North Carolina 2004 - 2005 · North Carolina 2004 - 2005 Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 28, 2005 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more

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

AmeriCorps4

126

22641

Program Sites

371 269 188 145

N/A 6 8

Participants $2,398,097 $2,355,469 $470,187 $1,997,456

N/A $2,200

$202,800

ProgramFunding

AmeriCorps Total

35 10,850 $5,778,928

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.

Participants

3 561 $953,361

K-12 School-BasedK-12 Community-BasedHigher Education

Learn and Serve America 1 1 1

Grantees 484 77

N/A

Participants

$504,899 $323,462 $125,000

ProgramFunding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 93 12,398 $14,740,184

22 3 1

26

$919,485 $891,608 $883,575 $685,125

N/A $25,988 $37,800

$3,443,581

3

2Education

Award

3

Disability OutreachProgram Development & Technical AssistanceState Commission Administration

Administrative Funds $60,105

$145,000 $376,581

N/A $581,686

ProgramFunding

$3,443,581

Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $18,183,765

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees

Senior Corps in North Carolina


Asheville

Asheville

Asheville

Boone

Boone

Boonville

Carthage

Chapel Hill

Charlotte

Durham

Fayetteville

Goldsboro

Goldsboro

Goldsboro

Greensboro

Greensboro

Primary City

Asheville FGP

Land-of-Sky Regional Council Senior CompanionProgram

RSVP of Land-Of-Sky

Appalachian Senior Programs/AppalachianFoster Grandparents

Appalachian Senior Programs/SCP

Yadkin Valley RSVP

Moore County RSVP

RSVP of Orange County

RSVP Charlotte

RSVP of Durham County

RSVP of Cumberland County

WAGES Foster Grandparent Program

WAGES Senior Companion Program

Wayne County NC RSVP

Guilford County FGP

Guilford County RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP



RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP



RSVP


RSVP

Program TypeNumber of Participants

105

107

772

116

73

375

384

600

573

370

455

143

105

215

85

378

Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)

Land of Sky Regional Council



Appalachian State University

Appalachian State University

Yadkin Valley Econ Dev Dist, Inc

Moore County Government

Orange Cty Dept on Aging

Charlotte Mecklenburg Senior Ctrs

Durham Technical Community College

Cumberland County Coordinating Council onOlder Adults, Inc.

Wayne Action Grp Econ Sol (Wages)

Wayne Action Grp Econ Sol (Wages)

Wayne Community College

Senior Resources of Guilford

Senior Resources of Guilford



Kinston

Lenoir

Lillington

Morehead City

Morganton

Morganton

Newport

Newport

Raleigh

Raleigh

Raleigh

Shelby

Waynesville

Waynesville

Waynesville

Whiteville

Wilmington

Primary City

Foster Grandparent Program Caswell Center

RSVP of Koinonia, Inc.

Harnett County RSVP

RSVP of Carteret/Craven Co

Foster Grandparent Program @ JIRDC

Senior Companion at JIRDC

Coastal Community Action, Inc. SeniorCompanion Program


RSVP Raleigh

Raleigh FGP

Homeland Security Volunteer Program

Cleveland County FGP

Mountain Projects FGP

Mountain Projects RSVP

Mountain Projects SCP

Columbus County RSVP

New Hanover County FGP


RSVP

RSVP

RSVP





RSVP


Homeland Security SpecialVolunteer Prog



RSVP


RSVP



102

410

350

312

81

17

74

91

894

91

1,883

69

91

183

94

324

49


NC Division of Mental Health

Koinonia Inc

Harnett County Council for Senior Citizens

Coastal Community Action Inc

NC Division of Mental Health

The Riddle Institute



City of Raleigh

City of Raleigh

North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism &Community Service

United Way of Cleveland County

Mountain Projects Inc



Southeastern Community College

New Hanover County Dept of Aging



Wilmington

Winston-Salem

Primary City

New Hanover County RSVP

RSVP of Forsyth And Stokes County

RSVP

RSVP


725

154

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 10,850


New Hanover County Dept of Aging

Northwest Piedmont Council of Govt

AmeriCorps in North Carolina


Central Atlantic Habitat For Humanity

Habitat For Humanity International - Jacksonville,FL

Habitat For Humanity, International-NorthCarolina

Children First of Buncombe County

Child Care Services Association

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

First Baptist Church-West

Hands on Charlotte

The Regional HIV/AIDS Consortium

University of Notre Dame - ACE



Public Allies, Inc.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Habitat for Humanity International


Habitat For Humanity/AmeriCorps-NC


Project POWER

Burlington Housing Authority

The Volunteer Center of Alamance

Moore Buddies, Inc.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Corps

North Carolina Literacy Corps

First Baptist Church-West Learning Resource Center

Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte

Citizen Action AmeriCorps--Hands On Charlotte

Charlotte, NC National AIDS Fund AmeriCorpsProgram

Charlotte Catholic High School, Charlotte, NC

Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School, Charlotte, NC

St. Ann School, Charlotte, NC

Public Allies North Carolina

North Carolina Campus Compact

United Tribes of North Carolina

Program Name

11

5

65

8

70

6

15

1

18

60

N/A

12

1

7

2

2

1

16

15

9

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program



AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Apex

Apex

Apex

Apex

Asheville

Burlington

Burlington

Carthage

Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill

Charlotte

Charlotte

Charlotte

Charlotte

Charlotte

Charlotte

Charlotte

Durham

Elon

Fayetteville

Primary City



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


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


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



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.)


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


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 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 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


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

(919) 856-4731 (919) [email protected]

Southeast Region - Charleston, SC2231 S. Hobson Ave.Charleston, SC 29405-2430

843-743-8600 x3008 843-743-8609

William Thomas Price

6358 Mail Service CenterRaleigh, NC 27699-6358

919-807-3872 [email protected]

CNCS Headquarters1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314Washington, DC 20525

202-606-5000x205 [email protected]

Office of the Governor20312 Mail Service CenterRaleigh, NC 27699-0312

(919) 715-3470 (919) 715-8677 [email protected]

William Lindsay

Elson Nash

Bob Winston

Jeffrey Biel

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service

For more information about AmeriCorps and Community-based Learn and Serve programs, contact:

For more information about AmeriCorps*VISTA and Senior Corps programs, contact:

For more information about Learn and Serve America Higher Education programs, contact:

For more information about AmeriCorps*NCCC efforts, contact the regional campus:

For more information about Learn and Serve America School Based K-12 programs,contact:

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