National Service in Arkansas

MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN ARKANSAS Senior Corps: More than 4,700 seniors in Arkansas More than 5,200 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to contribute their time and talents in one of three Senior Corps meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and engagement through national service in Arkansas. Serving at more mentors to more than 2,800 young people who have special than 660 locations throughout the state, these citizens tutor and needs. Senior Companions help more than 810 homebound mentor children, support veterans and military families, provide health seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own services, restore the environment, respond to disasters, increase homes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols, renovate homes, economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers. protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services through more than This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) 230 groups across Arkansas. will commit more than $9,840,000 to support Arkansas communities through national service initiatives. CNCS invests in cost-effective community solutions--working hand in hand with local partners to improve lives, expand economic opportunity, and engage citizens in solving problems in their communities. Serving in many of the state's most impoverished communities, CNCS provides vital support to schools, food banks, homeless shelters, community health clinics, youth centers, veterans service facilities, and other nonprofit and faith-based organizations at a time of growing demand for services. Through a unique public-private partnership, this federal investment will leverage an additional $3,790,000 in other resources to strengthen community impact, build local support, and increase return on taxpayer dollars.

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 490 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other pressing needs in communities across Arkansas. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Arkansas Service Commission, which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributed by CNCS directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals serve through AmeriCorps VISTA, whose The Corporation for National and Community Service is a members help bring individuals and communities out of poverty by federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improve health services, create and fosters civic engagement through service and businesses, and increase housing opportunities, and AmeriCorps volunteering. CNCS annually engages more than five million NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps), a 10-month, full time Americans in service to meet local needs through Senior residential program for men and women between the ages of 18 and Corps, AmeriCorps, and national days of service; improves 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an communities through the Social Innovation Fund, and leads education award that can be used to pay for college or to pay back President Obama's national call to service initiative, United qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 7,700 Arkansas We Serve. To learn more visit NationalService.gov or Serve.gov residents have served more than 12 million hours and have qualified or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722. for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $22,440,000.

Information on this page reflects active programs as of March 11, 2013 Arkansas At a Glance AmeriCorps Projects Service Locations Participants 1 Education Scholarships 2 Program Funding AmeriCorps National 4 46 70 $369,075 $606,790 3 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects 1 1 10 - - 4 AmeriCorps State Competitive 5 96 207 $607,725 $1,147,643 AmeriCorps State Formula 9 62 150 $601,353 $1,432,216 AmeriCorps VISTA 16 18 61 $338,550 $970,449 AMERICORPS TOTAL 35 223 498 $1,916,703 $4,157,098 Senior Corps Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding Foster Grandparent Program 6 137 599 - $1,999,342 RSVP 10 280 3,934 - $705,532 Senior Companion Program 3 20 252 - $776,064 SENIOR CORPS TOTAL 19 437 4,785 - $3,480,938 Other Funding Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding Disability Outreach 1 - - - $69,383 September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance 1 - - - $25,000 State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $200,000 OTHER FUNDING TOTAL 3 - - - $294,383 PROGRAM TOTALS 57 660 5,283 $1,916,703 $7,932,419 TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $9,849,122 TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT (Non-CNCS Resources) $3,794,613 5 TOTAL CNCS FUNDING + TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT $13,643,735 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 This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2012 - 2013 program year. For AmeriCorps VISTA, this represents the actual number of VISTA members in active service. 2 This figure represents the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps members serving in Arkansas. 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. 3 AmeriCorps National figures may include national programs headquartered in the state and/or operating sites of national programs that are headquartered in other states. Funding reflects the estimated proportionate share of the national grant associated with operating sites in this report. Some national organizations do not report operating site data, or it was not available at time of publishing, so figures may not reflect current conditions. 4 Arkansas is served by the AmeriCorps NCCC campus located in Denver, Colorado. In the past year, AmeriCorps NCCC teams have served on projects in Kirby, Mountain Pine, Little Rock, Bluff City, Rogers, Eudora. 5 As part of its public-private partnership approach, CNCS requires grantees to leverage additional resources to strengthen community impact and increase the return on the federal investment. This figure reflects non-CNCS cash and in-kind resources that CNCS grantees and project sponsors have committed to raise to support their programming activities across the state.

