Puerto Rico 

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2011-2012

INFORMATION ON THE 2011-2012 PROGRAM YEAR CURRENT AS OF FEBRUARY 07 2012

individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to

meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other pressing needs

in communities across Puerto Rico. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to

the Governor-appointed Puerto Commission for Volunteerism & 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 CNCS

directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive

grants process. Other individuals 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. 

grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to engage

more than 850 Puerto Rico students in community service linked

to academic learning and the development of civic skills. This

type of learning, called service-learning, strengthens

communities, improves academic engagement, and prepares

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.

More than 2,900 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet

local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through

national service in Puerto Rico. Serving with more than 130 national and local

nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these

citizens tutor and mentor children, support veterans and military families,

provide health services, restore the environment, respond to disasters,

increase economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers. This

year, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will commit

more than $9,000,000 to support Puerto Rico communities through national

service initiatives including: 

their time and talents in one of three Senior Corps programs. Foster

Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 2,400

young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than

3,600 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 75 groups

across Puerto Rico.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal

agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and

fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering.

CNCS annually 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 1-800-833-3722.

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 4,800

Puerto Rico residents have served more than 10 million hours and

have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling

more than $13,500,000.

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 300

Senior Corps: More than 1,800 seniors in Puerto Rico contribute 

MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN PUERTO RICO. 

Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides 
Puerto Rico at a Glance

Information on the 2011 - 2012 program year current as of February 7, 2012 

 42 301 $3,307,360

AmeriCorps State Formula

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps

 9

 2

 31

Projects

 113

 23

 165

Participants

 $1,321,915

-

 $1,985,445

Program Funding

AMERICORPS TOTAL

 12 1,836 $3,276,680

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 4

 3

 5

Projects

 609

 786

 441

 $1,728,783

 $152,253

 $1,395,644

Program Funding

2

Participants

 1 857 $506,138

K-12 School-Based

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 857

Participants

 $506,138

Program Funding

LEARN AND SERVE TOTAL

PROGRAM TOTALS 58 2,994 $7,557,373

 $546,675

 $62,313

 $914,750

 $1,523,738

Education Award 3

Other Funding

 $89,395

 $83,800

 $294,000

- $467,195

Program Funding

 $1,523,738

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING $9,081,111

SENIOR CORPS TOTAL

OTHER FUNDING TOTAL

 1

 1

 1

 3

Grantees

Education Award 

N/A

-

(including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards)

-

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

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

CNCS funding.

1

2 This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2011 - 2012 program year. For AmeriCorps VISTA, this represents the actual

number of AmeriCorps members in active service.

3

The data shown represents a snapshot in time. CNCS project sites, participants, and funding change throughout the year, so the data may not reflect current

conditions. 

RSVP funding levels reflect the actual amount awarded to each RSVP grantee in FY 2011. The FY 2011 budget reduction was implemented by either extending or

compressing the grant period, with some grants receiving a 9-month budget period and others receiving a 15-month budget period. 

1

Notes:

5

5

5

4

4 Fiscal Year 2011 and 2012 funding was eliminated for Learn and Serve America but some programs are operating funded by previously approved multi_year 

grants.

5 Funding levels reflect Fiscal Year 2011 appropriations. Funding for this account was reduced in Fiscal Year 2012.
Senior Corps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2011 - 2012 program year current as of February 7, 2012

Bayamón

Caguas

Cayey

Juncos

Mercedita

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Yabucoa

Hope for the Aged FGP

Senior Companion Program / Programa Amigos Acompañantes

Cayey FGP

Senior Companion Program -Juncos

Consejo de Salud de Puerto Rico, Inc.

RSVP Admin for Families & Children

SCP San Juan

Alzheimer's SCP

RSVP Municipality of San Juan

Municipality of San Juan FGP

PROOE-Ponce's FGP

Corporacion Gericola RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

 246

 63

 104

 84

 53

 360

 111

 130

 176

 148

 111

 250

TOTAL NUMBER OF SENIOR CORPS PARTICIPANTS 1,836

Hope for the Aged Inc.

Central Region Board on Elderly Affairs

Corp Reg De Guayama De Srvs Comunidad

Hope for the Aged Inc.

Consejo de Salud de Puerto Rico

Admin. for Families & Children-Dept. of Family

Board of Community Service-Hope for the Aged Inc.

Governor's Office on Elderly Affairs

Municipality of San Juan

Municipality of San Juan

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly (OPPEA)

Gericulture Corp. Humacao Region

The city column refers to the location of sponsor organization. Volunteers may be serving in other locations than the city listed.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Program Name

Primary City Program Type

Number of

Participants

Notes:
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2011 - 2012 program year current as of February 7, 2012

Programa De Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

Programa De Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

Oikos, Inc. (Tu Centro Familiar)

San Agustin Del Coqui

Centro de Servicios a la Juventud, Inc

American Cancer Society

Universidad del Este

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Comunidad del Barrio Palmas

National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.

