Information on this page reflects active programs as of March 12, 2015

National Service in Connecticut

More than 3,500 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to

meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic

engagement through national service in Connecticut. Serving at more

than 520 locations throughout the state, these citizens tutor and

mentor children, support veterans and military families, provide health

services, restore the environment, respond to disasters, increase

economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers.

MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN CONNECTICUT Senior Corps:

contribute their time and talents in one of three Senior Corps

programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and

mentors to more than 1,300 young people who have special

needs. Senior Companions help more than 230 homebound

seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own

homes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols, renovate homes,

protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to

natural disasters, and provide other services through more than

160 groups across Connecticut.

individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service

to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other

pressing needs in communities across Connecticut. Most AmeriCorps

grant funding goes to the Connecticut Commission on 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

AmeriCorps VISTA, whose members help bring individuals 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 Civilian Community

Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women

between the ages of 18 and 24. In exchange for their service,

AmeriCorps members earn an education award that can be used to

pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994,

more than 12,000 Connecticut residents have served more than 17

million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education

Awards totaling more than $38,980,000.

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 750

More than 2,700 seniors in Connecticut

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a

federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities,

and fosters civic engagement through service and

volunteering. CNCS annually engages more than five million

Americans in service to meet local needs through Senior

Corps, AmeriCorps, and national days of service; improves

communities through the Social Innovation Fund, and leads

President Obama's national call to service initiative, United

We Serve. To learn more visit NationalService.gov or Serve.gov

or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722.

Social Innovation Fund: The Social Innovation Fund transforms

This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)

will commit more than $10,720,000 to support Connecticut

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, youth centers, veterans service facilities, and other nonprofit

and faith-based organizations at a time of growing demand for

services. Through a unique public-private partnership, this federal

investment will leverage an additional $3,120,000 in other resources

to strengthen community impact, build local support, and increase

return on taxpayer dollars.

lives and communities using limited federal investment as a

catalyst to grow the impact of nonprofits with evidence of strong

results. It harnesses the expertise of grantmaking intermediaries

to identify, evaluate and expand effective nonprofits and

engages funding partners to contribute nearly three dollars to

every one federal dollar invested. As the Social Innovation Fund

network grows programs that work in Connecticut, 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 more than $380,000 in

expanding the impact of 2 nonprofits in Connecticut.
Information on this page reflects active programs as of March 12, 2015

 Connecticut At a Glance

AmeriCorps Projects Service Locations Participants 1 Education Scholarships 2 Program Funding

AmeriCorps National 15 43 269 $1,071,207 $1,120,032 3

AmeriCorps State Competitive 4 119 273 $1,541,085 $972,219

AmeriCorps State Formula 4 24 168 $325,021 $754,920

AmeriCorps VISTA 6 40 44 $248,890 $715,880

AMERICORPS TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 29 226 754 $3,186,203 $3,563,051

Senior Corps Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Foster Grandparent Program 5 100 600 - $1,948,835

RSVP 8 168 1,980 - $595,839

Senior Companion Program 2 31 204 - $663,370

Senior Demonstration Program 1 - - - -

SENIOR CORPS TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 16 299 2,784 - $3,208,044

Social Innovation Fund Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Nonprofit Subgrantees 2 - - - $387,236

SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 2 - - - $387,236

Other Funding Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Martin Luther King Day 1 - - - $129,000

State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $250,000

OTHER FUNDING TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 2 - - - $379,000

PROGRAM TOTALS 49 3,538 $3,186,203 $7,537,331

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $10,723,534

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.

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING + TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT $3,125,113

525

(Non-CNCS Resources) 5

$13,848,647

4

1 This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2014 - 2015 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 Connecticut. 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 The service location total may contain multiple counts of unique locations where multiple CNCS programs are operating.

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.

Since 1994, more than 12,000 Connecticut residents have served more than 17 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards

totaling more than $38,980,000.
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The Connecticut Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Network AmeriCorps program engages middle and high school students in the Youth

Health Service Corps and college students in the Collegiate Health Service Corps, leading students in service learning projects that address

pressing community health issues. The AmeriCorps members aim to improve academic engagement of economically disadvantaged

students through participation in service learning programs and health workshops. The four regional centers of the Connecticut AHEC

Network host full-time AmeriCorps members impacting communities across the entire state of Connecticut. The program will increase

