Tennessee 2007 - 2008

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

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 690 individuals the opportunity to

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

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

funding goes to the Governor-appointed Volunteer Tennessee, 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 4,600

Tennessee residents have qualified for Segal Americorps Education Awards totaling more than

$15,800,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 9,200 Tennessee 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 Tennessee. More than 17,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are

helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 100 national service projects

across Tennessee. 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 $13,200,000 to support Tennessee communities

through three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 7,900 seniors in Tennessee 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

 19,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 750 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 730 groups across Tennessee.

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.
Tennessee At a Glance

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

85 690 $4,192,255

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)

AmeriCorps*State (Formula)

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*NCCC

Education Awards Program (National)

AmeriCorps

4

9

8

31

12

21

Program Sites

 107

 190

 192

 96

N/A

 105

Participants 

 $866,593

 $2,011,457

 $138,911

 $1,167,894

N/A

 $7,400

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 31 7,943 $5,359,664

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 10

 16

 5

Projects

 1,016

 6,582

 345

 $3,355,372

 $1,111,811

 $892,481

Program

Funding

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

members serving in Tennessee. 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.

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

In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Byrdstown, Crossville, Gatlinburg, Madisonville,

Morristown, Nashville, Pikeville and Sparta.

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

 3 9,222 $833,132

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

 1

 1

Grantees

 6,123

 1,010

 2,089

Participants

 $319,704

 $320,000

 $193,428

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 119 17,855 $10,841,187

 39

 18

 2

 59

 $335,475

 $755,291

 $738,990

 $453,600

N/A

 $87,413

 $2,370,769

3

2

Education

 Award 

3

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $38,500

 $129,500

 $288,136

N/A $456,136

Program

Funding

 $2,370,769

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $13,211,956

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees
Senior Corps in Tennessee

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

Adamsville

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Clarksville

Clarksville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Decatur

Dyersburg

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Gallatin

Henderson

Henderson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Primary City

Mcnairy-Hardin-Hardeman RSVP

Chattanooga FGP

Alexian Senior Neighbors of Chattanooga, Inc.

Clarksville/Montgomery Co FGP

Clarksville/Montgomery Co RSVP

Senior Companion Program

East Central Tenn FGP

East Central Tn RSVP

SE Tennessee RSVP

Dyer County RSVP

RSVP Fayetteville Area

South Central FGP

Rutherford/Sumner/Wilson RSVP

RSVP

Sw Human Resource FGP

Foster Grandparent

RSVP of Northeast Tennessee

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 548

 133

 313

 111

 150

 3

 42

 600

 507

 436

 340

 88

 433

 246

 66

 126

 650

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Adamsville Lions Club Inc

City of Chattanooga Human Svcs

Clarksville/Montgomery Co Comm

Clarksville/Montgomery Co Comm

Advocates for Aging

Lbj&C Dev Corp

Lbj&C Dev Corp

Meigs County Legislative Body

Dyer County Legislative Body

South Central Human Resource Agency

South Central Human Resource Agency

Mid-Cumberland Comm Action Agcy

Southwest Human Resource Agency

Southwest Human Resource Agency

First Tennessee Human Resource Agency

Upper East Tn Human Dev Agcy
Senior Corps in Tennessee

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

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Martin

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Spencer

Primary City

Knoxville Knox Co FGP

Knoxville Knox County RSVP

Knoxville SCP

Nw Tennessee RSVP

RSVP Mcminnville

Aging Commission RSVP

Memphis Area SCP

Memphis FGP

MS River Delta FGP

BBBS of Middle TN RSVP

Davidson County FGP

Nashville SCP

RSVP of Nashville

Van Buren SCP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 141

 465

 104

 400

 350

 296

 154

 163

 49

 136

 97

 17

 712

 67

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 7,943

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Knoxville Knox County Community Action

Committee

Knoxville Knox County Community Action

Committee

Knoxville Knox County Community Action

Committee

Northwest Hra

Tn Opportunity Programs Inc (Tops)

Aging Commission of the Mid-South

Metropolitan Interfaith Association

Porter Leath Children Ctr

Save the Children Field Office (Ar)

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tn

Senior Citizens, Inc

Senior Citizens, Inc

Senior Citizens, Inc

Van Buren Community Dev Svcs
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

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

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

AIM Center, Inc.

