Tennessee 2008 - 2009

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 610 individuals the opportunity to

provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and other

pressing needs in communities across Tennessee. Roughly three-quarters of all 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 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 of up to $4,725 that can

be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 5,100

Tennessee residents have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than

$17,600,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to engage more than 5,500 Tennessee students in community service linked to

academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, called service-learning,

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 Tennessee. More than 14,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are

helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 75 national service projects

across Tennessee. 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 $13,800,000 to support Tennessee communities

through three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 8,200 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

 21,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 680 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 730 groups across Tennessee.

The Corporation for National and Community Service improves lives, strengthens communitites, and fosters civic

engagement through service and volunteering. Each year the Corporation engages more than four million Americans in

service to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. To learn visit

www.NationalService.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 202-565-2799.
Tennessee At a Glance

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009 

82 614 $4,877,615

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)

AmeriCorps*State (Formula)

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*NCCC

Education Awards Program (National)

AmeriCorps

5

7

6

56

4

4

Program Sites

 127

 182

 160

 126

N/A

 19

Participants 

 $1,214,327

 $1,723,782

 $159,861

 $1,772,045

N/A

 $7,600

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 30 8,219 $5,147,687

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 10

 16

 4

Projects

 1,001

 6,917

 301

 $3,178,411

 $1,092,387

 $876,889

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.

Tennessee is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Vicksburg, Mississippi. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Gatlinburg, Crossville and Castalian Springs.

1

1

2

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2008 - 2009 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTA

and the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.

Participants

 3 5,532 $833,132

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

 1

 1

Grantees

 3,482

 1,249

 801

Participants

 $319,704

 $320,000

 $193,428

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 115 14,365 $11,313,451

 21

 17

N/A

 38

 $456,700

 $648,688

 $706,525

 $595,350

N/A

 $89,775

 $2,497,038

3

2

Education

 Award 

3

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $68,571

 $108,000

 $278,446

N/A $455,017

Program

Funding

 $2,497,038

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $13,810,489

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

Adamsville

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Clarksville

Clarksville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Decatur

Dyersburg

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Gallatin

Henderson

Henderson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Primary City

Mcnairy-Hardin-Hardeman RSVP

Chattanooga FGP

Alexian Senior Neighbors of Chattanooga, Inc.

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

RSVP of Northeast Tennessee

Knoxville Knox Co FGP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 538

 134

 351

 111

 150

 42

 600

 507

 436

 325

 88

 433

 300

 64

 116

 900

 140

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Adamsville Lions Club, 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

Knoxville Knox County Community Action

Committee
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

Knoxville

Knoxville

Martin

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Spencer

Primary City

Knoxville Knox County RSVP

Knoxville SCP

Northwest TN RSVP

RSVP Mcminnville

Aging Commission RSVP

Memphis Area SCP

Memphis FGP

MS River Delta FGP

BBBS of Middle TN RSVP

Davidson County FGP

Nashville SCP

RSVP of Nashville

Van Buren SCP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 465

 91

 400

 350

 289

 127

 160

 49

 170

 97

 17

 703

 66

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 8,219

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

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

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
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

AIM Center, Inc.

Habitat for Humanity International

Hope for Chattanooga

Moccasin Bend Girl Scout Council

Tennessee Department of Children's Services

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

West Tennessee Special Technology Access

Resource Center (The STAR Center)

Citizen's Conservation Corps of West Virginia

Tennessee State University

Tennessee Department of Children's Services

Tennessee State University

Upper Cumberland Community Services Agency

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

VISTA Literacy Project

CASATNH

VISTA Literacy Project

Americorps*Building Futures

Southern Cluster Habitat for Humanity VISTA

Program

Asset-Based Community Development

MBGSC

Youth and Community Voice

VISTA Literacy Project

BT Project

Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team

Tennessee Campus Compact

Youth and Community Voice

Tennessee Campus Compact

Partners Achieving School Success

TCAC Community VISTA

TCAC Community VISTA

Program Name

 1

 1

 1

 9

 1

 1

 2

 1

 1

 1

 1

 3

 1

 1

 25

 2

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Adamsville

Athens

Camden

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Clarifield

Cleveland

Cookeville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Crossville

Dickson

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

United Ways of Tennessee

Tennessee State University

Student Conservation Association

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

The College of New Jersey

United Ways of Tennessee

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

Tennessee Department of Children's Services

The Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the

Prevention of Child Abuse

United Ways of Tennessee

West Tennessee Special Technology Access

Resource Center (The STAR Center)

