courthouse
350 So. Main St., Rm 504
Salt Lake City, UT 84101-2198
(801) 524-5411
Fax: (801) 524-3599
Region X
Mr. Billie Joe Caldwell
State Program Director - AK
Jackson Fed. Ofc. Bldg.
915 Second Ave., #3190
Seattle, WA 98174-1103
(206) 553-1558
Fax: (206) 553-4415
Mr. Kent Griffitts
State Program Director
304 N. 8th St., Room 344
Boise, ID 83702-5835
(208) 334-1707
Fax: (208) 334-1421
Ms. Robin Sutherland
State Program Director
Fed. Bldg., Room 647
511 N. W. Broadway
Portland, OR 97209-3416
(503) 326-2261
Fax: (503) 326-6572
Mr. John Miller
State Program Director - WA
Jackson Fed. Ofc. Bldg.
915 Second Ave., #3190
Seattle, WA 98174-1103
(206) 553-4975
Fax: (206) 553-4415
RICOR STATE RVICE R TM
AmeriCorps/USDA
Application
A Program of the AmeriCorps National Service Network
OMB # 3045-0016 Exp. 7-19-97
Application Instructions:
AmeriCorps is the new national service initiative signed into law by President Clinton. Through AmeriCorps, individuals
11 ages and backgrounds will address the nation's education, public safety, human, and environmental needs through
vice. In return, AmeriCorps Members may receive education awards to help finance their college education or vocational
training, or to pay back their student loans after successful completion of service.
While there is no typical AmeriCorps Member, all people selected for AmeriCorps will demonstrate a commitment to
service, a willingness to use their time and abilities to improve the lives of others, and an interest in learning new skills.
Through their service, they will bring to life the AmeriCorps ethic of community and responsibility.
This application asks you to describe the skills and experience you offer to AmeriCorps, as well as the reasons why you hope to be
selected. Consider each section carefully and respond to the best of your ability. Think about your role in service activities, membership
in community organizations, academic experiences, and personal talents. Take into account everything from your past and present.
Your application and personal references help create a full picture of you and what you bring to national service. Make sure that this
application accurately reflects all the qualities that make you a good candidate for AmeriCorps.
I. Member Profile
1. Name:
Social Security Number:
*
3. Date of Birth (Month/Day/Year):
4. Current Address:
5. Permanent Address:
Street:
Apt.#:
Street:
Apt.#:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
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The AmeriCorps Ethic: Common Skills and Activities
for AmeriCorps Members
As part of the effort to build a national identity for AmeriCorps, the Corporation has identified
a set of skills and projects to enhance the development of a common ethic of responsibility among all
AmeriCorps Members toward themselves, their families and their communities. These skills and
projects are intended to help AmeriCorps Members have an identity in common and a mutual sense
of affiliation with a national program and its mission, and to share similar skills and experiences in
their disparate programs. It is expected that all AmeriCorps Members will receive training in three
national skill areas, and they may also have opportunities to participate in one or more national
projects as a means to develop further and put into practice the AmeriCorps ethic of responsibility.
Common Skills:
The Corporation has identified the following skills as targets for universal development
among AmeriCorps Members during this first year. These useful skills will provide Members with
the ability to express or fulfill the ethic of responsibility effectively while serving in the program and
throughout their lives.
Some AmeriCorps programs already include these skills as a part of the training for their
Members. The Corporation's involvement in this area and the materials and providers that it is able
to identify and make available will assist programs not currently providing this training to do so. All
programs should incorporate the development of these skills into their existing training periods (i.e.,
within the 20% of total service hours devoted to training). If this is not feasible, programs should
contact the Corporation immediately to discuss how these trainings might otherwise be
accommodated.
Communication: The ability for AmeriCorps Members to participate fully as citizens in their
community is enhanced by their ability to communicate effectively. They must be able to interpret
and communicate their experience to others. As representatives of programs, they may be called
upon at any time to talk about their service projects or experience. It is essential that they are able to
represent the program as well as articulate the message of AmeriCorps, including describing the
work they are performing in the community and how they are part of a national effort.
Consequently, all AmeriCorps Members will be trained in effective communication skills.
Programs might meet this objective in a variety of ways. The Corporation is developing
training materials that will be available to programs and that will identify common principles
underlying successful training in communication skills, including highlighting some existing creative
practices being employed by AmeriCorps programs. This will include suggestions for a variety of
opportunities that programs can create for Members to practice their communication skills as
representatives in the community and through the media on behalf of AmeriCorps. The Corporation
may create incentives on the national level as additional encouragement for AmeriCorps Members to
develop these skills.
