Tennessee 2010 - 2011

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 790 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 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.

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 8,400 Tennessee residents have served more than 16 million hours and

have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $21,800,000. 

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 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.

Meeting community needs in Tennessee. More than 19,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to

meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through national service in Tennessee. Serving with

more than 790 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 $16,500,000 to support Tennessee communities through national service initiatives

including: 

Senior Corps: More than 8,100 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 12,000 young people who have special

needs. Senior Companions help more than 530 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 700 groups across Tennessee.

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.
Tennessee At a Glance

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

58 794 $6,145,360

AmeriCorps State Competitive

AmeriCorps State Formula

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps NCCC

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant (State)

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps

2

11

5

12

3

11

14

Program Sites

 46

 300

 22

N/A

 103

 233

 90

Participants 

 $568,880

 $2,531,685

 $50,000

N/A

 $1,338,975

N/A

 $1,655,820

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 31 8,110 $5,391,032

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 10

 17

 4

Projects

 1,004

 6,800

 306

 $3,281,330

 $1,215,159

 $894,543

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.

AmeriCorps National figures may include national programs headquartered in the state and/or operating sites of national programs

that are headquartered in other states. Some national organizations do not report operating site data, or it wasn’t available at time of

publishing, so figures may not reflect current conditions. 

2

2

3

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2010 - 2011 program year excluding Recovery

Act positions. For AmeriCorps VISTA, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.

Participants

 3 10,277 $1,100,129

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

 1

 1

Grantees

 8,123

 1,010

 1,144

Participants

 $319,704

 $586,996

 $193,429

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 95 19,181 $13,182,293

 $206,775

 $925,413

 $74,419

N/A

 $486,675

 $1,199,009

 $483,700

 $3,375,991

4

3

Education

 Award 

4

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Other Funding

 $76,071

 $124,329

 $345,372

N/A $545,772

Program

Funding

 $3,375,991

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $16,558,284

Senior Corps Total

Other Funding Total

1

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

1

1

1

1

3

Grantees

Education

 Award 

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. 
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

Adamsville

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Clarksville

Clarksville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Decatur

Dyersburg

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Gallatin

Henderson

Henderson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Primary City

McNairy-Hardin-Hardeman-CHester RSVP

Alexian Brothers Senior Neighbors

Chattanooga FGP

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

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 521

 340

 130

 111

 150

 45

 650

 367

 436

 325

 95

 294

 271

 64

 105

 930

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Adamsville Lions Club, Inc.

Alexian Senior Neighbors of Chattanooga, 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
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Martin

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Spencer

Primary City

Knoxville Knox Co FGP

Knoxville Knox County RSVP

Knoxville SCP

Northwest TN RSVP

RSVP Mcminnville

Aging Commission RSVP

Memphis Area SCP

Memphis FGP

RSVP

South Central Region FGP

BBBS of Middle TN RSVP

Davidson County FGP

Nashville SCP

RSVP of Nashville

Van Buren SCP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 147

 455

 96

 300

 350

 212

 127

 161

 300

 49

 158

 97

 17

 741

 66

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 8,110

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Knoxville Knox County Community Action

Committee

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

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

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

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

AIM Center, Inc.

Public Education Foundation

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Tennessee Community Services Agency

YouthBuild USA, Inc.

The College of New Jersey

The Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the

Prevention of Child Abuse

West TN Special Technology Access Resource

Center

The College of New Jersey

Knoxville Knox County Community Action

Committee

Emerald Youth Foundation

United Mountain Defense

The College of New Jersey

Sponsor Organization (if different)

AmeriCorps*Building Futures

TEACH/Here Teacher Residency

Boys & Girls Club of Maury County

Partners Achieving School Success

YouthBuild Kingsport, TN

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee

Tusculum College TN 37743-0595

One Child At A Time

BT Project

Carson-Newman College TN 37760-1909

Knox County CAC AmeriCorps

T.E.A.M.

