Puerto Rico 2009 - 2010

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 10, 2010

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 290 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 

Governor-appointed , 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 that can be used to pay for college or to pay back 

qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 4,300 Puerto Rico residents have served more than 9 

million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than 

$12,000,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to engage more than 3,500 Puerto Rico students in community service linked to 

academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, called servicelearning, 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 Puerto Rico. More than 3,500 people of all ages and backgrounds are 

helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 45 national service projects

across Puerto Rico. 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 $6,300,000 to support Puerto Rico 

communities through three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 2,300 seniors in Puerto Rico 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

4,500 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 3,350 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 130 groups across Puerto Rico.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communitites,

and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. The Corporation anually engages more than five million

Americans in service to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America, 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 202-565-2799.
Puerto Rico At a Glance

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 10, 2010

33 297 $5,104,428

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps State without Commissions

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps

2

2

29

Program Sites

 11

 42

 244

Participants 

 $116,122

 $599,478

 $4,388,828

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 12 2,352 $3,325,961

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 4

 3

 5

Projects

 609

 1,302

 441

 $1,704,578

 $246,365

 $1,375,018

Program

Funding

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 Corporation funding.

Puerto Rico is served by the AmeriCorps NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. 

2

2

3

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2009 - 2010 program year excluding Recovery 

Act positions. For AmeriCorps VISTA and the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps 

members in active service.

Participants

 1 907 $472,924

K-12 School-Based

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 907

Participants

 $472,924

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 46 3,556 $8,903,313

 26

 26

 $54,888

 $186,638

 $1,152,900

 $1,394,426

4

3

Education

 Award 

 $1,394,426

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $10,297,739

Senior Corps Total

Subgrantees

1

This chart does not include AmeriCorps sites, participants, or funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

1
Senior Corps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of January 26, 2010

Bayamón

Caguas

Cayey

Juncos

Ponce

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Yabucoa

Primary City

Hope for the Aged FGP

Senior Companion Program / Programa Amigos 

Acompañantes

Cayey FGP

Senior Companion Program -Juncos

Ponce SCP

RSVP Admin for Families & Children

SCP San Juan

Alzheimer's SCP

Municipality of San Juan FGP

RSVP Municipality of San Juan

PROOE-Ponce's FGP

Corporacion Gericola RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 246

 63

 104

 84

 53

 607

 111

 130

 148

 250

 111

 445

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 2,352

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Hope for the Aged Inc.

Central Region Board on Elderly Affairs

Corp Reg De Guayama De Srvs Comunidad

Hope for the Aged Inc.

Consejo De Salud De La Comunidad

Admin. for Families & Children-Dept. of Family

Board of Community Service-Hope for the Aged 

Inc.

Governor's Office on Elderly Affairs

Municipality of San Juan

Municipality of San Juan

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly 

(OPPEA)

Gericulture Corp. Humacao Region
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 9, 2010

Programa De Apoyo Y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

Programa De Apoyo Y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

San Agustin Del Coqui

Oikos, Inc. (Tu Centro Familiar)

Centro De Servicios A LA Juventud, Inc

American Cancer Society

Municipality of Caguas-Community Development

Universidad del Este

Corporacion de Servios de Salud y Medicina 

Avanzada (COSSMA

VIDAS Servicios Sociales Episcopales

Productores de carne de cerdo de la montaña, Inc.

Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez, Inc.

Taller Salud, Inc.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

AmeriCorps Strengthening Rays of Hope

Programa de Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.

Hogar Maria del Carmen, Inc.

La Tierra Prometida, Inc.

San Agustin del Coqui

Oikos, Inc. (Tu Centro Familar)

CSJ AmeriCorps Program

Oficina para la Promocion y el Desarrollo Humano

Volunteer Infrastructure Program for ACS/PR

Municipality of Caguas-Community Self Iniative 

Department

CTC and Job Development Programs

Asociacion Pro Juventud y Comunidad del Barrio 

Palmas

Community HealthCorps-Cidra, PR

VISTAS giving life to VIDAS

Agricultural Nucleus Organizational and Educational 

Project

Puerto Rico Youth At Risk, Inc.

Job Development & Re-Training Program

Centro de Intervencion e Integracion Paso a Paso, 

Inc.

Evaluation Program

Program Name

 17

 10

 6

 1

 3

 4

 25

 5

 6

 12

 17

 6

 11

 5

 9

 7

 10

 5

 1

# of

Members

AmeriCorps State without 

Commissions

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State without 

Commissions

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Aguada

Aguada

Aguada

Aguadilla

Aguas Buenas

Aguas Buenas

Arecibo

Arecibo

Arecibo

Caguas

Carolina

Catano

Cidra

Cupey

Florida

Guaynabo

Gurabo

Hatillo

Loiza

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Puerto Rico

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of March 9, 2010

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 297

St. Luke's Home Care and Hospice Program

Consejo De Salud De La Comunidad

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

Red de Ayuda Comunal de Emergencias, Inc.

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly 

(OPPEA)

Rural Opportunities Inc. Planning Research

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Municipality of Maunabo

Mayaguez Children's Library

Centros Sor Isolina Ferre, Inc

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Saint Luke's Home Care and Hospice Program

VISTA Health Service Campaign

Proyecto La Nueva Esperanza

University of the Sacred Heart

Re-ACE

PR Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly

Prensa Comunitaria

Strenghtening Program Area Advisory Committees

Coalition Pro-Homeless of the Eastern Area of Puerto

Rico

Program Name

 12

 4

 11

 8

 4

 9

 5

 10

 5

 17

 19

 18

 15

# of

Members

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Type

Maunabo

Mayaguez

Ponce

Ponce

Ponce

Ponce

San Antonio

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Utuado

Yabucoa

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 Puerto Rico

Information on the 2009 - 2010 program year current as of February 16, 2010

Primary City Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

Aguada

Aibonito

Barranquitas

Barranquitas

BayamÃn

Cataño

Guaynabo

Hatillo

Maricao

Maricao

Maunabo

Mayaquez

Naranjito

Naranjito

Naranjito

Naranjito

Ponce

Quebradillas

San German

San Juan

San Juan

San Juan

Santa Isabel

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Toa Alta

Prof. Lydia Melendez Elementary School

Federico Degetau II Grammer School

José© Barrios Berdecia Jr. High School

Pablo Colón Berdecía High School

Carmen Gomez Tejera Grammer School

Mercedes Garcia de Colorado Middle School

Juan B. Huyke Grammer School

Padre Ani-bal Belen High School

Mariana Bracetti Elementary School

Raul Ybarra Middle School

Calzada Middle School

Eugenio Ma. De Hostos High School

Francisco Morales Rivera

Lomas Valles School

S.U. Adolfo Garcia Middle School

Superior Vocacional Nueva High School

Sylvia Torres Torres Elementary School

Manuel Ramos Hernandez School

S.U. Galo Rosado Middle School

Bilingue Especializada Padre Rufo High School

José Julian Acosta y Calbo High School

Puerto Rico Department of Education

Elvira Colon High School

Adela Rolon Fuentes High School

Nicolas Selvilla Guemarez High School

Tomas Maso Rivera Middle School

Tomas Mason Rivera Middle School

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Notes:

 32

 39

 65

 61

 25

 22

 23

 25

 87

 35

 40

 39

 36

 20

 21

 29

 40

 30

 22

 21

 21

 50

 28

 38

 30

 28

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 907

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.