Arkansas 2008 - 2009

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 660 individuals the opportunity to

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

pressing needs in communities across Arkansas. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant

funding goes to the Governor-appointed Arkansas Service Commission, 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 4,700

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

$16,300,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to engage more than 3,100 Arkansas 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 Arkansas. More than 11,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping

to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 56 national service projects across

Arkansas. 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 $11,300,000 to support Arkansas communities through

three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 7,900 seniors in Arkansas 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

 2,700 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 750 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 560 groups across Arkansas.

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.
Arkansas At a Glance

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

48 663 $5,078,708

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)

AmeriCorps*State (Formula)

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*NCCC

Education Awards Program (National)

Education Awards Program (State)

AmeriCorps

5

5

3

28

4

2

1

Program Sites

 250

 129

 60

 109

N/A

 15

 100

Participants 

 $1,737,318

 $840,840

 $692,505

 $1,772,045

N/A

 $6,000

 $30,000

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 21 7,935 $3,575,373

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 6

 12

 3

Projects

 599

 7,085

 251

 $1,971,353

 $839,453

 $764,567

Program

Funding

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

members serving in Arkansas. 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.

Arkansas is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Denver, Colorado. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Little Rock and Hot 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

 1 3,129 $173,169

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 3,129

N/A

Participants

 $173,169

N/A

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 70 11,727 $9,167,729

 16

 1

 17

 $684,413

 $347,125

 $283,500

 $515,025

N/A

 $70,875

 $236,250

 $2,137,188

3

2

Education

 Award 

3

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $48,750

 $96,000

 $195,729

N/A $340,479

Program

Funding

 $2,137,188

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $11,304,917

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees
Senior Corps in Arkansas

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

Arkadelphia

Augusta

Batesville

Bella Vista

Conway

El Dorado

Ft. Smith

Gillham

Harrison

Hot Springs

Hot Springs

Hot Springs

Jonesboro

Jonesboro

Monticello

North Little Rock

Pine Bluff

Primary City

Southcentral Arkansas FGP

White River RSVP

Batesville FGP

Northwest Arkansas RSVP

State of Arkansas FGP Program

El Dorado Connections

Westark RSVP

Southwest Arkansas FGP

RSVP Boone/Marion Counties

SCP of West Central Arkansas-Senior Specialists

Garland County RSVP

Garland County SCP

East Arkansas Foster Grandparent Program

East Arkansas RSVP

Southeast Arkansas FGP

Central Arkansas SCP

Jefferson County RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 83

 254

 85

 1,060

 136

 400

 900

 118

 300

 123

 682

 83

 50

 665

 127

 45

 582

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Ouachita Baptist University

White River Rural Health Center, Inc.

White River Area Agency on Aging

Office of Human Concern Inc.

Ar Dept Human Svsc-Dev Disabilities

South Arkansas Regional Health Center Inc.

Western Ark Counseling & Guidance Center

Dequeen-Mena Educational Coop

Ozark Opportunites Inc.

Area Agency on Aging of West Central Arkansas

Garland County Council on Aging

Garland County Council on Aging

East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Inc.

East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Inc.

Southeast Arkansas Education Service

Cooperative (SEARK)

Central Arkansas Area Agency Aging

United Way of Southeast Arkansas
Senior Corps in Arkansas

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

Springdale

Stuttgart

Texarkana

Wrightsville

Primary City

RSVP of Northwest Arkansas

Stuttgart North Arkansas County RSVP

Greater Texarkana Arkansas RSVP

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Central

Arkansas

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 350

 418

 365

 1,109

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 7,935

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Economic Opportunity Agency Inc.

Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce

City of Texarkana, Arkansas

Future Builders
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Quality of Life Council

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

South Arkansas Regional Health Center Inc.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation

South Arkansas Regional Health Center Inc.

Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation

The Learning Center, Inc. of North Little Rock

Western Ark Counseling & Guidance Center

South Arkansas Regional Health Center Inc.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

University of Arkansas

Sponsor Organization (if different)

BGC of the Alma Area

BGC of Benton County

BGC of Bryant

BGC of Faulkner County, Arkansas

Faulkner Co. Multi-Agency AmeriCorps

Collaboration

BGC of El Dorado

Seniors in Poverty

BGC of Carroll Co.

AmeriCorps VISTA Project

North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education

Seniors in Poverty

AmeriCorps VISTA Project

The Learning Center Inc. of North Little Rock

WestArk RSVP Community Outreach Program

Seniors in Poverty

North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education

Paul Bewie BGC

Garvan Gardens, Environmental

Education/Development

Program Name

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 14

N/A

 7

N/A

 1

 1

 2

 2

 2

 2

 1

 20

N/A

 32

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

Program Type

Alma

Bentonville

Bryant

Conway

Conway

El Dorado

El Dorado

Eureka Springs

Fargo

Fayetteville

Fordyce

Forrest City

Forrest City

Fort Smith

Hampton

Harrison

Hot Springs

Hot Springs

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Arkansas Literacy Councils, Inc.