Information on this page reflects active programs as of March 11, 2013 AmeriCorps in Arkansas

AMERICORPS TOTALS PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

CURRENT (as of March 11, 2013) 498 35 COMPLETED (within last 12 months) 217 17

Program/Project Name Number of Primary City Sponsor Organization Participants Program Type

Bluff City White Oak Lake State Park 9 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects White Oak Lake State Park - Arkansas State Parks Brinkley Rural Delta Renewing (Current) 2 AmeriCorps VISTA Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation Conway Big Brothers/Big Sisters (Current) 2 AmeriCorps VISTA Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Central Arkansas Conway Community Connections (Current) 4 AmeriCorps VISTA Pediatrics Plus Community Connections Conway Ready to Learn (Completed) 29 AmeriCorps State Formula United Way of Central Arkansas Eudora J. Austin White Cultural Center 20 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects J. Austin White Cultural Center, Inc. Fayetteville Apples in the Classroom (Current) 1 AmeriCorps VISTA Apple Seeds, Inc. Fayetteville Elevate (Completed) 8 AmeriCorps State Formula Prism Education Center Fayetteville Legal Aid of Arkansas (Current) 4 AmeriCorps National Equal Justice Works Fayetteville NCAT - Southeast (Current) 4 AmeriCorps National FoodCorps, Inc. Fayetteville NCAT Southeast Regional Office (Current) 28 AmeriCorps National National Center for Appropriate Technology Fayetteville Omni Center Capacity Building Project (Current) 1 AmeriCorps VISTA Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology Fort Smith WestArk RSVP Community Outreach Program (Current) 2 AmeriCorps VISTA Western Ark Counseling & Guidance Center Harrison North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education (Current) 11 AmeriCorps VISTA North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education Harrison SCA Arkansas (Completed) 11 AmeriCorps National Student Conservation Association, Inc. Jonesboro Justice for Arkansans (Current) 16 AmeriCorps State Formula Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc Jonesboro North Jonesboro Neighborhood Initiative (Current) 16 AmeriCorps State Formula City of Jonesboro Kirby Daisy State Park 20 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Arkansas State Parks - Daisy State Park Little Rock Alternative Classroom Experience/Summer Incentive Program (Current) 12 AmeriCorps State Competitive Kiwanis Activities, Inc. Little Rock Arkansas 4-H Afterschool (Current) 4 AmeriCorps VISTA The Board of Trustees UofA, acting for & behalf of UofA CES Little Rock Arkansas 4-H Center Programs 11 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Arkansas 4-H Programs Little Rock Arkansas Children's Hospital - AR HIPPY (Completed) 30 AmeriCorps State Competitive Arkansas Children's Hospital Little Rock Arkansas Childrens Hospital 11 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock Arkansas GardenCorps (Current) 8 AmeriCorps State Formula Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute Little Rock Arkansas Reads (Current) 38 AmeriCorps State Competitive Arkansas Literacy Councils, Inc. Little Rock Better Community Development (Current) 1 AmeriCorps VISTA Better Community Developmant Little Rock Building Nonprofit Capacity in Arkansas (Current) 3 AmeriCorps VISTA Arkansas Public Policy Panel

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AMERICORPS TOTALS PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

CURRENT (as of March 11, 2013) 498 35 COMPLETED (within last 12 months) 217 17

Program/Project Name Number of Primary City Sponsor Organization Participants Program Type

