2021 YEAR IN REVIEW

National Service in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico by the Numbers

1,046 107 $11.4m

Members & Volunteers Service Locations Total Investment

Meeting Needs in Puerto Rico

Last year more than 1,000 Americans of all ages and

backgrounds united to meet local needs, strengthen

communities, and expand opportunity through national

service in Puerto Rico. AmeriCorps invested more than $9.1

million in federal funding to support cost-effective community

solutions, working hand in hand with local partners to

empower individuals to help communities tackle their

toughest challenges.

AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers

are preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s jobs, helping

communities and families impacted by COVID-19, connecting

veterans to services, fighting the opioid epidemic, helping

seniors live independently, rebuilding communities after

disasters, and leading conservation and climate change

efforts.

AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers

served at more than 100 locations across Puerto Rico,

including schools, food banks, homeless shelters, health

clinics, youth centers, veterans' facilities, and other nonprofit

and faith-based organizations. Through a unique publicprivate partnership, AmeriCorps and its partners generated

more than $2.2 million in outside resources from businesses,

foundations, public agencies, and other sources in Puerto Rico

last year. This local support strengthened community impact

and increased the return on taxpayer dollars.

What is AmeriCorps?

AmeriCorps is the federal

agency for national service and

volunteerism. AmeriCorps provides

opportunities for Americans of all

backgrounds to serve their country,

address the nation’s most pressing

challenges, improve lives and

communities, and strengthen civic

engagement.

Bringing Out the Best

in America

More than 250,000 AmeriCorps

members and AmeriCorps Seniors

volunteers serve each year,

empowering millions more to meet

needs in their communities. By

bringing people together to serve

communities, AmeriCorps is making

service to others an indispensable

part of the American experience.

Segal AmeriCorps

Education Award

After successful completion of

service, AmeriCorps members earn a

Segal AmeriCorps Education Award

to pay for qualified educational

costs. Since 1994, more than 7,000

Puerto Rico residents have served

approximately 14 million hours and

earned education awards totaling

more than $22.8 million. Higher

education institutions and other

organizations in Puerto Rico have

received more than $5.8 million in

education award payments since

1994.

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National Service in Puerto Rico

Our Programs and Initiatives

AmeriCorps State and National awards grants to organizations to engage individuals in sustained service

to address local, regional, and national challenges. Thousands of opportunities exist in locations across the

country to serve with nonprofits, schools, public agencies, tribes, and community and faith-based groups.

Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to Comisión de Voluntariado y Servicio Comunitario de Puerto Rico,

the Governor-appointed State Service Commission, which in turn awards grants to organizations to

respond to local needs.

AmeriCorps VISTA places individuals with nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and tribal

governments to expand reach and deepen impact in making sustainable change that alleviates the impact

of poverty. Through fundraising, volunteer recruitment, program development, and more, AmeriCorps

members gain experience and leadership skills that put them on track for a life of service in the public,

private, or nonprofit sector.

AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, team-based, residential program for 18–26-year-olds. Whether building

homes for families in need or accelerating our nation’s capacity to respond to a crisis, AmeriCorps NCCC

members engage in a variety of community identified projects during their service term, while developing

leadership, teamwork, and professional skills. AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps serves communities, in

coordination with FEMA, through disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparents provides grants to organizations to engage low-income

Americans aged 55 and older in providing one-on-one mentoring and academic support to children with

special or exceptional needs. In 2020, Foster Grandparents in Puerto Rico served more than 2,400 young

people with special needs.

AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companions provides grants to organizations to engage low-income

Americans aged 55 and older in providing supportive, individualized services to help homebound seniors

and other adults maintain their dignity and independence. In 2020, Seniors Companions in Puerto Rico

provided independent living support to more than 480 individuals.

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP provides grants to organizations to engage Americans aged 55 and older in

tutoring and mentoring youth, responding to natural disasters, supporting veterans and their families, and

meeting other critical needs.

Volunteer Generation Fund supports voluntary organizations and state service commissions in boosting

the impact of volunteers in addressing critical community needs.

MLK Day of Service is observed each year on the third Monday in January. It is the only federal holiday

designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to deepen ties to

communities, expand racial equity, and solidify service to others as a national commitment.

