Tennessee 2005 - 2006

Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 610 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 Tennessee Commission on National & 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 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 3,700 Tennessee residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than

$12,700,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 2,900 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 9,800 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 $14,000,000 to support Tennessee communities through

three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 6,300 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

 13,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 1,300 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 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

68 610 $5,491,335

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)

AmeriCorps*State (Formula)

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*NCCC

Education Awards Program (National)

AmeriCorps

6

10

6

15

17

14

Program Sites

 164

 235

 21

 110

N/A

 80

Participants 

 $1,560,522

 $2,369,396

 $192,937

 $1,348,880

N/A

 $19,600

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 31 6,308 $5,320,788

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 10

 16

 5

Projects

 1,016

 4,949

 343

 $3,236,145

 $1,205,871

 $878,772

Program

Funding

This figure represents the maximum potential value of 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 Charleston, South Carolina. 

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

Madisonville, Morristown, Mt. Juliet, Nashville, Pikeville and Roan Mountain.

1

1

2

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2005 - 2006 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTA

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

Participants

 1 2,951 $351,716

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 2,352

 599

Participants

 $351,716

N/A

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 100 9,869 $11,678,176

 27

 2

 29

 $592,988

 $907,200

 $87,413

 $519,750

N/A

 $231,525

 $2,338,876

3

2

Education

 Award 

3

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $98,500

 $119,000

 $296,837

N/A $514,337

Program

Funding

 $2,338,876

Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $14,017,052

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

Adamsville

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Clarksville

Clarksville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Decatur

Dyersburg

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Gallatin

Henderson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Knoxville

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

Sw Human Resource FGP

Foster Grandparent

RSVP of Northeast Tennessee

Knoxville Knox Co FGP

Knoxville Knox County RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 620

 133

 181

 111

 370

 4

 42

N/A

 490

 366

 340

 88

 400

 66

 125

N/A

 140

 465

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

First Tennessee Human Resource Agency

Upper East Tn Human Dev Agcy

Knoxville Knox County Cac

Knoxville Knox County Cac
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

Knoxville

Lexington

Martin

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Spencer

Primary City

Knoxville SCP

Retired Senior Volunteer Program

Nw Tennessee RSVP

RSVP Mcminnville

Aging Commission RSVP

Memphis Area SCP

Memphis FGP

MS River Delta FGP

Bb/Bs Middle Tn RSVP

Davidson County FGP

Nashville SCP

RSVP of Nashville

Van Buren SCP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

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

 160

 280

 297

N/A

 400

 161

 165

 49

 115

 97

 17

 625

 1

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 6,308

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Knoxville Knox County Cac

Henderson Co Senior Citizens Ctr

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 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

Bethlehem Center

Church Koinonia Federal Credit Union

Hope for Chattanooga

United Way of Greater Chattanooga - Center for

Nonprofits

BICC

Upper Cumberland Community Services Agency

Graceworks Ministries, Inc.

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

The Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the

Prevention of Child Abuse

The College of New Jersey

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley

Emerald Youth Foundation

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Asset-Based Community Development

CKFCU

Asset-Based Community Development

Project Ready for School

Asset-Based Community Development

Partners Achieving School Success

Graceworks Ministries

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Second Harvest Food Bank

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

Upper East Tennessee HDA

One Child At A Time

Carson-Newman College

Boys & Girls Club of Vestal

Laura Cansler Unit

Moses Teen Center

The Boys & Girls Club of Western Heights

T.E.A.M.

Program Name

 1

 1

 3

 19

 2

 26

 1

 16

 2

 1

 2

 25

 25

 1

 3

 1

 1

 21

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

Program Type

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Cleveland

Cookeville

Franklin

Gatlinburg

Gray

Greeneville

Greenville

Jackson

Jefferson City

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

Knoxville Knox County Cac

Advance Memphis

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis

Exchange Club Family Center of the Mid-South

Porter-Leath Children's Center

Tahra

Tennessee Community Assistance Corporation

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

New Hope Construction, Inc.

Family Affair Ministries, Inc.

