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Michigan - FY2018 AmeriCorps State and National Grant Awards Corporation for National and Community Service

As a result of the FY2018 AmeriCorps State and National Grant Competition, Michigan will receive a total of $10,452,606 in funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps and other national service programs. Through this competition, nine successful grantees operating in Michigan will receive $4,497,316 in competitive funding from CNCS to support approximately 506 AmeriCorps members. After successfully completing their service, these AmeriCorps members are expected to earn $2,065,689 in Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards, a post-service benefit that can be used to cover the costs of post-secondary education or help pay back qualified student loans. The Michigan Community Service Commission, the Governor-appointed state service commission, will also receive $3,889,601 in non-competitive formula funding, which will in turn be awarded to Michigan organizations to support additional AmeriCorps members in the coming months. The $10.5 million investment from CNCS will leverage an additional $7,917,146 in matching funds – further increasing the return on the federal investment. The following table displays the FY2018 AmeriCorps funding breakdown for Michigan, including the full list of successful AmeriCorps grantees. The Michigan Community Service Commission will administer grants operating within the Michigan state borders; CNCS will administer grants operating in multiple states.

Grant Type* Program Type** Grantee Program District City Funding Ed. Awards Local Match Members

Continuation State Huron Pines Huron Pines AmeriCorps 01 Gaylord $402,002 $177,600 $806,952 30

New State B-H-K Child Development Board Superior AmeriCorps 01 Houghton $293,353 $118,400 $154,401 20

New State Hope Network West Michigan, Inc. MEC Reading Corps 02 Wyoming $1,143,766 $458,800 $2,783,224 110

Recompete State Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness

Michigan Campaign To End Homelessness AmeriCorps Program 04 Lansing $281,578 $118,400 $281,598 23

Continuation State Crim Fitness Foundation Flint Community School Corps 05 Flint $304,235 $130,240 $189,243 22

Continuation State Community Economic Development Association of Michigan Michigan Financial Opportunity Corps 08 Lansing $242,639 $118,400 $207,967 20

Continuation State City Year, Inc. City Year Detroit 13 Detroit $859,100 $420,320 $2,707,963 71

Continuation State Wayne State University AmeriCorps Urban Safety Program 13 Detroit $715,843 $405,129 $609,930 170

Continuation State Public Allies, Inc. Public Allies Metro Detroit Leadership Academy 13 Detroit $254,800 $118,400 $175,868 40

Totals $4,497,316 $2,065,689 $7,917,146 506

Total State Formula Funding $3,889,601

Total CNCS Funding $10,452,606

Total CNCS Funding + Matching Support $18,369,752

*Grant Type: New = New grantee; Continuation = Ongoing grantee awarded funding for the 2nd or 3rd year of a 3-year grant cycle; Recompete = Previous grantee awarded funding for an additional grant cycle. **Program Type: State = Grantee operates in only your state; National = Grantee operates in multiple states.

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Fact Sheet – FY2018 AmeriCorps State & National Grant Competition

Grantee: Huron Pines

Program: Huron Pines AmeriCorps

Address: 4241 Old US 27 South, Suite 2, Gaylord, MI 49735

Contact: Jake Jermac | (989) 448-2293 30 | [email protected]

This is a single-state program funded through the Michigan Community Service Commission. Please

contact Executive Director Ginna Holmes at 517-335-4295 or [email protected] for more

information.

Award Details:

*Required and non-required matching funds proposed by the grantee to help implement the AmeriCorps program.

Congressional District: 01

Service Area: Michigan

Program Summary:

Through the Huron Pines AmeriCorps program, AmeriCorps members will implement conservation

projects on Michigan’s public lands, such as: trail building, road and stream crossing improvements,

and wildlife habitat enhancement. AmeriCorps members will also provide environmental education to

visiting youth and adults. By the end of the first program year, AmeriCorps members will improve 600

acres of public land and 200 miles of river and trails. To multiply their impact, AmeriCorps members

will leverage 900 volunteers to participate in environmental conservation projects.

Program Type: AmeriCorps State

Grant Type: Continuation

AmeriCorps Members: 30

Grant Funding: $402,002

Education Awards: $177,600

*Local Match: $806,952

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Grantee: B-H-K Child Development Board

Program: Superior AmeriCorps

Address: 700 Park Ave., Houghton, MI 49931

Contact: Cheryl Mills | (906) 487-6600 155 | [email protected]



information.