Conflict Resolution: An essential aspect of good citizenship is knowing how to work and get
along with people from a variety of backgrounds and of divergent points of view. AmeriCorps
Members will be working with a variety of individuals and organizations within a community, many
of whom have never worked together before. It is essential that Members gain a basic understanding
of conflict, and a set of skills that can be useful toward its resolution, in order to do their jobs and help
strengthen communities. Therefore, all AmeriCorps Members will be trained in conflict resolution
skills.
There is a growing methodology for conflict resolution and network of educators and
mediators across the country. With the assistance of professionals from the field, the Corporation will
identify and provide training materials for use by AmeriCorps programs and will help to identify
local providers to assist in the provision of the training.
CPR/First Aid: Training in the most basic of life saving skills is especially important for each
AmeriCorps Member to have in order to exercise community responsibility when needed. Thus,
every Member will be trained in basic CPR and First Aid. Programs are encouraged to seek local
partners to provide this training for their AmeriCorps Members. Every community should have the
capacity for providing this training locally through organizations such as hospitals, fire departments,
or a local chapter of the Red Cross. If necessary, the Corporation will consider providing assistance
to obtain the appropriate training.
Common Projects
Another important aspect of building a national identity for AmeriCorps will be to engage
AmeriCorps Members in common projects throughout the country that reinforce the ethic of
responsibility. Programs are encouraged, where feasible, to participate in one or more of the
following activities.
HIV/AIDS Awareness: The rate of HIV infection and AIDS morbidity are increasing within
the age ranges most represented by the AmeriCorps Members, as well as among the populations
encountered through their service. Integral to practicing personal responsibility, AmeriCorps
Members need to be fully informed about the disease, and be able to dispel myths and overcome
misconceptions about who is affected by it and how. The Corporation is working with prevention
specialists in identifying standards and essential elements of effective HIV/AIDS Awareness training,
and will provide them to AmeriCorps programs for Members, some of whom may develop local
projects to teach others about AIDS.
Environmental Audit: Developing an awareness of the environment and its resources is an
important part of assuming community responsibility. This is the aim of an "environmental audit."
The Corporation will make materials available to programs that will allow AmeriCorps Members,
either on their own or in groups, to conduct audits of their environmental surroundings. AmeriCorps
Members will be able to identify how the natural resources that are essential to their survival are
managed both in terms of their input and output in a community.
Citizenship Education: One of the most effective ways of reinforcing the AmeriCorps
Members' understanding and appreciation of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship is to have
them help others in the process of becoming American citizens. Through this national effort,
AmeriCorps Members will be encouraged to volunteer in local community-based efforts to help
immigrants in the various stages of applying for citizenship, from completing necessary paperwork
to actually teaching civics courses to prepare applicants for their examinations. The Corporation will
coordinate this project with national organizations and networks and will facilitate access for
AmeriCorps Members to these service opportunities at the local level.
Health Insurance Plan
for
AmeriCorps Participants
PLAN BENEFITS
ELIGIBILITY..
All AmeriCorps participants are eligible unless they already have
health care coverage through an alternate source.
COVERAGE BEGINS.
Immediately, provided that the participant is active in
the AmeriCorps program.
POLICY YEAR
Each agency has a 12 month Policy Year that begins on
that agency's date of implementation of the plan.
DEDUCTIBLE. The plan has a deductible of $100 per Policy Year.
BENEFITS
Level /
Level II
Each Policy Year, the plan pays 80%
After $1,000 in out-of-pocket expenses
until the participant has paid $1,000 in
has been paid, the plan pays 100% for the
out-of-pocket expenses (including the
rest of the Policy Year up to a lifetime
deductible).
maximum of $50,000 for each cause.
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
Benefits are limited for eligible expenses incurred during the first 12 months of
coverage if they are due to pre-existing conditions; the plan will pay only up to $5,000.
Full coverage is provided once the participant has been covered for 12 consecutive
months.
OTHER LIMITATIONS.
In addition to excluded expenses, there are several categories of expenses for which
benefits are limited. A few examples follow:
Expense
Benefit Limitation
Hospital Room & Board
$600 per day
Intensive Care
$1,200 per day
Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries
$10,000 per cause
Sports-Related Injuries
$5,000 per cause
CONTINUATION AFTER PARTICIPATION.
When participation in the AmeriCorps program ends, a participant may elect to
continue coverage. The premium rate for continuation is higher than the agency-paid
rate per participant.
