Puerto Rico 2007 - 2008

Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 300 individuals the opportunity to

provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and other

pressing needs in communities across Puerto Rico. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant

funding goes to the Governor-appointed Puerto Rico State Commission on Community Service & Social

Action, which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the

remainder of the grant funding is distributed by the Corporation directly to multi-state and national

organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals will 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 of up to $4,725 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back

qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 2,500 Puerto Rico residents have qualified for Segal

Americorps Education Awards totaling more than $10,900,000. 

Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges,

and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 1,200 Puerto Rico students in community

service linked to academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, called

service learning, improves communities while preparing young people for a lifetime of responsible

citizenship. In addition to providing grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a resource on service

and service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in Puerto Rico. More than 3,900 people of all ages and backgrounds are

helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 52 national service projects

across Puerto Rico. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these

citizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, conduct neighborhood patrols, restore

the environment, respond to disasters, build nonprofit capacity and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the

Corporation for National and Community Service will commit more than $8,900,000 to support Puerto Rico communities

through three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 2,300 seniors in Puerto Rico 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

 9,400 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 3,700 homebound

seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. Retired and Senior Volunteer

Program (RSVP) volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate in

environmental projects, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services

through more than 130 groups across Puerto Rico.

Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service is working to build a

culture 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.
Puerto Rico At a Glance

Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008 

50 309 $3,988,638

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program (National)

AmeriCorps*State without Commissions

AmeriCorps

2

44

1

3

Program Sites

 16

 236

 11

 46

Participants 

 $158,792

 $3,249,792

 $880

 $579,174

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 11 2,386 $3,055,236

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 3

 3

 5

Projects

 505

 1,451

 430

 $1,403,824

 $250,745

 $1,400,667

Program

Funding

This figure represents the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps

members serving in Puerto Rico. 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 Corporation funding.

Puerto Rico is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in 

1

1

2

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2007 - 2008 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTA

and the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.

Participants

 1 1,268 $472,924

K-12 School-Based

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 1,268

Participants

 $472,924

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 62 3,963 $7,516,798

 22

 22

 $73,238

 $1,115,100

 $10,395

 $217,350

 $1,416,083

3

2

Education

 Award 

 $1,416,083

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $8,932,881

Senior Corps Total

Subgrantees
Senior Corps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008

Bayamón

Caguas

Juncos

Ponce

Ponce

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Yabucoa

Primary City

Hope for the Aged FGP

Senior Companion Program / Programa Amigos

Acompañantes

Senior Companion Program -Juncos

Ponce FGP

Ponce SCP

RSVP Admin for Families & Children

SCP San Juan

Alzheimer's SCP

Municipality of San Juan FGP

RSVP Mun. of San Juan

Corporacion Gericola RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 246

 63

 84

 111

 53

 700

 111

 119

 148

 250

 501

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 2,386

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Hope For the Aged Inc

Central Region Board on Elderly Affairs

Hope For the Aged Inc

Consejo De Salud De La Comunidad

Consejo De Salud De La Comunidad

Admin.For Families&Children-Dp of Family

Bd of Community Service-Hope For Aged

Governor's Office on Elderly Affairs

Municipality of San Juan

Municipality of San Juan

Gericulture Corp. Humacao Region
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008

Municipality of Caguas-Community Development

Programa De Apoyo Y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

Programa De Apoyo Y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

Asociacion Mayaguezana de Personas con

Impedimentos, Inc.

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

Oikos, Inc. (Tu Centro Familiar)

San Agustin del Coqui

American Cancer Society

Centro De Servicios A LA Juventud, Inc.

American Cancer Society

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area

Municipality of Caguas-Community Development

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Municipality of Caguas-Community Develop

Hogar Maria del Carmen, Inc.

AmeriCorps Strengthening Rays of Hope

Programa de Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

Public / Private Ventures (AMACHI)

Asoc. Mayaguezana de Personas con Impedimentos,

Inc.

Hogar Maria del Carmen, Inc.

La Tierra Prometida, Inc.

PESCA, Inc.

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza

Oikos, Inc. (Tu Centro Familar)

San Agustin del Coqui

Volunteer Infrastructure Program for ACS/PR

CSJ Educational & AmeriCorps Initiative

Oficina para la Promocion y el Desarrollo Humano

Volunteer Infrastructure Program for ACS/PR

Coalicion Criolla de Cuidado Continuo a Personas sin

Hogar

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area of Puerto

Rico

Municipality of Caguas-Community Develop

Program Name

 1

 5

 16

 8

 4

 1

 1

 2

 3

 1

 6

 4

 3

 20

 12

 1

 4

 1

 10

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State without

Commissions

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State without

Commissions

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Adjuntas

Aguada

Aguada

Aguada

Aguada

Aguadilla

Aguadilla

Aguadilla

Aguadilla

Aguadilla

Aguas Buenas

Aguas Buenas

Arecibo

Arecibo

Arecibo

Caguas

Caguas

Caguas

Caguas

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008

Universidad del Este

Corporacion de Servios de Salud y Medicina

Avanzada (COSSMA

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Universidad del Turabo-AGMUS

Autonomous Municipality of Jayuya

Centro Clinico Nuevas Actitudes, Inc.

