Nebraska 2010 - 2011 Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 300 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other pressing needs in communities across Nebraska. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed ServeNebraska, which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributed by CNCS directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals 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 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 4,300 Nebraska residents have served more than 7 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $15,800,000. Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to engage more than 12,000 Nebraska students in community service linked to academic learning and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, called service-learning, strengthens communities, improves academic engagement, and prepares young people for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. Learn and Serve America also provides curricula and other resources to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups. Meeting community needs in Nebraska. More than 17,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through national service in Nebraska. Serving with more than 610 national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these citizens tutor and mentor children, support veterans and military families, provide health services, restore the environment, respond to disasters, increase economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will commit more than $7,500,000 to support Nebraska communities through national service initiatives including: Senior Corps: More than 5,000 seniors in Nebraska 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 3,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 540 homebound seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services through more than 560 groups across Nebraska. The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. CNCS annually engages more than five million Americans in service to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America, and leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United We Serve. To learn more visit NationalService.gov or Serve.gov or call 202-606- 5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722.
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Nebraska 2010 - 2011
Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011
AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 300 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive,results-driven service to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other pressing needs in communities acrossNebraska. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed ServeNebraska, which in turn awards grants tononprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributed by CNCS directly tomulti-state and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals serve through AmeriCorpsVISTA, 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 CivilianCommunity Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between the ages of 18 and 24. Inexchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award that can be used to pay for college or to pay backqualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 4,300 Nebraska residents have served more than 7 million hours and havequalified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $15,800,000.
Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups toengage more than 12,000 Nebraska students in community service linked to academic learning and the development of civicskills. This type of learning, called service-learning, strengthens communities, improves academic engagement, and preparesyoung people for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. Learn and Serve America also provides curricula and other resourcesto teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.
Meeting community needs in Nebraska. More than 17,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping tomeet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through national service in Nebraska. Serving withmore than 610 national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these citizens tutor andmentor children, support veterans and military families, provide health services, restore the environment, respond to disasters,increase economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the Corporation for National and CommunityService (CNCS) will commit more than $7,500,000 to support Nebraska communities through national service initiativesincluding:
Senior Corps: More than 5,000 seniors in Nebraska contribute their time and talents in one of three Senior Corpsprograms. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 3,000 young people who have specialneeds. Senior Companions help more than 540 homebound seniors and other adults maintain independence in their ownhomes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, protect the environment, tutor and mentoryouth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services through more than 560 groups across Nebraska.
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, andfosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. CNCS annually engages more than five million Americans inservice to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America, and leads President Obama'snational call to service initiative, United We Serve. To learn more visit NationalService.gov or Serve.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722.
Nebraska At a Glance
Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011
27 300 $2,711,284
AmeriCorps State CompetitiveAmeriCorps State FormulaAmeriCorps NationalAmeriCorps NCCCAmeriCorps Fixed Amount GrantAmeriCorps Indian TribesAmeriCorps VISTA
AmeriCorps3919122
Program Sites
100 158
2N/A
8 23 9
Participants
$938,169 $1,301,498
$20,500N/AN/A
$285,535 $165,582
ProgramFunding
AmeriCorps Total
18 5,006 $2,362,219
Foster Grandparent ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program
Senior Corps 6
10 2
Projects
452 4,417 137
$1,432,603 $513,696 $415,920
ProgramFunding
This figure represents the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorpsmembers serving in Nebraska. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to payback student loans. The education award total is included in total Corporation funding.AmeriCorps National figures may include national programs headquartered in the state and/or operating sites of national programsthat are headquartered in other states. Some national organizations do not report operating site data, or it wasn’t available at time ofpublishing, so figures may not reflect current conditions.
2
2
3
This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2010 - 2011 program year excluding RecoveryAct positions. For AmeriCorps VISTA, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.
Participants
3 12,433 $1,020,818
K-12 School-BasedHigher Education
Learn and Serve America 2 1
Grantees
981 11,452
Participants
$538,172 $482,646
ProgramFunding
Learn and Serve America Total
Program Totals 51 17,739 $6,492,678
$341,163 $474,138 $10,700
N/A $42,800
$103,950 $48,950
$1,021,701
4
3Education Award
4
Disability OutreachProgram Development & Technical AssistanceState Commission Administration
Other Funding $69,557 $78,800
$250,000
N/A $398,357
ProgramFunding
$1,021,701
Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $7,514,379
Senior Corps Total
Other Funding Total
1This chart does not include AmeriCorps sites, participants, or funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
1
111
3
Grantees
Education Award
The data shown represents a snapshot in time. CNCS project sites, participants, and funding change throughout the year, so the datamay not reflect current conditions.
