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Tennessee by the Numbers What is AmeriCorps?

4,319 770 $24.2m AmeriCorps is the only federal agency tasked with elevating service and Members & Volunteers Service Locations Total Investment volunteerism in America. We provide opportunities for people of all ages and Meeting Needs in Tennessee backgrounds to give their time and talent to strengthen communities Last year more than 4,300 Americans of all ages and across our country. backgrounds united to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and expand opportunity through national service in Tennessee. AmeriCorps invested more than A Cornerstone of Our $17.9 million in federal funding to support cost-effective National Culture community solutions, working hand in hand with local partners to empower individuals to help communities tackle their toughest challenges. By bringing people together to serve communities, AmeriCorps is making service to others an indispensable part AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers of the American experience. We offer are preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s jobs, individuals and organizations flexible helping communities and families impacted by COVID-19, ways to make a local impact through reducing crime and reviving cities, connecting veterans to our programs and initiatives. services, fighting the opioid epidemic, helping seniors live independently, and rebuilding communities after Segal AmeriCorps Education disasters. Award

In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers AmeriCorps members earn a Segal served at more than 700 locations across Tennessee, AmeriCorps Education Award that can including schools, food banks, homeless shelters, health be used to pay for trade school, clinics, youth centers, veterans' facilities, and other college, or graduate school; or to pay nonprofit and faith-based organizations. Through a back qualified student loans. Since 1994, unique public-private partnership, AmeriCorps and its partners generated more than $6.2 million in outside more than 16,000 Tennessee residents resources from businesses, foundations, public agencies, have served approximately 30 million and other sources in Tennessee in the last year. This local hours and earned education awards support strengthened community impact and increased totaling more than $60.6 million. the return on taxpayer dollars. 1 National Service in Tennessee 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW

Our Programs and Initiatives AmeriCorps State and National matches individuals with organizations that see service as a solution to local, regional, and national challenges. There are thousands of opportunities in locations across the country to serve with nonprofits, schools, public agencies, tribes, and community and faith-based groups. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to Volunteer Tennessee, the Governor-appointed State Service Commission, which in turn awards grants to organizations to respond to local needs.

AmeriCorps VISTA places individuals with organizations that fight poverty, to build capacity and make sustainable change. Through fundraising, grant writing, volunteer recruitment, and so much more, AmeriCorps VISTA members gain experience and leadership skills that put them on track for a life of service in the public, private, or nonprofit sector. AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, team-based, residential program for 18-24-year-olds. Whether clearing trails for a national park or building homes for families in need, AmeriCorps NCCC members engage in a variety of projects in multiple communities while developing leadership and teamwork skills. AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps serves communities, in coordination with FEMA, through disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparents provides grants to organizations to engage low-income Americans 55 and older in providing one-on-one mentoring and academic support to children with special or exceptional needs. AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companions provides grants to organizations to engage low-income Americans 55 and older in providing supportive, individualizes services to help older adults and adults maintain their dignity and independence.

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP provides grants to organizations to engage Americans 55 and older in tutoring and mentoring youth, responding to natural disasters, supporting veterans and their families, and meeting other critical needs. Volunteer Generation Fund supports voluntary organizations and state service commissions in boosting the impact of volunteers in addressing critical community needs.

MLK Day of Service is observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off.” MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities.

9/11 Day of Service calls Americans across the country to volunteer in their local communities in tribute to the individuals lost and injured in the attacks, first responders, and the many who have risen in service to defend freedom.

