Texas 2008 - 2009 Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 2,600 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and other pressing needs in communities across Texas. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed OneStar National Service Commission, Inc., 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 26,000 Texas residents have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $79,900,000. Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to engage more than 54,000 Texas 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. Learn and Serve America also provides curricula and other resources to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups. Meeting community needs in Texas. More than 94,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 279 national service projects across Texas. 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 $37,400,000 to support Texas communities through three national service initiatives: Senior Corps: More than 37,000 seniors in Texas 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 12,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 1,500 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 3,100 groups across Texas. The Corporation for National and Community Service improves lives, strengthens communitites, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. Each year the Corporation engages more than four million Americans in service to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. To learn visit www.NationalService.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 202-565-2799.
21
Embed
Texas 2008 - 2009 · Texas 2008 - 2009 Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 2,600 individuals
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Texas 2008 - 2009
Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009
AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 2,600 individuals the opportunity toprovide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and otherpressing needs in communities across Texas. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant fundinggoes to the Governor-appointed OneStar National Service Commission, Inc., which in turn awardsgrants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding isdistributed by the Corporation directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitivegrants process. 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 than26,000 Texas residents have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than$79,900,000.
Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges,and nonprofit groups to engage more than 54,000 Texas students in community service linked toacademic 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. Learn andServe America also provides curricula and other resources to teachers, faculty members, schools, andcommunity groups.
Meeting community needs in Texas. More than 94,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping tomeet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 279 national service projects acrossTexas. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these citizens tutorand 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 $37,400,000 to support Texas communities through threenational service initiatives:
Senior Corps: More than 37,000 seniors in Texas contribute their time and talents in one of threeSenior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than12,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 1,500 homeboundseniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. RSVP volunteers conduct safetypatrols for local police departments, protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to naturaldisasters, and provide other services through more than 3,100 groups across Texas.
The Corporation for National and Community Service improves lives, strengthens communitites, and fosters civicengagement through service and volunteering. Each year the Corporation engages more than four million Americans inservice to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. To learn visitwww.NationalService.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 202-565-2799.
Texas At a Glance
Senior Corps Projects ParticipantsProgram Funding
Foster Grandparent Program 10 1,491 $3,315,070Retired and Senior Volunteer Program 29 24,859 $3,529,582Senior Companion Program 20 860 $2,600,060Senior Corps Total 59 27,210 $9,444,712
1This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2008 - 2009 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTAand the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.2This figure represents the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorpsmembers serving in Oklahoma. 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.3Texas is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Denver, Colorado.In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in San Felipe, Galveaston, Austin, Big Bend National Park,Kountze, San Antontio, Vidor, Galveston, Elgin, Beaumont and San Antonio.
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of March 3, 2009
Primary City Program Name Sponsor Organization (if different)
Number of Participants
Program Type
Abilene Big Country RSVPWest Texas Rehabilitation Center
640 RSVP
Alamo Rio Grande Valley SCPSenior Community Outreach Service
147 Senior Companion Program
Amarillo Texas Panhandle RSVPPanhandle Community Services (TX)
1,141 RSVP
Austin Department of Aging and Disability ServicesTexas Department on Aging and Disability Services
479 Foster Grandparent Program
Austin Travis County RSVPTravis County Department of Human Services
1,100 RSVP
Beaumont Golden Triangle RSVPSoutheast Texas Regional Planning Commission
784 RSVP
Beaumont South East Texas FGPSoutheast Texas Regional Planning Commisstion
119 Foster Grandparent Program
Big Spring Big Spring RSVPCity of Big Spring
307 RSVP
Bryan Brazos Valley RSVPBrazos Valley Council of Governments AAA
810 RSVP
Corpus Christi City of Corpus Christi RSVPCity of Corpus Christi
900 RSVP
Corpus Christi City of Corpus Christi SCPCity of Corpus Christi
77 Senior Companion Program
Dallas Dallas FGPSenior Citizens of Greater Dallas
133 Foster Grandparent Program
Dallas Dallas RSVPSenior Citizens of Greater Dallas
2,331 RSVP
Dallas Dallas SCPSenior Citizens of Greater Dallas
Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
American Sunrise
Antioch Community Transformation Network
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Campus Compact for NH VISTA
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
City Year, Inc.
College for All Texans Foundation
Mexican American Unity Council
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Sponsor Organization (if different)
BGC of San Angelo
Rebuilding Together San Angelo
Public Allies Texas
Community Education Programs
Archdiocese of San Antonio
BGC of San Antonio
Northern New England Campus CompactCollaboration
Volunteers International for Development EducationService (VIDES+USA)
City Year San Antonio
Go Centers for Texas
Community Housing Corporation
Mexican American Unity Council LENS Program
Barkley-Ruiz Elementary
Boys and Girls Club - Calderon Branch
Cenizo Park Elementary
Crockett Elementary
H.B. Gonzalez Elementary
J.T. Brackenridge Elementary
LB Johnson Elementary
Program Name
N/A
3
15
1
7
N/A
1
1
36
7
3
16
3
1
N/A
5
1
4
1
# ofMembers
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*National
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*National
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Program Type
San Angelo
San Angelo
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
Primary City
AmeriCorps in Texas
Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University
Public Allies, Inc.
Saint Edward's University
St. Mary's University
The Health Collaborative
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
AYUDA, Inc.
Saint Edward's University
College for All Texans Foundation
National Association of Community Health Centers,Inc.