Health Insurance Plan
for
AmeriCorps Participants
IMPORTANT FACTS
Immediate Coverage for Participants (September 1 first possible effective date)
Monthly Premium is $101.00 per Participant
Administrative Kits will be Mailed in approximately Two Weeks
Administrative Kit Contains:
Participant Brochures
Plan Information Summary
Administrative Manual
Form Types
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Customer Service Staff 8 am to 8 pm Eastern Time (M-F) 1-800-788-6557
Plan Underwritten by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Administered by Strategic Resource Company (SRC)
If you have questions on the administration of the program,
please call Allianz Life at
1-800-788-6557.
ANATOMY OF A START-UP
NOT
FOR PROFIT
This is one nonprofit facing a
very businesslike question: can it get beyond
the novelty stage and find
a way to take its concept national?
BY TOM RICHMAN
OF ALL THE ENTERPRISES THAT INC.
CI
has examined in the Anatomy of a Start-up
AR
series, City Year Inc. is singular. Not only is
it a nonprofit venture, but it has customers
who don't pay, investors who don't measure
their returns in cash, and employees who
are intended to be the principal beneficiaries
of the enterprise. Nonetheless, City Year founders Alan Khazei (rhymes
with daisy) and Michael Brown insist they are fundamentally en-
trepreneurs, only of a different sort. 'We're interested," says Brown, "in
ways of making society work better."
Toward that end Brown and Khazei, while still Harvard undergrad-
uates, began working on a concept for a national youth service corps for
kids from all walks of life. The objective was enhanced citizenship. They
reasoned that if you could show young people early in their lives that
they could work together on societal problems, the experience would
give them a heightened sense of citizenship, which they would be
City Year Inc. founders Alan Khazei (left) and Michael Brown
PHOTOGRAPHS FRANK SITEMAN
Their primary goal is to make their youth service corps a national model.
108 INC./NOVEMBER 1990
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
THE COMPANY:
City Year Inc., Boston
CONCEPT:
Develop a "franchisable"
model for a privately funde
nonprofit youth service corps
that creates real value for its
sponsors, its employees, and
the community at large
PROJECTIONS:
A 250-member Boston corps
(up from 75 kids this year)
requiring a budget of $5 mil-
lion and generating 480,000
person-hours of community
service by 1993; then expan-
sion to other cities
HURDLES:
Attracting continued private-
sector funding and introduc-
ing some federal government
financing without compro-
mising the program's aims
THE COFOUNDERS
Michael Brown and
Alan Khazei
Ages: Both 29
Family: Both single
Source of idea: Contemplat-
ing. while still in college, the
practical application of the
idea of national service
Personal funds invested: None
Equity held: Not applicable
Salary: $25,000 each (up
from $20,000 previous year)
Education: Brown-B.A., so-
cial studies, Harvard. 1984;
J.D., Harvard Law School,
1988. Khazei-B.A., govern-
ment, Harvard, 1983; J.D.,
Harvard Law School, 1987
Other companies started: None
Last job held: Brown-clerk,
First Circuit Court of Appeals:
Khazei-student
USA
TODAY
R
NO. 1 IN THE USA
FIRST IN DAILY READERS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1992
YOUTHS IN SERVICE
BOSTON BRIDGES GAP
City Year at-a-glance
Participants work in schools, homeless shelters, public
housing, community gardens, food banks and more.
Participants: 214 corps members ages 17-23 chosen
from more than 1.000
Pay: $100 a week, $5,000 'public service' grant after
nine months
CITY YU
Demographics: 51% male; 49% female; 43% white:
black; 14% Latino, 7% Asian-American
gations: By year-end, must register to vote, get
ry card. write resume, learn tax preparation,
m GED (if dropout)
CITY YEAR
COVER STORY
Rich, poor
help others,
themselves
Photos by Henry Hilliard
CLEANUP: City Year participants Stephen Spaloss. left. and Jorge Colon pack leaves at Gar-
Former gang
By Bob Minzesheimer
den Cemetery in Chelsea. Mass. They part of a team of 10 at the neglected cemetery.
USA TODAY
member: 'I feel
CHELSEA. Mass. - A ne-
good when
glected graveyard seems an
odd place for a living breath-
someone says
ing example of what Bill Clin-
ton aides call one of the "de-
"You're doing
fining ideas" of his
administration.
a good job
The idea is voluntary na-
tional service - putting
youngsters to work for a year
or two in jobs designed to help them by helping others and,
as Clinton says, "build a sense of community" to show that
"we all in this together."
what 10 youths are doing here in misnamed Gar-
etery, dressed in uniforms - red ski jackets. khaki
but armed only with rakes and shovels.
er McMurtrie. S child of suburban privilege, and
Jorge Colon. an ex-gang member who once trashed the
Please see COVER STORY next page
HELPING: Rashaan Allen works with Wil-
WARM-UP: Members of City Year do calisthen-
ly Osorio, 4, in a pre-school program at
ics in front of the Boston City Hall. The 214 corps
Chelsea's Williams Elementary School.
participants start the day there together.
