Massachusetts 2011-2012 MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN MASSACHUSETTS. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an More than 41,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet education award that can be used to pay for college or to pay local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 23,000 national service in Massachusetts. Serving with more than 410 national and Massachusetts residents have served more than 31 million hours local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards citizens tutor and mentor children, support veterans and military families, totaling more than $69,600,000. provide health services, restore the environment, respond to disasters, increase economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will commit Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides more than $65,100,000 to support Massachusetts communities through grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to engage national service initiatives including: more than 31,000 Massachusetts students in community service linked to academic learning and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, called service-learning, strengthens Senior Corps: More than 7,000 seniors in Massachusetts contribute communities, improves academic engagement, and prepares their time and talents in one of three Senior Corps programs. Foster young people for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. Learn and Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 9,000 Serve America also provides curricula and other resources to young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups. 110 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 Other Programs: Two organizations in Massachusetts disasters, and provide other services through more than 240 groups across received Social Innovation Fund grants totaling $12,700,000 to Massachusetts. support innovative and replicable solutions to education, economic, or health challenges. The Massachusetts state service commission also received a Volunteer Generation Fund AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 2,700 grant of $150,638 to strengthen volunteer recruitment and individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to management. meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other pressing needs in communities across Massachusetts. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed Massachusetts Service Alliance, which in turn The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and remainder of the grant funding is distributed by CNCS directly to multi-state fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other CNCS annually engages more than five million Americans in individuals serve through AmeriCorps VISTA, whose members help bring service to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, individuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight and Learn and Serve America, and leads President Obama's illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses, and increase housing national call to service initiative, United We Serve. To learn opportunities, and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps), a more visit NationalService.gov or Serve.gov or call 202-606- 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between the 5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722. ages of 18 and 24. * INFORMATION ON THE 2011-2012 PROGRAM YEAR CURRENT AS OF MARCH 14 2012 * Massachusetts at a Glance Senior Corps Projects Participants Program Funding Foster Grandparent Program 6 726 $2,337,822 Foster Grandparent Program Fixed Amount 1 97 $310,017 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program 15 5,980 $1,481,541 1 Senior Companion Program 3 258 $800,132 Senior Companion Program Fixed Amount 1 71 $232,050 SENIOR CORPS TOTAL 26 7,132 $5,161,562 AmeriCorps Projects Participants2 Education Award 3 Program Funding AmeriCorps State Competitive 11 974 $2,910,256 $5,982,783 AmeriCorps State Formula 13 380 $1,477,533 $3,354,804 AmeriCorps National 28 515 $1,051,064 $19,621,587 4 AmeriCorps NCCC 9 N/A N/A - 5 AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant (State) 1 28 $155,400 $364,000 AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant 42 646 $2,293,794 $2,836,862 AmeriCorps VISTA 40 210 $1,165,500 $2,526,930 AMERICORPS TOTAL 144 2,753 $9,053,548 $34,686,966 Learn and Serve America Grantees Participants Education Award Program Funding K-12 School-Based 2 26,511 N/A $1,565,119 6 Higher Education 2 4,889 N/A $1,552,872 LEARN AND SERVE TOTAL 4 31,400 - $3,117,991 Other Funding Grantees Program Funding Disability Outreach 1 $88,628 7 Program Development & Technical Assistance 1 $125,865 7 Sept 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance Challenge 1 $25,000 Social Innovation Fund 2 $12,700,000 State Commission Administration 1 $372,022 7 Volunteer Generation Fund 1 $150,638 OTHER FUNDING TOTAL 7 - - $13,462,153 PROGRAM TOTALS 181 41,285 $9,053,548 $56,428,672 TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $65,482,220 Notes: The data shown represents a snapshot in time. CNCS project sites, participants, and funding change throughout the year, so the data may not reflect current conditions. 1 RSVP funding levels reflect the actual amount awarded to each RSVP grantee in FY 2011. The FY 2011 budget reduction was implemented by either extending or compressing the grant period, with some grants receiving a 9-month budget period and others receiving a 15-month budget period. 2 This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2011 - 2012 program year. For AmeriCorps VISTA, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service. 3 This figure represents the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps members serving in Massachusetts. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to pay back student loans. The education award total is included in total CNCS funding. 4 AmeriCorps National figures may include national programs headquartered in the state and/or operating sites of national programs that are headquartered in other states. Some national organizations do not report operating site data, or it wasn't available at time of publishing, so figures may not reflect current conditions. 5 Massachusetts is served by the AmeriCorps NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. In the past year, AmeriCorps NCCC teams have served on projects in Vineyard Haven, Westport, Marion, Brimfield, Springfield, Somerville. 6 Fiscal Year 2011 and 2012 funding was eliminated for Learn and Serve America but some programs are operating funded by previously approved multi_year grants. 7 Funding levels reflect Fiscal Year 2011 appropriations. Funding for this account was reduced in Fiscal Year 2012. Information on the 2011 - 2012 program year current as of February 7, 2012 Senior Corps in Massachusetts Program Name Number of Primary City Sponsor Organization (if different) Participants Program Type Boston Boston FGP 200 Foster Grandparent Program Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Boston RSVP Boston 445 RSVP City of Boston-Elderly Affairs Commission Boston Boston Senior Companion Program 71 Senior Companion Program Fixed City of Boston-Elderly Affairs Commission Amount Chicopee Chicopee/Holyoke/Ludlow RSVP 277 RSVP Valley Opportunity Council Inc. Chicopee SCP of Chicopee 59 Senior Companion Program Valley Opportunity Council Inc. Dedham Norfolk County RSVP 300 RSVP Norfolk County Commissioners Fall River Fall River FGP 97 Foster Grandparent Program Fixed Citizens For Citizens, Inc. Amount Fall River Fall River/Taunton RSVP 362 RSVP Citizens For Citizens, Inc. Gloucester SeniorCare RSVP Volunteers of the North Shore 404 RSVP Senior Care Inc. Lawrence Foster Grandparent Program of Greater Lawrence/Haverhill 70 Foster Grandparent Program Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps Inc. Lawrence Greater Lawrence Retired and Senior Volunteer Program 401 RSVP Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps Inc. Lowell Lowell FGP/CTI 69 Foster Grandparent Program Community Teamwork Inc. Lowell RSVP of Lowell 375 RSVP Community Teamwork Inc. Lowell SCP of Lowell 94 Senior Companion Program Community Teamwork Inc. Malden Middlesex County Massachusetts RSVP 311 RSVP Mystic Valley Elder Services Inc. New Bedford Foster Grandparent Program 90 Foster Grandparent Program Coastline Elderly Services, Inc. 1 Northampton Hampshire/Franklin RSVP 656 RSVP Hampshire Council of Governments Pittsfield Berkshire RSVP 350 RSVP City of Pittsfield Plymouth Mayflower Retired & Senior Volunteer Program Plymouth County 435 RSVP Mayflower RSVP, Inc. Information on the 2011 - 2012 program year current as of February 7, 2012 Senior Corps in Massachusetts Program Name Number of Primary City Sponsor Organization (if different) Participants Program Type Somerville Eastern Middlesex County FGP 91