District Of Columbia

2008 - 2009

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

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 1,500 individuals the opportunity to

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

pressing needs in communities across the District of Columbia. Roughly three-quarters of all

AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed Serve DC-DC 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 2,200 District Of Columbia residents have qualified for

Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $8,300,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to engage more than 3,300 District Of Columbia 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 the District of Columbia. More than 5,600 people of all ages and

backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 73 national

service projects across the District of Columbia. 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 $15,600,000

to support the District of Columbia communities through three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 860 seniors in the District of Columbia 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 910

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 100 groups across the

District of Columbia.

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.
District Of Columbia At a Glance

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

72 1,500 $7,434,747

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)

AmeriCorps*State (Formula)

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*NCCC

Education Awards Program (National)

AmeriCorps

4

1

20

25

3

19

Program Sites

 279

 30

 904

 52

N/A

 235

Participants 

 $2,051,184

 $377,980

 $1,195,363

 $684,255

 $3,031,965

 $94,000

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 3 869 $1,172,716

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 1

 1

 1

Projects

 234

 500

 135

 $771,520

 $92,239

 $308,957

Program

Funding

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

members serving in District Of Columbia. 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.

District Of Columbia is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. 

In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Washington.

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

 5 3,302 $997,528

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Higher Education

Learn and Serve America

 2

 2

 1

Grantees

 2,073

 1,229

N/A

Participants

 $225,000

 $409,169

 $363,359

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 80 5,671 $9,898,866

 12

 8

N/A

 20

 $795,563

 $141,750

 $2,784,788

 $245,700

 $699,300

 $1,110,375

 $5,777,476

3

2

Education

 Award 

3

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $61,875

 $96,000

 $136,000

N/A $293,875

Program

Funding

 $5,777,476

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $15,676,342

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees
Senior Corps in the District Of Columbia

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

Washington

Washington

Washington

Primary City

The National Capitol Area RSVP

Senior Companion Program of Washington D.C.

Washington DC FGP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Number of Program Type

Participants

 500

 135

 234

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 869

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Family And Child Services of Washigton, D.C.

Institute of Gerontology, University of the

District of Columbia

United Planning Organization
AmeriCorps in the District Of Columbia

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

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Higher Achievement

Heads Up

America SCORES

Arab American Institute Foundation

Archdiocese of Washington - Center City

Consortium

Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center

Capital Area Food Bank

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Centro Nia

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Bolling Air Force Base Youth Center

VISTA Partnership for Capacity Building

Heads Up VISTA Program

Capacity-Building through VISTA

Arab Resource Corps

Archdiocese of Washington

DC Language Access Coalition

Operation Frontline

AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps

Christ House

Discipleship Year

Lasallian Volunteers

Lutheran Volunteer Corps

Miriam's House Inc.

Samaritans Inns

So Others May Eat, Inc.

Trinity Volunteer Corps

ExperienceCorpsDC (CentroNía)

Program Name

N/A

 1

 1

 2

 1

 6

 3

 1

 30

 6

 4

 51

 67

 2

 4

 2

 5

 1

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Bolling AFB

Washington

Washingnton

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Primary City
AmeriCorps in the District Of Columbia

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

City Year, Inc.

City Year, Inc.

D.C. Children's Trust Fund

D.C. LEARNs, Inc.

EVERYBODY WINS! DC

EVERYBODY WINS! DC

Free Advice, Inc.

Heads Up

Higher Achievement

Horton's Kids

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

L'Arche USA

Latin American Youth Center

Little Lights Urban Ministries

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Sponsor Organization (if different)

City Year Philadelphia MLK Project

City Year Washington, DC

Child Abuse Prevention Alliance

Literacy*AmeriCorps DC

DC Habitat for Humanity

EVERYBODY WINS! With AmeriCorps DC

EVERYBODY WINS! With AmeriCorps DC

For Love of Children

Volunteer to Win

Heads Up

Heads Up VISTA Program

VISTA Partnership for Capacity Building

Horton's Kids Tutoring Program (We Read, We

Succeed)

