North Carolina 2004 - 2005 Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 980 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and other pressing needs in communities across North Carolina. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service, 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 North Carolina residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than $14,600,000. Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 560 North Carolina 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 North Carolina. More than 12,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 93 national service projects across North Carolina. 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 $18,000,000 to support North Carolina communities through three national service initiatives: Senior Corps: More than 10,000 seniors in North Carolina 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 2,200 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 840 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 1,200 groups across North Carolina. 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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North Carolina 2004 - 2005
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005
AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 980 individuals the opportunity toprovide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and otherpressing needs in communities across North Carolina. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grantfunding goes to the Governor-appointed North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism & CommunityService, which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of theremainder of the grant funding is distributed by the Corporation directly to multi-state and nationalorganizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals will serve throughAmeriCorps*VISTA, whose members help bring individuals and communities out of poverty by servingfull-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 programfor men and women between the ages of 18 and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorpsmembers earn an education award of up to $4,725 that can be used to pay for college or to pay backqualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 4,100 North Carolina residents have qualified forAmericorps Education Awards totaling more than $14,600,000.
Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges,and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 560 North Carolina 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 North Carolina. More than 12,000 people of all ages and backgrounds arehelping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 93 national service projectsacross North Carolina. 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, theCorporation for National and Community Service will commit more than $18,000,000 to support North Carolinacommunities through three national service initiatives:
Senior Corps: More than 10,000 seniors in North Carolina contribute their time and talents in oneof three Senior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to morethan 2,200 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 840 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 1,200 groups across North Carolina.
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.
North Carolina At a Glance
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 3, 2005
55 987 $7,426,209
AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)AmeriCorps*State (Formula)AmeriCorps*NationalAmeriCorps*VISTAAmeriCorps*NCCCEducation Awards Program (National)AmeriCorps*Promise Fellows National
Foster Grandparent ProgramHomeland Security Special Volunteer ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program
Senior Corps 11
1 17
6
Projects
1,023 1,883 7,474 470
$3,241,547 $159,779 $1,051,269 $1,326,333
ProgramFunding
This figure represents the maximum potential value of AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps membersserving in North Carolina. 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.
North Carolina is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Charleston, South Carolina. In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Asheville, Brasstown, Cherokee, High Point andTaylorsville.
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.
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005
Black Child Development Institute of Greensboro,Inc.
UNCG - Office of Research Services
East Carolina School of Education-Project Heart
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy
Stokes Partnership for Children, Inc.
Children's Village Academy
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
Communities in Schools of North Carolina, Inc.
NC Department of Health and Human Services
NC Department of Juvenile Justice and DeliqnuencyPrevention
North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism &Community Service
Sponsor Organization (if different)
The Spirit of Excellence
AmeriCorps ACCESS Project
Project HEART
Hinton Rural Life Center
Kerr-Tar Regional CoG
Carolina Mountain Conservation Project
AmeriCorps and Children Together (ACT)
Project Care
Olive Hill Community Economic DevelopmentCorporation
Nash County
Family Violence and Rape Crisis Services
Youth Service Opportunities Project-Jordan CenterChildcare Center
Communities in Schools of NC, Inc.
Project REACH
Community Affordable Housing Equity Corp.
Design Corps
Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas
Office of Minority Health and Health DisparitiesAmeriCorps
Governor's One on One AmeriCorps Promise Fellows
Promise Fellows
Program Name
20
74
162
2
6
13
22
25
2
2
1
1
21
32
5
1
7
21
15
8
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*Promise FellowsNational
Program Type
Greensboro
Greensboro
Greenville
Hayesville
Henderson
Hendersonville
King
Kinston
Morganton
Nashville
Pittsboro
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Primary City
AmeriCorps in North Carolina
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005
987Total Number of AmeriCorps Members
North Carolina Division of Vocation RehabilitationServices
North Carolina Farmworker Health Program
Teach for America , North Carolina
Columbus County Deparatment of Aging
Sallie B. Howard School for the Arts & Edu. (YouthEnrichment Prog.)
Sponsor Organization (if different)
YES (Youth Employment/Educational Success)
SAFE: NC
Piedmont, Northeast and Western Region, GAL
Raleigh Housing Authority
Expanding the Impact of Teach For America-NorthCarolina
Roxboro Housing Authority
Chatham Family Resource Center
Columbus County Department of Aging
AmeriCorps Cares
Program Name
23
6
17
1
146
3
6
1
20
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
Program Type
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Roxboro
Siler City
Whiteville
Wilson
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 North Carolina
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
Asheville
Beaufort
Brevard
Burlington
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Dudley
Durham
Durham
Durham
Edenton
Forest City
Gastonia
Jacksonville
Lincolnton
Manteo
Mars Hill
Mora
Morganton
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Raleigh
Roanoke Rapids
Tarborro
Taylorsville
Washington
Whiteville
Windsor
HMCUC/North Carolina Central UniversityFoundation
Mars Hill College, Inc.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Asheville City Schools
Carteret
Transylvania
Alamance-Burlington
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Mecklenburg
Wayne
Durham
Expanding the Reach of Community Partnershipsto Close Gaps
Kestral Heights Charter School
Edenton/Chowan
Rutherford
Gaston County Family YMCA - Central Branch
Onslow
Lincoln
Dare County Schools
Service and Civic Engagement at Mars HillCollege
Mora Public School District #332
Burke
Harvest of Hope Network, Inc.
North Carolina K-12 Learn and Serve
Triangle Urban League
Wake
Roanoke Rapids City School
Edgecombe
Alexander County
Beaufort County Schools
Columbus
Bertie
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 Community-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
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 Community-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 Community-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
3
3
3
3
N/A
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
279
145
3
50
25
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
561Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants
Learn and Serve America in North Carolina
Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005
Notes: 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 821 North Carolina students have received thesescholarships.
ContactsNorth Carolina
North Carolina State Office300 Fayetteville St MallRoom 414Raleigh, NC 27601