National Service in Maryland Year in Review MEETING NEEDS IN MARYLAND Last year more than 5,100 Americans of all ages and backgrounds met local needs, strengthened communities, and expanded economic opportunity through national service in Maryland. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) invested more than $16.3 million in federal funding to support cost-effective community solutions, working hand in hand with local partners to empower citizens to solve problems. AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers are preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s jobs, reducing crime and reviving cities, connecting veterans to services, fighting the opioid epidemic, helping seniors live independently, and rebuilding communities after disasters. National service participants served at more than 700 locations across Maryland, including schools, food banks, homeless shelters, health clinics, youth centers, veterans' facilities, and other nonprofit and faith-based organizations. Through a unique public- private partnership, CNCS, its grantees, and project sponsors generated more than $17.2 million in outside resources from businesses, foundations, public agencies, and other sources in Maryland in the last year. This local support strengthened community impact and increased the return on taxpayer dollars. AMERICORPS SENIOR CORPS Last year, more than 1,300 AmeriCorps members Senior Corps taps the skills, talents, and experience of met pressing local needs across Maryland, Americans age 55 and over to meet a wide range of making a lasting impact in communities while community challenges. Last year, more than 3,800 gaining valuable skills and experience to Maryland seniors met critical community needs while advance their careers. AmeriCorps members contributing to their own health and well-being serve in one of three programs: through one of three Senior Corps programs: AmeriCorps State & National engages men and women in intensive service at thousands of locations across the Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and country through nonprofits, schools, public agencies, mentors to young people with exceptional needs. tribes, and community and faith-based groups. Most Senior Companions help seniors and other adults AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Maryland maintain independence in their own homes. Governor's Office on Service & Volunteerism, the Governor-appointed State Service Commission, which in turn awards grants to organizations to respond to local RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols, renovate homes, needs. protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) to natural disasters, and provide other services. taps the skills, talents, and passion of Americans of all Last year, Foster Grandparents tutored and mentored 2,600 ages to support community efforts to overcome poverty. young people, Senior Companions helped 190 seniors live AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) independently, and RSVP volunteers strengthened the impact of is a full-time, team-based residential program for 18-24 190 organizations across Maryland. year-olds. Members develop leadership skills by contributing to public safety, environment, and disaster projects. FEMA Corps, a unit of NCCC, focuses solely on LEARN MORE disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. To see other reports about national service in Maryland, please In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn a contact [email protected]. The Corporation for National and Community Segal AmeriCorps Education Award that can be used to pay for Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens trade school, college, or graduate school; or to pay back communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 29,000 volunteering. To learn more about the Corporation for National and Maryland residents have served approximately 41 million Community Service, visit NationalService.gov or call 202-606-5000 hours and earned education awards totaling more than $99.4 or TTY 1-800-833-3722. million. Information reflects national service activity between January 7, 2019 and January 6, 2020 Maryland | Year in Review At a Glance Report AmeriCorps Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Scholarships Federal Funding AmeriCorps Affiliate 2 48 109 $645,070 - AmeriCorps National 34 112 338 $1,255,327 $1,589,386 AmeriCorps NCCC 1 1 5 - - AmeriCorps State 21 243 790 $3,179,236 $4,270,516 AmeriCorps VISTA 10 44 103 $478,813 $1,306,773 AMERICORPS TOTAL 68 448 1,345 $5,558,446 $7,166,674 Senior Corps Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Scholarships Federal Funding Foster Grandparent Program 4 64 246 - $1,150,511 RSVP 10 194 3,358 - $832,624 Senior Companion Program 2 25 112 - $592,435 Senior Demonstration Program 1 27 116 - - SENIOR CORPS TOTAL 17 310 3,832 - $2,575,570 Other Funding Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Scholarships Federal Funding AmeriCorps National Planning Grant 1 - - - $74,704 Martin Luther King Day 1 - - - $50,000 State Commission Investment Funds 2 - - - $500,208 State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $350,982 Training and Technical Assistance 3 - - - $85,118 OTHER FUNDING TOTAL 8 - - - $1,061,012 PROGRAM TOTALS 93 758 5,177 $5,558,446 $10,803,257 TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (including Education Scholarships) $16,361,703 TOTAL LOCAL PROJECT SUPPORT (Non-CNCS Resources) $17,256,917 TOTAL CNCS FUNDING + TOTAL LOCAL PROJECT SUPPORT $33,618,620 National service programs continue to improve lives and communities in {[Srv Place Name City Overview]}, Maryland, with 1,048 AmeriCorpsNational service members programs and 4,037continue Senior to improve Corps volunteers lives and currentlycommunities serving. in Maryland, with 1,048 AmeriCorps member and 4,037 Senior Corps volunteers currently serving. Since 1994, more than 29,000 Maryland residents have served approximately 41 million hours through AmeriCorps, earning Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $99.4 million. Notes: With the exception of the Current Participants column, all data shown represents national service activity completed between January 7, 2019 and January 6, 2020. 1. Projects may be headquartered in other states. 2. The service location total may contain multiple counts of unique locations where multiple CNCS programs operated. 3. Completed participants reflects all AmeriCorps members who completed service in Maryland between January 7, 2019 and January 6, 2020. For Senior Corps, this reflects all volunteers funded by grants completed during that same period. 4. The Education Scholarships figures represent the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that could be earned by AmeriCorps members who completed service in Maryland. 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 Maryland. 7. Total local project support reflects non-CNCS cash and in-kind resources that CNCS grantees committed to raise in support of their completed grants. As part of its public-private partnership approach, CNCS grantees leverage additional resources to strengthen community impact and increase the return on the federal investment. 8. Funding for the Social Innovation Fund was eliminated in FY 2017; projects shown operated under previously awarded grants. Information reflects national service activities completed between January 7, 2019 and January 6, 2020. Maryland | Year in Review Project Report AmeriCorps City Project Name Program Type Service Completed Education Federal Current Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Scholarships Funding Participants Annapolis Maryland Conservation Corps AmeriCorps State 7 35 $207,200 $325,463 35 Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Conservation Corps Arbutus HabiCorps AmeriCorps State 1 14 $83,475 $208,118 11 Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Ballenger R03-3488-MD-ANY-XXX, LOG Maryland (December 13 - AmeriCorps NCCC 1 5 - - - Creek January 18, 2019) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Distribution Center - Frederick, MD Ballenger TIP - Conservation Legacy AmeriCorps National 1 1 $2,960 $7,466 - Creek The Corps Network Baltimore AARP Foundation Experience Corps DC AmeriCorps State 14 37 $57,947 $121,639 - AARP Foundation Baltimore Affordable Housing Preservation Project AmeriCorps VISTA 1 2 $11,840 $32,250 - Equal Justice Works Baltimore AIM for Excellence AmeriCorps State 9 46 $94,689 $193,099 - Civic Works, Incorporated Baltimore Baltimore - Urban Teachers AmeriCorps Affiliate 46 107 $633,440 - - Urban Teacher Center dba Urban Teachers Baltimore Baltimore City DPW AmeriCorps/VISTA Program AmeriCorps VISTA - - - - 4 Baltimore City Department of Public Works Baltimore Baltimore City Teacher Residency AmeriCorps National 1 46 $272,495 $22,500 34 The New Teacher Project Baltimore Baltimore Collegiate Teaching Fellows, an AmeriCorps AmeriCorps National 1 6 $32,030 $51,119 11 Program