National Service in New York MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN NEW YORK Senior Corps: More than 24,000 seniors in New York More than 31,000 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 New York. Serving at more mentors to more than 6,700 young people who have special than 4,000 locations throughout the state, these citizens tutor and needs. Senior Companions help more than 2,400 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) 2,100 groups across New York. will commit more than $79,460,000 to support New York 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, Social Innovation Fund: The Social Innovation Fund transforms youth centers, veterans service facilities, and other nonprofit and lives and communities using limited federal investment as a faith-based organizations at a time of growing demand for services. catalyst to grow the impact of nonprofits with evidence of strong Through a unique public-private partnership, this federal investment results. It harnesses the expertise of grantmaking intermediaries will leverage an additional $58,910,000 in other resources to to identify, evaluate and expand effective nonprofits and strengthen community impact, build local support, and increase return engages funding partners to contribute nearly three dollars to on taxpayer dollars. every one federal dollar invested. As the Social Innovation Fund network grows programs that work in New York, more people are able to overcome their most pressing challenges in the areas of economic opportunity, health, and youth development. The Social Innovation Fund is investing $7,870,000 in expanding the impact of 18 nonprofits in New York, selected and supported by 5 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 7,200 intermediaries. individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other pressing needs in communities across New York. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the New York State Commission on National & 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 CNCS directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals serve through The Corporation for National and Community Service is a AmeriCorps VISTA, whose members help bring individuals and federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, and fosters civic engagement through service and improve health services, create businesses, and increase housing volunteering. CNCS annually engages more than five million opportunities, and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Americans in service to meet local needs through Senior Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women Corps, AmeriCorps, and national days of service; improves between the ages of 18 and 24. In exchange for their service, communities through the Social Innovation Fund, and leads AmeriCorps members earn an education award that can be used to President Obama's national call to service initiative, United pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, We Serve. To learn more visit NationalService.gov or Serve.gov more than 68,000 New York residents have served more than 110 or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722. million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $235,600,000. Information on this page reflects active programs as of March 11, 2013 New York At a Glance AmeriCorps Projects Service Locations Participants 1 Education Scholarships 2 Program Funding AmeriCorps National 72 661 3,846 $16,431,906 $6,305,760 3 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects 32 31 271 - - 4 AmeriCorps State - 1 - - - AmeriCorps State Competitive 18 265 1,506 $5,387,332 $11,654,482 AmeriCorps State Formula 28 296 1,388 $4,051,808 $8,866,845 AmeriCorps VISTA 34 87 245 $1,359,750 $3,897,705 AMERICORPS TOTAL 184 1,341 7,256 $27,230,796 $30,724,792 Senior Corps Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding Foster Grandparent Program 15 423 2,289 - $7,325,746 RSVP 37 2,150 20,903 - $2,808,849 Senior Companion Program 7 114 1,316 - $2,335,462 Senior Demonstration Program 1 - 189 - - SENIOR CORPS TOTAL 60 2,687 24,697 - $12,470,057 Social Innovation Fund Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding Intermediary Grantmakers 5 - - - - Nonprofit Subgrantees 18 - - - $7,872,770 SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND TOTAL 23 - - - $7,872,770 Other Funding Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding Disability Outreach 1 - - - $139,619 September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance 2 - - - $100,000 State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $420,332 Volunteer Generation Fund 1 - - - $510,000 OTHER FUNDING TOTAL 5 - - - $1,169,951 PROGRAM TOTALS 272 4,028 31,953 $27,230,796 $52,237,570 TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $79,468,366 TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT (Non-CNCS Resources) $58,911,196 5 TOTAL CNCS FUNDING + TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT $138,379,563 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 New York. 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 New York is served by the AmeriCorps NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. In the past year, AmeriCorps NCCC teams have served on projects in Albany, Forest Hills, New Lebanon, Garden City, Schoharie, Woodbury, Newburgh, New York, Brooklyn, Newcomb, Angola. 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 New York AMERICORPS TOTALS PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS CURRENT (as of March 11, 2013) 7,256 183 COMPLETED (within last 12 months) 1,280 103 Program/Project Name Number of Primary City Sponsor Organization Participants Program Type Albany Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission - Fire Mitigation 11 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Albany American Red Cross NPRC - New York Region (Current) 10 AmeriCorps National American National Red Cross Albany New York State Emergency Preparedness Project (Completed) - AmeriCorps VISTA American Red Cross of Greater New York Albany Northern NY Long Term Recovery - Multi-county recovery activities 9 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County Albany Supporting Shelter Operations in Response Hurricane Sandy 20 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects American Red Cross- Capital River Chapter Albany YouthBuild Albany, NY (Current) 64 AmeriCorps National City of Albany - Department of Youth and Workforce Services Angola Cradle Beach Camp 8 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects Cradle Beach Camp Astoria Good Shepherds Volunteer Program (Current) 38 AmeriCorps National Catholic Volunteer Network Batavia Genesee County AmeriCorps (Current) 45 AmeriCorps State Formula Genesee County Youth Bureau Bath AmeriCorps Kids First Initiative (Current) 27 AmeriCorps State Formula The Institute for Human Services, Inc.