United Mountain Defense VISTA proposal

Maryville College TN 37804-5907

Program Name

 7

 17

 2

 20

 11

 1

N/A

 23

 15

 6

 40

 66

 1

N/A

# of

Members

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

(State)

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

Program Type

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Columbia

Cookeville

Elizabethton

Gray

Greenville

Jackson

Jackson

Jefferson City

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Maryville

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

The College of New Jersey

Teach For America

Porter-Leath Children's Center

Memphis Teacher Residency, Inc

Youth Villages, Inc.

Exchange Club Family Center of the Mid-South

Memphis Tomorrow

Volunteer Mid-South

Hope House Day Care, Inc.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Teach For America

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Rhodes College TN 38112-1624

Teach For America - Memphis

Early Childhood Home Visitation

Memphis Teacher Residency

Diocese of Memphis

Public Allies Professional Corps

Tennessee/Mississippi

Public Allies Memphis TTT

Project TLC (To Love a Child)

STEP Prep

Volunteer Mid-South VISTA Intermediary

Women of Style, Spirit and Success Inc.

Hope House Day Care

Community Cares

Making Veterans Priority (MVP)

TCAC Community VISTA

Teach For America - Nashville

Program Name

N/A

 151

 37

 26

 6

 2

 3

 19

 16

 8

 2

 2

 27

 33

 12

 51

# of

Members

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

(State)

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

(State)

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

Program Type

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Morristown

Morristown

Morristown

Nashville

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

National Association of Community Health Centers,

Inc.

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

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Community Action Network, Inc.

Appalachia Habitat for Humanity

Clinch-Powell RC&D Council

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee

United Neighborhood Health Services

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

SCA Tennessee

Housing Project

Housing Service Corps

Appalachia CARES / AmeriCorps

Program Name

N/A

 10

 23

 18

 12

 4

 3

 8

 17

 4

 6

 1

 24

 53

# of

Members

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

Program Type

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Oak Ridge

Oneida

Paris

Robbins

Rutledge

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 794

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Sponsor Organization (if different)

BGC of the Smoky Mountains

Program Name

 7

# of

Members

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

Program Type

Sevierville

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. 

The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. AmeriCorps members may be serving in other locations than the city listed.
Learn and Serve America in Tennessee

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Algood

Chattanooga

Clarksburg

Dickson

Greeneville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Putnam County Schools

YMCA Y-CAP Chattanooga

South Carroll Special School District

Dickson County School System

Tusculum College

University of Tennessee - 4-H

YMCA Y-CAP Knoxville

Airways Middle School

BRIDGES USA, Inc

Circles of Success Learning Academy

East High School

Hamilton Elementary

Kate Bond Elementary

Kingsbury Career and Technology Center

Kingssbury High School

Lanier Middle School

Memphis City Schools

Northside High School

Oak Forest Elementary School

Raleigh Egypt High School

Raleigh Egypt Middle School

Southeast Prep Academy

Southwest Career and Technology Center

Trezevant Career and Technology Center

Whitestation Elementary

Wooddale High School

Blackman High School

Tennessee Department of Education

Vanderbilt University

Volunteer Tennessee

YMCA Y-CAP Nashville

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 Community-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 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

Higher Education

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

 793

 35

 374

 100

 23

 500

 100

 45

 285

 173

 25

 150

 22

 74

 162

 30

 2,050

 45

 840

N/A

 150

 15

 60

 20

 83

 35

 18

 1,121

 90
Learn and Serve America in Tennessee

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Nashville

Paris

Smyrna

Smyrna

Smyrna

Smyrna

Smyrna

Smyrna

YMCA of Middle Tennessee

Henry County Board of Education

David Youree Elementary

David Youree Elementary

Rock Springs Middle School

Rutherford County Schools

Smyrna West Alternative School

Smyrna West Alternative School

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

Notes:

N/A

 1,750

 140

 140

 150

 679

N/A

N/A

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 10,277

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.