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4,319 770 $24,209,459 Members & Volunteers Service Locations Total Investment

Program Funding Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Awards Federal Funding AmeriCorps National 18 27 126 $373,873 $536,912 AmeriCorps NCCC 6 6 45 - - AmeriCorps State 20 317 915 $4,676,439 $4,630,627 AmeriCorps VISTA 23 70 186 $792,180 $2,196,287 AmeriCorps Programs Subtotal 67 420 1,272 $5,842,493 $7,363,825

Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Awards Federal Funding Foster Grandparent Program 9 175 500 - $2,491,241 RSVP 12 153 2,422 - $864,655 Senior Companion Program 3 22 125 - $690,363 AmeriCorps Seniors Programs Subtotal 24 350 3,047 - $4,046,259 Other Funding Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Awards Federal Funding Martin Luther King Day 1 - - - $50,000 September 11th National Day of Service and 1 - - - $58,247 Remembrance State Commission Investment Funds 1 - - - $268,314 State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $361,481 Subtotal 4 - - - $738,042

Total Program Funding $12,148,126 Total AmeriCorps Funding Including Education Scholarships $17,990,619 Total Local Project Support (Non-AmeriCorps Resources) $6,218,840 Total AmeriCorps Funding + Total Local Project Support $24,209,459

Since 1994, more than 16,000 Tennessee residents have served approximately 30 million hours through AmeriCorps, earning Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $60.6 million.

Notes: All data shown represents national service activity completed between January 15, 2020 and January 13, 2021. 1. Projects may be headquartered in other states. 2. The service location total may contain multiple counts of unique locations where multiple AmeriCorps programs operated. 3. Completed participants reflects all AmeriCorps members who completed service in Tennessee between January 15, 2020 and January 13, 2021. For AmeriCorps Seniors, this reflects all volunteers funded by grants completed during that same period. 4. The Education Awards figures represent the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that could be earned by AmeriCorps members who completed service in Tennessee. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to pay back student loans. 5. AmeriCorps State and National, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion federal funding reflects the estimated proportionate share of the federal grant associated with the participants in this report. For AmeriCorps VISTA, funding reflects the national average cost per participant. RSVP funding appears in the state where the project is based and reflects the full amount awarded to operate the completed grant. 6. Current participants reflects national service participants currently serving in Tennessee. 7. Total local project support reflects non-AmeriCorps cash and in-kind resources that AmeriCorps grantees committed to raise in support of their completed grants. As part of its public-private partnership approach, AmeriCorps grantees leverage additional resources to strengthen community impact and increase the return on the federal investment.

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Program Funding

City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Athens Tennessee Wesleyan College II AmeriCorps VISTA 3 14 $47,059 $129,974 11 Tennessee Wesleyan College Chattanooga AIM Center. Inc. AmeriCorps State 1 5 $17,559 $40,580 - AIM Center, Inc. Chattanooga AmeriCorps*Building Futures AmeriCorps State - - - - 2 AIM Center, Inc. Chattanooga Chattanooga Area Food Bank AmeriCorps VISTA 1 2 $12,290 $34,275 1 Chattanooga Area Food Bank Chattanooga Conservation Legacy AmeriCorps VISTA 1 1 $6,095 $16,704 - Conservation Legacy Chattanooga Conservation Legacy AmeriCorps National 1 2 $4,660 $612 1 The Corps Network Chattanooga Conservation Legacy Stewards VISTA Program AmeriCorps VISTA - - - - 2 Conservation Legacy Chattanooga Conservation Legacy Veterans Program 2019- AmeriCorps National 1 7 $29,866 $58,800 - 2020 Conservation Legacy Chattanooga Conservation Legacy Veterans Program 2020- AmeriCorps National - - - - 5 2021 Conservation Legacy Chattanooga NeighborWorks VISTA Program AmeriCorps VISTA 1 1 $6,195 $17,571 - Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Chattanooga OYSI19 - Conservation Legacy AmeriCorps National 1 9 $15,286 $37,619 - The Corps Network Chattanooga OYSI19 - green|spaces AmeriCorps National - - - - 8 The Corps Network Chattanooga Project Inspire Teacher Residency AmeriCorps State 13 22 $134,190 $325,501 21 Public Education Foundation Chattanooga SATA SECC 2020 AmeriCorps National 1 46 $78,751 $38,902 2 Conservation Legacy Chattanooga SATA SouthEast 2019 AmeriCorps National 1 1 $1,566 $797 - Conservation Legacy Chattanooga TIP - Conservation Legacy AmeriCorps National 1 5 $6,450 $15,811 - The Corps Network Chattanooga US2020 STEM VISTA AmeriCorps VISTA - - - - 2 Citizen Schools, Inc. (ACTIVE) Clarksville Austin Peay State University AmeriCorps VISTA 2 3 $18,285 $50,112 2 Austin Peay State University United Way of the Ocoee Region AmeriCorps VISTA 12 25 $123,772 $340,555 12 United Way of Bradley County Cookeville Upper Cumberland AmeriCorps National 1 1 $6,095 $15,192 - Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. Crump CL Environmental Stewards AmeriCorps National - - - - 1 The Corps Network