COSSMA

VIDAS Servicios Sociales Episcopales

Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Inc.

Taller Salud, Inc.

Municipio de Mayaguez

Comite Desarrollo Social y Cultural Daguao Inc.

Centro de Servicios Primarios de Salud de Patillas, Inc.

Consejo de Salud de Puerto Rico

Sponsor Organization (if different)

AmeriCorps Stregthening Rays of Hope Project

Programa de Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

La Tierra Prometida, Inc.

Oikos, Inc. (Tu Centro Familar)

San Agustin del Coqui

CSJ Americorps Program

Volunteer Infrastructure Program for ACS/PR

Oficina para la Promocion y el Desarrollo Humano

Community Technolgy Center

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Com Bo Palmas

COSSMA

Promotores de Salud - State

VISTAS giving life to VIDAS

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

Scuba Dogs Society

SUAGM: UT Job Development and UNE CTC Initiatives

Centro de Intervencion e Integracion Paso a Paso, Inc.

Evaluation Program

Municipality of Maunabo

GOALS-Government and Organizations Allied to Serve

Mayaguez Children's Library

Coordinando tu Comunidad

Promoting healthy styles among the obese population

VISTA Health Service Campaign

Program Name

 12

 13

 3

 1

 2

 20

 5

 3

 9

 7

 8

 8

 4

 9

 2

 6

 7

 3

 5

 23

 3

 2

 8

 10

Number of

Participants

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Aguada

Aguada

Aguadilla

Aguas Buenas

Aguas Buenas

Arecibo

Arecibo

Arecibo

Carolina

Catano

Cidra

Cidra

Cupey

Guaynabo

Guaynabo

Gurabo

Hatillo

Loiza

Maunabo

Mayaguez

Mayaguez

Naguabo

Patillas

Ponce

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2011 - 2012 program year current as of February 7, 2012

TOTAL NUMBER OF AMERICORPS PARTICIPANTS 301

Ponce Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.

Niños de Nueva Esperanza Inc

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

Tufts University/MA Campus Compact

Instituto Psicopedagogico de PR

Cantera Peninsula Project

Sapientis

Alianza Laura Aponte por la Paz Social

Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano Martin Pena

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly (OPPEA)

Puerto Rico Community Foundation

Red de Ayuda Comunal de Emergencias, Inc.

The Salvation Army

Path Stone Corporation

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Ponce NHS Capacity and Community Building

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Niños de Nueva Esperanza

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza

University of Sacred Heart

Meeting Intelectuall Disability Social & Recreational Needs

Cantera Social Response

Sapientis AmeriCorps Planning Grant

ALAPAS VISTA Project

Restoring the Caño and its communities

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly

Prensa Comunitaria

Social Media and Donor Outreach Program

University of the Sacred Heart

Re-ACE

Programa de Voluntarios

Strengthening Community Leadership Skills

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area of Puerto Rico

Program Name

 2

 6

 1

 4

 15

 15

 20

N/A

 1

 7

 3

 14

 2

 9

 6

 5

 6

 12

Number of

Participants

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Ponce

Ponce

Sabana Seca

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

Utuado

Yabucoa

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. 

The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. AmeriCorps members may be serving in other locations than the city 

listed. 

Notes:
Learn and Serve America in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2011 - 2012 program year current as of February 7, 2012

Primary City Sponsor Organization Program Type

Aguada

Aibonito

Barranquitas

Barranquitas

Bayamon

Maricao

Maricao

Maunabo

Naranjito

Naranjito

Naranjito

Naranjito

Naranjito

Quebradillas

Rio Piedras

Saint Just Station

San Juan

San Juan

San Sebastian

Santa Isabel

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Vega Alta

Jose Gonzalez Ruiz

Federico Degetau II

Jose Berrios Berdecia

Pablo Colon Berdecia

Dra. Carmen Gomez Tejera

Mariana Bracetti

Raul Ybarra

Calzada

Francisco Morales Rivera

Lomas Valles

Lomas Valles

Ruben Rodriguez Figueroa

S.U. Adolfo Garcia

Manuel Ramos Hernandez

Juan B. Huyke

Venus Gardens

Department of Education of Puerto Rico

Villa Capri

Emilio Scharon Rodriguez

Elvira Colon

Adela Rolon Fuentes

Nicolas sevilla Guemarez

Tomas Maso Rivera Morales

Tomas Maso Rivera Morales

Apolo San Antonio

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

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Notes:

 26

 45

 70

 50

 31

 94

 49

 35

 25

 20

 25

 20

 20

 35

 24

 35

 30

 56

 41

 27

 30

 25

 23

 21

TOTAL NUMBER OF LEARN AND SERVE PARTICIPANTS 857

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.

The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. Participants may be serving in other locations than the city

listed.

Fiscal Year 2011 funding was eliminated for Learn and Serve America but some programs are operating funded by previously

approved multi-year grants.

Number of

Participants