Information on this page reflects active programs as of March 2, 2014

National Service in Puerto Rico

More than 1,900 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 at more

than 120 locations throughout the state, 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.

MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN PUERTO RICO Senior Corps:

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 2,800 young people who have special

needs. Senior Companions help more than 1,000 homebound

seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own

homes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols, renovate homes,

protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to

natural disasters, and provide other services through more than

11 groups across Puerto Rico.

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 Puerto Rico's Commission for Volunteerism

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 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 5,200 Puerto Rico residents have served more

than 11 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps

Education Awards totaling more than $15,300,000.

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 240

More than 1,700 seniors in 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 national days of service; improves

communities through the Social Innovation Fund, 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.

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

will commit more than $7,380,000 to support Puerto Rico communities

through national service initiatives. CNCS invests in cost-effective

community solutions--working hand in hand with local partners to

improve lives, expand economic opportunity, and engage citizens in

solving problems in their communities. Serving in many of the state's

most impoverished communities, CNCS provides vital support to

schools, food banks, homeless shelters, community health clinics,

youth centers, veterans service facilities, and other nonprofit and

faith-based organizations at a time of growing demand for services.

Through a unique public-private partnership, this federal investment

will leverage an additional $2,070,000 in other resources to

strengthen community impact, build local support, and increase return

on taxpayer dollars.
 Puerto Rico At a Glance

Information on this page reflects active programs as of March 2, 2014

AmeriCorps Projects Service Locations Participants 1 Education Scholarships 2 Program Funding

AmeriCorps National 1 - 4 $7,180 $760 3

AmeriCorps State Formula 10 15 152 $602,761 $1,442,504

AmeriCorps VISTA 14 16 89 $494,045 $1,427,293

AMERICORPS TOTAL 25 31 245 $1,103,985 $2,870,557

Senior Corps Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Foster Grandparent Program 4 57 602 - $1,659,632

RSVP 3 11 682 - $207,505

Senior Companion Program 5 24 444 - $1,339,818

SENIOR CORPS TOTAL 12 92 1,728 - $3,206,955

Other Funding Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $200,000

OTHER FUNDING TOTAL 1 - - - $200,000

PROGRAM TOTALS 38 1,973 $1,103,985 $6,277,512

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $7,381,497

Notes: 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.

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING + TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT $2,078,453

123

(Non-CNCS Resources) 5

$9,459,950

4

1 This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2013 - 2014 program year. For AmeriCorps VISTA, this represents the actual number of VISTA

members in active service.

2 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.

3 AmeriCorps National figures may include national programs headquartered in the state and/or operating sites of national programs that are headquartered in other states. Funding

reflects the estimated proportionate share of the national grant associated with operating sites in this report. Some national organizations do not report operating site data, or it

was not available at time of publishing, so figures may not reflect current conditions.

4 The service location total may contain multiple counts of unique locations where multiple CNCS programs are operating.

5 As part of its public-private partnership approach, CNCS requires grantees to leverage additional resources to strengthen community impact and increase the return on the federal

investment. This figure reflects non-CNCS cash and in-kind resources that CNCS grantees and project sponsors have committed to raise to support their programming activities

across the state.

Since 1994, more than 5,200 Puerto Rico residents have served more than 11 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards

totaling more than $15,300,000.
National Service Impact in Puerto Rico

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ENLACE’s mission is to coordinate and implement public policy regarding the rehabilitation of this economic disadvantaged area. This

community social development organization serves approximately 30,000 people living in eight different communities located within the

margins of the Caño Martín Peña. Since 2011, ENLACE has worked with 10 AmeriCorps VISTAs in different areas. VISTAs secured three

grants totaling $90,000, impacting environmental and public health issues, and the protection and restoration of el caño itself. VISTAs

helped create community gardens, rescued vacant lots, created working committees for the proposed rehabilitation of structures, and

secured computers, books, and other materials for a youth program.

AmeriCorps VISTA

The Foster Grandparent Program-Esperanza para La Vejez has been in existence for more than 45 years. It currently supports 175 Foster

Grandparents, who provide guidance and attention to children, especially those with special needs and early childhood development issues.

They fill the void for these children, who may otherwise be deprived of a normal relationship at home. During the 2011-12 school year,

Foster Grandparents volunteered more than 184,736 hours at 25 volunteer sites assisting children in correcting social and behavioral

difficulties, and helping them to adjust to classroom activities and daily live chores. These children are nurtured, guided, and supported in

order to succeed in school, and in turn these same skills help them build social capital that otherwise might not be available at home or

around their community.

Senior Corps
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AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

AMERICORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of March 2, 2014)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

25

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

245

108 18

Aguada Aguada's AmeriCorps in Action (Current)

Municipio de Aguada

33 AmeriCorps State Formula

Aguada AmeriCorps Stregthening Rays of Hope Project (Completed)

Programa De Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

11 AmeriCorps State Formula

Aguada Programa de Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc. (Completed)

Programa De Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Aguada VISTA- PAEC (Current)

Programa De Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

8 AmeriCorps VISTA

Arecibo American Cancer Society of P.R. (Current)

American Cancer Society

2 AmeriCorps VISTA

Arecibo CSJ AmeriCorps Program (Current)

Centro de Servicios a la Juventud, Inc

10 AmeriCorps State Formula

Caguas Caguas Disaster Services AmeriCorps Project (Current)

Municipality of Caguas-Self Help & Community Development

4 AmeriCorps State Formula

Caguas Caguas Sustainable Food Initiative (Current)

Municipality of Caguas - Strategic Planning Unit

5 AmeriCorps VISTA

Catano Asociacion Pro Juventud y Com Bo Palmas (Current)

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Comunidad del Barrio Palmas

12 AmeriCorps State Formula

Cidra COSSMA (Completed)

National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.

