Information on this page reflects active programs as of February 22, 2016

National Service in Puerto Rico

More than 1,600 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 160 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 3,900 young people who have special

needs. Senior Companions help more than 1,200 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 5,700 Puerto Rico residents have served more

than 12 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps

Education Awards totaling more than $17,110,000.

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 300

More than 1,300 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 $8,520,000 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 $3,130,000 in other resources to

strengthen community impact, build local support, and increase return

on taxpayer dollars. Nationwide, CNCS, its grantees, and project

sponsors generated more than $1.25 billion in outside resources from

businesses, foundations, public agencies, and other sources in FY

2015.
Information on this page reflects active programs as of February 22, 2016

 Puerto Rico At a Glance

AmeriCorps Projects Service Locations Participants 1 Education Scholarships 2 Program Funding

AmeriCorps National 2 1 3 $5,897 $783 3

AmeriCorps State Formula 15 15 170 $629,475 $1,514,434

AmeriCorps VISTA 12 42 131 $750,675 $2,139,361

AMERICORPS TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 29 58 304 $1,386,047 $3,654,578

Senior Corps Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Foster Grandparent Program 4 64 609 - $1,659,632

RSVP 2 11 320 - $126,490

Senior Companion Program 5 28 441 - $1,339,818

SENIOR CORPS TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 11 103 1,370 - $3,125,940

Other Funding Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance 1 - - - $162,000

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

OTHER FUNDING TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 2 - - - $362,000

PROGRAM TOTALS 42 1,674 $1,386,047 $7,142,518

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (Including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $8,528,565

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 $3,139,871

161

(Non-CNCS Resources) 5

$11,668,435

4

1

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2015 - 2016 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 or other revenue used to

support their programming activities across the state. Last year, CNCS, its grantees, and project sponsors generated more than $1.25 billion in outside resources from

businesses, foundations, public agencies, and other sources.

Since 1994, more than 5,700 Puerto Rico residents have served more than 12 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling

more than $17,110,000.
National Service Impact in Puerto Rico

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State Commission

The Puerto Rico Commission for Volunteerism and Community Service administer 15 AmeriCorps programs and one AmeriCorps planning

grant. The AmeriCorps programs address education, health futures, safeguarding the environment, providing disaster relief, and

promoting civic engagement. During 2015, Puerto Rico suffered a severe drought, especially in the Northeast of the island. The drop in

water levels at the island’s two main reservoirs, Lake La Plata and Lake Carraizo, required the implementation of a rationing plan for

municipalities that get their water from these reservoirs. In response to this emergency, First Lady Wilma Pastrana Jimenez led an effort

with the Puerto Rico State Commission for Volunteerism and Community Service, more than 100 AmeriCorps members serving with the

Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, and 50 community volunteers to begin implementing a plan for reforestation of

watersheds in the country. This plan included dredging Lake La Plata to reduce sediment buildup and reforestation of watersheds to

prevent sedimentation of waterways. More than 200 trees of native species and fruit trees were planted in the Wildlife Refuge Reservoir at

Lake La Plata. This reforestation effort is expected to decrease erosion and sediment build-up in the lake.

The Sila M. Calderón Foundation and its Center for Puerto Rico programs offer individuals, women and community leaders the necessary

training for the development and strengthening of entrepreneurial initiatives, contributing to the economic development of Puerto Rico. A

total of 11 AmeriCorps members serve within the entrepreneurial training programs. Members collaborate with economically disadvantaged

individuals and provide training, technical assistance, and other support for the development or strengthening of their business initiatives.

The assistance offered to participants is essential for the application of the concepts discussed during workshops. With the assistance of

the Center for Puerto Rico, program participant Victor Santanahe has forged links with local farmers to provide hives to aid in pollination,

thus expanding the services he provides. Furthermore, he made a complete makeover of his brand, which after undergoing a marketing

focus group was changed from Bee Buster Honey to the eco-friendly name of Bee Keeper Honey.

AmeriCorps State

After graduating from the Capacity Building Program for the Development of Entrepreneurial/Community Initiatives in August 2015,

participant Maggy Castro has slowly progressed in her desire to reinvent and promote her business idea directed towards the sales of

baked goods. Ms. Castro also participated in the Entrepreneurial Impulse Program, geared towards improving and further developing

graduates’ business initiatives. As a result of her participation in the workshops and the support of AmeriCorps members, she developed

ideas to improve her product. Through her interaction with AmeriCorps members and the technical support sessions, she realized there was

a more marketable and cost-effective product she could develop.

The Chana and Samuel Levis Foundation has successfully implemented an AmeriCorps VISTA program that has led to multiple outcomes

including a new volunteer program with the University of Puerto Rico, increased volunteer engagement in schools; revamping of its

webpage, more exposure and visibility in social media, and new and improved curricula better aligned with the Puerto Rico Department of

Education’s strategy. The AmeriCorps VISTAs have also developed more comprehensive community assessment tools based on social

cartography methods in at least three target schools. The work of VISTA helped create a new school-based measurement and needs

assessment strategies for teacher, students, and parents at the first after-school program. The new training offerings for parents within

the target schools will strengthen school ecosystem involvement.

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA members at the San Juan Bay Estuary Program helped design several projects around the San Juan Bay area, including

new strategies to overcome poverty in the communities between the San Juan Bay and the Cucharillas Wetland. The program is used by

more than 1,000 fishermen and produces close to 350,000 pounds of fish annually. Members served as leaders and helped design a

community and multi-sector activity to plant red mangroves in La Esperanza Peninsula, located in a beautiful area of the San Juan Bay.

