Georgia 2004 - 2005

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

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 1,000 individuals the opportunity to

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

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

goes to the Governor-appointed Georgia Commission for Service & Volunteerism, 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

4,800 Georgia residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than

$16,800,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 380 Georgia 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 servicelearning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in Georgia. More than 8,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to

meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 103 national service projects across

Georgia. 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 $16,900,000 to support Georgia communities through three

national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 6,500 seniors in Georgia 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

1,700 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 1,200 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 420 groups across Georgia.

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.
Georgia At a Glance

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

72 1,076 $6,628,296

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)

AmeriCorps*State (Formula)

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*NCCC

Education Awards Program (National)

Education Awards Program (State)

AmeriCorps*Promise Fellows National

AmeriCorps

2

17

8

12

21

9

1

2

Program Sites

 195

 281

 457

 62

N/A

 24

 40

 17

Participants 

 $2,142,238

 $2,843,102

 $440,420

 $975,136

N/A

 $8,000

 $5,800

 $213,600

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 28 6,708 $4,788,709

Foster Grandparent Program

Homeland Security Special Volunteer Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 8

 1

 10

 9

Projects

 677

 300

 5,153

 578

 $2,091,562

 $505,600

 $704,287

 $1,487,260

Program

Funding

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

serving in Georgia. 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.

Georgia is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Charleston, South Carolina. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Albany, Atlanta, Brunswick, Carnesville, Folkston,

Lavonia, Milledgeville and Savannah.

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

 2 380 $1,000,286

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 1

 1

Grantees

 129

 100

 151

Participants

 $600,286

N/A

 $400,000

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 103 8,164 $13,386,946

 2

 1

 4

 7

 $836,325

 $983,981

 $1,146,285

 $292,950

N/A

 $94,500

 $68,513

 $80,325

 $3,502,879

CityCares Expansion Initiative (Challange Grant)

Special Initiatives

 $450,000

Program

Funding

Special Initiatives Total 1 N/A $450,000

3

2

Education

 Award 

3

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $51,915

 $145,000

 $322,740

N/A $519,655

Program

Funding

 $3,502,879

Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $16,889,825

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees
Georgia At a Glance

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 3, 2005
Senior Corps in Georgia

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

Athens

Athens

Athens

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Augusta

Augusta

Augusta

Columbus

Gainesville

LaGrange

LaGrange

Macon

Macon

Primary City

Northeast Ga RSVP

Northeast Ga SCP

Northeast Georgia FGP

Metro Atlanta Foster Grandparent Program

Metro Atlanta Retired and Senior Volunteer

Program

Metro Atlanta Senior Companion Program

Morehouse School of Medicine Special

Volunteer Program

FGP/Senior Cit'S Gtr Augusta

RSVP/Senior Cit'S Council Gtr Augusta

SCP of Greater Augusta

City of Columbus RSVP

RSVP-Gainesville "Georgia Mountains"

West Ga Health System FGP

West Ga Health System SCP

Macon-Bibb County FGP

RSVP of Middle Georgia

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Homeland Security Special

Volunteer Prog

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 295

 70

 49

 166

 1,400

 80

 300

 106

 300

 15

 236

 649

 60

 64

 70

 520

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Athens Community Council on Aging

Athens Community Council on Aging

Athens Community Council on Aging

Georgia State University Research Foundation

Inc.

Georgia State University Research Foundation

Inc.

Georgia State University Research Foundation

Inc.

Morehouse School of Medicine

Senior Cit'S Coun of Gtr Augusta

Senior Cit'S Coun of Gtr Augusta

Senior Cit'S Coun of Gtr Augusta

Columbus City Consolidated Govt

Legacy Link Inc

West Ga Health System

West Ga Health System

Macon-Bibb County EOC Inc.

Older American Council of Middle Ga
Senior Corps in Georgia

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

Milledgeville

Milledgeville

Rome

Rome

Rome

Savannah

Savannah

Savannah

Statesboro

Thomasville

Valdosta

albany

Primary City

Milledgeville SCP

Overview FGP

Coosa Valley RSVP Program

Northwest Ga Reg Hosp FGP

Nw Ga Regional Hospital SCP

Savannah FGP (Valdosta)

Savannah RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Gsu Area SCP

Southwestern State Hosp SCP

South Central GA Retired and Senior Volunteer

Program

RSVP Albany

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 62

 70

 600

 6

 63

 150

 500

 101

 56

 67

 53

 600

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 6,708

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Overview Inc

Overview Inc

Coosa Valley Regional Svcs & Dev

Nw Ga Regional Hosp/Ga Dhr

Nw Ga Regional Hosp/Ga Dhr

Economic Opportunity Authority For

Savannah-Chatham County Area, Inc.

Economic Opportunity Authority For

Savannah-Chatham County Area, Inc.

Senior Citizens Inc

Georgia Southern Univ

Sw Ga St Hospital/Ga Dhr

211 of South Central GA, a program of South

GA Coalition to End Homelessness

Sowega Council on Aging, Inc
AmeriCorps in Georgia

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 5, 2005

Albany State University

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Habitat for Humanity International - Southeast

Office

Board of Regents of the University System of

Georgia

Accion International

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Communities in Schools of Georgia

Communities in Schools of Georgia

Georgia Commission for Service & Volunteerism

Hands on Atlanta, Inc.

Hands on Atlanta, Inc.

