Arkansas 2009 - 2010

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

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

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

pressing needs in communities across Arkansas. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the 

Governor-appointed Arkansas Service Commission, 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 6,200 Arkansas residents 

have served more than 10 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards 

totaling more than $17,200,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to engage more than 3,600 Arkansas 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 Arkansas. More than 11,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping 

to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 66 national service projects across 

Arkansas. 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 $9,100,000 to support Arkansas communities 

through three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 7,000 seniors in Arkansas 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

2,600 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 754 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 560 groups across Arkansas.

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.
Arkansas At a Glance

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

44 693 $5,629,202

AmeriCorps State Competitive

AmeriCorps State Formula

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps NCCC

Education Awards Program (State)

AmeriCorps VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps

3

8

4

3

1

24

1

Program Sites

 149

 195

 61

N/A

 100

 174

 14

Participants 

 $1,091,138

 $1,114,326

 $264,000

N/A

 $30,000

 $3,129,738

N/A

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 21 6,984 $3,575,371

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 6

 12

 3

Projects

 599

 6,133

 252

 $1,971,349

 $839,455

 $764,567

Program

Funding

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

members serving in Arkansas. 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.

Arkansas is served by the AmeriCorps NCCC campus located in Denver, Colorado. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps NCCC teams have served on projects in Boles and Little Rock.

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

 1 3,661 $193,169

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 3,656

 5

Participants

 $173,169

 $20,000

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 66 11,338 $9,742,052

 16

 1

 17

 $448,875

 $565,975

 $1,604,475

N/A

 $236,250

 $822,150

 $56,700

 $3,734,425

4

3

Education

 Award 

4

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $48,750

 $120,242

 $175,318

N/A $344,310

Program

Funding

 $3,734,425

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $13,476,477

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 Arkansas

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

Arkadelphia

Augusta

Batesville

Bella Vista

El Dorado

Ft. Smith

Gillham

Harrison

Hot Springs

Hot Springs

Jonesboro

Jonesboro

Little Rock

Monticello

North Little Rock

Pine Bluff

Russellville

Primary City

South Central Arkansas FGP

White River RSVP

Batesville FGP

Northwest Arkansas RSVP

El Dorado Connections

WestArk RSVP

Southwest Arkansas FGP

RSVP Boone/Marion Counties

Garland County RSVP

Garland County SCP

East Arkansas Foster Grandparent Program

East Arkansas RSVP

Dev Disabilities Svcs FGP

Southeast Arkansas FGP

Central Arkansas SCP

Jefferson County RSVP

SCP of Russellville

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 83

 151

 85

 586

 292

 900

 118

 300

 550

 84

 50

 649

 136

 127

 45

 613

 123

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Ouachita Baptist University

White River Rural Health Center, Inc.

White River Area Agency on Aging

Office of Human Concern Inc.

South Arkansas Regional Health Center Inc.

Western Ark Counseling & Guidance Center

Dequeen-Mena Educational Coop

Ozark Opportunites Inc.

Garland County Council on Aging

Garland County Council on Aging

East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Inc.

East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Inc.

Ar Dept Human Svsc-Dev Disabilities

Southeast Arkansas Education Service 

Cooperative (SEARK)

Central Arkansas Area Agency Aging

United Way of Southeast Arkansas

Area Agency on Aging of West Central Arkansas
Senior Corps in Arkansas

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

Springdale

Stuttgart

Texarkana

Wrightsville

Primary City

RSVP of Northwest Arkansas

Stuttgart North Arkansas County RSVP

Greater Texarkana Arkansas RSVP

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Central 

Arkansas

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 326

 336

 330

 1,100

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 6,984

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Economic Opportunity Agency Inc.

Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce

City of Texarkana, Arkansas

Future Builders
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

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

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.

Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation

United Way of Central Arkansas

Pediatrics Plus Community Connections

South Arkansas Regional Health Center Inc.

Apple Seeds, Inc.

LifeSource International

Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology

Western Ark Counseling & Guidance Center

City Year, Inc.

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.

Arkansas Service Commission

UALR Children International

Kiwanis Activities, Inc.

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Arkansas Literacy Councils, Inc.

William J. Clinton Foundation

Sponsor Organization (if different)

$5+)+RISaline County

AmeriCorps VISTA Project

Faulkner Co. Multi-Agency AmeriCorps 

Collaboration

Community Connections

Independent Living

Apples in the Classroom

Kids Life at LifeSource

Omni Center Capacity Building Project

WestArk RSVP Community Outreach Program

North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education

City Year Little Rock

Pulaski County, HFH of

AmeriCorps Promise Fellows

Next Move Corps

Alternative Classroom Experience/Summer Incentive 

Program

HIPPYCorps

Arkansas Reads

HEAL AR

Program Name

 1

 2

 10

 5

 5

 2

 1

 3

 2

 32

 35

 3

 10

 36

 10

 38

 40

 24

# of

Members

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

Program Type

Benton

Brinkley

Conway

Conway

El Dorado

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Fort Smith

Harrison

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

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

Arkansas Public Policy Panel

Our House, Inc

Arkansas Service Commission

Black Community Developers, Inc

Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

Little Rock Community Mental Health Center

Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative

(SEARK)

Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative

(SEARK)

Winthrop Rockefeller Center Univ. of Arkansas 

system

Twin Lakes Literacy Council

The Stand Foundation

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Rogers Public School

Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Establishing Sustainable Community Groups in 

Arkansas

Arkansas State CASA Association

Our House

Local Entities for DRVCs

Black Community Developers, Inc.

Green Jobs and Houses for Healthy Families

SOAR Network Homeless Initiative

Lonoke School District

Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center

AR Smart Start AmeriCorps Tutoring

Arkansas AmeriCorps Future Teacher Initative

Winthrop Rockefeller Center Environmental Project

Poverty to Literacy

Pulaski County Learning Center

The STAND Foundation, Inc.

Heifer International Learning Centers

Literacy Council of Jefferson County

AmeriCorps Family Outreach

From Poverty to Prosperity in Northeast Arkansas

Program Name

 16

 7

 6

 1

 9

 3

 12

 10

 9

 73

 100

 55

 1

 17

 9

 14

 3

 38

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

Education Awards Program 

(State)

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Lonoke

Marvell

Monticello

Monticello

Morrilton

Mountain Home

North Little Rock

North Little Rock

Perryville

Pine Bluff

Rogers

Springdale

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

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

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 693

Seniors In Poverty - Greater Texarkana

Mid Delta Community Consortium

Good Neighbor Center

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Senior Outreach Program

MDCC AmeriCorps VISTA

Arkansas Delta Service Corps

Future Builders, Inc.

Program Name

 17

 6

 22

 5

# of

Members

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Texarkana

West Helena

West Memphis

Wrightsville

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 Arkansas

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

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Benton

El Dorado

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Forrest City

Jonesboro

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Mountain Home

Paris

Quitman

Shirley

Van Buren

Van Buren

Vilonia

Waldron

Angie Grant Elementary School

Parkers Chapel High School

Fayetteville High School

Woodland Junior High School

Forrest City High School

Valley View Elementary School

Arkansas Department of Education

Central High School

Fuller Middle School

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Mountain Home High Career Academies

Paris High School

Quitman School District

Shirley Alternative Learning Center

City Heights Elementary School

Van Buren High School

Vilonia Middle School

Waldron Alternative Learning Center

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

Notes:

 122

 57

 100

 20

 500

 25

 755

 700

 5

 50

 41

 152

 111

 75

 600

 300

 48

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 3,661

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.