The community is hoping to increase fish population and diversity in order to increase work. This is one of the many strategies being

designed to help improve the ecosystems of the zone and strengthen eco-tourism and fishing activities in hopes of creating more job

opportunities for the communities surrounding the San Juan Bay.

Esperanza para la Vejez Inc. currently engages 179 Foster Grandparent volunteers at 22 schools in the towns of Bayamon and Carolina.

Foster Grandparents serve five hours daily. Last year, 223 Foster Grandparents were assigned to 19 elementary schools, supporting more

than 281 students with tutoring, especially with reading skills. Twenty-two Foster Grandparents are serving in middle schools helping 32

students in different content areas.

Senior Corps Foster Grandparent Program
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The Gericola Corporation RSVP program engages 145 RSVP volunteers whose services benefit many citizens, including veterans. Volunteers

serve in homeless shelters and support the elderly among other duties. These services are offered at eight different stations through the

municipalities of Las Piedras, Humacao, and Yabucoa, an area of more than 135,000 inhabitants.

Senior Corps RSVP

The Ombudsman Office for the Elderly is the government office responsible for serving and protecting people over sixty years old. It has

sponsored the Senior Companion Program for more than twenty-five years. The organization has given a sense of purpose to active elderly

population interested in serving their peers in need. Nearly 100 Senior Companion volunteers provide supportive services and

companionship in the region of Arecibo, Bayamón, Carolina, Cayey, Isabela, Mayagüez, Ponce, Rio Grande, and San Juan, an area with more

than 1.2 million inhabitants. As of October 2015, Senior Companions served more than 89,282 volunteer hours, impacting more than 200

clients and their families.

Senior Corps Senior Companion Program
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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 February 22, 2016)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

29

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

304

16 3

Aguada Aguada's AmeriCorps in Action (Current)

Municipio de Aguada

30 AmeriCorps State Formula

Aguada VISTA- PAEC (Current)

Programa De Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

10 AmeriCorps VISTA

Arecibo CSJ AmeriCorps Program (Current)

Centro de Servicios a la Juventud, Inc

6 AmeriCorps State Formula

Arecibo Oficina Promocion y Desarrollo Humano (Current)

Oficina para la Promocion y el Desarrollo Humano

4 AmeriCorps State Formula

Bayamon Universidad Central de Bayamon (Current)

Universidad Central de Bayamon

20 AmeriCorps State Formula

Caguas Alianza Municipal de Servicios Integrados, Inc. (Current)

Alianza Municipal de Servicios Integrados, Inc.

8 AmeriCorps State Formula

Caguas Caguas Disaster Services AmeriCorps Project (Current)

Municipality of Caguas-Self Help & Community Development

6 AmeriCorps State Formula

Caguas Caguas Sustainable Food Initiative (Current)

Municipality of Caguas - Economic Development Department

3 AmeriCorps VISTA

Carolina Respiro Comunitario (Current)

Municipality of Carolina

18 AmeriCorps State Formula

Catano Asociacion Pro Juventud y Com Bo Palmas (Current)

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Comunidad del Barrio Palmas

12 AmeriCorps State Formula

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

Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Inc.

20 AmeriCorps VISTA

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

Municipio de Mayaguez

15 AmeriCorps State Formula

Ponce VISTA Health Service Campaign (Completed)

Consejo de Salud de Puerto Rico

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Rio Grande SCA AmeriCorps National Direct Puerto Rico (Current)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

- AmeriCorps National

Rio Piedras Asociacion Puertoquena de Ciegos, Inc(Planning Grant) (Current)

Asociacion Puertoquena de Ciegos, Inc

- AmeriCorps State Formula

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

Fundacion Sila M. Calderon

12 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan Cantera Capitals (Current)

Cantera Peninsula Project

16 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Centro para Puerto Rico (Current)

Fundacion Sila M. Calderon

11 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Department of Community Social Development (Completed)

Department of Community Social Development

6 AmeriCorps State Formula

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

Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano Martin Pena

6 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Fundacion Chana Goldstein y Samuel Levis (Current)

Fundacion Chana Goldstein y Samuel Levis

8 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan Fundacion Chana Goldstein y Samuel Levis III (Current)

Fundacion Chana Goldstein y Samuel Levis

4 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan Productive and Social Engagement Project (Current)

Instituto Psicopedagogico de PR

14 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.

12 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan Re-ACE (Current)

Red de Ayuda Comunal de Emergencias, Inc.

17 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 February 22, 2016)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

29

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

304

16 3

San Juan Restoring the Caño (Current)

Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano Martin Pena

16 AmeriCorps VISTA

San Juan SCA Puerto Rico (Current)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

3 AmeriCorps National

San Juan SMCF AMERICORPS CAPACITY BLDG. PROGRAM (Completed)

Fundacion Sila M. Calderon

10 AmeriCorps State Formula

San Juan The Corporation for the Conservation of the San Juan Bay II (Current)

The Corporation for the Conservation of the San Juan Bay

10 AmeriCorps VISTA

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

University of the Sacred Heart

8 AmeriCorps VISTA

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

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area

6 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 February 22, 2016)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

11

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS

1,370

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

130 Senior Companion Program

San Juan Municipality of San Juan FGP (Current)

Municipality of San Juan

148 Foster Grandparent Program

San Juan OPPEA-Ponce's FGP (Current)

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly (OPPEA)

111 Foster Grandparent Program

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

145 RSVP

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

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization Program Type

Bayamon NonProfit Fundraisers US Inc (Current)

Points of Light Foundation

September 11th National Day of Service and

Remembrance

San Juan Puerto Rico CNCS (Current)

Puerto Commission for Volunteerism & Community Service

State Commission Operations Support