Organization: CAMPUS COMPACT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE
Mission: THE MISSION OF CAMPUS COMPACT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS TO BE A CATALYST TO INTEGRATE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC AND STUDENT LIFE GOALS OF ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS.
Activities: GEAR UP - GEAR UP, GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS, IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS WHO ARE PREPARED TO ENTER AND SUCCEED IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. CCNH SUPERVISES STAFF AND PROGRAMS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE'S UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS TO ACCESS HIGHER EDUCATION, CREATE PATHWAYS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE'S UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS TO INCREASE RETENTION AND EASE TRANSITIONS FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION SO THAT EVERY STUDENT EMBRACES THE IDEA THAT COLLEGE IS POSSIBLE.
AMERICORPS VISTA - RECRUITED 27 MEMBERS TO BE PLACED ON CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT NOTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THESE MEMBERS WORKED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND INCREASED PARTNERSHIPS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN POVERTY.
AMERICORPS SUCCESS CORPS - 85 AMERICORPS MEMBERS WERE PLACED WITH WEDICO CHILDERN'S SERVICES IN WINDSOR, NH. THESE MEMBERS PROVIDED ONGOING SUPPORT TO AT RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. 25 MEMBERS WERE PLACED AT BREAKTHROUGH IN MANCHESTER, NH TO SUPPORT COLLEGE-GOING ACTIVITIES.
NTEE category: Education
Secondary category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building