Connecticut 2009 - 2010

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

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 570 individuals the opportunity to 

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

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

Governor-appointed Connecticut Commission on National and 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 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than

 8,900 Connecticut residents have served more than 11 million hours and have qualified for Segal 

AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $24,100,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to engage more than 3,900 Connecticut 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 Connecticut. More than 10,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are 

helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 54 national service projects

across Connecticut. 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 $8,100,000 to support Connecticut 

communities through three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 5,900 seniors in Connecticut 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

 1,290 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 315 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 790 groups across Connecticut.

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.
Connecticut At a Glance

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

32 570 $1,727,364

AmeriCorps State Competitive

AmeriCorps State Formula

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps NCCC

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps

2

3

17

1

9

Program Sites

 66

 137

 349

N/A

 18

Participants 

 $284,665

 $868,868

 $250,065

N/A

 $323,766

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 21 5,919 $3,229,527

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Demonstration Program

Senior Corps

 5

 12

 3

 1

Projects

 517

 5,168

 234

N/A

 $1,691,614

 $846,840

 $691,073

N/A

Program

Funding

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

members serving in Connecticut. 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.

Connecticut is served by the AmeriCorps NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps NCCC teams have served on projects in Southington.

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

 2 3,995 $564,574

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Learn and Serve America

 1

 1

Grantees

 3,643

 352

Participants

 $199,635

 $364,939

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 55 10,484 $5,878,347

 10

 4

 14

 $109,450

 $326,413

 $1,853,263

N/A

 $85,050

 $2,374,176

4

3

Education

 Award 

4

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $48,750

 $113,119

 $195,013

N/A $356,882

Program

Funding

 $2,374,176

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $8,252,523

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 Connecticut

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

Bridgeport

Bridgeport

Bristol

Danbury

Danielson

Hartford

Hartford

New Britain

New Haven

New Haven

New Haven

New Haven

New London

Norwalk

Norwich

Norwich

Norwich

Primary City

Bridgeport FGP

Eastern Fairfield County RSVP

Greater Bristol RSVP

RSVP by CACD

Windham/Tolland RSVP

Greater Hartford RSVP

Hartford FGP

RSVP of Central Connecticut Inc.

Experience Corps Greater New Haven

FGP

Greater New Haven SCP

RSVP of South Central CT

Southern New London RSVP

RSVP of Southwestern CT

Eastern Connecticut FGP

Tvcca SCP

Northern New London RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Demonstration Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 95

 480

 350

 597

 350

 650

 80

 394

N/A

 105

 109

 372

 374

 350

 154

 22

 243

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Child Guidance Center of Greater Bridgeport

City of Bridgeport

Bristol Community Organization

The Community Action Committee of Danbury, 

Inc.

Thames Valley Council for Community Action

Community Renewal Team, Inc.

Nutmeg Big Brothers/Sisters Inc.

RSVP of Central Connecticut Inc.

South Central Connecticut Agency on Aging

South Central Connecticut Agency on Aging

South Central Connecticut Agency on Aging

South Central Connecticut Agency on Aging

Thames Valley Council for Community Action

Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now (Neon)

Thames Valley Council for Community Action

Thames Valley Council for Community Action

United Community And Family Services
Senior Corps in Connecticut

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

Torrington

Waterbury

Waterbury

Waterbury

Primary City

RSVP of Northwest CT

Central Naugatuck Valley FGP

Central Naugatuck Valley RSVP

New Opportunities Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 400

 83

 491

 103

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 5,919

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

New Opportunities, Inc.

New Opportunities, Inc.

New Opportunities, Inc.

New Opportunities, Inc.
AmeriCorps in Connecticut

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

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.

Achievement First, Inc.

Public Allies, Inc.

Disability ResourceCenter of Fairfield County, Inc. 

(DRC)

Fairfield University

American Red Cross of Greenwich

Foundation for Long Term Care

Notre Dame Mission Volunteers Program, Inc.

Co-opportunity, Inc.

EVERYBODY WINS! CT

Points of Light Foundation

Knox Parks Foundation

Our Piece of the Pie, Inc.

Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity

Independence Unlimited

Our Piece of the Pie, Inc.

Community Health Center, Inc

ASPIRA of Connecticut, Inc.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Coastal Fairfield Co., HFH of

The Urban Teacher Partnership

Public Allies Connecticut 1

Disability Resource Center of Fairfield County, Inc.

Connecticut Campus Compact

National Preparedness & Response Corps-Greenwich

Whitney Center

Notre Dame AmeriCorps - Hartford

YouthBuild Hartford, CT

EVERYBODY WINS! With AmeriCorps Hartford

Hands On Hartford

Green Crew

Hartford AmeriCorps

HfH VISTA Project

Projects Serving People with Disabilities

Connecticut Pipeline Initiative

Community HealthCorps-Middleton, CT

ASPIRACorps

Program Name

 3

 37

 19

 1

 1

 2

 1

 20

 20

 1

 4

 21

 32

 3

 1

 1

 15

 66

# of

Members

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State

Program Type

 Bridgeport

AF

Bridgeport

Fairfield

Fairfield

Greenwich

Hamden

Hartford

Hartford

Hartford

Hartford

Hartford

Hartford

Hartford

Hartford

Hartford

Middletown

New Britain

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Connecticut

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

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 570

Teach For America

Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership

South Central Connecticut Agency on Aging

Mutual Housing Association of South Central CT Inc., 

dba NeighborWorks New Horizons

Connecticut College Office of Volunteers for 

Communtiy Service

Foundation for Long Term Care

Foundation for Long Term Care

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

America SCORES

Eastern Connecticut State University

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Expanding the Impact of Teach For America - 

Connecticut

LEAP AmeriCorps

Experience Corps

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven

Neighborhood Stabilization with VISTA Volunteers

Habitat for Humanity of Southeastern Connecticut

Connecticut College

Alzheimer's Resource Center of Connecticut

Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, Inc.

Jumpstart UConn. at University of Connecticut

Husky Sport

Eastern Connecticut State University VISTA

Program Name

 172

 45

 39

 4

 2

 2

 3

 1

 4

 45

 3

 2

# of

Members

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

New Haven

New Haven

New Haven

New Haven

New Haven

New London

New London

Plantsville

Southington

Storrs

Storrs

Willimantic

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 Connecticut

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

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Bolton

Enfield

Hampton

Hartford

Jewett City

Lisbon

Middlebury

Middlebury

Middletown

New Haven

New London

Norwich

Plainfield

Plainville

Trumbull

Windsor

Bolton High School

Educational Resources for Children, Inc. (ERfC)

EASTCONN

Connecticut Central Area Health Educators Center

Connecticut Eastern Area Health Educators Center

Lisbon Central School

Connecticut Northwestern Area Health Educators Center

Northwestern Connecticut Area Health Educators 

Center

Connecticut State Department of Education

Common Ground High School/School for Ethical 

Education

New London Public Schools

Norwich Public Schools

Plainfield Memorial School

Plainville High School

Connecticut Southwestern Area Health Educators Center

Windsor High School

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 Community-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 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

Notes:

 100

 34

 663

 100

 43

 333

 95

 823

 505

 850

 303

 32

 114

N/A

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 3,995

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.