Little Rock City Year Little Rock - NATL (Current) 34 AmeriCorps National City Year, Inc. Little Rock Community Initiative of Arkansas (Current) 16 AmeriCorps State Formula DHS Division of Community Service and Nonprofit Support Little Rock Community Investment Initiative (Current) 1 AmeriCorps VISTA Arkansas Community Foundation Little Rock Educating, Equipping, and Empowering Homeless Families in AR (Current) 10 AmeriCorps VISTA Our House, Inc Little Rock Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center 21 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Ferncliff Presbyterian Camp Little Rock Green Jobs and Houses for Healthy Families (Current) 4 AmeriCorps VISTA Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Little Rock Next Move Corps (Current) 32 AmeriCorps State Formula UALR Children International Little Rock Programming & Capacity Building (Current) 1 AmeriCorps VISTA Arkansas Coalition for Excellence Marvell Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center (Completed) - AmeriCorps VISTA Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center Monticello AR Smart Start AmeriCorps Tutoring (Current) 73 AmeriCorps State Competitive Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative (SEARK) Monticello Arkansas AmeriCorps Future Teacher Initative (Current) 40 AmeriCorps State Competitive Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative (SEARK) Monticello Arkansas Coordinated School Health AmeriCorps Program (Current) 20 AmeriCorps State Formula Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative (SEARK) Mountain Pine Lake Ouachita State Park 10 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Arkansas State Parks - Lake Ouachita State Park North Little Rock The Stand Foundation (Current) 12 AmeriCorps VISTA The Stand Foundation Pine Bluff PBPD AmeriCorps 1st Program (Current) 10 AmeriCorps State Formula Pine Bluff Police Department Rogers AmeriCorps Family Outreach (Current) 44 AmeriCorps State Competitive Rogers Public School Rogers Hobbs State Park 12 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Hobbs State Park Rogers Hobbs State Park 10 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Hobbs State Park Springdale American Red Cross - Prevent, Prepare, Respond (Current) 12 AmeriCorps State Formula American Red Cross - Northwest Arkansas Chapter West Helena MDCC AmeriCorps Project (Current) 20 AmeriCorps State Formula Mid Delta Community Consortium West Helena Mid Delta Community Consortium ADRDN AmeriCorps Project (Completed) 25 AmeriCorps State Formula Mid Delta Community Consortium Wynne Community Outreach (Current) 2 AmeriCorps VISTA PIP CHED ROC, INC Notes: If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no members are shown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at the time of printing. The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. AmeriCorps members may be serving in other locations than the city listed.

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SENIOR CORPS TOTALS PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS

CURRENT (as of March 11, 2013) 4,785 19 COMPLETED (within last 12 months) 566 2

Program Name Number of Primary City Sponsor Organization Participants Program Type

Arkadelphia Southcentral Arkansas FGP (Current) 83 Foster Grandparent Program Ouachita Baptist University Augusta ARcare RSVP (Current) 204 RSVP ARcare Batesville Batesville FGP (Completed) 85 Foster Grandparent Program White River Area Agency on Aging Batesville Batesville FGP (Current) 85 Foster Grandparent Program White River Area Agency on Aging El Dorado El Dorado Connections (Current) 225 RSVP South Arkansas Regional Health Center Inc. Fort Smith WestArk RSVP (Current) 900 RSVP Western Ark Counseling & Guidance Center Gillham Western Arkansas FGP (Current) 118 Foster Grandparent Program Dequeen-Mena Educational Coop Harrison RSVP Boone/Marion Counties (Current) 50 RSVP Ozark Opportunities Inc. Hot Springs Garland County RSVP (Current) 563 RSVP Garland County Council on Aging Hot Springs Garland County SCP (Current) 84 Senior Companion Program Garland County Council on Aging Jonesboro East Arkansas Foster Grandparent Program (Current) 50 Foster Grandparent Program East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Jonesboro East Arkansas RSVP (Current) 300 RSVP East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Little Rock Dev Disabilities Svcs FGP (Current) 136 Foster Grandparent Program Arkansas Department of Human Services & Developmental Disabilities Monticello Southeast Arkansas FGP (Current) 127 Foster Grandparent Program Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative (SEARK) North Little Rock Central Arkansas SCP (Current) 45 Senior Companion Program Central Arkansas Area Agency Aging Pine Bluff Jefferson County AR RSVP (Current) 549 RSVP United Way of Southeast Arkansas Pine Bluff Jefferson County RSVP (Completed) 481 RSVP United Way of Southeast Arkansas Russellville SCP of Russellville (Current) 123 Senior Companion Program Area Agency on Aging of West Central Arkansas Springdale EOAWC RSVP of NW Arkansas (Current) 258 RSVP Economic Opportunity Agency Inc. Stuttgart Stuttgart North Arkansas County RSVP (Current) 375 RSVP Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce Wrightsville Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Central Arkansas (Current) 510 RSVP Future Builders Note: The city column refers to the location of sponsor organization. Volunteers may be serving in other locations than the city listed.

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