8 AmeriCorps National

Cupey VIDAS Servicios Sociales Episcopales (Completed)

VIDAS Servicios Sociales Episcopales

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Guaynabo Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc. (Completed)

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Gurabo SUAGM: UT Job Development and UNE CTC Initiatives (Current)

Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Inc.

10 AmeriCorps VISTA

Hatillo Centro de Integracion e Intervencion Paso a Paso (Current)

Centro de Intervencion e Integracion Paso a Paso, Inc.

1 AmeriCorps VISTA

Loiza Evaluation Program (Completed)

Taller Salud, Inc.

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Loíza Teaching Support Program (Completed)

CENTRO ESPERANZA, INCORPORADO

3 AmeriCorps State Formula

Mayaguez CHIPE -Community in Harmony Integrating People & Environment (Current)

Municipio de Mayaguez

30 AmeriCorps State Formula

Mayaguez Mayaguez Children's Library (Completed)

Mayaguez Children's Library

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Ponce Ponce NHS Capacity and Community Building (Completed)

Ponce Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Ponce Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Completed)

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Ponce VISTA Health Service Campaign (Current)

Consejo de Salud de Puerto Rico

5 AmeriCorps VISTA

Sabana Seca Niños de Nueva Esperanza (Current)

Niños de Nueva Esperanza Inc

1 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan AmeriCorps VISTA Pathways Out of Poverty Program (Current)

Fundacion Sila M. Calderon

8 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan Cantera Capitals (Current)

Cantera Peninsula Project

20 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Cantera Social Response (Completed)

Cantera Peninsula Project

30 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Centro para Puerto Rico (Completed)

Fundacion Sila M. Calderon

10 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Economic Opportunities for Low Income Communities in PR (Current)

Instituto Socio-Economico Comunitario (INSEC), Inc.

10 AmeriCorps VISTA
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AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

AMERICORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of March 2, 2014)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

25

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

245

108 18

San Juan Environmental Stewardship as a Tool for Social Change (Current)

Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano Martin Pena

12 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Iniciativa Comunitaria AmeriCorps Project (Completed)

Iniciativa Comunitaria de Investigacion, Inc.

8 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Meeting Intellectual Disability Social & Recreational Needs (Completed)

Instituto Psicopedagogico de PR

15 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Nature for People; People for Nature (Current)

Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund

5 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Productive and Social Engagement Project (Current)

Instituto Psicopedagogico de PR

16 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Programa de Voluntarios (Current)

The Salvation Army

9 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc. (Current)

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

7 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan Re-ACE (Completed)

Red de Ayuda Comunal de Emergencias, Inc.

- AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan Restoring the Caño (Current)

Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano Martin Pena

9 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan SCA Puerto Rico (Current)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

4 AmeriCorps National

San Juan SMCF AMERICORPS CAPACITY BLDG. PROGRAM (Current)

Fundacion Sila M. Calderon

10 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan University of Sacred Heart (Completed)

Tufts University/MA Campus Compact

23 AmeriCorps National

San Juan University of the Sacred Heart (Completed)

University of the Sacred Heart

- AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan University of the Sacred Heart VISTA Project (Current)

University of the Sacred Heart

4 AmeriCorps VISTA

Utuado Strengthening Community Leadership Skills (Completed)

Path Stone Corporation

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Yabucoa Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area of Puerto Rico (Current)

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area

10 AmeriCorps VISTA

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.

Notes:

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

Primary City

Program Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

SENIOR CORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of March 2, 2014)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

12

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS

1,728

0 0

Bayamon Hope for the Aged FGP (Current)

Hope for the Aged Inc.

246 Foster Grandparent Program

Caguas Senior Companion Program / Programa Amigos Acompañantes (Current)

Central Region Board on Elderly Affairs

63 Senior Companion Program

Cayey Cayey FGP (Current)

Corp Reg De Guayama De Srvs Comunidad

104 Foster Grandparent Program

Juncos Senior Companion Program -Juncos (Current)

Hope for the Aged Inc.

84 Senior Companion Program

Mercedita Consejo de Salud de Puerto Rico, Inc. (Current)

Consejo de Salud de Puerto Rico

53 Senior Companion Program

San Juan Alzheimer's SCP (Current)

Puerto Rico Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly

133 Senior Companion Program

San Juan Municipality of San Juan FGP (Current)

Municipality of San Juan

141 Foster Grandparent Program

San Juan OPPTE-Ponce's FGP (Current)

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Retirees and the Elderly (OPPTE)

111 Foster Grandparent Program

San Juan RSVP Admin for Families & Children (Current)

Admin. for Families & Children-Dept. of Family

305 RSVP

San Juan RSVP Municipality of San Juan (Current)

Municipality of San Juan

175 RSVP

San Juan SCP San Juan (Current)

Board of Community Service-Hope for the Aged Inc.

111 Senior Companion Program

Yabucoa Corporacion Gericola RSVP (Current)

Gericulture Corp. Humacao Region

202 RSVP

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