AmeriCorps members' educational and professional status by providing a vast amount of experience working with schools, nonprofits,

health care agencies and other community partners

AmeriCorps State

FoodCorps recruits, trains, and places emerging leaders into limited-resource schools for a year of service implementing a three-ingredient

recipe for healthy kids: 1) hands on food and nutrition education, 2) experiential education in school gardens and through cooking lessons,

and 3) healthy food access in cafeterias. FoodCorps AmeriCorps members are based in some of the highest need school districts and work

side-by-side with committed teachers, school administrators, food service directors, and community-based organizations to help improve

school food environments. The 15 communities and school districts selected for FoodCorps CT were chosen based on eligibility rates for free

and reduced priced school lunch, and the capacity to supervise and make effective use of a FoodCorps AmeriCorps member. In order to

carry out their terms of service, AmeriCorps members will acquire training in experiential education of nutrition and gardening, building

classroom management, volunteer management, community engagement, and safe food preparation. Project impacts are carefully tracked,

including gardens built, children reached, pounds of produce harvested, and volunteers mobilized.

AmeriCorps VISTA members serving at Journey Home in Hartford have played a critical role in the successful development and launch of an

online Universal Housing Application, now being utilized by 25 shelter, housing, and healthcare agencies in the Greater Hartford area. The

Universal Housing Application allows a household living in a homeless shelter or other temporary living situation to submit one application

to apply to, and assess eligibility for, 33 different housing programs for the homeless across the community. AmeriCorps VISTA members

worked with Journey Home staff and the database vendor to develop the online application, test it, train users to work with clients to submit

applications through the system, and develop administrative materials to ensure the sustainability and evaluation of the project. While the

application is still in the process of ramping up to its maximum usage, it is estimated to eventually result in a smoother, quicker transition

to housing for as many as 3,000 individuals who experience homelessness each year in Greater Hartford.

AmeriCorps VISTA

The Connecticut Food Justice Youth Corps VISTA Project has placed 13 AmeriCorps VISTA members at eight community-based organizations

in cities and towns throughout central and eastern Connecticut, all with a common goal of developing youth leadership programs to

educate and empower opportunity youth about food access and food justice issues. Since the first VISTAs began service in August 2013,

VISTA members have supported 75 distinct youth leaders and their respective host sites by developing seven social and food justice

curricula, creating 20 events, and raising $14,000 in cash and in-kind donations. In addition, VISTA members recruited more than 200

volunteers to support the project.

AmeriCorps NCCC

The mission of Connecticut Forest and Park Association (CFPA) is to protect forests, parks, walking trails, and open spaces for future

generations by connecting people to the land. CFPA directly involves individuals and families, educators, community leaders, and

volunteers to enhance and defend Connecticut's rich natural heritage. The AmeriCorps NCCC members assisted in building a 6-mile trail

that will connect across wild and pristine watershed lands that have not been previously open to the public. This work included clearing

brush, constructing water crossings, defining trail tread, building a full-bench trail, installing erosion control structures and trail signage,

and blazing the trail. The new 6-mile trail connects the Wyantenock State Forest to Shepaug Reservoir lands and north to the Mohawk State

Forest. By building this new trail, hikers, walkers, birders, school groups, trail runners and others will have the opportunity to access this

diverse and wild area thereby aiding CFPA accomplish its mission of connecting people to the land so they may develop a relationship and

appreciation for the outdoors.

The Torrington Area Health District Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is dedicated to improving public awareness in the areas of CPR, heart

healthy living skills, and emergency preparedness. The overarching mission of the MRC is to engage volunteers to strengthen public health,

emergency response and community resiliency. AmeriCorps NCCC members assisted six land and trust organizations throughout

Northwestern CT, by working on existing trails, blazing new trails, removing invasive species, repairing bridges, building board walks, and

helping to improve the hiking trails in a number of area preserves. Additionally, they learned and presented the MRC*B*Fit and

MRC*B*Ready nutrition education and community preparedness curriculums to summer camps within the Northwestern corner of

Connecticut. The work the team accomplished will assist the Torrington Area Health District’s MRC to build infrastructure and provide

community preparedness education. The land trust storm mitigation and trail blazing will allow for improved access to trails for hikers and

emergency responders.
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Through a partnership with the United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, the Bridgeport Foster Grandparent Program, sponsored by the Child

and Family Guidance Center, assigned 25 Foster Grandparents to five Schools of Hope, an initiative designed to improve the educational

success of students at select schools in Fairfield County. Foster Grandparents support a multi-faceted program that provides individual

support to struggling students, ensures that students have books in the home, and engages parents in literacy skill-building activities with

their children. Foster Grandparents receive training in literacy skills with the goal of ensuring that all students are reading at grade level by

the third grade. More than 1,000 students have received services through Schools of Hope since it began. A recent evaluation of the

program reported that the percentage of students at or above proficiency increased from 58 percent to 72 percent in the targeted schools

over a five-year period.