Arkansas Public Policy Panel

Arkansas Service Commission

Black Community Developers, Inc

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Kiwanis Activities, Inc.

Our House, Inc

The Learning Center, Inc. of North Little Rock

The Stand Foundation

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

The Learning Center, Inc. of North Little Rock

Sponsor Organization (if different)

North Garland County BGC (D.B.A.)

Little Rock AFB

HIPPYCorps

Arkansas Reads

Establishing Sustainable Community Groups in

Arkansas

AmeriCorps Promise Fellows

Arkansas State CASA Association

Black Community Developers, Inc.

Little Rock BGC

City Year Little Rock

Future Builders, Inc.

Habitat for Humanity Pulaski County

Alternative Classroom Experience/Summer Incentive

Program

Our House

The Learning Center Inc. of North Little Rock

The STAND Foundation, Inc.

Lonoke School District

BGC of Magnolia

The Learning Center Inc. of North Little Rock

Program Name

N/A

N/A

 38

 40

 2

 12

 1

 2

N/A

 34

 1

 4

 10

 4

 2

 1

 10

N/A

 5

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Hot Springs Village

Jacksonville

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Lonoke

Magnolia

Marvell

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative

(SEARK)

Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative

(SEARK)

Winthrop Rockefeller Center Univ. of Arkansas

system

The Learning Center, Inc. of North Little Rock

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

The Learning Center, Inc. of North Little Rock

The Stand Foundation

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Student Conservation Association

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Rogers Public School

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Seniors In Poverty - Greater Texarkana

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Arkansas AmeriCorps Future Teacher Initative

Arkansas Smart Start AmeriCorps Program

Winthrop Rockefeller Center Environmental Project

The Learning Center Inc. of North Little Rock

North Little Rock BGC

The Learning Center Inc. of North Little Rock

The STAND Foundation, Inc.

North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education

BGC of Paris

Pea Ridge National Military Park

Heifer Ranch

Pine Bluff Citizens BGC

Future Builders, Inc.

Literacy Council of Jefferson County

AmeriCorps Family Outreach

BGC of the Arkansas River Valley

Arkansas State CASA Association

Senior Outreach Program

BGC of Van Buren

Program Name

 100

 132

 53

 1

N/A

 16

 6

 1

N/A

 1

 14

N/A

 1

 13

 38

N/A

 1

 8

N/A

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

(State)

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Program Type

Monticello

Monticello

Morrilton

North LIttle Rock

North Little Rock

North Little Rock

North Little Rock

Omaha

Paris

Pea Ridge

Perryville

Pine Bluff

Pine Bluff

Pine Bluff

Rogers

Russellville

Springdale

Texarkana

Van Buren

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 663

Crawford County Volunteers for Literacy

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Good Neighbor Center

The Learning Center, Inc. of North Little Rock

Sponsor Organization (if different)

CCVL/Oklahoma Outreach Project

Scott County BGC

BGC of Phillips County

Arkansas Delta Service Corps

Future Builders, Inc.

The Learning Center Inc. of North Little Rock

Program Name

 4

N/A

N/A

 22

 1

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Van Buren

Waldron

West Helena

West Memphis

Wrightsville

Wynne

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 Arkansas

Information on the 2008 - 2009 program year current as of March 4, 2009

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Benton

El Dorado

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Forrest City

Jonesboro

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Mountain Home

Paris

Quitman

Shirley

Van Buren

Van Buren

Vilonia

Waldron

Angie Grant Elementary

Parkers Chapel High School

Fayetteville High School

Woodland Junior High School

Forrest City High School

Valley View Elementary School

Arkansas Department of Education

Central High School

Fuller Middle School

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

MHHS Career Academies

Paris High School

Quitman School District

Shirley Alternative Learning Center

City Heights Elementary School

Van Buren High School

Vilonia Middle School

Waldron Alternative Learning Center

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 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:

 22

 108

 250

 19

 450

 64

N/A

 800

N/A

 62

 31

 54

 66

 250

 600

 325

 28

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 3,129

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

Arkansas

Arkansas State Office

700 West Capitol St

Federal Bldg, Rm 2506

Little Rock, AR 72201-3204

(501) 324-5234 (501) 324-6949

OSims@cns.gov

Southwest Region - Denver, CO

3001 S. Federal Blvd.

Denver, CO 80236-2711

303-844-7405 303-844-7410

Reginald Wilson

#4 Capitol Mall

Room 402A

Little Rock, AR 72201-1013

(501) 682-1059 (501) 371-3514 

rwilson@arkedu.k12.ar.us

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 202-565-2743

enash@cns.gov

PO Box 1437, Slot S230

700 S Main Street, Slot S230

Little Rock, AR 72203-1437

501-682-6724 501-682-1623

al.schneider@arkansas.gov

Albert Schneider

Elson Nash

Opal Sims

Barbara Lane

Arkansas Department of Education

Arkansas Service Commission

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:

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For further information, please visit www.nationalservice.gov