New Jersey 2007 - 2008
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 750 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 than9,600 New Jersey residents have qualified for Segal Americorps Education Awards totaling more than$32,800,000.
Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges,and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 16,000 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 25,000 people of all ages and backgrounds arehelping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 87 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 $13,000,000 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 1,400 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
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
67 759 $4,915,023
AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)AmeriCorps*State (Formula)AmeriCorps*NationalAmeriCorps*VISTAAmeriCorps*NCCCEducation Awards Program (National)
AmeriCorps2
141117
320
Program Sites
125 345 122 89
N/A 78
Participants $514,501 $2,457,051 $569,105 $1,371,006
N/A $3,360
ProgramFunding
AmeriCorps Total
23 8,265 $4,313,222
Foster Grandparent ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program
Senior Corps 5
15 3
Projects
741 7,229 295
$2,221,481 $1,413,845 $677,896
ProgramFunding
This figure represents the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorpsmembers serving in New Jersey. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or topay back student 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, Fairfield and Hardwick.
1
1
2
This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2007 - 2008 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTAand the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.
Participants
2 16,100 $928,503
K-12 School-BasedK-12 Community-BasedHigher Education
Learn and Serve America 1
1
Grantees 13,966 837 1,297
Participants
$483,503N/A
$445,000
ProgramFunding
Learn and Serve America Total
Program Totals 92 25,124 $10,683,300
27 2 4
33
$590,625 $928,935 $365,361 $420,525
N/A $39,690
$2,345,136
3
2Education
Award
3
Disability OutreachProgram Development & Technical AssistanceState Commission Administration
Administrative Funds $41,711
$136,500 $348,341
N/A $526,552
ProgramFunding
$2,345,136
Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $13,028,436
Senior Corps Total
Administrative Funds Total
Subgrantees
Senior Corps in New Jersey
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
Atlantic
Atlantic
Bridgeton
Camden
Camden
Cape May Courthouse
Denville
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Ewing
Fairfield
Green Brook
Green Brook
Hackensack
Long Branch
New Brunswick
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, Hunterdon &Passaic County
Foster Grandparent Program of CommunityAccess Unlimited
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
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
RSVP
Senior Companion Program
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
RSVP
RSVP
RSVP
Foster Grandparent Program
Senior Companion Program
RSVP
RSVP
RSVP
Program TypeNumber of Participants
225
380
383
115
105
425
966
43
461
360
1,014
298
70
300
600
524
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
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
Senior Corps in New Jersey
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
Newark
Newark
Pemberton
Pennsauken
Sewell
Somerville
Toms River
Primary City
The Salvation Army Foster Grandparent Program
The Salvation Army Senior Companion Program
Burlington County RSVP
RSVP of Camden County
Senior Corps/RSVP of Gloucester County
RSVP of Somerset County
RSVP of Ocean County
Foster Grandparent Program
Senior Companion Program
RSVP
RSVP
RSVP
RSVP
RSVP
Program TypeNumber of Participants
70
110
365
267
420
350
414
Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 8,265
Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army
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
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of NJ
Boat People S.O.S., Camden, NJ
Boys & Girls Club
Community Planning & Advocacy Council
Boys & Girls Club
Boys & Girls Club
Union County College
US Foundation for the Inspiration and Recognitionof Science and Technology
The College of New Jersey
Community Food Bank of Southern NJ
Boys & Girls Club
Jefferson Park Ministries
The College of New Jersey
Student Conservation Association
Boys & Girls Club
Sponsor Organization (if different)
Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Cultural Center
Citizen Schools Inc. - NJ
CLASS Navigators- NJ
Boys & Girls Club of Camden County
Mid-Atlantic Environmental Health Corps
Boys & Girls Club of Clifton, Inc.
Earle NJ Navy Youth Center
Bridging the Digital Divide
FIRST AmeriCorps VISTA Program
Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County
Middlesex County College
Community Food Bank NJ
Elizabeth Unit at Fred Erxleben Center
JPM Haitian Youth Advancement and CommunityOutreach
AmeriCorps Bonner Leader Program
The College of New Jersey
Free Teens USA, Inc.
Gateway National Recreation Area
Boys & Girls Club of Garfield, Inc.
Program Name
3
26
1
12
1
1
1
30
1
15
1
2
1
14
75
N/A
3
1
2
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*National
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*National
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Program Type
Bridgeton
Brunswick
Camden
Camden
Camden
Clifton
Colts Neck
Cranford
East Windsor
Edison
Edison
Egg Harbor Township
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Ewing
Ewing
Fair Lawn
Ft. Hancock
Garfield
Primary City
AmeriCorps in New Jersey
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
Bridgeway Community CRC
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
International Institute of New Jersey
New Jersey City University
Education Works
Education Works
Education Works
The College of New Jersey
Student Conservation Association
Department of Law & Public Safety/Juvenile JusticeCommission
New Jersey After 3, Inc.
Public Interest Research Foundation of New Jersey
Boys & Girls Club
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Jersey Cares - Newark
National Association of Service & ConservationCorps
Sponsor Organization (if different)
Asset-Based Community Development
Allies Inc.
BGC of Hawthorne
Bringing New Jersey Together
AMERICORPS- NJCU
EducationWorks, Inc.