Senior Corps Foster Grandparent Program

Fifty RSVP volunteers serving with the Greater Hartford RSVP project tutored 55 second and third grade students in five public schools

during the 2013-2014 school year as part of the America Reads program. Tutors spent one hour a week with each child from October to

May. Pre- and post-tests using the Fountas and Pinell Benchmark Assessment System showed that at the end of the school year, 89

percent students had improved their reading scores by at least two reading levels.

Senior Corps RSVP

The Senior Companion Program sponsored by the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut in New Haven has developed a program

called “Follow Me Home,” designed to assign Senior Companions to frail elderly patients who are returning home upon discharge from a

hospitalization. The program was developed in response to a study by the Center for Medicaid and Medicaid Services that showed older

hospital patients have a 20 percent readmission rate within the first 30 days after discharge from a hospitalization. The New Haven Senior

Companions are assigned to clients to ensure they eat properly, attend follow-up appointments with their physicians, and take their

medications as prescribed in the 60 days after a hospitalization. To date, two Senior Companions have been assigned to clients, both of

whom remained out of the hospital during the 60-day period following their hospitalization.

Senior Corps Senior Companion Program

The Social Innovation Fund transforms lives and communities using limited federal investment as a catalyst to grow the impact of

nonprofits with evidence of strong results. It harnesses the expertise of grantmaking intermediaries to identify, evaluate and expand

effective nonprofits and engages funding partners to contribute nearly three dollars to every one federal dollar invested. As the Social

Innovation Fund network grows programs that work in Connecticut, 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 $387,236 in expanding the impact

of 2 nonprofits in Connecticut.

Social Innovation Fund
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AmeriCorps in Connecticut

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

AMERICORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of March 12, 2015)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

29

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

754

107 10

Bridgeport Habitat for Humanity Coastal Fairfield (July 11 - September 3, 2014)

Habitat for Humanity - Coastal Fairfield County

6 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Bridgeport Habitat for Humanity Coastal Fairfield County (September 15 - November 4, 2014)

Habitat for Humanity - Coastal Fairfield County

7 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Bridgeport MYO (Current)

Regional Youth/Adult Social Action Partnership

96 AmeriCorps State Formula

Bridgeport Public Allies Connecticut (Current)

Public Allies, Inc.

40 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Danbury Americorps Collegiate Development Program (Completed)

Hispanic Center of Danbury, Inc.

24 AmeriCorps State Formula

Danbury YVC of Western Connecticut (Current)

Youth Volunteer Corps

3 AmeriCorps National

Deep River Incarnation Center (March 8 - April 30, 2014)

Incarnation Center

8 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Fairfield Connecticut Campus Compact (Completed)

Fairfield University

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Gales Ferry United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Food Policy Council (Completed)

United Way of Southeastern Connecticut

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Hartford Addressing Homelessness in Greater Hartford (Current)

Journey Home, Inc.

2 AmeriCorps VISTA

Hartford Green Crew AmeriCorps Program (Current)

Knox, Inc.

15 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Hartford Hartford Area HFH (Current)

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.

1 AmeriCorps National

Hartford Hartford Thrive! (Current)

Hands On Hartford

2 AmeriCorps VISTA

Hartford Notre Dame AmeriCorps - Hartford (Current)

Notre Dame Mission Volunteers Program, Inc.

15 AmeriCorps National

Hartford SCA Connecticut (Current)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

1 AmeriCorps National

Hartford YouthBuild Hartford, CT (Current)

YouthBuild USA, Inc

31 AmeriCorps National

Middletown Community Health Center, Inc. (Current)

National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.

15 AmeriCorps National

New Britain Jumpstart New Britain at Central Connecticut State Uni (Current)

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

40 AmeriCorps National

New Haven Addressing the Multi-Level Needs of Homeless Veterans in CT (Current)

Columbus House, Inc

4 AmeriCorps VISTA

New Haven Experience Corps (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

48 AmeriCorps State Formula

New Haven Jumpstart New Haven at Southern Connecticut State University (Current)

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

42 AmeriCorps National

New Haven PAVE New Haven (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

17 AmeriCorps VISTA

New Haven Teach For America - Connecticut (Current)

Teach For America

203 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Rockfall Connecticut Forest and Park Association (August 11 - September 3, 2014)

Connecticut Forest and Park Association

9 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Stonington NESS SEA AmeriCorps Program (Current)

New England Science & Sailing Foundation

10 AmeriCorps State Formula

Storrs CT Campus Compact (Current)

University of Connecticut

10 AmeriCorps VISTA

Storrs FoodCorps Connecticut (Current)

FoodCorps, Inc.