The College of New Jersey

NAMI Tennessee

Tennessee State University

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

Sponsor Organization (if different)

UWTN State-Wide

Tennessee Campus Compact

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

CASATNH

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee

Tusculum College

UWTN State-Wide

VISTA Literacy Project

Youth and Community Voice

One Child At A Time

UWTN State-Wide

BT Project

Carson-Newman College

In Our Own Voice Volunteers

Tennessee Campus Compact

TCAC Community VISTA

BGC of the Tennessee Valley

CASATNH

Program Name

 1

 1

 11

 1

 1

N/A

 1

 1

 1

 21

 1

 9

 2

 1

 2

 2

N/A

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Franklin

Gallatin

Gatlinburg

Germantown

Gray

Greenville

Harriman

Hendersonville

Jackson

Jackson

Jackson

Jackson

Jefferson City

Johnson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Knoxville

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

Emerald Youth Foundation

Knoxville Knox County Community Action

Committee

Tennessee Department of Children's Services

West Tennessee Special Technology Access

Resource Center (The STAR Center)

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

Tennessee State University

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

The College of New Jersey

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Exchange Club Family Center of the Mid-South

PeaceJam Foundation

Points of Light Foundation

Porter-Leath Children's Center

Teach For America Memphis

Sponsor Organization (if different)

TEAM

CAC AmeriCorps

Youth and Community Voice

BT Project

TCAC Community VISTA

CASATNH

Tennessee Campus Compact

VISTA Literacy Project

Maryville College

BGC of Greater Memphis

Lasallian Association of New Catholic Educators

Diocese of Memphis

Dress for Success Memphis

Project TLC (To Love a Child)

PeaceJam VISTA Program

Strengthening Communities

Early Childhood Home Visitation

Expanding the Impact of Teach For America -

Memphis

Program Name

 47

 25

 1

 1

 1

 1

 1

 1

 3

N/A

N/A

 5

 2

 25

 1

 1

 32

 100

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

Program Type

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

LaFollette

Lexington

Martin

Maryville

Maryville 

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

Tennessee Department of Children's Services

Tennessee State University

The New Teacher Project

Volunteer Memphis

West Tennessee Special Technology Access

Resource Center (The STAR Center)

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Tennessee State University

American Red Cross Nashville Area Chapter

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Hands On Nashville

Martha O'Bryan Center

NAMI Tennessee

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Youth and Community Voice

Tennessee Campus Compact

Memphis Teaching Fellows

Volunteer Mid-South VISTA Intermediary

BT Project

Women of Style, Spirit and Success Inc.

TCAC Community VISTA

Community Cares

TCAC Community VISTA

BGC of Rutherford County

TCAC Community VISTA

Tennessee Campus Compact

Red Cross Disaster Response Capacity Building in

Tennessee

BGC of Middle Tennessee

Citizen Action AmeriCorps--Hands On Nashville

THRIVE

In Our Own Voice Volunteers

Public / Private Ventures (AMACHI)

Program Name

 2

 1

 40

 7

 1

 2

 1

 30

 21

N/A

 1

 5

 2

N/A

 4

 9

 4

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Milan

Morristown

Morristown

Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro

Nashvile

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 614

Tennessee Department of Children's Services

Tennessee Department of Correction

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

United Neighborhood Health Services

United Ways of Tennessee

Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Center for

Health Services

West Tennessee Special Technology Access

Resource Center (The STAR Center)

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

T.A.R.P.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Appalachia Habitat for Humanity

Clinch-Powell RC&D Council

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Student Conservation Association