Hope for Chattanooga

Moccasin Bend Girl Scout Council

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability

Upper Cumberland Community Services Agency

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Student Conservation Association

The College of New Jersey

The Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the

Prevention of Child Abuse

UMB College of Public and Community Service

United Ways of Tennessee

West Tennessee Special Technology Access

Resource Center (The STAR Center)

Boys & Girls Club

Sponsor Organization (if different)

VISTA Literacy Project

Americorps*Building Futures

Asset-Based Community Development

MBGSC

TCAC Community

VISTA Literacy Project

TN Commission on Aging and Disability - SHIP

Medicare Part D

Partners Achieving School Success

TCAC Community

TCAC Community

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Tusculum College

One Child At A Time

UMB College of Public & Community Service-CTC

VISTA Project

UWTN State-Wide

BT Project

Jefferson County Boys & Girls Club

Program Name

 1

 11

 1

 2

 2

 1

 1

 25

 4

 1

 25

N/A

 17

 1

 1

 6

 2

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Program Type

Adamsville

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Cleveland

Cookeville

Cookeville

Crossville

Dickson

Gatlinburg

Greenville

Jackson

Jackson

Jackson

Jackson

Jefferson City

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

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

The College of New Jersey

NAMI Tennessee

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Boys & Girls Club

Boys & Girls Club

Emerald Youth Foundation

Knoxville Knox County Community Action

Committee

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Boys & Girls Club

Boys & Girls Club

Boys & Girls Club

Boys & Girls Club

Boys & Girls Club

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Diocese of Memphis

Diocese of Memphis

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Carson-Newman College

In Our Own Voice Volunteers

TCAC Community

TCAC Community

Boys & Girls Club of Vestal

The Boys & Girls Club of Western Heights

TEAM

CAC AmeriCorps

TCAC Community

Downtown Porter Boys & Girls Club

Goodwill Boys & Girls Club

Ira Samelson, Jr. Boys & Girls Club Unit

John Dustin Buckman Boys & Girls Club

Southside Boys & Girls Club

LANCE

Bishop Byrne Middle and High School

Diocese of Memphis

Holy Name of Jesus and Mary

Program Name

 1

 1

 1

 2

 1

 1

 25

 25

 1

 9

 15

 1

 3

 1

 11

 1

 6

 1

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program

Program Type

Jefferson City

Johnson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

LaFollette

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

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

Diocese of Memphis

Diocese of Memphis

Diocese of Memphis

Diocese of Memphis

Exchange Club Family Center of the Mid-South

NAMC-South Central/Gulf Region

Points of Light Foundation

Porter-Leath Children's Center

Teach For America Memphis

The New Teacher Project

West Tennessee Special Technology Access

Resource Center (The STAR Center)

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Little Flower School

Memphis Catholic High School

St. Michael Elementary School

St. Paul Elementary School

Project TLC (To Love a Child)

NAMC-Americorps CBP

Strengthening Communities

Early Childhood Home Visitation

Expanding the Impact of Teach For America -

Memphis

Memphis Teaching Fellows

BT Project

TCAC Community

Community Cares

TCAC Community

TCAC READS

BGC of Rutherford County

TCAC Community

Program Name

N/A

 2

 1

N/A

 24

 26

 4

 25

 94

 50

 5

 1

 43

 18

 1

N/A

 2

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Milan

Morristown

Morristown

Morristown

Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

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

Tennessee State University

ACE

Boys & Girls Club

Family Affair Ministries, Inc.

Habitat for Humanity International

Hands On Nashville

Metropolitan Board of Education Community

Career Center

NAMI Tennessee

Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

Tennessee State University

United Neighborhood Health Services

United Ways of Tennessee

Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Center for

Health Services

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

ACE

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Tennessee Campus Compact

St. Cecilia Academy

Andrew Jackson Boys & Girls Club

AmeriCorps Service1

Habitat for Humanity/ AmeriCorps - Tennessee

Citizen Action AmeriCorps--Hands On Nashville

C.O.R.E. Project

In Our Own Voice Volunteers

TN Commission on Aging and Disability - SHIP

Medicare Part D

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

(TCCY)

VISTA Literacy Project

Tennessee Campus Compact

Community HealthCorps-Nashville, TN

UWTN State-Wide

Coalition For Healthy Aging

TCAC Community

St. Mary's School

Program Name

 4

 1

 9

 24

 8

 4

 1

 3

 2

 1

 10

 1

 11

 5

 33

 1

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Program Type

Nashvile

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Newport

Oak Ridge

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

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

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 690

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

Boys & Girls Club

Boys & Girls Club

Appalachia Habitat for Humanity

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Clinch-Powell RC&D Council

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Student Conservation Association

