Information on this page reflects active programs as of February 10, 2017

National Service in Delaware

More than 1,300 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to

meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic

engagement through national service in Delaware. Serving at more

than 140 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 DELAWARE 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 1,300 young people who have special

needs. Senior Companions help more than 110 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

210 groups across Delaware.

individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service

to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other

pressing needs in communities across Delaware. Most AmeriCorps

grant funding goes to the Serve Delaware - Governor's Commission on

Community & Volunteer 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 hunger and illiteracy, improve health services, 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 2,700 Delaware residents have served more than 3.8

million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education

Awards totaling more than $9,270,000.

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 220

More than 1,100 seniors in Delaware

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 engages millions of 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 volunteer initiatives across

the nation. 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 $4,610,000 to support Delaware communities

through national service and social innovation 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 $4,310,000 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 10, 2017

 Delaware At a Glance

AmeriCorps Projects Service Locations Participants 1 Education Scholarships 2 Program Funding

AmeriCorps National 6 26 94 $733,245 $1,159,623 3

AmeriCorps State Competitive 2 10 51 $296,565 $205,927

AmeriCorps State Formula 4 19 74 $292,842 $654,034

AmeriCorps VISTA 2 8 5 $28,915 $77,155

AMERICORPS TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 14 63 224 $1,351,567 $2,096,739

Senior Corps Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Foster Grandparent Program 1 77 280 - $521,472

RSVP 1 217 763 - $52,617

Senior Companion Program 1 4 107 - $342,575

SENIOR CORPS TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 3 298 1,150 - $916,664

Other Funding Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $250,000

OTHER FUNDING TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 1 - - - $250,000

PROGRAM TOTALS 18 1,374 $1,351,567 $3,263,403

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (Including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $4,614,971

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 $4,313,612

361

(Non-CNCS Resources) 5

$8,928,582

4

1

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2016 - 2017 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 Delaware. 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 2,700 Delaware residents have served more than 3.8 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling

more than $9,270,000.
National Service Impact in Delaware

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State Commission

Serve Delaware, the Governor’s Commission on Community and Volunteer Service, currently manages a portfolio of six AmeriCorps

programs, five formula grants and one competitive grant. During the 2014-2015 program year in Delaware, 113 AmeriCorps members

participated in CNCS funded programs and 2,351 individuals and families were directly served in the areas of economic opportunity,

education, job readiness, transitional and affordable housing, substance abuse prevention, and veterans’ services. Although Delaware is a

small state with a population of less than one million, the impact of volunteerism is large. The Commission supports an annual statewide

volunteerism conference and the Governor sponsors two events honoring volunteers.

To educate the future workforce in Delaware and close the skills-education gap, the Delaware Economic Development Office has partnered

with state agencies and nonprofits to support the launch of the Success Pathways and Roads to Careers (SPARC) program. Currently being

piloted in seven schools, the web-based SPARC program enables students to explore post-secondary options and engage with professionals

in those fields. An AmeriCorps VISTA member played a critical role in recruiting and training volunteers and businesses to participate in the

online platform and provide opportunities for job shadowing and career fairs. More than 90 businesses and 200 volunteers are

participating. The SPARC program reached 1,750 student participants by June 2015, with the goal of a statewide rollout to all students in

the 2015-16 school year.

AmeriCorps VISTA

The mentoring and technology center at Kingswood Community Center opened its doors in January 2015 to help close the digital divide and

enable youth in northeast Wilmington to achieve their full potential. Developed in partnership with the Mike Clark Legacy Foundation, the

center is modeled after the Skills Center at Fraim Boys & Girls Club. Both projects have the support of AmeriCorps VISTA members playing a

key role in renovation, partnerships and outreach, and program development. The newly renovated space serves as the home base for the

KCC Mentoring and Technology Education Program, which utilizes a team mentoring approach where one mentor serves four students ages

10-17. The mentoring program will serve 12 youth in its inaugural year. The center offers additional activities and workshops to youth

including STEM training, financial literacy, self-management and the arts.

AmeriCorps NCCC

An AmeriCorps NCCC team partnered with the Sussex County Habitat for Humanity (SCHFH) in Georgetown to complete home repairs for

individuals living in owner-occupied substandard housing. The team helped build and work on houses at various levels of completion. The

team worked with three families who will receive homes from SCHFH, and helped work on homes for several other families. AmeriCorps

members helped build a shed, weatherize three homes, and paint trim, walls, and doors. Members installed electrical wiring, windows,

blinds and doors. Members also completed roofing, channeling, and siding. Lastly, members removed debris from the work sites and helped

supervise and coordinate 70 volunteers from three different volunteer groups. The team also worked with the local Boys and Girls Club in

Georgetown.

In partnership with Delaware State Parks in Dover, two AmeriCorps NCCC teams assisted the program with trail maintenance, natural

areas projects, and building and maintaining new and existing features. The mission of the program is to provide Delaware residents and

visitors with safe and enjoyable recreational opportunities and open spaces, responsible stewardship of the lands and cultural and natural

resources, and resource-based interpretive and educational services. One team cleared trails of invasive species and trash, built and

maintained equipment, shoveled mulch around trees and flower beds, and removed snow markers at North Inlet Campground at the

Seashore and Bellevue State Park. The other team provided service at the Brandywine Zoo, White Clay Creek State Park, and Trap and

Killens Ponds. Members shoveled snow and ice at the Zoo and dug trenches in the pygmy goat habitat. At the state park, the team put

together benches and removed old fences and barbed wire. At Trap Pond, the team removed logs and fallen branches from a tent campsite

loop. At Killens Pond, members mulched garden beds, completed trail maintenance and cleaned up trash at Fork Branch.