2A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1992 USA TODAY
COVER STORY
Project an 'idea to change country'
Continued from 1A
cemetery decades ago. Weeds grew high
enough to hide drug dealers. Vandals
graves he now repairs, work side by side.
overturned graves of Civil War veterans.
She's taking a year off from school be-
But two years ago, at the suggestion of
fore college. He dreams of opening his
local residents, a City Year team began to
own auto body shop. They are small parts
clear debris and hypodermic needles.
of a social and political experiment that
"Some of the kids I used to hang out
Clinton aides are studying to help refine
with laugh at me and say, 'Why you pick-
their grand, but as yet undefined ideas.
ing up trash?' says Colon. "But I tell
The youths in the red jackets are in a
them the corps is more than that.
I
Boston program called City Year, a blend
feel good when someone in the neighbor-
of the Peace Corps and boot camp. It puts
hood sees my red jacket and says, 'Hey,
214 youngsters - high school dropouts to
you're doing a good job.'''
college graduates - to work in schools,
McMurtrie says she's realized "how
shelters and other community projects.
sheltered I was in my suburban high
They're paid $100 a week and receive
school, how I flocked to people who were
a $5,000 "public service" award after ful-
like me and how I used to stereotype peo-
filling their nine-month contract. (Break
ple who were different than me.
any of the five pages of rules, from "be-
When you work with people, really work
ing out of uniform" to "coming to work
hard together, your attitudes change."
drunk or high," and they're fined.)
In racially divided Boston, the pro-
Each morning, they meet at Boston's
gram is fiercely diverse. All the corps
City Hall Plaza for a pep talk and calis-
members seem to have in common is
thenics with the two Harvard Law gradu-
their energy. A story, told again and
ates who began the program in 1987.
again, is how on their first day, the subur-
"It's a fundamental idea to change the
ban kids hung out together, the black kids
country," says co-founder Alan Khazei,
separately, the Latinos apart.
31, who talks about "common meeting
Gary Orren, a Harvard professor
grounds" where rich and poor "learn
working as a team leader during a sab-
they can make a difference." Michael
batical, says his team, began "inoculated
Brown, 31, adds, "It's a chance to rein-
with the racism from the rest of society."
vent government" a Clintonian phrase.
But put to work on creating a public
As a candidate, Clinton promised a
garden, "lifting railroad ties eight hours a
"domestic GI Bill that will say to the mid-
day, and depending on each other, the
dle class as well as low-income people:
team has gone from tolerating diversity
'We want you to go to college, we'll pay
to appreciating diversity."
for it, it will be the best money we ever
He sees in national service potential
spent, but you've got to give something
not only to repair "the physical infra-
back to your country in return."
structure" but "the human infrastructure
That payback: "either a small percent-
that is in much greater disrepair" due to
age of their income over time or a couple
divisions based on race and income.
of years of national service as teachers,
From says the "common experiences"
police officers, child care workers - do-
once found in public schools or the mili-
ing work our country desperately needs."
tary have diminished. He's looking to na-
In suburbs and cities, it was among
tional service to "do more than just help
Clinton's biggest applause lines.
young people go to college" but also
But he has yet to spell out how the pro-
"bring this country together and re-estab-
gram would work, how much it would
lish a strong sense of civic responsibility."
cost and whether it would be limited just
First, he and other Clinton advisers
to college students - which would ex-
must spell out what the federal govern-
clude 78% of blacks and 82% of Hispan-
ment can do to encourage other pro-
ics. Nor has he addressed how to ensure
grams like City Year.
the jobs aren't used to displace other
Brown, program co-founder, wants to
workers or turned into makework.
limit the federal role, avoid a national bu-
But Al From, Clinton's deputy transi-
reaucracy and force local programs to
tion director for domestic affairs who
depend on contributions from local busi-
has been pushing the idea of national ser-
ness to create a "bottom-line accountabil-
vice for years - vows a piece of legisla-
ity." Nearly all of City Year's $5.7 million
tion will be ready next month.
budget is from private sources.
That proposal is likely to be like City
But he says the federal government
Year, which From visited recently. He
could supply more "seed money" to mod-
told them, "I want to learn from you.
el programs and provide the post-service
You're changing America." He calls the
grants or vouchers - what he calls "life-
program a "model
for the most excit-
changing benefits."
ing endeavor of this administration."
In Boston, they're thinking big. "If you
At first glance, nothing seems very ex-
have 1 million kids in national service by
citing at Garden Cemetery, north of Bos-
the year 2000, you will change the face of
ton in the heart of Chelsea, a city in such
the social landscape," Orren says. "The
bad financial shape the state has taken it
country is looking for things that work.
over. The city stopped maintaining the
Well, this program works."