Jumpstart Texas

Jumpstart VISTA Program

L'Arche Washington DC

Latin American Youth Center AmeriCorps

Little Lights Urban Ministries Tutoring Program

VISTA: Increasing Access to Justice for Low-Income

APAs

Program Name

 1

 85

 2

 16

 6

 1

 1

 1

 12

 87

 1

 2

 2

 75

 2

 1

 32

 8

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Primary City
AmeriCorps in the District Of Columbia

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

National Association for Public Interest Law d/b/a

Equal Justice Works

National Association of Service & Conservation

Corps

National Association of Service & Conservation

Corps

National Association of Service & Conservation

Corps

National Coalition For the Homeless

National Coalition For the Homeless

National Council on the Aging

National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC)

National Student Partnership

Points of Light Foundation

Serve DC-DC Commission on National &

Community Service

Student Conservation Association

Student Conservation Association

Student Conservation Association

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Equal Justice Works Summer Corps

AVODAH

City Year DC

Greater New Orleans Youth Corps

Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau

National Coalition For The Homeless

NCOA VISTA Project

CLEARCorps/DC

NSP Building National/Supporting Local VISTA

Project

National Student Partnership - DC

Notre Dame AmeriCorps - DC

Strengthening Communities

Strengthening Communities Throuh Service

Sports4Kids Washington DC

Kingman and Heritage Islands

NPS Headquarters

National Capital Parks-East

Program Name

 350

 25

 1

 2

 2

 1

 1

 2

 6

 2

 16

 1

 1

 12

 1

 1

 2

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

Program Type

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Primary City
AmeriCorps in the District Of Columbia

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

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 1,500

Student Conservation Association

Student Conservation Association

United States Veterans Initiative

Unity Health Care

Washington AIDS Partnership

Youth Power Center

Youth Power Center

Teach for America Washington, D.C.

The New Teacher Project

Centro Nia

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Rock Creek Park

Unilever-Capitol Hill

Turning the Page

DC Collaboration for Homeless Veterans

Community HealthCorps-Unity

Washington DC National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps

Program

Developing the Pipeline for a Lifetime of Options and

Opportunity

Preparing Youth for Leadership

Expanding the Impact of Teach For America -

Washington DC

Earth Conservation Corps

Jumpstart Washington, DC at Catholic University

Turning the Page

DC Teaching Fellows

CentroNia

Turning the Page

Program Name

 1

 2

 8

 30

 22

 12

 18

 1

 304

 24

 35

 1

 40

 52

 1

# of

Members

Education Awards Program

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington D.C.

Washington DC

Washington DC

Washington DC

Washington, DC

WashingtonDC

Wshington

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 the District Of Columbia

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

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

Washington

American Association of Community Colleges

Bell Multicultural High School

CentroNia

DC Commission on National and Community Service

DC Office of the State Superintendent of

Education/Serve DC

DC State Education Office

EW Stokes Public Charter School

Ethiopian Community Service and Development

Ferebee Hope Community School Complex

Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso

Friendship Public Charter School

Heads Up

Higher Achievement

Hyde Leadership Public Charter School

IDEA Public Charter School

Kid Power-DC, Inc.

Leckie Elementary School

Paul Public Charter School

SEED Public Charter School

See Forever / Maya Angelou Public Charter School

The National Network for Youth

The Shakespeare Theater

Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School

Young America Works Public Charter School

Youth Service Opportunities Project

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Notes:

 320

 20

 250

 15

 116

 50

 500

 400

 400

 65

 88

 284

 104

 25

 325

 30

 32

 25

 225

 28

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 3,302

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

District Of Columbia

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 202-565-2743

rbusby@cns.gov

Atlantic Region - Perry Point, MD

P.O. Box 27

Perry Point, MD 21902-0027

410-642-2411 410-642-1888

Jaime Spilken

441 4th Street, Suite 350 North

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 727-7949 

jaime.spilken@dc.gov

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 202-565-2743

enash@cns.gov

441 4th St NW

Suite 1140N

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 727-7925 (202) 727-9198 

amy.ward@dc.gov

Amy Ward

Elson Nash

Rosetta Busby

LaQuine Roberson

DC State Education Office

Serve DC-DC 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.gov