Asociacion Mayaguezana de Personas con

Impedimentos, Inc.

Breakthrough Collaborative (formerly

Summerbridge National)

American Cancer Society

St. Luke's Home Care and Hospice Program

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Universidad del Este/Community Technology

Center(CTC)

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Comunidad del Barrio

Palmas

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Comunidad del Barrio

Palmas

Community HealthCorps-Cidra, PR

Fort Buchanan Army School Age Services

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

Leadership Community Volunteer Program

Centro de Intervencion e Integracion Paso a Paso,

Inc.

Community Education & Incubation Project

National AmeriCorps Project

Municipality of Maunabo

Asoc. Mayaguezana de Personas con Impedimentos,

Inc.

Mayaguez Children's Library

Summerbridge of Greater Philadelphia, A

Breakthrough Program

Volunteer Infrastructure Program for ACS/PR

Centros Sor Isolina Ferre, Inc.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Saint Luke's Home Care and Hospice Program

Program Name

 9

 9

 1

 14

N/A

 5

 4

 6

 3

 2

 5

 4

 6

 11

 1

 6

 8

 4

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Carolina

Catano

Cataño

Cidra

Fort Buchanan

Guaynabo

Gurabo

Hatillo

Jayuya

Luquillo

Maunabo

Mayaguez

Mayaguez

Philadelphia

Ponce

Ponce

Ponce

Ponce

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11 2008

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 309

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Cantera Peninsula Project

Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly

(OPPEA)

Red de Ayuda Comunal de Emergencias, Inc.

Gobierno Municipal de Vega Alta

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza

BGC of Puerto Rico

Cantera Peninsula Project

VISTA of the Cantera Peninsula Project

Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly

PR Public Broadcasting Corporation

Prensa Comunitaria

Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

Re-ACE

Sports and Recreation Department

University of the Sacred Heart

Iniciativas de Fe y Bases Comunitarias

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area of Puerto

Rico

Program Name

 4

N/A

 10

 5

 9

 8

 4

 18

 6

 1

 6

 14

 3

 2

 18

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State without

Commissions

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

San Antonio

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Vega Alta

Yabucoa

Primary City

Notes: 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.
Learn and Serve America in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 11, 2008

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Aguada

Aibonito

Barranquitas

Barranquitas

Barranquitas

Cataño

Cataño

Cayey

Guayanilla

Lajas

Maricao

Maricao

Mayaquez

Naranjito

Quebradillas

San German

San Juan

San Juan

Santa Isabel

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Utuado

Utuado

Prof. Lydia Meléndez Elementary School

Federico Degetau II Elementary School

José Berrios Berdecia Secondary School

Pablo Colón Berdecia High School

SU Federico Degetau Secondary School

Francisco Oller High School

Mercedes García de Colorado Secondary School

Luis Muñoz Rivera Elementary School

Asuncion Rodríguez de Sala High School

Leonides Morales High School

Mariana Bracetti Elementary School

Raúl Ybarra Secondary School

Eugenio Maria de Hostos High School

Silvestre Martínez Elementary School

Manuel Ramos Hernández High School

SU Galo Rosado Secondary School

Department of Education of Puerto Rico N/A

Especializada Bilingue Padre Rufo High School

Elvira M. Colón High School

SU Adolfo Garcia Elementary School

Tomás Masso Rivera Secondary School

Luis Muñoz Rivera High School

Luis Muñoz Rivera Secondary School

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

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

Notes:

 62

 24

 50

 174

 50

 46

 32

 50

 66

 139

 47

 90

 97

 20

 45

 16

 68

 52

 22

 55

 43

 20

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 1,268

If no participants are shown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at the

time of printing, or the organization listed is the primary grantee and the participants are listed by its subgrantees.
Contacts

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico State Office

150 Carlos Chardon Ave

Suite 662

San Juan, PR 00918

(787) 766-5314 (787) 766-5189

LCordova@cns.gov

Eastern Region - Perry Point MD

P.O. Box 27

Perry Point, MD 21902-0027

410-642-2411 410-642-1888

Elaine J Rosario

Calle Calaf (PO Box 190759)

Piso 10, Oficina 1001

San Juan, PR 00919-0759

(787) 759-2000 x2636 787-753-1362

ejrosario24@onelinkpr.net

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 202-565-2743

enash@cns.gov

Calle Calaf #38

P.O. Box 190759

San Juan, PR 00919-0759

787-759-8910 787-753-1362

Pillot_M@de.gobierno.pr

Olga Aldrich

Elson Nash

Patrice Dempsey

LaQuine Roberson

Department of Education of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico State Commission on Community Service & Social Action

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