Jackson Clarion- Ledgen
More than 250 AmeriCorps workers will help out in state
but funding for them has not been final-
The program benefits both
TODAY'S EXTRA
TO. APPLY
ized, said Marsha Meeks Kelly, екоси-
the community and the
tive director of the Mississippi Commis-
volunteers.
7-11-94
sion on National and Community, Ser
more than 250 workers for work in the
Contact the Mississippi Commie-
vice, which overseasthe program.
Bienville National Forest through the
sion on National and Community
President Clinton formed the Ameri-
By Steve Walton
Clarlen-Ladger Staff Welter
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Public
Service at 962-6779 to apply to
Corps program last September, adding
Hundreds of people will begin work in
Lands and Environment Team, one of
work or to apply for a grant:
new community service programs to ex-
Mississippi this fall, fighting hunger,
five AmeriCorps programs guaranteed
isting ones, such as Volunteers in Service
teaching students, enhancing habitat for
funding for next year in Mississippi.
to America.
the red-cockaded woodpecker and more.
The others are Teach for America,
White House in June announced will op-
AmeriCorps workers, age 17 and up,
"We're dara proud to get the help,"
Delta Service Corps, USDA Rural Devel-
erate in almost every state starting in
got a living stipend of up to $7,500 and an
said Don Bolinger, spokesman for the
opment Team and the USDA Anti-Hun-
September.
educational benefit of $4,725 to use for
U.S. Forest Service in Jackson.
ger Team.
More programs with another 200 to
college and vocational school.
The Forest Service will get 20 of the
The five programs are among 58 the
250 jobs may be available for the state,
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Service
From 1A
"I hadn't planned on going to
graduate school right away, but I
probably will now, since the money
WHAT'S OFFERED
will be there," said Gloria Drake, 22,
a Jackson State University senior
AmeriCorps National Service Programs in Mississippi
who will be an AmeriCorps leader.
Teach for America: Begun in 1989, this national teachers corps
"I didn't know about the pay or
has put 2,300 teachers into inner-city and rural areas. Mississippi's Del-
stipend when they asked me to fill
to will get some of the 1,000 members who will be spread over 13
out an application," Drake said. "I
states and in Washington.
just thought It would be a privilege,
Delta Service Corps: Covering 45 Mississippi counties and parts
it would be neat, to be a part of
that."
of Louisiana and Arkansas, 145 volunteers in each state will work with
Drake will work with AmeriCorps
community organizatione on local needs. Examples Include improving
through the Greater Jackson Youth
children's literacy, helping the elderly remain independent, and improv-
Service Corps, which will oversee
ing state parks. This will be the program's third year.
the USDA Public Lands and Envi-
USDA Rural Development Team: in the Delta region of Arkan-
ronment Team and the USDA Anti-
sas, Louisiana and Mississippi, 67 members will work on economic and
Hunger Team.
environmental projects, including improving livestock waste treatment
"Wo're in the process of recruit-
in 13 southwest Mississippi countles and producing environmental edu-
ing now," said Alfred Martin, execu-
tive director of the Youth Service
cational materials for teachers.
Corps.
USDA Public Lands and Environment Team: This team of 20
"If you're looking for a job just to
members will work in the Bienville National Forest improving the Scenic
get paid, this is not for you," Martin
Pine Trail and Shockaloe Trail and enhancing Red-Cockaded Wood-
said. "If you're interested in the an-
pecker habilat.
vironment, the community around
USDA Anti-Hunger Team: Run in partnership with the Greater
you, then this might be for you."
Jackson Youth Service Corps and local anti-hunger groups, 15 mem-
Martin said he has been in con-
tact with several Delta-based orga-
bers will go to Humphreys and Sunflower counties. They help increase
nizations, letting them know people
the number of senior citizens receiving meals and increase school-
will be available to help.
based summer food service programs.
He said the 18 workers will be
combing neighborhoods to identify
mixture of persons - city and local,
bers than we can fill." Lovelady
people in need and ensure they
male and female, minority and non-
said.
know what services are available.
minority," Floyd said. "I'm expect-
Fred Singleton, 39, of Jackson,
"The agencies are going to know
ing some good things will come out
said the Delta Service Corps has
the nooks and crannies of their
ofit."
given him a purpose. A game war-
neighborhoods, but the agencies are
Teach for America is a blt different
den who had to go on disability from
often understaffed," Martin said.
than other teams, because it is a pro-
an on-the-job injury, Singleton said
"Our goal is to get the word out, sign
fessional corps whose college-graclu-
he started drifting until a woman he
up the people."
ate members will teach in the Delta
met gave him an application.
