Tennessee 2004 - 2005

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 29, 2005

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 520 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 Tennessee Commission on National & 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 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 3,300 Tennessee residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than

$11,300,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 1,500 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. In addition to providing grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a resource on service

and service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in Tennessee. More than 12,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are

helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 94 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 $12,900,000 to support Tennessee communities

through three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 10,000 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

 10,000 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 1,300 homebound

seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. Retired and Senior Volunteer

Program (RSVP) volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate in

environmental projects, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services

through more than 730 groups across Tennessee.

Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service is working to build a

culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. To learn more about the Corporation or any of its programs,

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

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 3, 2005

64 529 $4,877,759

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)

AmeriCorps*State (Formula)

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*NCCC

Education Awards Program (National)

AmeriCorps

6

9

3

22

15

9

Program Sites

 180

 182

 11

 125

N/A

 31

Participants 

 $1,584,694

 $1,751,697

 $100,600

 $1,431,248

N/A

 $9,520

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 29 10,146 $5,218,465

Foster Grandparent Program

Homeland Security Special Volunteer Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 10

 1

 14

 4

Projects

 842

 3,000

 5,892

 412

 $3,208,294

 $150,000

 $981,399

 $878,772

Program

Funding

This figure represents the maximum potential value of 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 Charleston, South Carolina. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Crossville, Gatlinburg, Hermitage, Jamestown, Morristown,

Mt. Juliet, Nashville, Pikeville and Roan Mountain.

1

1

2

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2004 - 2005 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTA

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

Participants

 1 1,554 $351,716

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 1,554

N/A

Participants

 $351,716

N/A

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 94 12,229 $10,892,277

 10

 4

 14

 $603,855

 $670,950

 $47,250

 $590,625

N/A

 $112,455

 $2,025,135

3

2

Education

 Award 

3

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $38,500

 $109,000

 $296,837

N/A $444,337

Program

Funding

 $2,025,135

Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $12,917,412

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 29, 2005

Adamsville

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Clarksville

Cookeville

Cookeville

Decatur

Dyersburg

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Gallatin

Greeneville

Henderson

Kingsport

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Lexington

Primary City

Mcnairy-Hardin-Hardeman RSVP

Chattanooga FGP

Alexian Senior Neighbors of Chattanooga, Inc.

Clarksville/Montgomery Co FGP

East Central Tenn FGP

East Central Tn RSVP

SE Tennessee RSVP

Dyer County RSVP

RSVP Fayetteville Area

South Central FGP

Rutherford/Sumner/Wilson RSVP

East Tn FGP

Sw Human Resource FGP

RSVP of Northeast Tennessee

Knoxville Knox Co FGP

Knoxville Knox County RSVP

Knoxville SCP

Retired Senior Volunteer Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 620

 133

 322

 111

 42

 600

 490

 366

 340

 88

 400

 114

 66

 650

 140

 465

 160

 280

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Adamsville Lions Club Inc

City of Chattanooga Human Svcs

Clarksville/Montgomery Co Comm

Lbj&C Dev Corp

Lbj&C Dev Corp

Meigs County Legislative Body

Dyer County Legislative Body

South Central Human Resource Agency

South Central Human Resource Agency

Mid-Cumberland Comm Action Agcy

Lakeway Ctr For the Handicapped

Southwest Human Resource Agency

Upper East Tn Human Dev Agcy

Knoxville Knox County Cac

Knoxville Knox County Cac

Knoxville Knox County Cac

Henderson Co Senior Citizens Ctr
Senior Corps in Tennessee

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 29, 2005

Martin

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Spencer

Primary City

Nw Tennessee RSVP

RSVP Mcminnville

Memphis Area SCP

Memphis FGP

Ms River Delta FGP

Bb/Bs Middle Tn RSVP

Davidson County FGP

Nashville SCP

RSVP of Nashville

Homeland Security Volunteer Program

Van Buren SCP

RSVP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Homeland Security Special

Volunteer Prog

Senior Companion Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 297

 350

 168

 2

 49

 87

 97

 17

 625

 3,000

 67

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 10,146

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Northwest Hra

Tn Opportunity Programs Inc (Tops)

Metropolitan Interfaith Association

Porter Leath Children Ctr

Save the Children Field Office (Ar)

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tn

Senior Citizens, Inc

Senior Citizens, Inc

Senior Citizens, Inc

Tennessee Commission on National &

Community Service

Van Buren Community Dev Svcs
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 29, 2005

Church Koinonia Federal Credit Union

United Way of Greater Chattanooga - Center for

Nonprofits

Upper Cumberland Community Services Agency

Graceworks Ministries, Inc.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee

The Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the

Prevention of Child Abuse

The College of New Jersey

Emerald Youth Foundation

Knoxville Knox County Cac

Knoxville's Promise

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Exchange Club Family Center of the Mid-South

Porter-Leath Children's Center

Sponsor Organization (if different)

CKFCU

The Volunteer Center

Project Ready for School

Partners Achieving School Success

Graceworks Ministries

Second Harvest Food Bank

One Child At A Time

Carson-Newman College

Upper East Tennessee HDA

Community Mediation Center

Disability Resource Center

T.E.A.M.