Award Details:



Service Area: Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties.

Program Summary:

The AmeriCorps members serving with the Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Board,

Inc. (BHK) will provide targeted literacy and school readiness interventions for preschool to third

grade students in Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties. Members will tutor and mentor

elementary school students who need additional support to achieve school success. Members will also

initiate safe, enriching after-school and summer youth programs. At the preschool level, AmeriCorps

members will increase adult-child interaction, improve the quality of the learning environment,

promote parent involvement, and assist children with school readiness. By the end of the first program

year, AmeriCorps members will advance students’ school readiness and improve academic

performance in literacy. To multiply their impact, AmeriCorps members will leverage 400 volunteers to

engage in service learning projects and educational events.


Grant Type: New








Grantee: Hope Network West Michigan, Inc.

Program: MEC Reading Corps

Address: Hope Network, 755 36th St. SE, Wyoming, MI 49548

Contact: Holly Windram | (616) 389-6266 | [email protected]



information.

Award Details:



Service Area: Muskegon and Muskegon Heights, Pontiac, Schoolcraft, Cedar Springs,

Grand Haven, Kentwood, Mt. Pleasant, Flint, Lansing, Detroit and the

greater Detroit area, Portland, Muskegon Heights, Fruitport, Lansing,

Greenville, and more.

Program Summary:

A majority of elementary students in Michigan are reading below grade-level proficiency, and 90% of

those students come from low-income families. Children reading at grade-level by third grade are four

times more likely to graduate high school. To address this challenge, Michigan Education Cops is

dedicated to helping K-3 students develop a strong foundation in literacy. At 70 Michigan elementary

schools, AmeriCorps members will provide individualized, one-on-one tutoring to K-3rd grade

students, tailoring services to each child to build their literacy skills. As a direct result of AmeriCorps

members’ service, over 1,000 students will improve their literacy skills.


Grant Type: New


Grant Funding: $1,143,766


*Local Match: $2,783,224




Grantee: Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness

Program: Michigan Campaign to End Homelessness AmeriCorps Program

Address: 15851 S US Highway 27, Bldg 30 Suite 315, Lansing, MI 48906

Contact: Kelli Beavers | (517) 853-3897 | [email protected]



information.

Award Details:




Program Summary:

AmeriCorps members serving with the Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness (MCAH) will

provide direct services to individuals experiencing or at-risk of homelessness through over a dozen

homeless service agencies across the state of Michigan. AmeriCorps members will complete an

assessment of client housing needs and identify their housing barriers; assist in placing clients in

housing by creating and maintaining lists of available housing for clients to utilize; assist clients in

viewing potential housing; and assist in the lease-signing process. These services will allow individuals

to increase their ability obtain and maintain safe, healthy, and affordable housing. By the end of the

first program year, AmeriCorps members will provide affordable housing services to a total of 2,400

individuals—240 of whom will obtain and maintain safe, affordable housing. To multiply their impact,

AmeriCorps members will leverage 400 volunteers to provide services to the economically

disadvantaged as well as participate in service projects. Research indicates that comprehensive

affordable housing services, like those provided by MCAH, leads to increased housing retention rates,

lower returns to homelessness, and a significant reduction in the use of crisis services in the target

population.


Grant Type: Recompete








Grantee: Crim Fitness Foundation

Program: Flint Community School Corps

Address: 452 S Saginaw St., Flint, MI 48502

Contact: Lauren Holaly-Zembo | (810) 235-7801 | [email protected]



information.

Award Details:



Service Area: Flint, Michigan.

Program Summary:

AmeriCorps members serving with the Crim Fitness Foundation will improve academic, life, and

health outcomes for K-12 grade students through a variety of services including academic support,

recreational activities, conflict resolution, college preparation, and access to social services. Members

will serve in all 11 Flint Community Schools, as well as after-school and summer programs, expanding

capacity and building volunteer infrastructure. AmeriCorps members will also expand community

education programming and build volunteer capacity in all 11 Flint Community Schools. By the end of

the first program year, AmeriCorps members will address the root problems of underachievement,

improve student academic performance (with a focus in literacy and STEM courses) and school

attendance, and reduce student disciplinary incidents. In order to multiply their impact, AmeriCorps

members will leverage an additional 440 volunteers who will engage in academic enrichment

programming, absentee reduction efforts, and special events on school campuses.










