New Jersey 2006 - 2007 · New Jersey 2006 - 2007 Information on the 2006 - 2007 program year current as of February 2, 2007 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than

New Jersey 2006 - 2007

Information on the 2006 - 2007 program year current as of February 2, 2007

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 820 individuals the opportunity toprovide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and otherpressing needs in communities across New Jersey. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grantfunding goes to the Governor-appointed Meadowlannds Conservation Trust, which in turn awards grantsto nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributedby the Corporation directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grantsprocess. Other individuals will serve through AmeriCorps*VISTA, whose members help bringindividuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improve health services,create businesses and increase housing opportunities, and AmeriCorps*NCCC (National CivilianCommunity Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between the ages of18 and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award of up to$4,725 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than8,400 New Jersey residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than$29,200,000.

Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges,and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 12,000 New Jersey students in communityservice linked to academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, calledservice learning, improves communities while preparing young people for a lifetime of responsiblecitizenship. In addition to providing grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a resource on serviceand service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in New Jersey. More than 21,000 people of all ages and backgrounds arehelping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 84 national service projectsacross New Jersey. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, thesecitizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, conduct neighborhood patrols, restorethe environment, respond to disasters, build nonprofit capacity and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, theCorporation for National and Community Service will commit more than $14,200,000 to support New Jerseycommunities through three national service initiatives:

Senior Corps: More than 8,200 seniors in New Jersey contribute their time and talents in one ofthree Senior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 1,600 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 1,100 homeboundseniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. Retired and Senior VolunteerProgram (RSVP) volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate inenvironmental projects, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other servicesthrough more than 890 groups across New Jersey.

Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service is working to build aculture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. To learn more about the Corporation or any of its programs,visit www.nationalservice.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 202-565-2799.

New Jersey At a Glance


60 826 $5,740,715

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)AmeriCorps*State (Formula)AmeriCorps*NationalAmeriCorps*VistaAmeriCorps*NCCCEducation Awards Program (National)

AmeriCorps1

161214

215

Program Sites

115 392 216 51

N/A 52

Participants $186,026 $2,887,479 $1,898,265 $758,745

N/A $10,200

ProgramFunding

AmeriCorps Total

22 8,224 $4,179,474

Foster Grandparent ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program

Senior Corps 4

15 3

Projects

698 7,231 295

$2,033,181 $1,468,397 $677,896

ProgramFunding

This figure represents the maximum potential value of AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps membersserving in New Jersey. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to pay backstudent loans. The education award total is included in total Corporation funding.

New Jersey is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Branchville and Elizabeth.

1

1

2

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2006 - 2007 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTAand the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.

Participants

2 12,012 $907,868

K-12 School-BasedHigher Education

Learn and Serve America 1 1

Grantees 11,351 661

Participants

$535,366 $372,502

ProgramFunding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 84 21,062 $11,361,166

17 1

18

$543,375 $1,084,860 $855,343 $240,975

N/A $120,488 $2,845,041

3

2Education

Award

3

Disability OutreachProgram Development & Technical AssistanceState Commission Administration

Administrative Funds $41,720

$142,000 $349,389

N/A $533,109

ProgramFunding

$2,845,041

Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $14,206,207

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees

Senior Corps in New Jersey


Atlantic

Atlantic

Bridgeton

Camden

Camden

Cape May Courthouse

Dover

Elizabeth

Ewing

FAIRFIELD

Green Brook

Green Brook

Hackensack

Long Branch

New Brunswick

Newark

Newark

Primary City

Atlantic Human Resources, Inc. FosterGrandparent Program

Retired Senior Volunteer Program

Cumberland County RSVP

Lourdes Senior Companion Program

Our Lady of Lourdes FGP

RSVP of Cape May County

RSVP of Morris, Sussex & Warren

RSVP of Union County

RSVP of Mercer County

RSVP OF PASSAIC, ESSEX, HUDSONCOUNTIES

New Jersey FGP (Statewide)

New Jersey SCP (Statewide)

RSVP of Bergen County

Monmouth County RSVP

Middlesex County RSVP

The Salvation Army Foster Grandparent Program

The Salvation Army Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program


RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP



RSVP

RSVP

RSVP



Program TypeNumber of Participants

225

305

383

115

105

425

900

400

360

1,014

298

70

300

600

529

70

110

Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)

Atlantic Human Resources, Inc

Atlantic Human Resources, Inc

Cumberland Co Chosen Freeholders

Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation

Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation

Cape May Bd of Chosen Freeholder

Northwest Nj Community Action Prgm

Community Access Unlimited

CONTACT of Mercer County, NJ, Inc.