9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance calls Americans across the country to volunteer in their

local communities in tribute to the individuals lost and injured in the attacks, first responders, and the many

who have risen in service to defend freedom since Sept. 11, 2001.

Learn More

To see other reports about national service in Puerto Rico, email PR@cns.gov.

To learn more about AmeriCorps, visit: AmeriCorps.gov.

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Puerto Rico | At a Glance Report

1,046 107 $11,355,052

Members & Volunteers Service Locations Total Investment

Program Funding

Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Awards Federal Funding

AmeriCorps National 3 4 64 $386,738 $882,915

AmeriCorps NCCC 3 3 24 - -

AmeriCorps State 10 12 75 $300,608 $738,982

AmeriCorps VISTA 14 27 119 $656,166 $1,851,918

AmeriCorps Programs Subtotal 30 46 282 $1,343,512 $3,473,815

Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Awards Federal Funding

AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program 4 34 415 - $1,932,359

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP 1 3 80 - $66,807

AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program 4 24 269 - $1,346,763

AmeriCorps Seniors Programs Subtotal 9 61 764 - $3,345,929

Other Funding

Projects Service Locations Completed Participants Education Awards Federal Funding

State Commission Investment Funds 1 - - - $432,475

State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $545,000

Subtotal 2 - - - $977,475

Total Program Funding $7,797,219

Total AmeriCorps Funding Including Education Awards $9,140,730

Total Local Project Support (Non-AmeriCorps Resources) $2,214,321

Total AmeriCorps Funding + Total Local Project Support $11,355,052

 Since 1994, more than 7,000 Puerto Rico residents have served approximately 14 million hours

 and earned education awards totaling more than $22.8 million.

Notes: Data shown represents national service activity completed between January 29, 2021 and January 28, 2022. 1. Projects may be headquartered in other states. 2. The service location total may contain multiple counts of

unique locations where multiple AmeriCorps projects operated. 3. Completed participants reflects all AmeriCorps members who completed service in Puerto Rico between January 29, 2021 and January 28, 2022. For

AmeriCorps Seniors, this reflects all volunteers funded by grants completed during that same period. For AmeriCorps Seniors projects where 2021 service location data is unavailable, service locations associated with the

project from the previous year are represented or are listed with no service locations. 4. The Education Awards figures represent the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that could be earned by

AmeriCorps members who completed service in Puerto Rico. 5. AmeriCorps State and National, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion federal funding reflects the estimated proportionate annual share of the federal grant

associated with the participants in this report. This includes any awarded federal American Rescue Plan funding except match replacement. AmeriCorps State and National placeholder grants have been excluded from this

report. For AmeriCorps VISTA, funding reflects the national average cost per participant. RSVP funding appears in the state where the project is based and reflects the full amount awarded to operate the completed grant. 6.

Total local project support reflects non-AmeriCorps cash and in-kind resources that AmeriCorps grantees committed to raise in support of their completed grants. This includes any awarded federal American Rescue Plan match

replacement funding.

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Puerto Rico | Project Report

Program Funding

City Project Name

Sponsor Organization Program Type Service

Locations

Completed Education

Participants Awards Federal Funding Current

Participants

Bayamon Let's Move! Health Promotion Program for Adults AmeriCorps State

with ID

Instituto Psicopedagogico de PR

1 15 $46,538 $109,622 3

Caguas Alianza Municipal de Servicios Integrados, Inc.

Alianza Municipal de Servicios Integrados, Inc.

AmeriCorps State 3 3 $18,585 $49,499 2

Caguas Caguas Disaster Services AmeriCorps Project

Autonomous Municipality of Caguas - Dept of

Community Development & Empowerment

AmeriCorps State 1 4 $24,780 $71,785 4

Carolina Boys and Girls Club of Puerto Rico II

Boys and Girls Club of Puerto Rico

AmeriCorps State 1 15 $46,463 $107,018 -

Catano Asociacion Pro Juventud y Com Bo Palmas AmeriCorps State

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Comunidad del Barrio

Palmas

1 13 $40,268 $93,260 7

Catano Support Reforestation Program, Plant Garden

Boxes and Assist Food Drives (October 23 -

December 19, 2021)

Caras of the Americas

AmeriCorps NCCC 1 10 - - -

Guaynabo R02-4032-PR-ANY-ANY Convert Reports and AmeriCorps NCCC

Maintain Correspondence (June 25 - August 29,

2021)

Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA) - Guaynabo Joint Recovery Office

1 8 - - -

Gurabo Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez, Inc. II

Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Inc.