Senior Corps in Nebraska
Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011
Alliance
Beatrice
Chadron
Chadron
Chadron
Gering
Hastings
Hastings
Kearney
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
North Platte
Ogallala
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Primary City
Box Butte County RSVP
Pioneer FGP
Chadron FGP
Chadron RSVP
Dawes & Sioux County RSVP
Panhandle FGP
Adams/Webster Counties RSVP
Senior Action, Inc. Foster Grandparent Program
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
Lincoln Area RSVP
Lincoln/Lancaster FGP
SCP of Lincoln
North Platte Area RSVP
Ogallala City/Keith County RSVP
Eastern Nebraska FGP
Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging RSVP
SCP Omaha/Eastern Nebraska
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
Senior Companion Program
RSVP
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
Senior Companion Program
Program TypeNumber of Participants
416
88
38
370
75
98
550
88
164
562
46
43
640
302
94
1,003
94
Program Name
Sponsor Organization (if different)
City of Alliance
Blue Valley Community Action Inc.
Northwest Community Action Partnership
Northwest Community Action Partnership
Northwest Community Action Partnership
Panhandle Community Services
Senior Action Inc.
Senior Action Inc.
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska
Aging Partners
Aging Partners
Aging Partners
City of North Platte
City of Ogallala
Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging
Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging
Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging
Senior Corps in Nebraska
Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011
Rushville
Primary City
RSVP of Sheridan County RSVP
Program TypeNumber of Participants
335
Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 5,006
Program Name
Sponsor Organization (if different)
Sheridan County Commissioners
The city column refers to the location of sponsor organization. Volunteers may be serving in other locations than the city listed.
AmeriCorps in Nebraska
Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011
Blue Valley Community Action Inc.
Hastings Literacy Program, Inc.
Kearney Area Community Foundation
City of Lincoln
City of Lincoln
Nebraska State Probation
Center for People in Need
Board of Regents, University of Nebraska
Center for Rural Affairs
Omaha Tribe
Santee Sioux Nation
Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.
Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska
Sponsor Organization (if different)
BVCA AmeriCorps
Hastings Literacy Program AmeriCorps
Rural Corps of South Central Nebraska
Reach for the Stars
Go Green
Rural Improvement for Schooling and Employment(RISE)
Partners in Achievement
Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in HigherEducation
Growing Foods for Health and the Environment
Bright Futures AmeriCorps Team
Santee AmeriCorps Program
Omaha, HFH of
CLEARCorps/Omaha
LFS AmeriCorps
Program Name
8
16
25
36
26
16
35
5
5
12
11
8
2
36
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps VISTA
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps Indian Tribes
AmeriCorps Indian Tribes
AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant
AmeriCorps National
AmeriCorps State
Program Type
Fairbury
Hastings
Kearney
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lyons
Macy
Niobrara
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Primary City
AmeriCorps in Nebraska
Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011
300Total Number of AmeriCorps Members
University of Nebraska Medical Center (MMI)Sponsored Programs
Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance
Goodwill Industries, Inc. (Omaha)
City of Omaha
Sponsor Organization (if different)
MMI AmeriCorps
OHKA AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps-Youthbuild Omaha
City of Omaha, Cities of Service VISTA Project
Program Name
28
3
24
4
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps State
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program Type
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Primary City
Notes: 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. The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. AmeriCorps members may be serving in other locations than the city listed.
Learn and Serve America in Nebraska
Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011
Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type
Beatrice
Blair
Chadron
Columbus
Crawford
Crete
Crete
Kearney
Kearney
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Niobrara
Ogallala
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Beatrice Public Schools
Dana College
Chadron State College
Educational Service Unit 7
Crawford Public Schools
Doane College
Doane College
University of Nebraska Kearney
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Board of Regents, University of Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Nebraska Wesleyan University - Give Me Your Hand
Nebraska Wesleyan University - Project Homeless Connect
Nebraska Wesleyan University - Upward Bound
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Niobrara Public Schools
Ogallala Public Schools
Clarkson College
Clarkson College
College of Saint Mary
College of St Mary
Creighton University
Creighton University
Grace University
Metropolitan Community College
Metropolitan Community College
Nebraska Methodist College
Nebraska Methodist College
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
40
647
42
59
15
135
201
2,097
35
N/A
653
181
145
60
N/A
28
110
N/A
529
516
462
648
905
214
38
1,564
208
210
Learn and Serve America in Nebraska
Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011
Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type
Omaha
Omaha
Oshkosh
Scottsbluff
Wakefield
Walthill
Wayne
Wayne
Winnebago
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Garden County Public Schools
Educational Service Unit 13
Educational Service Unit 1
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation
Wayne State College
Wayne State College
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Higher Education
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
Notes:
310
240
46
N/A
383
300
53
1,359
12,433Total 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.The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. Participants may be serving in other locations than the citylisted.
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