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West Virginia 2005 - 2006 Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 24, 2006 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 1,141 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and other pressing needs in communities across West Virginia. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed West Virginia Commission for National and 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 6,200 West Virginia residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than $12,800,000. Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 2,600 West Virginia 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 West Virginia. More than 7,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 57 national service projects across West Virginia. 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 $11,900,000 to support West Virginia communities through three national service initiatives: Senior Corps: More than 3,300 seniors in West Virginia 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 1,800 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 330 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 260 groups across West Virginia. 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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West Virginia 2005 - 2006
Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 24, 2006
AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 1,141 individuals the opportunity toprovide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and otherpressing needs in communities across West Virginia. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grantfunding goes to the Governor-appointed West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service,which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of thegrant funding is distributed by the Corporation directly to multi-state and national organizations through acompetitive grants process. Other individuals will serve through AmeriCorps*VISTA, whose membershelp bring individuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improvehealth services, create businesses and increase housing opportunities, and AmeriCorps*NCCC (NationalCivilian Community Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between theages of 18 and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award of upto $4,725 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, morethan 6,200 West Virginia residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than $12,800,000.
Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges,and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 2,600 West Virginia 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 West Virginia. More than 7,000 people of all ages and backgrounds arehelping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 57 national service projectsacross West Virginia. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, thesecitizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, conduct neighborhood patrols, restorethe environment, respond to disasters, build nonprofit capacity and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, theCorporation for National and Community Service will commit more than $11,900,000 to support West Virginiacommunities through three national service initiatives:
Senior Corps: More than 3,300 seniors in West Virginia contribute their time and talents in one ofthree Senior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 1,800 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 330 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 260 groups across West Virginia.
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.
West Virginia At a Glance
Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 24, 2006
40 1,141 $5,003,095
AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)AmeriCorps*State (Formula)AmeriCorps*NationalAmeriCorps*VISTAAmeriCorps*NCCCEducation Awards Program (National)Education Awards Program (State)
AmeriCorps341
1111
91
Program Sites
577 46 18 137
N/A 74 289
Participants $2,274,032 $542,187 $158,500 $1,955,876
N/A $24,500 $48,000
ProgramFunding
AmeriCorps Total
16 3,325 $3,323,475
Foster Grandparent ProgramHomeland Security Special Volunteer ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program
Senior Corps 5 1 8 2
Projects
543 240 2,395 147
$1,751,218 $399,679 $675,833 $496,745
ProgramFunding
This figure represents the maximum potential value of AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps membersserving in West Virginia. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to pay backstudent loans. The education award total is included in total Corporation funding.
West Virginia is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Washington, District of Columbia. In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Cross Lanes, Elkins, Harts, Hillsboro, Huntington,Martinsburg, Morgantown, Mullens, Welch and Wheeling.
1
1
2
This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2005 - 2006 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTAand the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.
Participants
1 2,627 $136,666
K-12 School-BasedK-12 Community-Based
Learn and Serve America 1
Grantees 2,175 452
Participants
$136,666N/A
ProgramFunding
Learn and Serve America Total
Program Totals 57 7,093 $8,800,968
13 12 25
$866,565 $207,900 $56,700 $647,325
N/A $289,406 $1,074,938 $3,142,834
3
2Education
Award
3
Disability OutreachProgram Development & Technical AssistanceState Commission Administration
Administrative Funds $66,000
$107,000 $164,732
N/A $337,732
ProgramFunding
$3,142,834
Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $11,943,802
Senior Corps Total
Administrative Funds Total
Subgrantees
Senior Corps in West Virginia
Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 24, 2006
Buckhannon
Buckhannon
Charleston
Charleston
Charleston
Follansbee
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Parkersburg
Parkersburg
Petersburg
Petersburg
Princeton
Summersville
Welch
Wilcoe
Primary City
FGP
Senior Companion Program
Foster Grandparent Program of United Way
RSVP of United Way
West Virginia Preparedness Program
Brooke/Hancock/Ohio RSVP
RSVP Morgantown
Mid Ohio Valley FGP
Mid Ohio Valley RSVP
Wood County SCP
Foster Grandparent Program
Retired Senior Volunteer Service Programs
CASE RSVP
Fayette/Greenbrier/Nicholas/Webster RSVP
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
Foster Grandparent Program
Foster Grandparent Program
Senior Companion Program
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
Homeland Security SpecialVolunteer Prog
RSVP
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
Senior Companion Program
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
RSVP
RSVP
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
Program TypeNumber of Participants
39
90
153
N/A
240
259
404
130
469
57
130
141
670
252
200
91
Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 3,325
Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)
Region VII Aging Services, Inc
Region VII Aging Services, Inc
LifeBridge, Inc.
LifeBridge, Inc.