AmeriCorps State 1 7 $21,758 $58,046 2

Gurabo Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Inc.

Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Inc.

AmeriCorps VISTA 4 13 $81,435 $230,466 11

Maricao Fundacion Bucarabon

Fundacion Bucarabon

AmeriCorps VISTA 1 16 $51,049 $142,644 9

Ponce Centros Sor Isolina Ferre

Centros Sor Isolina Ferre

AmeriCorps VISTA 2 3 $19,185 $54,744 1

Ponce NeighborWorks VISTA Program

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

AmeriCorps VISTA 1 12 $50,679 $143,628 4

Rio Grande SCA National Direct PR

STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION,

INC., THE

AmeriCorps National 2 5 $30,475 $68,075 -

San Juan Cantera Peninsula Project

Cantera Peninsula Project

AmeriCorps VISTA 1 3 $18,585 $52,713 2

San Juan Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico

Compania de Turismo de Puerto Rico

AmeriCorps VISTA 3 3 $18,585 $52,713 4

San Juan Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano

Martin Pena II

Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano

Martin Pena

AmeriCorps State - - - - 6

San Juan Environmental Stewardship as a Tool for Social

Change

Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano

Martin Pena

AmeriCorps State 1 5 $30,975 $77,357 -

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City Project Name

Sponsor Organization Program Type Service

Locations

Completed Education

Participants Awards Federal Funding Current

Participants

San Juan FIRST AmeriCorps VISTA

FIRST

AmeriCorps VISTA 1 2 $12,540 $35,148 1

San Juan Fundacion Sila M. Calderón

Fundacion Sila M. Calderon

AmeriCorps State 1 9 $55,755 $133,698 7

San Juan JPRR VISTA PROJECT

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

AmeriCorps VISTA 1 5 $31,275 $89,874 2

San Juan MPA VISTA Intermediary Project

DMPA Corp

AmeriCorps VISTA 6 11 $68,895 $193,311 17

San Juan Peninsula of Cantera Project

Cantera Peninsula Project

AmeriCorps State 1 3 $9,293 $23,219 -

San Juan Puerto Rico

SBP

AmeriCorps National 1 58 $354,952 $814,671 26

San Juan Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc. III

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

AmeriCorps State 1 1 $6,195 $15,479 -

San Juan Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc. IV

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

AmeriCorps State - - - - 1

San Juan R07-3970-MO-ANY-ANY / R02-4027-PR-ANYANY Virtual Resources; Mass Care (June 25 -

August 29, 2021)

Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA) - Region II Regional Office

AmeriCorps NCCC 1 6 - - -

San Juan Restoring the Caño

Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano

Martin Pena

AmeriCorps VISTA 2 15 $93,825 $265,608 10

San Juan SCA PR

STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION,

INC., THE

AmeriCorps National 1 1 $1,311 $169 -

San Juan Setting a Long Term Direction for Boys & Girls

Clubs of PR

Boys and Girls Club of Puerto Rico

AmeriCorps VISTA 2 14 $72,624 $204,459 11

San Juan University of the Sacred Heart VISTA Project

University of the Sacred Heart

AmeriCorps VISTA 1 15 $93,675 $263,595 7

Trujillo Alto Techos pa'mi gente

Techos pa'mi gente

AmeriCorps VISTA 1 3 $18,885 $52,725 10

Vieques Hope Builders, Inc. VISTA

Hope Builders, Inc.

AmeriCorps VISTA 1 4 $24,930 $70,290 -

AmeriCorps Programs Subtotal 46 282 $1,343,512 $3,473,815 147

City Project Name

Sponsor Organization Program Type Service

Locations

Completed Education

Participants Awards Federal Funding Current

Participants

Bayamon Hope for the Aged FGP

Hope for the Aged Inc.