"We have the need," said Barbara
with local school boards providing
"It's been a wonderful experience
Mays, social service worker with
the pay, sald Elizabeth Lach, a
ever since then. I've learned a lot,
Humphreys County Union for Pro-
spokeswoman for Teach for America.
I've done a lot for myself," he said.
gress in Belzoni. "We have 13,000
The number of Teach for Ameri-
"Delta Service Corps has really
people on food stamps in this coun-
ca workers for Mississippi isn't
opened up a new pathway for me."
ty, plus we have a lot of elderly.
known yet, but their past work has
Singleton sets up group activitles
"They're in need because they're
been appreciated.
at Daybroak, 441 W. Pascagoula St.,
on a supplemental fixed-income,"
"It's definitely been an asset to
Jackson's only daytime homeless
Mays said. She sàid a Meals-on-
the district," said Booker Anderson,
shelter. With three years of college
Wheels program now serves 300-400
assistant superintendent of the
at Delta State University in Cleva-
people, but could expand.
Hollandale School District in
land, Singleton now hopes to finish
Clint Floyd of Forest, district
Washington County.
school at Jackson State University.
ranger for the Blenville National
"Even though they don't stay but
Among the things he learned at
Forest, said the 20 people working
for a year or two, it gives us time to
the Delta Service Corps training,
there will clean and improve a horse
find people in key areas, for exam-
Singleton said, was the similarity of
trail and a walking trail and clear
ple, math and foreign languages,"
races. "Before then, you know,
away brush that hampers move-
he said. "And these kids get some
sometimos you think white people
ment of the endangered red-cockad-
good teaching experience."
don't care," he said. "There I
ed woodpecker,
Clarence Lovelady, director of
learned, for the first time in my life, I
Mississippi is home to about 200
community services in the state De-
was wrotig."
red-cockaded woodpecker colonies,
partment of Education, said the
Kelly, with the Mississippi Com-
which generally range from one to
Delta Service Corps' 146 members
mission on National and Commu-
four birds, said Bob Glasgow, biolo-
will work in numerous areas such as
nity Service, said individuals and
gist with the U.S. Forest Service in
driving health center outreach vans,
communities benefit from this
Jackson. He said about half of those
tutoring students and helping Hab-
work.
are in the Bienville National Forest.
itat for Humanity in Jackson and
"It's like the Peace Corps, a do-
Around the turn of the century,
Coahoma County.
mestic Peace Corps. You're going
enough old pine trees were in the
Hd said it's the program's third
into a community to help them
state to hava up to 30,000 colonies in
year, and it attracts people from in-
solve their problems." she said.
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AmeriCorps to fund
Galveston Bay work
Environmental restoration planned
By bill DAWSON
50,000 acres of wetlands and flood-
Houston Chronicle Environment Writer
plain habitat over a 20-year period.
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Linda Shead, executive director of
AmeriCorps, the Clinton adminis-
the Galveston Bay Foundation, a
tration's new national service pro-
private conservation group, ap-
gram, will fund environmental res-
plauded the decision to target the
toration work around Galveston Bay
bay for inclusion in the AmeriCorps
as one of its inaugural efforts.
program.
The U.S. Department of Agricul-
"Anything that can help stem the
ture announced Monday that 18 to 20
loss of valuable bay habitat is excit-
jobs will be funded for the bay
ing." she said.
project for about nine months start-
Jim Lyons, assistant agriculture
ing this fall.
secretary for natural resources and
The work will be directed by the
the environment, said his depart-
department's Soil Conservation Ser-
ment will administer 1,200 Ameri-
vice, which has been involved for
Corps positions, about half the total,
several years in a widely praised
in the national service program's
program to plant marsh grass
first year.
around the bay.
"We have a bost of projects across
That effort is aimed at fighting
the country to focus on opportunities
shoreline erosion and restoring wet-
to improve the environment and
lands.
improve public lands," Lyons said.
Eddie Seidensticker, a resource
Other USDA-directed AmeriCorps
conservationist for the service who
projects will focus on hunger and
manages the local planting program,
rural development.
said the AmeriCorps employees will
work on projects already proceeding
In Texas, for instance, people will
with volunteer labor.
also be hired to help secure water
and sewage services for people liv-
Possible work sites include Clear
ing in South Texas colonias, Lyons
Creek, the Anahuac National Wild-
said.
life Refuge and the mouth of the
Trinity River, be said.
