Missouri 2004 - 2005 Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 730 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and other pressing needs in communities across Missouri. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed Missouri Community Service Commission, which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributed by the Corporation directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals will serve through AmeriCorps*VISTA, whose members help bring individuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses and increase housing opportunities, and AmeriCorps*NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between the ages of 18 and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award of up to $4,725 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 4,100 Missouri residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than $14,000,000. Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 24,000 Missouri students in community service linked to academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, called service learning, improves communities while preparing young people for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. In addition to providing grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a resource on service and service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups. Meeting community needs in Missouri. More than 37,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 106 national service projects across Missouri. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these citizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, conduct neighborhood patrols, restore the environment, respond to disasters, build nonprofit capacity and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service will commit more than $13,200,000 to support Missouri communities through three national service initiatives: Senior Corps: More than 12,000 seniors in Missouri contribute their time and talents in one of three Senior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 10,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 870 homebound seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate in environmental projects, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services through more than 1,100 groups across Missouri. Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service is working to build a culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. To learn more about the Corporation or any of its programs, visit www.nationalservice.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 202-565-2799.
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Missouri 2004 - 2005
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005
AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 730 individuals the opportunity toprovide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and otherpressing needs in communities across Missouri. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant fundinggoes to the Governor-appointed Missouri Community Service Commission, which in turn awards grantsto nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributedby the Corporation directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grantsprocess. Other individuals will serve through AmeriCorps*VISTA, whose members help bringindividuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improve health services,create businesses and increase housing opportunities, and AmeriCorps*NCCC (National CivilianCommunity Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between the ages of18 and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award of up to$4,725 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than4,100 Missouri residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than$14,000,000.
Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges,and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 24,000 Missouri students in communityservice linked to academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, calledservice learning, improves communities while preparing young people for a lifetime of responsiblecitizenship. In addition to providing grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a resource on serviceand service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.
Meeting community needs in Missouri. More than 37,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helpingto meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 106 national service projects acrossMissouri. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these citizenstutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, conduct neighborhood patrols, restore theenvironment, respond to disasters, build nonprofit capacity and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the Corporationfor National and Community Service will commit more than $13,200,000 to support Missouri communities through threenational service initiatives:
Senior Corps: More than 12,000 seniors in Missouri contribute their time and talents in one ofthree Senior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 10,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 870 homeboundseniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. Retired and Senior VolunteerProgram (RSVP) volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate inenvironmental projects, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other servicesthrough more than 1,100 groups across Missouri.
Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service is working to build aculture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. To learn more about the Corporation or any of its programs,visit www.nationalservice.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 202-565-2799.
Missouri At a Glance
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 3, 2005
67 736 $4,950,033
AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)AmeriCorps*State (Formula)AmeriCorps*NationalAmeriCorps*VISTAAmeriCorps*NCCCEducation Awards Program (National)Education Awards Program (State)AmeriCorps*Promise Fellows National
Foster Grandparent ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program
Senior Corps 8
24 4
Projects
735 11,018 293
$2,419,174 $1,242,308 $853,491
ProgramFunding
This figure represents the maximum potential value of AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps membersserving in Missouri. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to pay backstudent loans. The education award total is included in total Corporation funding.
Missouri is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Denver, Colorado. In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Cape Girardeau, Golden City, Marble Hill, St. Louis, Troyand Versailles.
1
1
2
This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2004 - 2005 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTAand the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.
Gateway Vincentian Volunteers-Guardian AngelSettlement Association
Gateway Vincentian Volunteers-St. Vincent DePaulParish
Loretto Volunteers
Vincentian Service Corps-Central - Out Lady's Inn
Vincentian Service Corps-Central - St. Patrick Center
Youth Service Opportunities Project-EdgewoodChildren's Center
Community HealthCorps-St. Louis, MO
Grace Hill AmeriCorps Trail Ranger Project
Jumpstart St. Louis
OIC of the Midwest
Education Corps
Safety Service Corps
St. Louis AmeriCorps-Literacy Corps
CLEARCorps/St. Louis
Program Name
5
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
2
17
15
44
9
38
50
30
6
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
Education Awards Program(State)
AmeriCorps*National
Program Type
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
Primary City
AmeriCorps in Missouri
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 5, 2005
736Total Number of AmeriCorps Members
Teach For America St. Louis
The H.O.U.S.E., INc.
Sponsor Organization (if different)
Expanding the Impact of Teach For America
The H.O.U.S.E., Inc.
Program Name
65
3
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Program Type
St. Louis
Webb City
Notes:
Primary City
If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no members areshown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at the time of printing.
Learn and Serve America in Missouri
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005
Primary City Sponsor Organization (if different)Program Name Number of
Participants Program Type
Belton
Blue Eye
Blue Springs
Bolivar
Carthage
Climax Springs
Columbia
Concordia
Farmington
Florissant
Florissant
Fulton
Grant City
Hallsville
Hamilton
Hannibal
Harrisburg
Hermitage
Indpendence
Ironton
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Kansas City
Kirkwood
Liberty
Oak Ridge
Sedalia
Seneca
Springfield
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
Warrensburg
Missouri Department of Elementary andSecondary Education
Curators of the University of Missouri
Belton 124
Blue Eye R-V
Blue Springs R-IV
Bolivar R-I
Carthage R-IX
Climax Springs R-IV
Columbia 93
Concordia R-II
Farmington R-VII
Ferguson-Florissant R-II
Hazelwood
Fulton 58
Worth County R-III
Hallsville R-IV
Hamilton R-II
Hannibal 60
Harrisburg R-VIII
Hermitage R-IV
Independence 30
Arcadia Valley R-II
LSA School-Based Program
Students in the City: UMKC's Service LearningProgram
Hickman Mills C-1
Kirkwood R-VII
Liberty 53
Oak Ridge R-VI
Sedalia 200
Seneca R-VIII
Springflied R-XII
Carondelet Family YMCA
Mehlville R-IX
Normandy
Warrensburg R-VI
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 Community-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
1,000
300
1,800
515
950
280
625
365
450
800
300
2,235
60
700
480
360
599
15
85
150
275
2,300
300
120
100
845
80
2
900
4,675
3,300
Learn and Serve America in Missouri
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005
Primary City Sponsor Organization (if different)Program Name Number of
Participants Program Type
Notes:
24,966Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants
If no participants are shown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at thetime of printing, or the organization listed is the primary grantee and the participants are listed by its subgrantees.
Presidential Freedom Scholarships: Two students from the junior or senior class in each high school in the United States may receive a $1000 college scholarship for outstanding leadership in service to community. This is a matching scholarship: $500 is provided by a local organization such as the PTA or Kiwanis and $500 is provided by Learn and Serve America. Since 2000, more than 915 Missouri students have received thesescholarships.
ContactsMissouri
Missouri State Office801 Walnut Street, Suite 504Kansas City, MO 64106