15 AmeriCorps State Competitive
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AmeriCorps in Connecticut

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

AMERICORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of March 12, 2015)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

29

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

754

107 10

Storrs Husky Sport (Current)

Up2Us, Inc.

2 AmeriCorps National

Storrs Jumpstart UConn. at University of Connecticut (Current)

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

80 AmeriCorps National

Torrington Torrington Area Health District MRS (July 11 - August 1, 2014)

Torrington Area Health District-Medical Reserve Corps

8 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Vernon CT Food Justice Youth Corps VISTA Project (Current)

University of Connecticut

9 AmeriCorps VISTA

Waterbury CT AHEC Network AmeriCorps Program (Current)

Northwestern Connecticut AHEC

14 AmeriCorps State Formula

Waterbury Northwestern Connecticut AHEC, Inc. (Current)

Northwestern Connecticut AHEC

1 AmeriCorps National

Waterbury Waterbury AmeriCorps (Completed)

Naugatuck Valley Community College

45 AmeriCorps State Formula

Waterbury Youth Mental Health First Aid Corps (Current)

Northwestern Connecticut AHEC

- AmeriCorps National

Wethersfield Community Health Center Assoc. of Connecticut (Current)

National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.

18 AmeriCorps National

Wethersfield SCA AmeriCorps National Direct Connecticut (Current)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

- AmeriCorps National

Willimantic Jumpstart Willimantic at Eastern CT State University (Current)

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

20 AmeriCorps National

Willimantic The Access Agency, Inc. (Completed)

The Access Agency, Inc.

- AmeriCorps VISTA

If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no members are shown, either the grant is for

planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at the time of printing.

Notes:

 The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. AmeriCorps members may be serving in other locations than the city listed.
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Senior Corps in Connecticut

Primary City

Program Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

SENIOR CORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of March 12, 2015)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

16

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS

2,784

0 0

Bridgeport Bridgeport FGP (Current)

Child and Family Guidance Center

160 Foster Grandparent Program

Bristol Greater Bristol RSVP (Current)

Bristol Community Organization

293 RSVP

Danbury RSVP by CACD (Current)

The Community Action Agency of Western Connecitcut

103 RSVP

Danbury The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut, Inc. (Current)

The Community Action Agency of Western Connecitcut

102 RSVP

Hartford Foster Grandparent Program NBBBS (Current)

Nutmeg Big Brothers/Sisters Inc.

113 Foster Grandparent Program

Hartford RSVP-Greater Hartford (Current)

Community Renewal Team, Inc.

328 RSVP

New Britain RSVP of Central Ct Inc (Current)

RSVP of Central Connecticut Inc.

197 RSVP

New Haven Experience Corps Greater New Haven (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

- Senior Demonstration Program

New Haven Foster Grandparent Program of Greater New Haven (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

101 Foster Grandparent Program

New Haven Greater New Haven SCP (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

112 Senior Companion Program

New Haven RSVP of South Central CT (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

224 RSVP

New London Windham/Tolland & Southern New London (Current)

Thames Valley Council for Community Action

333 RSVP

Norwich Eastern Ct FGP (Current)

Thames Valley Council for Community Action

108 Foster Grandparent Program

Waterbury Central Naugatuck Valley FGP (Current)

New Opportunities, Inc.

118 Foster Grandparent Program

Waterbury New Opportunities Inc. RSVP (Current)

New Opportunities, Inc.

400 RSVP

Waterbury New Opportunities, Inc. Senior Companion Program (Current)

New Opportunities, Inc.

92 Senior Companion Program

Note: The city column refers to the location of sponsor organization. Volunteers may be serving in other locations than the city listed.
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Description

Program HQ Location

Nonprofit Subgrantees in Connecticut

Nonprofit Subgrantee Name

Intermediary

Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition’s project, Connecticut Integrated Healthcare

and Housing Neighborhoods, will create a health home outreach model linking

primary care, behavioral healthcare and supportive housing.

Hartford, CT AIDS Connecticut

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford is developing an educated,

economically self-sufficient workforce that meets employer needs in advanced

manufacturing, energy, utilities and health care.

Hartford, CT Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford/United

Way of Central and Northeastern CT

Jobs for the Future, Inc./National Fund for Workforce

Solutions