WV OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
Brooke County Committee on Aging
Morgantown Bd of P&R Senior Center
Mid Ohio Valley Regional Council
Mid Ohio Valley Regional Council
Potomac Highlands Support Services
Potomac Highlands Support Services
Community Action of Southeastern WV
Summersville Baptist Church
Council of the Southern Mountains
Council of the Southern Mountains
Senior Corps in West Virginia
Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 24, 2006
Primary City Program TypeNumber of Participants
Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)
AmeriCorps in West Virginia
Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 24, 2006
National Association of Service & ConservationCorps
AmeriCorps LifeBridge
Lifebridge, Inc. (formerly CCKV Collaborative)
West Virginia Commission for National andCommunity Service
West Virginia Department of Education
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action,Inc.
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Southern Appalachian Labor School
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle
Sponsor Organization (if different)
Citizen's Conservation Corps of West Virginia
Coal Heritage Highway Authority
West Virginia Citizens Conservation Corps
LifeBridge AmeriCorps
LifeBridge, Inc.
Step by Step, Inc.
West Virginia Commission for National & CommunityService
WV Education Awards Statewide Plan (Sub)
Division of Technical & Adult Education, Gear Up
The Mountain Institute-Spruce Knob MountainCenter
Harambee Children & Youth Development Project
Pocahontas Communications Cooperative
West Virginia University Extension Service
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
YouthBuild Kincaid, WV
Hatfield McCoy Trail System
Martinsburg-Berkeley County Boys & Girls Club
Potomac Headwaters RC&D Region, Inc.
Program Name
21
22
28
50
16
17
3
289
1
1
14
28
6
5
9
18
4
1
2
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program(State)
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*National
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Program Type
Beckley
Beckley
Beckley
Charleston
Charleston
Charleston
Charleston
Charleston
Charleston
Circleville
Dunbar
Dunmore
Grantsville
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry
Kincaid
Lyburn
Martinsburg
Martinsburg
Primary City
AmeriCorps in West Virginia
Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 24, 2006
1,141Total Number of AmeriCorps Members
Mountaineer Boys & Girls Club
West Virginia University Research Corp.
Marshall County Schools Parent EducatorResource Center
Southern West Virginia Community College
Community Resources, Inc.
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Monroe County Schools
The College of New Jersey
Sponsor Organization (if different)
Mountaineer Boys & Girls Club, Inc.
Energy Express AmeriCorps
Partnerships For Learning Excellence
APPALREAD
Project MOVE
Monongahela National Forest
Eastern Regional Family Resource Network
Building a Community of Champions
Doddridge County Family Resource Network
Wheeling Jesuit University
Program Name
3
492
10
35
10
3
2
12
19
20
# ofMembers
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Program Type
Morgantown
Morgantown
Moundsville
Mt. Gay
Parkersburg
Parsons
Romney
Union
West Union
Wheeling
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 West Virginia
Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 24, 2006
Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type
Berkeley Springs
Caretta
Charleston
Charleston
Clarksburg
Clarksburg
Elizabeth
Fairmont
Fayetteville
Gilbert
Grafton
Huntington
Institute
Keyser
Lewisburg
Lewisburg
New Martinsville
Osage
Osage
Ridgely
Romney
St. George
Washington
West Union
Wheeling
Wilcoe
Morgan County Schools
Big Creek People in Action
Step by Step, Inc.
West Virginia Department of Education
RESA VII / Sunbeam Child Care
RESA VII / United Way
Wirt County Schools / Wirt County Middle School
612 MAC
Fayette County Schools / SALS
S.T.O.P.
Taylor County Board of Education
Huntington WV Housing Authority
West Virginia State College Research and DevelopmentCorporationMineral County Schools / Keyser High School
Family Refuge Center
Greenbrier County Schools
New Martinsville United Methodist Church
RESA VII / Scotts Run
Scott's Run Settlement House, Inc.
Mineral County Schools / Frankfort Middle School
WV Schools for the Deaf and The Blind
Ohio WV YMCA - Camp Horseshoe
WV Association for Family Community Education
Doddridge County Family Resource Network
Ohio County Schools / Wheeling Park High School
Council of the Southern Mountains
K-12 School-Based
K-12 Community-Based
K-12 Community-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 Community-Based
K-12 Community-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 Community-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 Community-Based
K-12 Community-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 Community-Based
Notes:
97
30
32
60
400
125
5
20
11
125
25
15
160
8
908
12
50
23
45
60
75
160
36
50
95
2,627Total 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.
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 217 West Virginia students have received thesescholarships.
ContactsWest Virginia
West Virginia State Office10 Hale StreetSuite 203Charleston, WV 25301-1409
(304) 347-5246 (304) [email protected]
Capital Region - Washington DC#2 DC Village Lane, SWWashington, DC 20032-5205
202-561-1094 202-561-1090
Sallie A Harrington
1900 Kanawha Boulevard EastBuilding 6 - Room 230Charleston, WV 25305-1209
304-558-7881 [email protected]
CNCS Headquarters1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314Washington, DC 20525
202-606-6834 [email protected]
601 Delaware AvenueP.O. Box 11778Charleston, WV 25302-2013
304-558-0111 [email protected]
Jean S. Ambrose
Elson Nash
Judith Russell
Charles L. Davenport
West Virginia Department of Education
West Virginia Commission for National and 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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