American Red Cross of Metro Nj

Nj Dept of Human Services

Nj Dept of Human Services

Volunteer Center of Bergen County, Inc.

Family And Childrens Service

Salvation Army-Middlesex-New Brunswick

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army

Senior Corps in New Jersey


Pemberton

Pennsauken

Sewell

Somerville

Toms River

Primary City

Burlington County RSVP

RSVP of Camden County

Senior Corps/RSVP of Gloucester County

RSVP of Somerset County

RSVP of Ocean County

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Program TypeNumber of Participants

365

267

420

549

414

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 8,224

Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)

Burlington County College

Comm Planning And Advocacy Council

Gloucester County College

Somerset Co Bd Chosen Freeholders

Ocean County Bd of Social Services

AmeriCorps in New Jersey


Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of NJ

Citizen Schools Inc, - NJ

Boat People S.O.S., Camden, NJ

Boys and Girls Club of America

Center for Family Services, Inc.

Community Planning & Advocacy Council



Union County College


Jefferson Park Ministries

The College of New Jersey


Bridgeway Community CRC


International Institute of New Jersey

New Jersey City University

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Cultural Center

Citizen Schools-NJ

CLASS Navigators- NJ

Boys & Girls Club of Camden County

Center for Family Services

Mid-Atlantic Environmental Health Corps


Boys & Girls Club of Clifton, Inc.

Bridging the Digital Divide

Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County

Elizabeth Unit at Fred Erxleben Center

JPM Haitian Youth Advancement and CommunityOutreach

AmeriCorps Bonner Leaders Program

Boys & Girls Club of Garfield, Inc.

Asset-Based Community Development

Allies Inc.

Boys & Girls Club of Hawthorne, Inc.

Bringing New Jersey Together

AMERICORPS- NJCU

Program Name

2

4

1

4

3

1

1

4

30

12

4

14

75

4

1

1

4

25

38

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA


AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State


AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State


AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA


AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

Program Type

Bridgeton

Brunswick

Camden

Camden

Camden

Camden

Cherry Hill

Clifton

Cranford

Edison

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Ewing

Garfield

Haledon

Hamilton

Hawthorne

Jersey City

Jersey City

Primary City



Education Works

Education Works

Education Works

EducationWorks

Bethel Development Corporation

Department of Law & Public Safety/Juvenile JusticeCommission

Greater Brunswick Charter School

Public Interest Research Foundation of New Jersey


Gateway Maternal & Child Health Consortium

Greater Newark/Jersey City LISC

Leaguers Pre-School Learning Academy

National Association of Service & ConservationCorps

Newark Emergency Services For Families,Inc.

Teach for America New Jersey

United Way of Essex and West Hudson


EducationWorks, Inc.

National School and Community Corps

National School and Community Corps - NJ

National School and Community Corps-Philadelphia

HomeFront

Program Director

JJC AmeriCorps Junior Mentor Program

GBCS Volunteer Project

New Jersey Community Water Watch

The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club/& CitizensClub of Newark

CLEARCorps/Newark

Greater Newark/Jersey City LISC AmeriCorps

Leaguers AmeriCorps

Kids Corporation

PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY

Growing and Leveraging Teach For America NewJersey's Impact

Family Village Project

Program Name

2

16

50

135

8

2

16

2

21

4

3

7

14

1

6

115

15

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State


AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State


AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

Program Type

Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville

Millville

New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick

Newark

Newark

Newark

Newark

Newark

Newark

Newark

Newark

Primary City



Youth Consultation Service Inc

New Jersey After 3, Inc.

New Jersey Community Development Corporation

St. Paul's Community Development Corp.

St. Paul's Community Development Corp.