National School and Community Corps
National School and Community Corps - NJ
HomeFront
Rider University
Morristown National Historical Park
JJC AmeriCorps Junior Mentor Program
New Jersey Afterschool Service Learning
New Jersey Community Water Watch
The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club/& CitizensClub of Newark
Ironbound BGC
Citizen Action AmeriCorps - Jersey Cares
Kids Corporation
Program Name
1
2
N/A
25
38
5
11
50
11
2
1
16
26
21
7
N/A
2
14
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*National
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*National
Education Awards Program
Program Type
Haledon
Hamilton
Hawthorne
Jersey City
Jersey City
Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville
Morristown
New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick
Newark
Newark
Newark
Newark
Primary City
AmeriCorps in New Jersey
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
Newark Emergency Services For Families, Inc.
Teach for America New Jersey
The LEAGUE Powered by Learning to Give
United Way of Essex and West Hudson
YouthBuild Newark, Inc.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
New Jersey Community Development Corporation
St. Paul's Community Development Corp.
St. Paul's Community Development Corp.
Community Planning & Advocacy Council
National Association of Service & ConservationCorps
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Northwest NJ Community Action Program
Northwest NJ Community Action Program
Boys & Girls Club
Institute for Global Education and Service learning
Boys & Girls Club
Sponsor Organization (if different)
Pathway Out of Poverty/FamilySuccess/Prisoner Reentry
Growing and Leveraging Teach For America NewJersey's Impact
Newark VISTA
Family Village Project
YouthBuild Newark, NJ
BGC of Paterson
Community Leaders Program
St. Paul's CDC AmeriCorps Program
St.Paul's CDC AmeriCorps*VISTA Program
Mid-Atlantic Environmental Health Corps
Work Group DOL
BGC of Morris County
NORWESCAP Community Building
NORWESCAP Community Building
Plainfield Club - North Avenue Clubhouse
Youth Organized for Disaster Action
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County - Roselle ParkClub
Program Name
14
105
3
15
30
N/A
20
31
3
17
8
N/A
5
1
1
1
2
# ofMembers
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*National
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Program Type
Newark
Newark
Newark
Newark
Newark
Paterson
Paterson
Paterson
Paterson
Pennsauken
Pennsauken
Pequannock
Phillipsburg
Phillisburg
Plainfield
Plainfield
Roselle Park
Primary City
AmeriCorps in New Jersey
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
759Total Number of AmeriCorps Members
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
Pass It Along
Boys & Girls Club
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
NJ Office of the Public Defender
New Jersey Commission on National CommunityService
Boys & Girls Club
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
Boys & Girls Club
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Boys & Girls Club
Sponsor Organization (if different)
EPICS
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
VISTA And Volunteerisn: A New JerseyPartnership
Union Club
Passionist Volunteers
Carl Arthur Recreation Center
BGC of Vineland
Free Teens USA, Inc.
Boys & Girls Club Teen Center
Program Name
1
10
9
20
8
12
6
6
1
3
N/A
1
4
# ofMembers
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*National
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*State
AmeriCorps*VISTA
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
Education Awards Program
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Education Awards Program
Program Type
South Orange
Sparta
Trenton
Trenton
Trenton
Trenton
Trenton
Union
Union City
Vineland
Vineland
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
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type
Bloomfield
Bridgeton
Camden
Camden
Colts Neck
Cranford
Cranford
Edison
Egg Harbor Township
Ewing
Flemington
Flemington
Franklinville
Haddon Heights
Hoboken
Hoboken
Lawrenceville
Lumberton
Mays Landing
Milford
New Brunswick
Ocean City
Paterson
Piscataway
Princeton
Princeton
Princeton
Roselle
Saddle Brook
Sewell
Sewell
Somerville
Stewartsville
Trenton
West Atlantic City
Bloomfield Public School District
Cumberland County Technical Education Center
DUE Season Charter School
Freedom Academy Charter School
Colts Neck Township Schools
Cranford Public School District
Cranford Senior High School
Democracy House/Middlesex County College
Egg Harbor Township School District
Ewing Township School District
Hunterdon Central Regional High School District
Hunterdon County Vocational School District
Delsea Regional School
Haddon Heights School District
Hoboken Charter School
Hoboken High School
EducationWorks
Lumberton Township School District
Atlantic County Institute of Technology
Holland Township School District
New Jersey After 3
Ocean City High School
Paterson Public Schools
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Princeton Regional School District
Princeton University
Princeton University
Roselle Public Schools
Saddle Brook Public Schools
Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District
Gloucester Institute of Technology
Raritan Valley Community College
Greenwich Township School District
New Jersey Learn and Serve America N/A
Egg Harbor Township
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
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 Community-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 Community-Based
K-12 School-Based
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
Higher Education
Higher Education
K-12 School-Based
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
924
271
75
80
550
1,700
2,325
161
140
2,776
500
292
262
313
183
50
311
270
20
171
526
75
N/A
141
2,145
172
N/A
141
270
135
135
823
23
140
Learn and Serve America in New Jersey
Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008
Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type
Notes:
16,100Total 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.
ContactsNew Jersey
New Jersey State Office44 South Clinton AveSuite 312Trenton, NJ 08609
(609) 989-2245 Fax: (609) 989-2304
Eastern Region - Perry Point MDP.O. Box 27Perry Point, MD 21902-0027
410-642-2411 410-642-1888
Linda V. Rivera
225 West State Street, 4th FloorP.O. Box 459Trenton, NJ 08625-0459
(609) 292-1834 (609) 777-2939 [email protected]
CNCS Headquarters1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314Washington, DC 20005-3917
202-606-6834 [email protected]
225 West State Street, 4th 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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For further information, please visit www.nationalservice.gov