For students who have fallen behind, the 239 Foster Grandparents sponsored by the Delaware State Office on Volunteerism represent an

opportunity to close the gap academically and improve their social and emotional development. From July 2013 to June 2014, Foster

Grandparents served more than 200,000 hours in elementary and pre-schools across the state, providing tutoring and mentoring to 1,434

children and youth. The average Foster Grandparents serves 20-30 hours per week, focusing on children 12 and under in need of

educational support. The program continues to respond to new community needs, recently beginning to provide FGP services at language

immersion schools, where half of the instruction is taught in English and the other half in Spanish. The Foster Grandparents serving at

these language immersion schools are bilingual, helping students to become proficient in both languages.

Senior Corps Foster Grandparent Program
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The Hope Medical Clinic is the state's only 100 percent free medical facility, offering non-emergency primary medical and dental care

services to uninsured, non-Medicaid individuals ages 18-65. Comprised entirely of volunteers, the staff includes internists, surgeons,

family practice physicians, dentists, nurses and additional medical and office support staff. For the more than 3,200 patients, the clinic

has offered access to medical treatment that was once out of reach. The total value of the free medical services provided is more than

$500,000. From July 2013 to June 2014, 22 RSVP volunteers contributed 1,614 hours of service to the clinic as leadership, medical and

support staff. The Hope Medical Clinic was founded and has continued to expand with the support of the Modern Maturity Center, adding

additional services to meet the needs of uninsured citizens.

Senior Corps RSVP

With respite care costs increasing, in-home care services are out of reach for much of the state's senior population. A report on the state of

respite care in Delaware indicated that 53 percent of those seniors surveyed could not afford the cost of respite care, forcing many to stay

alone or rely on family for care. The First State Community Action Agency’s Senior Companion Program focuses on those most vulnerable,

the low-income frail and elderly that would not otherwise be able to access respite services. From July 2013 to June 2014, 12 Senior

Companions provided respite care services four hours per day, five days per week. Thirteen low-income families received services, resulting

in cost savings of over $300,000. First State Community Action Agency has proudly sponsored the Senior Companion Program for over 30

years.

Senior Corps Senior Companion Program
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AmeriCorps in Delaware

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

AMERICORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of February 10, 2017)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

14

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

224

50 8

Delaware City Delaware State Parks (March 9 - April 15, 2016)

Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation

11 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Dover AmeriCorps State Parks Partners -Competitive (Current)

Division of Parks and Recreation

15 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Dover DEDO*VISTA (Completed)

Delaware Economic Development Office

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Dover Delaware Division of Libraries (Current)

Delaware Division of Libraries

3 AmeriCorps VISTA

Dover Jobs for Delaware Graduates (Completed)

Jobs for Delaware Graduates

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Georgetown DE Habitat AmeriCorps 11 (Current)

Sussex County Habitat for Humanity

31 AmeriCorps State Formula

Georgetown Habitat for Humanity Sussex County (March 9 - March 22, 2016)

Habitat for Humanity Sussex County

11 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Wilmington Great Oaks - Wilmington (Current)

Great Oaks Foundation Inc

60 AmeriCorps National

Wilmington Great Oaks-Wilmington Tutor Corps (Completed)

Great Oaks Foundation Inc

14 AmeriCorps State Formula

Wilmington Ministry of Caring AmeriCorps Program (Current)

Ministry of Caring Inc.

11 AmeriCorps State Formula

Wilmington Notre Dame AmeriCorps - Wilmington (Current)

Notre Dame Mission Volunteers Program, Inc.

3 AmeriCorps National

Wilmington Public Allies Delaware (Current)

Public Allies, Inc.

30 AmeriCorps National

Wilmington Reading Assist Institute Reading Intervention Tutor Program (Current)

Reading ASSIST Institute

32 AmeriCorps State Formula

Wilmington SCA DE (Current)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

- AmeriCorps National

Wilmington SCA Delaware (Completed)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

2 AmeriCorps National

Wilmington Summer Learning Collaborative 2016 Planning Grant (Current)

Summer Learning Collaborative under the Delaware Community Foundation

- AmeriCorps State Formula

Wilmington Teach For America - Delaware (Current)

Teach For America

1 AmeriCorps National

Wilmington Teach For America--Delaware (Current)

Teach For America

36 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Wilmington TeenSHARP, Inc. (Current)

TeenSHARP, Inc.

2 AmeriCorps VISTA

Wilmington Widener Veterans Law Clinic (Current)

Equal Justice Works

- AmeriCorps National

Wimington Child, Inc (Completed)

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2 AmeriCorps National

Winterthur Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (March 28 - April 15, 2016)

Winterthur Museum

10 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

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 Delaware

Primary City

Program Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

SENIOR CORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of February 10, 2017)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

3

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS

1,150

754 1

Dover Delaware FGP (Current)

Delaware Commission on Community and Volunteer Service

280 Foster Grandparent Program

Dover RSVP of Kent County (Completed)

Modern Maturity Center Incorporated

754 RSVP

Dover RSVP of Kent County De (Current)

Modern Maturity Center Incorporated

763 RSVP

Georgetown Kent/Sussex/New Castle SCP (Current)

First State Community Action Agency

107 Senior Companion Program

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 Delaware

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization Program Type

New Castle State Administrative Grant (Current)

Governor's Commission on Community & Volunteer Service

State Commission Operations Support