Grantee: Community Economic Development Association of Michigan

Program: Michigan Financial Opportunity Corps

Address: 1118 S Washington Ave., Lansing, MI 48910

Contact: Rachel Diskin | (517) 485-3588 | [email protected]



information.

Award Details:




Program Summary:

To achieve greater economic stability, families must increase their overall financial capability and

strengthen their personal safety net. AmeriCorps members serving with the Community Economic

Development Association of Michigan‘s Michigan Financial Opportunity Corps (MFOC) will provide

financial literacy trainings across Michigan to low-income, disadvantaged residents. Financial literacy

trainings help individuals understand how to better manage their personal finances. By the end of the

first program year, AmeriCorps member will improve 1,700 Michigan residents’ financial knowledge.

To multiply their impact, AmeriCorps members will leverage 400 volunteers to provide free income tax

services, providing pro-bono expert services to disadvantaged individuals and assist at financial

literacy classes. In one study conducted by MFOC, program participants were more likely to open

deposit accounts, save money, use and adhere to a budget, and have increased confidence in their

financial abilities.










Grantee: City Year, Inc.

Program: City Year Detroit

Address: 1 Ford Place, Suite 1F, Detroit, MI 48202

Contact: Erin Bennett | (617) 927-2318 | [email protected]



information.

Award Details:



Service Area: Greater Metropolitan Detroit, MI.

Program Summary:

City Year AmeriCorps members form positive, developmental relationships with students, encourage

them to come to school every day, and provide evidence-based academic and social-emotional

supports for students who exhibit one or more “early warning indicators:” low attendance, poor

behavior or course failure in English language arts or mathematics. Research shows that preventing

one or more of these warning signs makes it three times more likely that a student will graduate,

dramatically improving his or her lifetime trajectory. City Year Detroit will engage AmeriCorps

members in service to economically disadvantaged and at-risk students at 11 high need public schools

in Detroit. AmeriCorps members will support English and math classes serving 1,875 students, and

provide individualized tutoring, mentoring, and progress monitoring services to 855 at-risk students.

Of the 855 students tutored, 163 will demonstrate improved English skills, 163 will demonstrate

improved math skills, and 106 will demonstrate improved attendance rates. To multiply their impact,

AmeriCorps members will leverage 500 community volunteers. City Year has proven to be effective: a

randomized controlled trial of Diplomas Now—a City Year initiative—found that schools partnering

with City Year significantly reduced the number of students at risk of dropping out.






*Local Match: $2,707,963




Grantee: Wayne State University

Program: AmeriCorps Urban Safety Program

Address: 5700 Cass Ave., 2207 A/Ab, Detroit, MI 48202

Contact: Ramona Washington | (313) 577-0979 | [email protected]



information.

Award Details:



Service Area: Detroit, Michigan.

Program Summary:

The AmeriCorps Urban Safety program will deploy AmeriCorps members to implement proven

strategies that improve public safety throughout the City of Detroit. AmeriCorps members will: 1)

create a partnership of law enforcement, community residents, and community partners; 2) organize

neighborhood block clubs and community patrols; 3) track crime reports for domestic violence to

increase safety and empower survivors; 4) plan and implement safe routes for students to walk to and

from school; and 5) board up vacant and open abandoned structures. At the end of the third program

year, AmeriCorps members will decrease property crime in Detroit Police Department precincts and

increase the number of active community block clubs. To multiply their impact, AmeriCorps members

will leverage an additional 5,000 volunteers to engage in neighborhood block clubs, community patrols

and promoting Safe Routes to Schools.










Grantee: Public Allies, Inc.

Program: Public Allies Metro Detroit Leadership Academy

Address: 3663 Woodward Ave., Suite 150, Detroit, MI 48201

Contact: Jenise Terrell | (414) 273-0533 2968 | [email protected]



information.

Award Details:



Service Area: Detroit and Wayne County, MI.

Program Summary:

Public Allies will place AmeriCorps members at partner organizations dedicated to expanding

economic opportunity in Detroit. AmeriCorps members will develop and execute strategies to increase

the number of Detroit residents aware of and participating in financial literacy, foreclosure abatement,

and workforce development programs. As a result of member service, low-income residents will be

more civically engaged, improve their self-esteem, be better prepared to articulate and pursue their

educational and career aspirations. To multiply their impact, AmeriCorps members will leverage 400

volunteers to canvass communities and participate in national days of service.









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