CAC AmeriCorps

Tennesee's Promise

LANCE

Lasallian Volunteers-De La Salle Blessed Sacrament

Project TLC (To Love a Child)

Memphis Urban League

Early Intervention

United Way of the Mid-South

Program Name

 1

 2

 19

 26

 1

 1

 25

 9

 3

 3

 1

 21

 19

 32

 12

 2

 25

 3

 30

 20

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Chattanooga

Cookeville

Franklin

Gray

Jackson

Jefferson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Knoxville

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 29, 2005

University of Notre Dame - ACE

University of Notre Dame - ACE

University of Notre Dame - ACE

University of Notre Dame - ACE

Tahra

Tennessee Community Assistance Corporation

Tennessee's Community Assistance Corp.

Habitat For Humanity MidAmerica Region

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.

Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.

Family Affair Ministries, Inc.

Habitat For Humanity

Habitat For Humanity International - Jacksonville,

FL

Hands On Nashville

Oasis Center, Inc

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Bishop Byrne Middle and High School, Memphis,

TN

Memphis Catholic High School, Memphis, TN

St. Michael Elementary School, Memphis, TN

St. Paul Elementary School, Memphis, TN

TCAC Community

TCAC Reads

TCAC AmeriCorps Community Cares

Habitat For Humanity MidAmerica Regional Center

Habitat for Humanity International

Catholic Charities of Tennessee

Center For Independent Living

Community Resource Center

AmeriCorps Service1

Habitat For Humanity - TN

Habitat Mid America Regional Office of Nashville,

Tennessee

Citizen Action AmeriCorps--Hands On Nashville

Oasis AmeriCorps

TCCY

Program Name

 1

 1

 1

 1

 25

 13

 20

 9

 12

 1

 2

 1

 10

 7

 4

 1

 12

 3

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Memphis

Morristown

Morristown

Morristown

Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Tennessee

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 29, 2005

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 529

Tennessee Department of Mental Health and

Developmental Disabilities

United Neighborhood Health Services

University of Notre Dame - ACE

University of Notre Dame - ACE

Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Center for

Health Services

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland

Appalachia Habitat for Humanity

Clinch-Powell RC&D Council

Jubilee Project, Inc.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Regional Intervention Program AmeriCorps

Partnership

Tennessee Literacy Coalition

Community HealthCorps-Nashville, TN

St. Ann School, Nashville TN

St. Vincent dePaul Catholic School, Nashville, TN

Student Community Health Coalition

CASATNH

Housing Service Corps

Appalachia CARES / AmeriCorps

Jubilee Project

Program Name

 20

 6

 10

 2

 2

 45

 4

 18

 40

 3

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Nashville

Oak Ridge

Robbins

Rutledge

Sneedville

Notes:

Primary City

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 2004 - 2005 program year current as of April 29, 2005

Primary City Sponsor Organization (if different)

Program Name Number of

Participants Program Type

Benton

Brownsville

Dickson

Elizabethton

Jackson

Johnson City

Knoxville

McMinnville

Memphis

Memphis

Nashville

Spencer

Waverly

Tennessee Department of Education

Polk County Department of Education

Haywood County School System

Dickson County School System

Carter County School System

Lane College

Johnson City School System

Knox County School System

Warren County School System

LeMoyne Owen College

Memphis City Schools

TN Learn and Serve

Van Buren County Board of Education

Humphreys County Board of Education

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

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Notes:

 40

 40

 40

 30

N/A

 30

 24

 60

N/A

 1,200

 40

 50

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 1,554

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.

Presidential Freedom Scholarships: Two students from the junior or senior class in each high school in the 

United States may receive a $1000 college scholarship for outstanding leadership in service to community. 

This is a matching scholarship: $500 is provided by a local organization such as the PTA or Kiwanis and $500 

is provided by Learn and Serve America. Since 2000, more than 590 Tennessee students have received these

scholarships.
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

2231 S. Hobson Ave.

Charleston, SC 29405-2430

843-743-8600 x3008 843-743-8609

Jan A Bushing

6th Floor Andrew Johnson Tower

Nashville, TN 37243-0375

6157410345 6155327860

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20525

202-606-5000x205 202-565-2743

enash@cns.gov

William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower

312 8th Ave. North, 12th Flr

Nashville, TN 37243-0001

615-532-9416 615-532-6950

carol.white@state.tn.us

Carol C White

Elson Nash

Jerry Herman

Jeffrey Biel

Tennessee Department of Education

Tennessee Commission on National & Community Service

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.org