Hands on Network

International Rescue Committee - Atlanta

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Albany State University AmeriCorps

Youth Service Opportunities Project-Habitat for

Humanity-Americus, GA

Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps - Georgia - Formula

Georgia Personal Assistance Service Corps

ACCION

Action Ministries d.b.a. Atlanta Urban Ministries

Library Community Technology Initiative

Brethren Volunteer Service Cafe 458, Samaritan

House

AmeriCorps Reading Tutorial Program

Digital Opportunity Program

Cooperative Resource Development Center

Promise Fellows

Citizen Action AmeriCorps-Hands On Atlanta

Hands on Atlanta AmeriCorps

City Cares Promise Fellow Program

International Rescue Committee

Jumpstart Atlanta

Jumpstart Atlanta - Morehouse

Program Name

 11

 2

 35

 20

 2

 2

 9

 8

 24

 20

 2

 5

 183

 149

 12

 1

 40

 40

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*Promise Fellows

National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*Promise Fellows

National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

Program Type

Albany

Americus

Americus

Athens

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Georgia

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 5, 2005

Jumpstart Georgia State University

Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless

Safe House Outreach

Teach For America-Atlanta

Augusta Task Force For the Homeless

MACH Academy, Inc.

Fannin County Family Connection (Board of

Commissioners/ Fiscal Agent)

Boat People SOS, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Outward Bound Center

Muscogee County School District

Fund for Southern Communities (SE Waters)

University of Notre Dame - ACE

Inner Harbour Hospitals, Ltd.

National Council of Black Mayors, Inc.

University of Notre Dame - ACE

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Jumpstart GSU

AmeriCorps Task Force Service Corps

Youth Reach

Expanding the Impact of Teach For America

United Way of Metro Atlanta

Augusta Task Force For The Homeless

City of Augusta - Mayor's Office

MACH Academy, Inc

AmeriCorps Service to Families

Boat People SOS (GA) Citizenship AmeriCorps

Program

EcoWatch AmeriCorps

Georgia Mutual Assistance Assoc.

AmeriCorps Columbus

Southeast Waters AmeriCorps

St. Thomas More School, Atlanta, GA

Inner Harbour AmeriCorps

Hispanic Community Support, Inc.

National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc.

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School, Atlanta,

GA

Program Name

 25

 13

 2

 164

 2

 1

 1

 2

 16

 1

 12

 3

 40

 7

 1

 14

 2

 20

 3

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

(State)

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

Program Type

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Augusta

Augusta

Augusta

Blue Ridge

Chamblee

Clarkston

Clarkston

Columbus

Decatur

Decatur

Douglassville

Duluth

East Point

Fairburn

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Georgia

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 5, 2005

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 1,076

University of Notre Dame - ACE

Troup Council on Aging, Inc. Care Link

AmeriCorps

City of Macon, Macon Police Department (formula)

Communities in Schools of Georgia

Mid State Children's Challenge Projects

Cobb Housing, Inc.

Boy Scouts of America, Coastal Empire Council

Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless

University of Notre Dame - ACE

University of Notre Dame - ACE

University of Notre Dame - ACE

Research Foundation of SUNY - Oneonta

Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Georgia

Sponsor Organization (if different)

St. John the Evangelist School, Atlanta, GA

Care Link AmeriCorps

MPD AmeriCorps Cadet Program

Communities In Schools of Georgia

Georgia Challenge AmeriCorps Program

Cobb Youthbuild AmeriCorps

YVC of Savannah

ASSIST Savannah

Notre Dame Academy, Savannah, GA

St. Frances Cabrini Catholic School, Savannah, GA

St. James School, Savannah, GA

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Assistance

Migrant Program

Boys & Girls Clubs Project Learn

Program Name

 1

 32

 19

 24

 46

 15

 2

 18

 2

 1

 1

 5

 16

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

Program Type

Hapeville

LaGrange

Macon

Macon

Macon

Marietta

Savannah

Savannah

Savannah

Savannah

Savannah

Tifton

Toccoa

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 Georgia

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

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Atlanta

Clarkston

Macon

Marietta

Georgia Department of Education

Morehouse School of Medicine

Atlanta Public Schools

Emory University

LSA School-Based Program

The Center for Community Health & Service

Learning

SPCC/Atlanta Area Health Education Center

(AHEC)

Georgia Perimeter College

Volunteer Macon, Inc.

Chattahoochee Technical College

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

K-12 Community-Based

Higher Education

Notes:

 129

 14

 50

 12

 100

 75

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 380

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 702 Georgia students have received these

scholarships.
Contacts

Georgia

Georgia State Office

75 Piedmont Ave, N.E.

Room 902

Atlanta, GA 30303-2587

(404) 331-4646 (404) 331-2898

DJames@cns.gov

Southeast Region - Charleston, SC

2231 S. Hobson Ave.

Charleston, SC 29405-2430

843-743-8600 x3008 843-743-8609

Myra D Tolbert

Teacher and Student Support

1852 Twin Towers East

Atlanta, GA 30334-9048

(404) 656-0643 (404) 657-0822 

mtolbert@doe.k12.ga.us

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20525

202-606-5000x205 202-565-2743

enash@cns.gov

60 Executive Park South, NE

Atlanta, GA 30329-2296

404-327-6844 404-327-6848

jmarshal@dca.state.ga.us

James P. Marshall, Jr.

Elson Nash

Darryl James

Jeffrey Biel

Georgia Department of Education

Georgia Commission for Service & Volunteerism

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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