Seniors In Poverty - Greater Texarkana
Andrews Center - the Independence Project
Sponsor Organization (if different)
Las Palmas Elementary
Ogden Elementary
Rodriguez Elementary
Sara King Elementary
Public Allies - Texas
Texas Campus Compact
WINGS Work-study Program
Texas Si Se Puede! Learning Centers
PMU Volunteer Coordinator
BGC of Deep East Texas
AYUDA
Diocese of Brownsville
La Union del Pueblo Entero
Texas Campus Compact
Public / Private Ventures (AMACHI)
Go Centers for Texas
Community HealthCorps-Texas
Senior Outreach Program
The Independence Project
Program Name
1
5
2
3
15
1
26
6
1
N/A
8
12
3
1
1
1
47
1
30
# ofMembers
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program(State)
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
Program Type
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Augustine
San Elizario
San Juan
San Juan
San Marcos
Sherman
Somerset
TBD
Texarkana
Tyler
Primary City
AmeriCorps in Texas
Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009
2,609Total Number of AmeriCorps Members
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
City of Van
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Communities In Schools-MCYC
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Schulenburg Weimer In Focus Together Inc.
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
Texas A&M University - main campus
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
City of Winnsboro
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Sponsor Organization (if different)
BGC of East Texas
BGC of Uvalde, Texas
Valley Mills Library Association, Inc.
Van Area VISTA Vision
BGC of Vernon
BGC of Waco
CIS Community Servers
Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition
BGC of Champion Valley, Inc.
SWIFT AmeriCorps
Holy Family Services
Texas A&M University "CHUD"
BGC of Wichita Falls
Beyond the New Frontier
BGC of Zapata County
Program Name
N/A
N/A
1
8
N/A
N/A
29
1
N/A
39
1
14
N/A
19
N/A
# ofMembers
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Program Type
Tyler
Uvalde
Valley Mills
Van
Vernon
Waco
Waco
Waco
Weimar
Weimer
Weslaco
Weslaco
Wichita Falls
Winnsboro
Zapata
Primary City
Notes: If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no membersare shown, 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 Texas
Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009
Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type
Abilene
Abilene
Albany
Allen
Arlington
Austin
Austin
Austin
Austin
Bastrop
Bells
Bonham
Bryan
Caddo Mills
Carrizo Springs
Cisco
Clarksville
Colorado City
Cooper
Coppell
Cumby
Dallas
Dallas
Eden
El Paso
Eldorado
Georgetown
Haskell
Haskell
Hawley
Hitchcock
Hooks
Houston
Hughes Springs
Humble
Region 14 ESC
Wylie ISD / Wylie Intermediate School
Albany ISD
Allen High School
James Bowie High School
American YouthWorks Charter
Camp Fire USA Balcones Council
Texas Education Agency
Texas Network of Youth Services, Inc.
Bastrop High School
Bells ISD
Bonham ISD
Bryan ISD
Caddo Mills ISD
Carrizo Springs CISD
Cisco ISD
Clarksville ISD
Colorado ISD
Cooper ISD
Coppell ISD
Miller Grove ISD
Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council
Sunset High School
Eden CISD
Canutillo ISD
Schleicher County ISD
Georgetown ISD
Haskell CISD
Haskell ISD
Hawley ISD
Hitchcock ISD
Hooks ISD
YWCA Houston
Hughes Springs ISD
Humble ISD
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 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
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
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
N/A
726
128
N/A
3,100
726
22
N/A
75
45
265
5,355
78
550
80
28
426
10
8,090
158
100
N/A
146
1,100
538
350
257
372
90
156
388
175
462
10,350
Learn and Serve America in Texas
Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009
Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type
Karnes City
Keller
Kopperl
Ladonia
Laredo
Leonard
Linden
Lockhart
Lucas
Luling
Melissa
Merit
Mount Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
Nevada,
North Richland Hills
Omaha
Pflugerville
Pittsburg
Plano
Pottsboro
Quinlan
Richardson
Rotan
Round Rock
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
Savoy
Sulphur Bluff
Sulphur Springs
Texarkana
Tomball
Trent
Karnes City ISD
Keller High School
Kopperl ISD
Fannindel ISD
Mid Rio Grande Texas AHEC
Leonard ISD
Linden-Kildare ISD
Lockhart ISD
Lovejoy ISD
Luling ISD
Melissa ISD
Bland ISD
Region 8 ESC
Mt. Pleasant ISD
Community 63205
Richland High School
Pewitt ISD
Pflugerville High School
Pittsburg ISD
City House
Pottsboro ISD
Boles ISD
Region 10 ESC
HOBBS Alternative Education Co-op
Round Rock ISD
San Antonio College
Trinity University
University of Texas Health Science Center at SanAntonio
Savoy 63209
Sulphur Bluff ISD
Sulphur Springs ISD
Liberty-Eylau ISD
Lone Star College -Tomball
Trent ISD
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
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 Community-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
Higher Education
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
261
2,823
183
17
26
86
29
274
720
547
30
27
N/A
55
133
2,000
563
N/A
19
77
492
25
N/A
127
5,054
1,397
28
150
63
252
3,675
81
40
112
Learn and Serve America in Texas
Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009
Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type
Trenton
Waco
Wolfe City
quinoa
Trenton 63210
Communities in School- Heart Of Texas
Wolfe City ISD
Boles ISD
K-12 School-Based
K-12 Community-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Notes:
357
9
60
23
54,161Total 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.
Contacts
Texas
Texas State Office300 E. 8th St.Suite G-169Austin, TX 78701-3233