Tennessee 2009 - 2010

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 10, 2010

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 740 individuals the opportunity to 

provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, health, economic and other 

pressing needs in communities across Tennessee. Most 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 that can be used to pay for college or to pay 

back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 7,600 Tennessee residents have served more than 

15 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than 

$19,200,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to engage more than 10,000 Tennessee students in community service linked to 

academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, called servicelearning, improves communities while preparing young people for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. 

Learn and Serve America also provides curricula and other resources to teachers, faculty members, 

schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in Tennessee. More than 18,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping

to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 71 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 $13,600,000 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

21,900 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 620 homebound 

seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety 

patrols for local police departments, protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural

disasters, and provide other services through more than 730 groups across Tennessee.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communitites,

and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. The Corporation anually engages more than five million

Americans in service to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America, 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 202-565-2799.
Tennessee At a Glance

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 10, 2010

39 744 $5,428,078

AmeriCorps State Competitive

AmeriCorps State Formula

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps NCCC

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps

5

8

8

2

16

Program Sites

 118

 207

 294

N/A

 125

Participants 

 $1,153,483

 $1,893,620

 $132,600

N/A

 $2,248,375

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 30 7,951 $5,147,687

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 10

 16

 4

Projects

 1,002

 6,648

 301

 $3,178,411

 $1,092,387

 $876,889

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 Vicksburg, Mississippi. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps NCCC teams have served on projects in Memphis and Gatlinburg.

2

2

3

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2009 - 2010 program year excluding Recovery 

Act positions. For AmeriCorps VISTA and the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps 

members in active service.

Participants

 3 10,030 $980,841

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

 1

 1

Grantees

 9,050

 980

N/A

Participants

 $660,841

 $320,000

N/A

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 72 18,725 $11,979,681

 36

 15

N/A

 51

 $434,075

 $713,288

 $2,547,638

N/A

 $590,625

 $4,285,626

4

3

Education

 Award 

4

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $53,571

 $111,459

 $258,045

N/A $423,075

Program

Funding

 $4,285,626

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $16,265,307

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees

1

This chart does not include AmeriCorps sites, participants, or funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

1
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of January 26, 2010

Adamsville

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Clarksville

Clarksville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Decatur

Dyersburg

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Gallatin

Henderson

Henderson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Primary City

McNairy-Hardin-Hardeman RSVP

Chattanooga FGP

Alexian Senior Neighbors of Chattanooga, Inc.

Clarksville/Montgomery County FGP

Clarksville/Montgomery County RSVP

East Central TN 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 Program

RSVP of Northeast Tennessee

Knoxville Knox Co FGP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 521

 130

 374

 111

 150

 42

 650

 507

 436

 325

 88

 300

 290

 64

 105

 930

 151

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Adamsville Lions Club, Inc.

City of Chattanooga Human Services

Clarksville/Montgomery County Community 

Action Agency

Clarksville/Montgomery County Community 

Action Agency

LBJ&C Development Corporation

LBJ&C Development Corporation

Meigs County Legislative Body

Dyer County Legislative Body

South Central Human Resource Agency

South Central Human Resource Agency

Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency

Southwest Human Resource Agency

Southwest Human Resource Agency

First Tennessee Human Resource Agency

Upper East TN Human Development Agency

Knoxville Knox County Community Action 

Committee
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of January 26, 2010

Knoxville

Knoxville

Martin

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Spencer

Primary City

Knoxville Knox County RSVP

Knoxville SCP

Northwest TN RSVP

RSVP Mcminnville

Aging Commission RSVP

Memphis Area SCP

Memphis FGP

South Central Region FGP

BBBS of Middle TN RSVP

Davidson County FGP

Nashville SCP

RSVP of Nashville

Van Buren SCP

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

 465

 91

 200

 350

 239

 127

 165

 49

 170

 97

 17

 741

 66

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 7,951

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Knoxville Knox County Community Action 

Committee

Knoxville Knox County Community Action 

Committee

Northwest Human Resource Agency

TN Opportunity Programs, Inc. (TOPS)

Aging Commission of the Mid-South

Metropolitan Interfaith Association

Porter Leath Children Center

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 Development Services 

Board
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 9, 2010

Hope for Chattanooga

AIM Center, Inc.