AmeriCorps Seniors 10

Foster Grandparent

Program

176 - $754,753 176

Caguas Senior Companion Program / Programa Amigos

Acompañantes

Central Region Board on Elderly Affairs

AmeriCorps Seniors 4

Senior Companion

Program

45 - $232,940 45

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Project Name Service Completed Education Current City Program Type Federal Funding Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants

Cayey Cayey FGP AmeriCorps Seniors 8 77 - $379,187 -

Corp Regional de Guayama de Servicios a la Foster Grandparent

Comunidad Program

Humacao Southeast Puerto Rico Senior Companion AmeriCorps Seniors - - - - 4

Project Senior Companion

Hispanic-American Institute, Inc. Program

Juncos Senior Companion Program -Juncos AmeriCorps Seniors 3 60 - $310,871 60

Hope for the Aged Inc. Senior Companion

Program

San Juan Alzheimer's SCP AmeriCorps Seniors 8 97 - $438,028 92

Puerto Rico Office of the Ombudsman for the Senior Companion

Elderly Program

San Juan Hispanic-American Institute, Inc. AmeriCorps Seniors - - - - 3

Hispanic-American Institute, Inc. RSVP

San Juan Municipality of San Juan FGP AmeriCorps Seniors 11 83 - $424,836 83

Municipality of San Juan Foster Grandparent

Program

San Juan OPPEA-Ponce's FGP AmeriCorps Seniors 5 79 - $373,582 79

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly Foster Grandparent

(OPPEA) Program

San Juan RSVP Municipality of San Juan AmeriCorps Seniors 3 80 - $66,807 80

Municipality of San Juan RSVP

San Juan SCP San Juan AmeriCorps Seniors 9 67 - $364,924 67

Board of Community Service-Hope for the Aged Senior Companion

Inc. Program

AmeriCorps Seniors Programs Subtotal 61 764 - $3,345,929 689

Other Funding

Project Name Service Completed Education Current City Program Type Federal Funding Sponsor Organization Locations Participants Awards Participants

San Juan PUERTO RICO, COMMONWEALTH OF State Commission - - - $432,475 -

Investment Funds

San Juan PUERTO RICO, COMMONWEALTH OF State Commission - - - $545,000 -

Operations Support

Subtotal - - - $977,475 -

Total Program Funding 107 1,046 $1,343,512 $7,797,219 836

Total AmeriCorps Funding Including Education Scholarships $9,140,730

Total Local Project Support (Non-AmeriCorps Resources) $2,214,321

Total AmeriCorps Funding + Total Local Project Support $11,355,052

 Since 1994, more than 7,000 Puerto Rico residents have served approximately 14 million hours

 and earned education awards totaling more than $22.8 million.

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Puerto Rico | Project Report

Notes: With the exception of the Current Participants column, data shown represents national service activity completed between January 29, 2021 and January 28, 2022. 1. Projects operate in communities throughout the

state. The Service Location report contains a listing of all locations with national service. 2. The service location total may contain multiple counts of unique locations where multiple AmeriCorps projects operated. For

AmeriCorps Seniors projects where 2021 service location data is unavailable, service locations associated with the project from the previous year are represented or are listed with no service locations. Projects may be

headquartered in other states. 3. Completed participants reflects all AmeriCorps members who completed service in Puerto Rico between January 29, 2021 and January 28, 2022. For AmeriCorps Seniors, this reflects all

volunteers funded by grants completed during that same period. 4. The Education Awards figures represent the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that could be earned by AmeriCorps members

who completed service in Puerto Rico. 5. AmeriCorps State and National, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion federal funding reflects the estimated proportionate annual share of the federal grant associated with the

participants in this report. This includes any awarded federal American Rescue Plan funding except match replacement. AmeriCorps State and National placeholder grants have been excluded from this report. For AmeriCorps

VISTA, funding reflects the national average cost per participant. RSVP funding appears in the state where the project is based and reflects the full amount awarded to operate the completed grant. 6. Current participants

reflects national service participants serving in Puerto Rico as of January 28, 2022. These participants are not included in the federal funding and education award numbers in this report. 7. Total local project support reflects

non-AmeriCorps cash and in-kind resources that AmeriCorps grantees committed to raise in support of their completed grants. This includes any awarded federal American Rescue Plan match replacement funding.

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