Student Conservation Association

Sponsor Organization (if different)

CASATNH

Pigeon Forge Boys & Girls Club

Boys & Girls Club of Pulaski

Housing Service Corps

TCAC Community

Appalachia CARES / AmeriCorps

BGC of the Smoky Mountains

River Ridge Environmental Ed Program

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Program Name

 11

 1

 6

 18

 1

 19

N/A

 5

 7

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Program Type

Oak Ridge

Pigeon Forge

Pulaski

Robbins

Rockwood

Rutledge

Sevienville

Ten Mile

Townsend

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 Tennessee

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

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Bells

Benton

Bristol

Brownsville

Charlotte

Chattanooga

Clarksburg

Clarksville

Clarksville

Coalmont

Cookeville

Cookeville

Dresden

Etowah

Jacksboro

Jackson

Jackson

Jefferson City

Johnson City

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Lenoir City

Loudon

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Bells City Schools

Polk County Department of Education

YWCA Bristol

Haywood County School System

Dickson County School System

Sonshine Avenue Ministry, Inc.

South Carroll County Special School District

Clarksville-Montgomery County School System

First Missionary Baptist Church

Grundy County

Putnam County Schools

Tennessee Tech University - UC - CCR&R

Weakley County Schools

Little Children of the World, Inc. Camp Etowah

Afterschool Program

Campbell County Schools

Lane College

Northeast Middle School

Jefferson County Schools

Johnson City School System

Boys and Girls Clubs of Tennessee Valley Loudon

County/Lenoir City Club Site

Boys and Girls Clubs of Tennessee Valley Vestal Club

Site

Knox County School System

Lenoir City Schools

Break The Cycle, Inc.

Warren County School System

Booker T Washington

Carver High

Crump Elementary

East CTC

Evans Elementary

Hamilton High

Ida B Wells Academy

Kingsbury CTC

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-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 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

 33

 92

 30

 72

 173

 63

 30

 41

 30

 84

 50

 122

 77

 30

 43

 1,034

 104

 50

 50

 46

 44

 120

 72

 31

 80

 20

 126

 40

 99

 300

 50

 66

 1,110
Learn and Serve America in Tennessee

Information on the 2007 - 2008 program year current as of April 10, 2008

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Morristown

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Oak Ridge

Oneida

Paris

Selmer

Selmer

Spencer

Tracy City

Trenton

Winchester

Woodbury

Woodbury

Kingsbury High

Lanier Middle

LeMoyne Owen College

Memphis City Schools

Middle College

Overton High

Raleigh-Egypt High

Sheffiield High

Sherwood Middle

Trezevant CTC

White Station Elementary

Whitehaven Elementary

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corporation

Rutherford County Schools

Tennessee Department of Education N/A

Vanderbilt University

Volunteer Tennessee N/A

YMCA of Middle Tennessee

Oak Ridge Schools

Oneida High School

Henry County Schools

McNairy County Schools

McNairy County Schools

Van Buren County Board of Education

Tracy City Elementary

Trenton Housing Authority

Franklin County Board of Education

Cannon County Board of Education

Cannon County REACH

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 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 Community-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

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Notes:

 158

 34

 585

 1,900

 60

 30

N/A

 80

 47

 95

 89

N/A

 38

 268

 470

N/A

 65

 125

 175

 51

 55

 61

 41

 84

 33

 66

 200

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 9,222

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

Tennessee

Tennessee State Office

233 Cumberland Bend Drive

Suite 112

Nashville, TN 37228

(615) 736-5561 (615) 736-7937

JHerman@cns.gov

Central Region - Denver, CO

3001 S. Federal Blvd.

Denver, CO 80236-2711

303-844-7438 303-844-7440

Karen Munn

710 James Robertson Parkway

Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th flr

Nashville, TN 37243-0379

(615) 741-5113 

nicole.cobb@state.tn.us

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 202-565-2743

enash@cns.gov

William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower

312 8th Ave. North, 12th Flr

Nashville, TN 37243-1700

(615) 253-1426 (615) 532-6950 

Jim.Snell@state.tn.us

James E Snell

Elson Nash

Jerry Herman

Barbara Lane

Tennessee Department of Education

Volunteer Tennessee

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:

Phone: Fax:

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Phone:

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For further information, please visit www.nationalservice.gov