Archived: FY 2010 Grantees, Awards, and Project Abstracts Under the Off-Campus Community

Archived Information FY 2010 Grantees, Awards, and Project Abstracts Off-Campus Community Service Program

The FY 2010 Off-Campus Community Service Program (CFDA# 83.116H) provides funding to Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) so that they may prepare students for off-campus community service employment. The program may only underwrite student wages, and other ancillary expenses which may include: community service job-related training, participating students’ travel to and from worksites, and students’ background checks. All projects will begin on January 1, 2011.

Grantees:

Burlington County College (New Jersey) - P116H100052

Title: Community Service Peer Leaders: Supporting Buffalo through Service Project

Burlington County College (BCC) will collaborate with the Bonner Foundation in a Bonner AmeriCorps Leader Program to place students in a new Pemberton Township Early Childhood Center and a local Red Cross Chapter office.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $41,400 Contact/ Project Director: Alexandra Fields Institutional Title: English Lecturer/Coordinator and Director of BCC Bonner AmeriCorps Program Street Address: 601 Pemberton Browns Mills Road, Pemberton, NJ 08068 E-mail address: AFields @bcc.edu Telephone: 609-894-9311, extension 1991 Fax: 609-726-0442

Buffalo State College SUNY (New York) - P116H100016

Title: Community Service Peer Leaders: Supporting Buffalo through Service Project

The Buffalo State College (BSC) SUNY Volunteer and Service-Learning Center (VSLC) will recruit, train, place, and supervise 15 community service work-study students to meet identified community needs in three areas-- early childhood and youth development, emergency preparedness, and community development.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $69,303 Contact/Project Director: Laura Hill Rao Institutional Title: Coordinator, Volunteer and Service Learning Center (VSLC) Street Address: 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14222 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 716-878-5811 Fax: 716-878-3152

Calvin College (Michigan) - P116H100037

Title: Learning Through Literacy Early Childhood Education Community Service Program Calvin College will support students who will work part-time in non-profit community service organizations.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $71,240 Contact/Project Director: Karen Hollebeek Institutional Title: Student Employment Manager Street Address: 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 616-526-7001 Fax: 616-526-7185

California State University, Northridge (California) - P116H100007

Title: Jumpstart Northridge

California State University at Northridge has partnered with Jumpstart, a non-profit early education organization, to engage college students in a year-long program to serve young children in preschools in low- income communities.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $71,230 Contact/Project Director: Dr. Joyce Munsch Institutional Title: Professor, Project Director Street Address: California State University, Northridge; 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8263 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 818-677-7249 Fax: 818-677-2082

Grand Rapids Community College (Michigan) - P116H100046

Title: Grand Rapids Community College Academic Service Learning Center Off-Campus Community Service Project

Grand Rapids Community College will provide support for students who will assist non-profit community service organizations with early childhood education activities, or with preparation for emergencies and natural disasters.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $71,239 Contact/Project Director: Urminda Firlan Institutional Title: Director of Academic Service Learning Street Address: 143 Bostwick Avenue, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 616-234-4168 Fax: 616-234-3494

Loyola Marymount University (California) - P116H100014

Title: Loyola Marymount University Lyon Links Program

Loyola Marymount University will support students who will work as tutors in the Los Angeles-area, Loyola Village Elementary School, where they will assist teachers with reading, writing and mathematics education. FY 2010 Award (one year): $46,016 Contact/Project Director: Laura A. Weseley, Esquire Institutional Title: Director, Student Employment Street Address: Career Development Services; Loyola Marymount University; 1 LMU Drive, Suite 1300; Los Angeles, CA 90045 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 310-338-4595 Fax: 310-338-7728

Lynchburg College (Virginia) - P116H100028

Title: Learning Through Literacy Early Childhood Education Community Service Program

Lynchburg College will support students who will work part-time in pre-kindergarten, non-profit community service organizations.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $34,714 Contact/Project Director: Christine Gibbons Institutional Title: Director of SERVE Street Address: Lynchburg College, SERVE Office, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24501-3113 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 434-544-8640 Fax: 434-544-8650

Missouri State University (Missouri) - P116H100017

Title: Missouri State University’s Student Community Action Team Off-Campus Community Service Project

Missouri State University will support students who will work for the American Red Cross in disaster and emergency preparedness efforts and in the Developmental Center of the Ozarks, University Childcare Center, and in the Discovery Center. They will also serve at the Community Partnerships of the Ozarks and Rare Breed Outreach Center.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $45,967 Contact/Project Director: Mary Barb Institutional Title: Assistant Director, Financial Aid Street Address: 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 417-836-5627 Fax: 417-836-8392 Secondary Contact: Katherine Young Institutional Title: Financial Aid Technician Street Address: 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 417-836-4718 Fax: 417-836-8392

New York Institute of Technology (New York) - P116H100041 Title: Shaping Students and Community through Paid Off-Campus Community Service Work

The New York Institute of Technology will support students who will work as paraprofessionals at five community service sites in New York City and Nassau County, New York.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $79,916 Contact/Project Director: Amy Bravo Institutional Title: Director of Experiential Education and Employer Outreach Street Address: 16 West 61st Street, New York, NY 10023 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 212-261-1538 Fax: 212-261-1670

Saginaw Valley State University (Michigan) - P116H100035

Title: Saginaw Valley State University Off-Campus Community Service Work-Study

Saginaw Valley State University will support students who will work for the local American Red Cross and for two school districts that operate early childhood education programs.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $63,825 Contact/Project Director: Megan Biskup Institutional Title: Assistant Director of Career Services Street Address: Wickes Hall 270, 7400 Bay Road University Center, MI 48710 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 989-964-4948 Fax: 989-964-2602

Saint Mary’s College (California) - P116H100023

Title: Jumpstart: Off-Campus Community Service at Saint Mary’s College of California

Saint Mary’s College will support students who will work part-time in non-profit community service organizations that help young children to build key literacy and language skills.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $55,034 Contact/Project Director: Jennifer Pigza Institutional Title: Associate Director, Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action Street Address: 1928 Saint Mary’s Road, Moraga, CA 94556 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 925-631-4755 Fax: 925-631-0764

San Diego State University (California) - P116H100013

Title: Child and Family Development (CFD) Off-Campus Community Service Program (CFD-OCCS): A Partnership between CFD, San Diego State University (SDSU), and Head Start-Neighborhood House Association (NHA)

San Diego State University will partner with NHA to support students who will work in early childhood education programs at 16 Head Start and Early Head Start sites. FY 2010 Award (one year): $74,150 Contact/Project Director: Shulamit Ritblatt Institutional Title: Department Chair, Child and Family Development Street Address: 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 619-594-5312 Fax: 619-594-5921

The University of California, Berkeley (California) - P116H100031

Title: Jumpstart UC Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with Jumpstart, a non-profit early education organization, proposes to engage college students (called corps members) in a year-long program to serve young children in preschools in low-income communities.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $73,520 Project Director: Professor Bruce Fuller Institutional Title: Professor, Institute for Human Development Professor Fuller’s Assistant: Lisa Branum, Administrative Assistant, Institute for Human Development Street Address: 1121 Tolman Hall #1690, Berkeley, CA 94720-1690 E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 510-642-9163 Fax: 510-642-7969 Contact/Project Coordinator: Ms. Amanda Coy Institutional Title: Jumpstart Site Manager E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: 510-642-6752 Fax: 510-643-7350

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