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City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Franklin Sustainable National and State Afterschool AmeriCorps VISTA - - - - 1 Programs & Networ Afterschool Alliance Gallatin Small Steps Big Changes - Volunteer State AmeriCorps VISTA 1 4 $24,380 $66,816 - Community College Volunteer State Community College Gatlinburg CL Environmental Stewards AmeriCorps National 1 1 $5,920 $800 - The Corps Network Gatlinburg OYSI19 - Conservation Legacy AmeriCorps National 1 1 $3,048 $7,500 - The Corps Network Greeneville SCA National Direct TN AmeriCorps National - - - - 2 Student Conservation Association, Inc. Greeneville TIP - Conservation Legacy AmeriCorps National 1 1 $2,960 $7,466 - The Corps Network Helenwood SATA Stewards 2020 AmeriCorps National - - - - 2 Conservation Legacy Helenwood SCA TN AmeriCorps National 1 4 $6,503 $846 1 Student Conservation Association, Inc. Johnson City Appalachian Regional Coalition on AmeriCorps State 1 18 $75,723 $187,612 13 Homelessness Appalachian Regional Coalition on Homelessness Johnson City Tennessee Food & Agriculture AmeriCorps AmeriCorps State - - - - 8 Program Appalachian RC&D Council Kingsport Alliance to End Hunger-Hunger Free AmeriCorps VISTA 1 1 $6,095 $16,704 - Communities Network Alliance to End Hunger Kingsport Rural AmeriCorps National 1 1 $1,290 $2,814 - Local Initiatives Support Corporation Kingsport Second Harvest Food Bank of NE Tennessee AmeriCorps National 1 1 $2,960 $6,527 - Equal Heart Kingston Align9 VISTA AmeriCorps VISTA 1 5 $30,575 $84,387 6 Align9 Knoxville CAC AmeriCorps VISTA AmeriCorps VISTA 15 22 $115,054 $316,414 22 Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee Knoxville CCUSA New Americans & Family Strengthening AmeriCorps VISTA 1 2 $12,390 $35,142 - Catholic Charities USA Knoxville Conservation Legacy AmeriCorps VISTA 1 1 $6,095 $16,704 - Conservation Legacy Knoxville Environmental Corps AmeriCorps State 22 51 $311,145 $611,745 43 Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee Knoxville T.E.A.M. AmeriCorps State 11 62 $103,020 $207,947 25 Emerald Youth Foundation Lebanon Prescribed Fire Preserving Critical Habitats AmeriCorps NCCC 1 12 - - - (November 19 - December 20, 2020) Tennessee Division of Natural Areas 2 Tennessee | Project Report 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW

City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition AmeriCorps VISTA 2 3 $18,385 $50,979 1 Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition Memphis Alder Graduate of School Education Memphis AmeriCorps State 1 12 $73,140 $9,600 - Alder Graduate School of Education Memphis Artesian (SECHS) Talent Search AmeriCorps State 1 2 $12,190 $30,384 - Artesian Schools, Inc. Memphis Bridge Builders AmeriCorps State 1 26 $61,079 $130,731 6 BRIDGES USA, Inc Memphis Change Is Collective AmeriCorps VISTA - - - - 2 Change is Collective Memphis Church Health AmeriCorps VISTA 1 6 $36,670 $101,091 - Church Health Memphis City of Memphis AmeriCorps VISTA 8 18 $86,841 $243,555 5 City of Memphis Memphis City Year Memphis FPG AmeriCorps State 6 40 $237,905 $478,658 47 City Year, Inc. Memphis Financial Stability / Free Tax Prep (January 8 - AmeriCorps NCCC 2 6 - - - February 18, 2020) United Way of the Mid-South Memphis Generations AmeriCorps State 12 18 $109,710 $273,456 12 Porter-Leath Memphis HFH of Greater Memphis AmeriCorps National 1 1 $5,920 $13,430 - Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. Memphis Impact America - Master AmeriCorps National 1 10 $51,808 $117,960 - Impact America Memphis Impact America - Tennessee AmeriCorps Team AmeriCorps State 1 1 $4,337 $10,794 11 Impact America Memphis Literacy Mid-South Intermediary AmeriCorps VISTA 3 31 $59,880 $168,089 2 Literacy Mid-South Memphis Memphis Athletic Ministries AmeriCorps National 1 19 $58,253 $132,034 12 Up2Us, Inc. Memphis Memphis Teacher Residency AmeriCorps State 23 51 $310,945 $669,630 49 Memphis Teacher Residency, Inc Memphis Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. AmeriCorps VISTA 1 2 $12,190 $33,408 - Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. Memphis Overton Park Conservancy (January 8 - March AmeriCorps NCCC 1 9 - - - 10, 2020) Overton Park Conservancy Memphis Service through Sports AmeriCorps VISTA 1 4 $5,244 $14,875 - Up2Us, Inc. Memphis - Memphis AmeriCorps State 79 200 $1,219,100 $200,000 168 Teach For America Memphis Teach For America - Memphis AmeriCorps National - - - - 3 Teach For America Memphis The Relay New Teacher Pathway AmeriCorps State 45 103 $615,486 $30,062 125 Relay Graduate School of Education Memphis University of Memphis VISTAS AmeriCorps VISTA 3 3 $18,385 $50,979 2 University of Memphis 3 Tennessee | Project Report 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW

City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Morristown Community Cares AmeriCorps State 16 31 $78,418 $193,754 17 Tennessees Community Assistance Corp. Morristown Making Veteran's Priority (MVP) AmeriCorps State 3 6 $11,255 $27,256 - Tennessees Community Assistance Corp. Murfreesboro CL Environmental Stewards AmeriCorps National 1 1 $5,920 $800 1 The Corps Network Nashville Bright Futures for Refugee Youth and Young AmeriCorps VISTA 1 1 $6,195 $17,571 6 Adults Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc. Nashville Catholic Charities of Tenneessee AmeriCorps National 1 1 $6,095 $15,192 - Catholic Charities USA Nashville CCUSA New Americans & Family Strengthening AmeriCorps VISTA 1 1 $6,195 $17,571 - Catholic Charities USA Nashville Hands On Nashville II AmeriCorps State 5 19 $115,805 $288,648 23 Hands On Nashville Nashville Hurricane Michael Recovery & Nashville AmeriCorps NCCC 1 7 - - - Tornado Response (February 25 - March 18, 2020) Inspiritus Nashville Martha O'Bryan Center AmeriCorps VISTA 1 2 $12,190 $33,408 4 Martha O'Bryan Center Nashville MDHA AmeriCorps VISTA - - - - 4 MDHA Nashville Mission Assignment: R04-3849-TN-DSA_DSA AmeriCorps NCCC 1 5 - - - (March 8 - March 13, 2020) FEMA -Interim Operating Facility- Nashville, TN Nashville Notre Dame AmeriCorps - Jesuit Volunteer AmeriCorps National 3 3 $18,285 $30,612 5 Corps Notre Dame Mission Volunteers Program, Inc. Nashville Rebuilding Together Nashville AmeriCorps National 1 2 $12,190 $30,384 1 Rebuilding Together, Inc Nashville Teach For America - Nashville AmeriCorps National 4 8 $48,760 - 3 Teach For America Nashville Teach For America- Nashville AmeriCorps State 38 141 $859,495 $141,000 143 Teach For America Nashville Tennessee Person-Centered Music Program AmeriCorps NCCC 1 6 - - - (February 25 - March 18, 2020) Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability Nashville THRIVE AmeriCorps State 1 13 $79,435 $159,772 21 Martha O'Bryan Center Nashville Trevecca Nazarene University AmeriCorps VISTA 1 3 $18,385 $50,979 3 Trevecca Nazarene University Rutledge Clinch-Powell Resource Conservation & De AmeriCorps State 37 94 $246,503 $613,497 30 Clinch-Powell RC&D Council Rutledge Rural AmeriCorps National 1 1 $1,290 $2,814 - Local Initiatives Support Corporation Sewanee The University of the South II AmeriCorps VISTA 6 28 $85,050 $238,312 12 The University of the South 4 Tennessee | Project Report 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW

City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Townsend Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont AmeriCorps VISTA 1 3 $18,285 $50,112 - Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont AmeriCorps Programs Subtotal 421 1,272 $5,842,493 $7,363,825 911

City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Adamsville McNairy-Hardin-Hardeman RSVP RSVP 29 532 - $71,605 529 Adamsville Lions Club, Inc. Ardmore Athens-Limestone County RSVP, Inc. RSVP - - - - 1 Athens-Limestone County RSVP Board of Directors Incorporated Chattanooga Chattanooga Hamilton County RSVP RSVP 8 116 - $91,482 92 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults Chattanooga Department of Youth and Family Development Foster Grandparent 22 103 - $435,196 103 Department of Youth and Family Development Program Clarksville Clarksville/Montgomery Co RSVP RSVP - - - - 48 Clarksville/Montgomery County Community Action Agency Clarksville Clarksville/Montgomery County FGP Foster Grandparent 17 - - - 147 Clarksville/Montgomery County Community Program Action Agency Cookeville East Central TN FGP Foster Grandparent 10 26 - $158,790 26 LBJ&C Development Corporation Program Cookeville East Central TN RSVP RSVP - - - - 140 LBJ&C Development Corporation Dyersburg Dyer County RSVP RSVP 8 80 - $54,988 76 Dyer County Legislative Body Fayetteville RSVP - South Central Human Resource Agency RSVP 7 67 - $47,500 67 South Central Human Resource Agency Fayetteville SCHRA Foster Grandparent Program Foster Grandparent 16 - - - 102 South Central Human Resource Agency Program Henderson RSVP RSVP 4 131 - $63,943 133 Southwest Human Resource Agency Henderson SW Human Resource FGP Foster Grandparent 14 45 - $201,024 36 Southwest Human Resource Agency Program Johnson City Foster Grandparent Program Foster Grandparent 17 60 - $341,686 61 First Tennessee Human Resource Agency Program Kingsport RSVP of Northeast Tennessee RSVP 39 544 - $59,812 544 Upper East TN Human Development Agency Kingston RSVP of Roane County RSVP 2 108 - $107,500 108 Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition Knoxville Blount County RSVP RSVP 1 - - - 158 Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee Knoxville Knoxville Knox Co FGP Foster Grandparent 28 80 - $446,890 80 Knoxville Knox County Community Action Program Committee