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Youth and Community Voice

The Good Samaritan Network

VISTA Literacy Project

Community HealthCorps-Nashville, TN

UWTN State-Wide

Coalition For Healthy Aging

BT Project

CASATNH

Community Liaison

BGC of Pulaski

Housing Service Corps

Appalachia CARES / AmeriCorps

BGC of the Smoky Mountains

River Ridge Environmental Education Programs

TCAC Community VISTA

Program Name

 3

 2

 15

 10

 3

 22

 1

 1

 1

N/A

 18

 46

N/A

 3

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Oak Ridge

Paris

Pulaski

Robbins

Rutledge

Sevienville

Ten Mile

Tullahoma

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 Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Bells

Benton

Bristol

Brownsville

Charlotte

Chattanooga

Clarksburg

Clarksville

Clarksville

Coalmont

Cookeville

Cookeville

Dresden

Etowah

Jacksboro

Jefferson City

Johnson City

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Lenoir City

Loudon

McMinnville

Memphis

Morristown

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Oak Ridge

Oneida

Paris

Selmer

Bells City Schools

Polk County Department of Education

YWCA Bristol

Haywood County School System

Dickson County School System

Sonshine Avenue Ministry, Inc.

South Carroll County Special School District

Clarksville-Montgomery County School System

First Missionary Baptist Church

Grundy County

Putnam County Schools

Tennessee Tech University - UC - CCR&R

Weakley County Schools

Little Children of the World, Inc. Camp Etowah

Afterschool Program

Campbell County Schools

Jefferson County Schools

Johnson City School System

Boys and Girls Clubs of TN Valley Loudon

County/Lenoir City Club Site

Boys and Girls Clubs of TN Valley Vestal Club Site

Knox County School System

Lenoir City Schools

Break The Cycle, Inc.

Warren County School System

Memphis City Schools

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corporation

Rutherford County Schools

Tennessee Department of Education

Vanderbilt University

Volunteer Tennessee

YMCA of Middle Tennessee

Oak Ridge Schools

Oneida High School

Henry County Schools

McNairy County Schools

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-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 School-Based

K-12 School-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 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

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 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

 36

 51

 36

 75

 190

 160

 32

N/A

 50

 34

 50

 106

 187

 55

 65

 63

 57

 59

 38

 140

 107

 104

 100

 975

 81

 113

 801

 84

 174

 438

 300

 50
Learn and Serve America in Tennessee

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 3, 2009

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Selmer

Spencer

Tracy City

Trenton

Winchester

Woodbury

Woodbury

McNairy County Schools

Van Buren County Board of Education

Tracy City Elementary

Trenton Housing Authority

Franklin County Board of Education

Cannon County High School

Cannon County REACH Afterschool Programs

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Notes:

 125

 85

 50

 68

 40

 153

 200

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 5,532

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.
Contacts

Tennessee

Tennessee State Office

233 Cumberland Bend Drive

Suite 112

Nashville, TN 37228

(615) 736-5561 (615) 736-7937

JHerman@cns.gov

Southeast Region - Charleston SC

Charleston, SC 29405

Nicole Cobb

710 James Robertson Parkway

Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th flr

Nashville, TN 37243-0379

(615) 741-5113 

nicole.cobb@state.tn.us

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 202-565-2743

enash@cns.gov

William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower

312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 12th Floor

Nashville, TN 37243-1102

(615) 253-1426 (615) 532-6950 

Jim.Snell@tn.gov

Jim Snell

Elson Nash

Jerry Herman

Jeffrey Biel

Tennessee Department of Education

Volunteer Tennessee

For more information about AmeriCorps and Community-based Learn and Serve programs, contact:

For more information about AmeriCorps*VISTA and Senior Corps programs, contact:

For more information about Learn and Serve America Higher Education programs, contact:

For more information about AmeriCorps*NCCC efforts, contact the regional campus:

For more information about Learn and Serve America School Based K-12 programs,contact:

Phone: Fax:

Phone: Fax:

Phone:

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For further information, please visit www.nationalservice.gov