National Association of Service & ConservationCorps

Northwest Nj Community Action Prgm


Independent Transporation Network


Bonner Leaders Program - National

Pass It Along


NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection

NJ Office of the Public Defender


Mentoring Children of Prisoners ACF Grant

New Jersey Afterschool Service Learning

Community Leaders Program

St. Paul's CDC AmeriCorps Program

St.Paul's CDC AmeriCorps*VISTA Program


Work Group

NORWESCAP Community Building

Plainfield Club - North Avenue Clubhouse

Independent Transportation Network

Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County - Roselle ParkClub

Middlesex County College

Citizen Action AmeriCorps--Pass It Along

Boys & Girls Club of Trenton/Mercer County, Inc.

NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program

Public Defender Community Assistance Program(CAP)

NJ State Parole Board

Program Name

2

35

20

33

5

3

1

1

4

1

4

4

8

4

20

8

14

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA


AmeriCorps*VISTA


AmeriCorps*VISTA



AmeriCorps*National


AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Newark

Paterson

Paterson

Paterson

Paterson

Pennsauken

Pennsauken

Phillipsburg

Plainfield

Princeton

Roselle Park

South Plainfield

Sparta

Trenton

Trenton

Trenton

Trenton

Primary City



826Total Number of AmeriCorps Members




Union Club

Free Teens USA, Inc.

Boys & Girls Club Teen Center

Program Name

4

4

4

# ofMembers


AmeriCorps*VISTA


Program Type

Union

Westwood

Willingboro

Primary City

Notes: If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no membersare shown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at the time of printing.

Learn and Serve America in New Jersey


Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type

Bloomfield

Bloomfield

Cranford

Edison

Ewing

Flemington

Flemington

Flemington

Haddon Heights

Hoboken

Hoboken

Linden

Lumberton

Milford

Ocean City

Princeton

Princeton

Sewell

Somerville

Trenton

Bloomfield High School

Bloomfield Public School District

Cranford Public Schools

Middlesex County College

Ewing Township School District

Hunterdon Central Regional High School District

Hunterdon County PolyTech Career Academy

Hunterdon County Vocational School District

Haddon Heights School District

Hoboken Charter School

Hoboken School District

Linden Public Schools

Lumberton Middle School

Holland Township School District

Ocean City Public School

Princeton Regional School District

Princeton Regional Schools

Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District

Raritan Valley Community College

New Jersey Department of Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

Notes:

750

1,500

320

161

2,695

325

30

100

681

250

145

161

340

431

70

3,227

300

26

500

12,012Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants

If no participants are shown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at thetime of printing, or the organization listed is the primary grantee and the participants are listed by its subgrantees.

Presidential Freedom Scholarships: Two students from the junior or senior class in each high school in the United States may receive a $1000 college scholarship for outstanding leadership in service to community. This is a matching scholarship: $500 is provided by a local organization such as the PTA or Kiwanis and $500 is provided by Learn and Serve America. Since 2000, more than 582 New Jersey students have received thesescholarships.

ContactsNew Jersey

New Jersey State Office44 South Clinton AveSuite 312Trenton, NJ 08609-1241

(609) 989-0474

Northeast Region - Perry Point MDP.O. Box 27Perry Point, MD 21902-0027

410-642-2411 410-642-1888

Linda V. Rivera

225 West State Street, 5th FloorP.O. Box 459Trenton, NJ 08625-0459

609-292-1834 [email protected]

CNCS Headquarters1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 [email protected]

225 West State Street, 5th FloorP.O. Box 459Trenton, NJ 08625-0459

(609) 633-9629 (609) 777-2939 [email protected]

Rowena Madden

Elson Nash

Gloria Sokolowski

LaQuine Roberson

NJ Learn and Serve America

New Jersey Commission on National Community Service

For more information about AmeriCorps and Community-based Learn and Serve programs, contact:

For more information about AmeriCorps*VISTA and Senior Corps programs, contact:

For more information about Learn and Serve America Higher Education programs, contact:

For more information about AmeriCorps*NCCC efforts, contact the regional campus:

For more information about Learn and Serve America School Based K-12 programs,contact:

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