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City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Knoxville Knoxville Knox County RSVP RSVP 11 315 - $56,708 315 Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee Knoxville Knoxville SCP Senior Companion 5 60 - $328,155 60 Knoxville Knox County Community Action Program Committee Linden First Baptist Church-Linden RSVP - - - - 110 First Baptist Church-Linden McMinnville RSVP Warren & Van Buren counties RSVP - - - - 180 TN Opportunity Programs, Inc. (TOPS) McMinnville RSVP Warren & Van Buren county RSVP 11 180 - $47,500 - TN Opportunity Programs, Inc. (TOPS) Memphis DeSoto RSVP RSVP - 79 - $79,500 74 Porter Leath Children Center Memphis Memphis FGP Foster Grandparent 37 124 - $553,343 135 Porter Leath Children Center Program Memphis MIFA SCP Senior Companion 12 55 - $310,513 55 Metropolitan Interfaith Association Program Memphis Ms River Delta FGP Foster Grandparent - 7 - $42,460 11 Save the Children Field Office (AR) Program Morristown Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc. RSVP 4 75 - $75,000 - Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc. Nashville Davidson County FGP Foster Grandparent 14 55 - $311,852 55 Senior Citizens, Inc. Program Nashville RSVP of Nashville RSVP 29 195 - $109,117 195 Senior Citizens, Inc. Nashville Tennessee Respite Coalition II Senior Companion - - - - 15 Tennessee Respite Coalition Program Nashville TRC Senior Companions Senior Companion 5 10 - $51,695 - Tennessee Respite Coalition Program Spencer Van Buren SCP Senior Companion - - - - 49 Van Buren Community Development Services Program Board AmeriCorps Seniors Programs Subtotal 350 3,047 - $4,046,259 3,705 Other Funding

City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Murfreesboro City of Murfreesboro Martin Luther King - - - $50,000 - City of Murfreesboro Day Nashville Volunteer Tennessee State Commission - - - $268,314 - Investment Funds Nashville Volunteer Tennessee State Commission - - - $361,481 - Operations Support Nashville Tennessee Volunteer Generation Fund Volunteer - - - - - Volunteer Tennessee Generation Fund

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City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Funding Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants Tusculum Tusculum University September 11th - - - $58,247 - Tusculum University National Day of Service and Remembrance Subtotal - - - $738,042 -

Total Program Funding 771 4,319 $5,842,493 $12,148,126 4,616 Total AmeriCorps Funding Including Education Scholarships $17,990,619 Total Local Project Support (Non-AmeriCorps Resources) $6,540,603 Total AmeriCorps Funding + Total Local Project Support $24,531,222

Since 1994, more than 16,000 Tennessee residents have served approximately 30 million hours through AmeriCorps, earning Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $60.6 million.

Notes: With the exception of the Current Participants column, data shown represents national service activity completed between January 15, 2020 and January 13, 2021. 1. Projects operate in cities throughout the state. Please review the Service Location report for a complete listing of all Tennessee cities with national service. For AmeriCorps Seniors projects where 2020 service location data is unavailable, service locations associated with the project from the previous year are represented. Projects may be headquartered in other states. 2. The service location total may contain multiple counts of unique locations where multiple AmeriCorps programs operated. 3. Completed participants reflects all AmeriCorps members who completed service in Tennessee between January 15, 2020 and January 13, 2021. For AmeriCorps Seniors, this reflects all volunteers funded by grants completed during that same period. 4. The Education Awards figures represent the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that could be earned by AmeriCorps members who completed service in Tennessee. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to pay back student loans. 5. AmeriCorps State and National, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion federal funding reflects the estimated proportionate share of the federal grant associated with the participants in this report. For AmeriCorps VISTA, funding reflects the national average cost per participant. RSVP funding appears in the state where the project is based and reflects the full amount awarded to operate the completed grant. 6. Current participants reflects national service participants currently serving in Tennessee. These participants are not included in the federal funding and education award numbers in this report. 7. Total local project support reflects non-AmeriCorps cash and in-kind resources that AmeriCorps grantees committed to raise in support of their completed grants. As part of its public-private partnership approach, AmeriCorps grantees leverage additional resources to strengthen community impact and increase the return on the federal investment.

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