Puerto Rico 2010 - 2011

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

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 280 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 Governor-appointed Puerto Commission for Volunteerism &

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 4,500 Puerto Rico residents have

served more than 9 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than

$12,700,000. 

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

engage more than 730 Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico. More than 3,200 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

with more than 120 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 $9,900,000 to support Puerto Rico communities through national service initiatives

including: 

Senior Corps: More than 2,100 seniors in Puerto Rico 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 2,400 young people who have special

needs. Senior Companions help more than 3,600 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 75 groups across 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 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.
Puerto Rico At a Glance

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

37 289 $4,372,839

AmeriCorps State Formula

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps

7

2

28

Program Sites

 97

 16

 176

Participants 

 $1,134,791

N/A

 $3,238,048

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 12 2,195 $3,357,871

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 4

 3

 5

Projects

 609

 1,145

 441

 $1,728,783

 $233,444

 $1,395,644

Program

Funding

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 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

 1 732 $472,924

K-12 School-Based

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 732

Participants

 $472,924

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 53 3,216 $8,578,001

 $413,438

 $47,640

 $953,975

 $1,415,053

4

3

Education

 Award 

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Other Funding

 $50,567

 $73,800

 $250,000

N/A $374,367

Program

Funding

 $1,415,053

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $9,993,054

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 Puerto Rico

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

Bayamón

Caguas

Cayey

Juncos

Ponce

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Yabucoa

Primary City

Hope for the Aged FGP

Senior Companion Program / Programa Amigos

Acompañantes

Cayey FGP

Senior Companion Program -Juncos

Consejo de Salud de la Comunidad de la Playa

de Ponce, Inc.

RSVP Admin for Families & Children

SCP San Juan

Alzheimer's SCP

Municipality of San Juan FGP

RSVP Municipality of San Juan

PROOE-Ponce's FGP

Corporacion Gericola RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 246

 63

 104

 84

 53

 480

 111

 130

 148

 250

 111

 415

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 2,195

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Hope for the Aged Inc.

Central Region Board on Elderly Affairs

Corp Reg De Guayama De Srvs Comunidad

Hope for the Aged Inc.

Consejo De Salud De La Comunidad

Admin. for Families & Children-Dept. of Family

Board of Community Service-Hope for the Aged

Inc.

Governor's Office on Elderly Affairs

Municipality of San Juan

Municipality of San Juan

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly

(OPPEA)

Gericulture Corp. Humacao Region

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

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

Programa De Apoyo Y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

San Agustin Del Coqui

Oikos, Inc. (Tu Centro Familiar)

Centro De Servicios A LA Juventud, Inc

INSTITUTO PRE-VOCACIONA E INDUSTRUAL

DE PR

American Cancer Society

Fundacion de Desarrollo Comunal de P.R. Inc.

(FUNDESCO)

Universidad del Este

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Comunidad del Barrio

Palmas

Corporacion de Desarrollo Economico Ceiba, CD

National Association of Community Health Centers,

Inc.

VIDAS Servicios Sociales Episcopales

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Programa de Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

La Tierra Prometida, Inc.

San Agustin del Coqui

Oikos, Inc. (Tu Centro Familar)

CSJ Americorps Program

CETI AMERICORPS PROGRAM

Oficina para la Promocion y el Desarrollo Humano

Volunteer Infrastructure Program for ACS/PR

Fundacion de Desarrollo Comunal de P.R., Inc.

(FUNDESCO)

Community Technolgy Center

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Com Bo Palmas

Learn to Succeed - Centro Desarrollo Empresarial

COSSMA

VISTAS giving life to VIDAS

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

Program Name

 15

 2

 3

 5

 20

 10

 4

 8

 2

 7

 7

 5

 7

 5

 7

# of

Members

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Aguada

Aguadilla

Aguas Buenas

Aguas Buenas

Arecibo

Arecibo

Arecibo

Arecibo

Caguas

Carolina

Catano

Ceiba

Cidra

Cupey

Guaynabo

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

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

Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez, Inc.

Taller Salud, Inc.

Municipio de Mayaguez

Consejo De Salud De La Comunidad

Niños de Nueva Esperanza Inc

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

Tufts University/MA Campus Compact

Instituto Psicopedagogico de PR

Cantera Peninsula Project

Red de Ayuda Comunal de Emergencias, Inc.

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly

(OPPEA)

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Entrepreneur Development Program

Centro de Intervencion e Integracion Paso a Paso,

Inc.

Evaluation Program

Municipality of Maunabo

GOALS-Government and Organizations ALied to

Serve

Mayaguez Children's Library

Centros Sor Isolina Ferre, Inc

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

VISTA Health Service Campaign

Niños de Nueva Esperanza

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza

University of Sacred Heart

Meeting Mentally Retarded Social & Recreational

Needs

Cantera Social Response

University of the Sacred Heart

Re-ACE

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly

Program Name

 5

 5

 3

 4

 20

 1

 6

 8

 9

 2

 5

 9

 15

 20

 11

 6

 8

# of

Members

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Gurabo

Hatillo

Loiza

Maunabo

Mayaguez

Mayaguez

Ponce

Ponce

Ponce

Sabana Seca

San Antonio

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

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

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 289

Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico

The Salvation Army

Rural Opportunities Inc. Planning Research

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Prensa Comunitaria

Initiatives for Santurce Low-Income Communities

Programa de Voluntarios

Strengthening Program Area Advisory Committees

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area of

Puerto Rico

Program Name

 15

 2

 4

 9

 15

# of

Members

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Utuado

Yabucoa

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 Puerto Rico

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

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Aguada

Aibonito

Barranquitas

Barranquitas

Bayamón

Cataño

Guaynabo

Hatillo

Maricao

Maricao

Maunabo

Naranjito

Naranjito

Naranjito

Naranjito

Ponce

Quebradillas

San German

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Prof. Lydia Meléndez

Federico Degetau II

José Berrios Berdecia

Pablo Colón Berdecia

Carmen Gómez Tejera

Mercedes Garcia de Colorado

Juan B. Huyke

Padre Aníbal Reyes Belén

Mariana Bracetti

Raul Ybarra

Calzada

Francisco Morales Rivera

Lomás Vallés

S.U. Adolfo García

Superior Vocacional Nueva

Elvira Colón

Manuel Ramos Hernández

S.U. Galo Rosado

Bilingue Especializada Padre Rufo

José Julian Acosta y Calbo

Puerto Rico Department of Education

Adela Rolón Fuentes

Nicolás Sevilla Guemarez

Tomás Maso Rivera

Tomás Maso Rivera

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

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:

 21

 32

 75

 33

 24

 21

 22

 17

 90

 43

 33

 28

 20

 20

 20

 36

 30

 13

 24

 38

 26

 30

 12

 24

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 732

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.