AmeriCorps lets participants earn
In April, the state-federal Galves-
college or vocational school scholar-
ton Bay Program proposed a com-
ships while performing government
service jobs in areas that also in-
prehensive conservation plan for the
bay that identified the loss of wet-
clude education and public safety.
lands and other wildlife habitat as its
They will receive yearly stipends
top priority.
of at least $7,500 and educational
That document, the Galveston Bay
vouchers worth $4,725.
Plan, proposes creation or restora-
People who are 17 and older can
tion of 15,000 acres of vegetated
apply for the Agriculture Depart-
wetlands in the next 10 years, ac-
ment positions by calling 800-880-
companied by public acquisition of
4183.
JUN 21 1994
BURRELLE'S
AmeriCorps to help restore
some of Columbia Slough
Workers in the new program
project to restore portions of the Co-
will receive a small monthly
lumbia Slough and Whitaker Pond
as a model for the national service
wage and college tuition credits
program.
for their part in the project
WHAT:The newly created AmeriCorps
"This sends out an important mes-
to help solve environmental problems.
sage to the entire region, but espe-
By JOE FITZGIBBON
6:97AT
cially the African-American commu-
WHO'S IN IT: High school and college
nity that we are going to do
students.
Correspondent, The Oregonian
something about environmental
WHAT DO THEY DO: In Portland, the
At least two dozen of President
damage," said Metro Councilor Ed
job will be work along the Columbia
Clinton's newly created AmeriCorps
Washington, who co-sponsored the
Slough and Whitaker Pond
workers will be helping restore por-
project proposal with Portland State
WHAT DO THET GET: A $700 monthly
tions of the Columbia Slough before
Professor Barry Messer. Washing-
stipend and up to $4,725 in tuition cred-
the end of summer.
ton grew up in North Portland near
its.
the "Columbia Slough and said that
On Monday, President Clinton an-
he has made its restoration a per-
WHERE TO CALL-Contact Ed Wash-
nounced the creation of Ameri-
sonal goal.
ington at Metro, 797-1546 or call 1-800-
Corps, a cadre of 20,000 young men
94ACORPS.
and women to work on soil conser-
"People of color have been fishing
vation projects in return for college
and using the slough for recreation
tuition waivers and monthly living
and it's long past time we make it
expenses.
the jewel it's always had the poten-
ton spent more than a year drafting
tial to be."
the slough proposal and expected
a In a program patterned after
According to Messer, the program
work to get under way around
Peace Corps and Vista, college-aged
young people will work for a year
will hire 20 youths full-time to work
Labor Day.
"The actual amount of money we
restoring wildlife habitats, farm-
on restoration projects along the
will have to spend has not been de-
lands and urban greenspaces. In ad-
slough over the next two years. An-
termined yet, but it might be close to
dition to a stipend of about $700 a
other dozen part-time college stu-
$1 million," said Messer.
month, AmeriCorps volunteers will
dents will act as mentors for high
For its initial year, CNCS will
earn a $4,725 tuition credit to be ap-
school students from Roosevelt,
fund 42 different AmeriCorps proj-
plied to a college of their choice.
Grant, Jefferson and Marshall high
ects operating in 32 states. Portland
The Corporation for National and
schools studying natural resource
and five other urban sites were se-
Community Service (CNCS), under
management along the 18-mile wa-
lected for funding, including Atlan-
the guidance of the U.S. Department
terway.
ta, Chicago, East St. Louis, Boston
of Agriculture, selected a Portland
Messer said that he and Washing-
and Washington, D.C.
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Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, June 29, 1994
N
S
Americorps' recruits
sweep into the city
By Ray QuintaniNa
tion officials, including the presi-
TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
dent and First Lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton, have made Chi-
U.S. Department of Agriculture
cago Housing Authority develop-
Secretary Mike Espy swept up
ments the backdrop for social ills
piles of broken glass at the Mad-
they want to address.
den Park housing development
The president pushed for pas-
Tuesday to underscore the Clinton
administration's resolve to im-
sage of his crime bill and an as-
sault weapons ban while touring
prove conditions for America's
the Robert Taylor Homes earlier
póor.
this month. Department of Hous-
"The administration is going to
ing and Urban Development Sec-
clean up America," Espy said,
retary Henry Cisneros even spent
pushing a broom over an asphalt
a few nights at the Taylor project
basketball court in the South Side
to see what was needed to im-
development at Ellis Avenue and
prove life in public housing.
Pershing Road.