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise

Upper Cumberland Community Services Agency

The Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the 

Prevention of Child Abuse

West Tennessee Special Technology Access 

Resource Center (The STAR Center)

Knoxville Knox County Community Action 

Committee

Emerald Youth Foundation

Knoxville Knox County Community Action 

Committee

Teach For America

The New Teacher Project

Porter-Leath Children's Center

Exchange Club Family Center of the Mid-South

Memphis Tomorrow

Volunteer Mid-South

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Hope for the Inner City - Chattanooga

AmeriCorps Building Futures

Community Strengthening Against Foreclosures

Partners Achieving School Success

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee

One Child At A Time

BT Project

CAC AmeriCorps

T.E.A.M.

Grandparents as Parents

Diocese of Memphis

Expanding the Impact of Teach For America - 

Memphis

Memphis Teaching Fellows

Early Childhood Home Visitation

Project TLC (To Love a Child)

STEP Prep

Volunteer Mid-South VISTA Intermediary

Women of Style, Spirit and Success Inc.

Program Name

 2

 7

 2

 24

 1

 17

 19

 25

 59

 1

 6

 98

 41

 32

 20

 16

 10

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Cookeville

Gray

Jackson

Jackson

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 9, 2010

Hope House Day Care, Inc.

United Housing, Inc

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

United Neighborhood Health Services

Teach For America

The New Teacher Project

Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Center for 

Health Services

Martha O'Bryan Center

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

NAMI Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Correction

American Red Cross Nashville Area Chapter

Lipscomb University

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

Appalachia Habitat for Humanity

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Dress for Success Memphis

Hope House Day Care

United Housing, Inc.

Community Cares

TCAC Community VISTA

Community HealthCorps-Nashville, TN

Teach For America - Nashville

Nashville Teaching Fellows

Coalition For Healthy Aging

THRIVE

VISTA Literacy Project

In Our Own Voice Volunteers

The Good Samaritan Network

Red Cross Disaster Response Capacity Building in 

Tennessee

VISTA Tennessee Campus Compact/Lipscomb 

University

CASATNH

Housing Service Corps

Program Name

 1

 2

 2

 27

 28

 15

 53

 79

 22

 11

 20

 4

 7

 7

 14

 6

 19

# of

Members

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

Program Type

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Morristown

Morristown

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Oak Ridge

Robbins

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 9, 2010

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 744

Clinch-Powell RC&D Council

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Appalachia CARES / AmeriCorps

Program Name

 46

# of

Members

AmeriCorps State

Program Type

Rutledge

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 2009 - 2010 program year current as of February 16, 2010

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Bells

Benton

Bristol

Brownsville

Charlotte

Chattanooga

Clarksburg

Clarksville

Coalmont

Cookeville

Cookeville

Dresden

Etowah

Jacksboro

Jefferson City

Johnson City

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Lenoir City

Loudon

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

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

Grundy County School

Putnam County Schools

Tennessee Tech University -Upper Cumberland Child 

Care Resource and Referral

Weakley County Schools

Little Children of the World, Inc. Camp Etowah 

AfterSchool Program

Campbell County Schools

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

Circles of Success

Cordova High School

Dr. Benjamin Hooks Job Corps Academy

East Career and Technology Center

East High School

Hamilton Elementary School

KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Diamond Academy

Kingsbury Career Technology Center

Kingsbury High School

Melrose High School

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 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-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

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

 31

 30

 35

 50

 275

 84

 30

 75

 20

 59

 136

 70

 27

 125

 127

 50

 38

 52

 129

 48

 46

 75

 20

 140

 105

 11

 20

 70

 546

N/A

 190

 60
Learn and Serve America in Tennessee

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of February 16, 2010

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Morristown

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Oak Ridge

Oneida

Paris

Selmer

Selmer

Spencer

Tracy City

Trenton

Winchester

Woodbury

Woodbury

Memphis City Schools

Raleigh-Egypt High School

Trezevant Career Technology Center

White Station Elementary School

Wooddale High School

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corporation

Rutherford County Schools

Tennessee Department of Education

Vanderbilt University

Volunteer 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 School

Trenton Housing Authority

Franklin County Board of Education

Cannon County High School

Cannon County REACH Program

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 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:

 20

 1,729

 300

 155

 28

 90

 73

 305

 1,022

 91

 1,348

 2,500

 33

N/A

 82

 70

 52

 73

 107

 200

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 11,052

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.