Habitat For Humanity

Habitat For Humanity MidAmerica Region

Habitat For Humanity MidAmerica Region

Habitat For Humanity MidAmerica Region

Sponsor Organization (if different)

CAC AmeriCorps

Asset-Based Community Development

Downtown Porter Boys & Girls Club

Goodwill Boys & Girls Club

Ira Samelson, Jr. Boys & Girls Club Unit

Southside Boys & Girls Club

Project TLC (To Love a Child)

Memphis Urban League

Early Intervention

United Way of the Mid-South

TCAC Community

TCAC Reads

Community Cares

New Hope - Intermediary

AmeriCorps Service1

Habitat For Humanity - TN

Habitat AmeriCorps - Ohio

Habitat AmeriCorps - Tennessee

Habitat For Humanity MidAmerica Regional Center

Program Name

 19

 1

 4

 14

 6

 4

 25

 2

 30

 14

 29

 12

 52

 11

 20

 4

 15

 15

 7

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Knoxville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Morristown

Morristown

Morristown

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 610

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.

Hands On Nashville

Oasis Center, Inc

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

Tennessee Department of Mental Health and

Developmental Disabilities

United Neighborhood Health Services

Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Center for

Health Services

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Appalachia Habitat for Humanity

Clinch-Powell RC&D Council

Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Habitat for Humanity International

Citizen Action AmeriCorps--Hands On Nashville

Oasis AmeriCorps

TCCY

Regional Intervention Program AmeriCorps

Partnership

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

Community HealthCorps-Nashville, TN

Student Community Health Coalition AmeriCorps

CASATNH

Big South Fork NRRA

Boys & Girls Club of Pulaski

Housing Service Corps

Appalachia CARES / AmeriCorps

Sevierville Boys & Girls Club

Program Name

 12

 3

 15

 2

 30

 4

 11

 33

 7

 2

 1

 18

 36

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

Program Type

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Oak Ridge

Oneida

Pulaski

Robbins

Rutledge

Sevierville

Notes:

Primary City

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 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Benton

Brownsville

Dickson

Elizabethton

Jackson

Johnson City

Knoxville

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Nashville

Spencer

Waverly

Polk County Department of Education

Haywood County School System

Dickson County School System

Carter County School System

Lane College

Johnson City School System

Knox County School System

Warren County School System

Avon Lenox

Bethel Grove

Booker T. Washington

Brownsville Road

East

East Career and Technology Center

GED Exit Option Class/Booker T. Washington HS

Georgian Hills

Havenview

Hollis Price

Kingsbury Career and Technology Center

Lanier

LeMoyne Owen College

Locke

Mitchell

Translating Native Tongues

Trezevant Career and Technology Center

White Station

Whitehaven

Tennessee Department of Education

Van Buren County High School

Humphreys County Board of 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

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

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

 582

 75

 80

 44

 459

 40

 34

 86

 14

 20

 20

N/A

 170

 32

 19

 97

 29

 53

 167

 270

 140

 38

 25

N/A

 296

 15

 28

 23

 95

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 2,951

Presidential Freedom Scholarships: Two students from the junior or senior class in each high school in the 

United States may receive a $1000 college scholarship for outstanding leadership in service to community. 

This is a matching scholarship: $500 is provided by a local organization such as the PTA or Kiwanis and $500 

is provided by Learn and Serve America. Since 2000, more than 590 Tennessee students have received these

scholarships.
Learn and Serve America in Tennessee

Information on the 2005 - 2006 program year current as of February 22, 2006

Notes: 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

Southeast Region - Charleston, SC

2231 S. Hobson Ave.

Charleston, SC 29405-2430

843-743-8600 x3008 843-743-8609

Mike Herrmann

6th Floor Andrew Johnson Tower

Nashville, TN 37243-0375

6157410345 6155327860

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20525

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) 532-9416 (615) 532-6950 

carol.white@state.tn.us

Carol C White

Elson Nash

Jerry Herman

Jeffrey Biel

Tennessee Department of Education

Tennessee 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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