Since then, Cisneros has em-
The agriculture secretary ar-
braced CHA Chairman Vincent
rived to give a pep talk and pro-
Lane's plan to demolish many of
mote Clinton's Americorps, a do-
the high-rise buildings in favor of
mestic national service program.
scattered-site and smaller develop-
Some 50 program participants
ments.
will clean up and plant upwards
Tribune photo by Eduardo Contreras
of $60,000 in donated flowers, trees
Now the agriculture department
is getting into the action by put-
Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (left) helps Terrell Davis, 18, of the Chicago High School of Agricultural
and vegetables at Madden Park. In
ting youth, who will earn $147 a
Sciences during Americorps' cleanup Tuesday at the Ida B. Wells development on South Ellis Avenue.
a few weeks, the group will begin
the same work at the Ida B. Wells
week and a $1,000 educational
bonus upon completion of the pro-
development.
refuse, will slowly return.
even small tasks such as sweeping
one of the housing agency's lowest
The recruits, as part of the agri-
gram, into some of the toughest
culture department's "Summer of
public housing developments to
About half of the recruits come
can improve residents' lives, they
vacancy rates at 3.1 percent.
get residents to spruce up.
from the Wells development. The
said.
Nearly one in four of the 2,788
Safety" program, also will help
residents of both developments
Some residents said they're
rest come from across the city.
"I've never seen so much glass
units at the Wells development is
skeptical of politicians who pro-
"I don't see how they expect
In my life. It's terrible, and to
vacant. That doesn't worry the
form neigborhood watch groups.
mote efforts designed to help
people to volunteer to do any-
think kids were playing around
program's organizers. "Only one
"This is a program where stu-
dents can give something back to
them. "There's been of lot of talk
thing. I clean up in front of my
all this stuff isn't very good," said
person has quit because of
and very little done," said
house, that's it," said Glenda
Sheena Hodges, 16, who lives in
questions about safety," said Bar-
the communities. We cannot do
David Smith, 47, a Madden Park
Watkins, who lives in Madden
the 9800 block of South Union Av.
bara Valerious, principal of the
anything without the participation
resident.
Park with her husband and five
enue.
Chicago High School for Agricul-
and goodwill of the people we are
Smith said once the students
children. "I think the work they'll
Madden Park has 487 dwelling
tural Sciences, who is overseeing
trying to help," Espy added.
disperse in August, much of the
do is good," she added.
units and is one of the CHA's
the youths' efforts.
His visit marks the third time,
garbage, broken glass and other
For the workers themselves,
smallest developments. It also has
"That's not bad," she added.
since April, that top administra-
U.S. announces
service projects
permanent residents between the
Administration
ages of 17 and about 25 will work
for $4.25 an hour, or an average of
follows through
about $8,000 for a year of work,
with 80 percent of their salaries
on campaign pledge
coming from the federal govern-
ment.
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After 12 months of work, at
WASHINGTON - The Clin-
least 1,700 hours, they'll also get
ton administration has announced
$4,725 for college tuition or to help
that a first wave of 20,000 young
pay off a college loan. They're eligi-
Americans will begin work in na-
ble to earn two years' worth of
tional service projects in Septem-
tuition.
ber.
Clinton's national service pro-
AmeriCorps, the U.S.-funded
gram, modeled on the late Presi-
national service initiative that
dent John Kennedy's Peace Corps,
Clinton signed into law last Sep-
was a major campaign pledge.
tember, will start its work by put-
Top Clinton aides, led by Eli
ting 7,000 volunteers to work on 57
Segal, assistant to the president for
projects in urban and rural com-
national and community service,
munities across the country. By
Monday announced the 57 pro-
the end of the year, it wants 20,000
gram winners, selected through a
young people in volunteer jobs.
competitive process on a state-by-
The idea is that high school
state basis. Winners included doz-
graduates who are U.S. citizens or
ens of national organizations and
15 federal agencies.
Another 150 projects are to be
selected over the next two months.
The San Francisco Art Com-
mission was tapped by the-Nation-
al Endowment for the Arts to be
one of three sites - along with the
Bronx, N.Y., and Washington,
D.C. - for the Writers Corps, a
part of the AmeriCorps service ini-
tiative.
Joanne Chow Winship, the Art
Commission's director of cultural
affairs, said, "This is something
that's a real feather in our cap."
The Writers Corps will hire col-
lege or graduate students skilled in
creative writing to work with
young people in urban communi-
ties so that they can discover and
develop their writing talents. The
NEA's budget for the program is
$400,000.
For the San Francisco Writers
Corps, 20 members will be re-
cruited, and will begin in Septem-
ber. They will receive an educa-
tional stipend, living expenses and
child-care or other' expenses.
David Dayton of The Examiner
staff and Scripps Howard News
Service contributed to this report.
AMERICORPS/USDA STAFF TRAINING
EVALUATION
August 8-12, 1994
1. What were your expectations for this training?
2. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest, how well did we meet your
expectations?
3. What were the strengths of the training?
4. What were the weaknesses?
5. If you could have changed one thing, what would it be?
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