Arkansas 2004 - 2005

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 4, 2005

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 490 individuals the opportunity to

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

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

funding goes to the Governor-appointed Arkansas Service Commission, 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 2,900

Arkansas residents have qualified for Americorps Education Awards totaling more than $10,200,000. 

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

and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage more than 5,000 Arkansas 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 service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in Arkansas. More than 13,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping

to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 64 national service projects across

Arkansas. 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 $11,100,000 to support Arkansas communities through

three national service initiatives: 

Senior Corps: More than 8,000 seniors in Arkansas 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

 2,100 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 840 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 560 groups across Arkansas.

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.
Arkansas At a Glance

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 4, 2005

42 493 $4,924,365

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

4

6

3

15

11

1

1

1

Program Sites

 138

 101

 62

 105

N/A

 15

 60

 12

Participants 

 $1,585,794

 $811,581

 $711,950

 $1,651,440

N/A

 $4,000

 $15,000

 $144,600

Program

Funding

AmeriCorps Total

 21 8,015 $3,676,981

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Senior Companion Program

Senior Corps

 6

 12

 3

Projects

 480

 7,287

 248

 $1,989,889

 $920,882

 $766,210

Program

Funding

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

serving in Arkansas. 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.

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

In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Boles, Little Rock, Morrilton, Rogers and Wynne.

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

 1 5,089 $187,780

K-12 School-Based

Learn and Serve America

 1

Grantees

 5,089

Participants

 $187,780

Program

Funding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 64 13,597 $9,127,660

 23

 23

 $609,525

 $340,200

 $292,950

 $496,125

N/A

 $47,250

 $177,188

 $56,700

 $2,019,938

3

2

Education

 Award 

3

Disability Outreach

Program Development & Technical Assistance

State Commission Administration

Administrative Funds

 $34,000

 $104,552

 $199,982

N/A $338,534

Program

Funding

 $2,019,938

Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $11,147,598

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees
Senior Corps in Arkansas

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 4, 2005

Arkadelphia

Batesville

Batesville

Conway

El Dorado

Ft Smith

Gillham

Harrison

Hot Springs

Hot Springs

Hot Springs

Jonesboro

Jonesboro

Monticello

North Little Rock

Pine Bluff

Rogers

Primary City

Southcentral Ar FGP

North Central Ar RSVP

Batesville FGP

State of Arkansas FGP Program

El Dorado Connections

Westark RSVP

DeQueen-Mena Educational Cooperative FGP

RSVP Boone/Marion Counties

SCP of West Central Arkansas-Senior Specialists

Garland County RSVP

Garland County SCP

E AR Foster Grandparent Program

East Ar RSVP

Se Arkansas FGP

Central Arkansas SCP

Jefferson County RSVP

Northwest Arkansas RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 85

 600

 88

 1

 335

 900

 122

 250

 125

 636

 84

 52

 675

 132

 39

 681

 1,423

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Ouachita Baptist Univ

North Ar Human Services Sys Inc

White River Aaa

Ar Dept Human Svsc-Dev Disabilities

South Ar Regional Health Ctr Inc

Western Ark Counseling & Guidance Ctr

Dequeen-Mena Educational Coop

Ozark Opportunites Inc

Area Agency on Aging Wca

Garland Co Council on Aging

Garland Co Council on Aging

E Ar Area Agency on Aging, Inc.

E Ar Area Agency on Aging, Inc.

Southeast Arkansas Education Service

Cooperative (SEARK)

Central Ar Area Aaa

United Way of Southeast Arkansas

Office of Human Concern Inc
Senior Corps in Arkansas

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 4, 2005

Springdale

Stuttgart

Texarkana

Wrightsville

Primary City

Eoawc RSVP of Nw Arkansas

Stuttgart North Arkansas County RSVP

Greater Texarkana Ar RSVP

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Central

Arkansas

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Number of Program Type

Participants

 375

 386

 262

 764

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 8,015

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Economic Opportunity Agency Inc

Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce

City of Texarkana, Ar

Future Builders
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 4, 2005

St. Francis County Workforce Alliance

National Conference for Community & EConomic

Development

Phillips Co. Self-Helt FCU

University of Arkansas

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Arkansas Human Development Corporation

Arkansas Literacy Councils, Inc.

Arkansas Service Commission

Arkansas Service Commission

Kiwanis Activities, Inc.

Sponsor Organization (if different)

South Arkansas Regional Health Center

St. Francis County Community Development

Corporation

North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education

National Conference for Communty & Econcomic

Development

Phillips Co. Self-Help FCU

Garvan Gardens, Environmental

Education/Development

Arkansas HIPPY EduCorps Project

HIPPYCorps

SAFE: Arkansas

Arkansas Reads

Arkansas Public Policy Panel

AmeriCorps Promise Fellows

Promise Fellows

Arkansas State CASA Association

Audubon Arkansas

Black Community Developers, Inc.

City Year Little Rock

Alternative Classroom Experience/Summer Incentive

Program

Women's Project

Lonoke School District

Program Name

 11

 18

 18

 7

 1

 35

 60

 24

 2

 40

 2

 12

 12

 4

 1

 4

 40

 10

 2

 12

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

Education Awards Program

(State)

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*Promise Fellows

National

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

Program Type

El Dorado

Forrest City

Harrison

Helena

Helena

Hot Springs

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Lonoke

Primary City
AmeriCorps in Arkansas

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 4, 2005

Total Number of AmeriCorps Members 493

Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative

(SEARK)

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service

Rogers Public School

City of Texarkana RSVP/VISTA

City of Texarkana, Ar

Mid Delta Community Consortium

Mid-South Community College

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Arkansas Smart Start AmeriCorps Program

The Learning Center, Inc. of North Little Rock

Heifer Project International

United Way of Southeast Arkansas

AmeriCorps Family Outreach

City of Texarkana Arkansas

City of Texarkana RSVP

ADRDN AmeriCorps Project

Arkansas Delta Service Corps

Mid-South Community Service Outreach

Future Builders, Inc.

Program Name

 44

 13

 15

 2

 30

 16

 3

 11

 20

 21

 3

# of

Members

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*National

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Monticello

North Little Rock

Perryville

Pine Bluff

Rogers

Texarkana

Texarkana

West Helena

West Memphis

West Memphis

Wrightsville

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 Arkansas

Information on the 2004 - 2005 program year current as of May 4, 2005

Primary City Sponsor Organization (if different)

Program Name Number of

Participants Program Type

Altus

Arkansas

Cabot

El Dorado

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Forrest City

Gentry

Harrison

Jonesboro

Little Rock

Little Rock

Little Rock

Magazine

Mineral Springs

Mountain Home

Paris

Pine Bluff

Quitman

Shirley

Springdale

Van Buren

Van Buren

Vilonia

Arkansas Department of Education

Altus Denning School District

Arkansas City Elementary

Cabot Middle School

Parkers Chapel Elementary/High Schools

Fayetteville High School

Woodland Junior High

Forrest City High School

Gentry High School

Deer Elementary School

Valley View Elementary/High School

LSA School-Based Program

JA Fair High School

Woodruff Elementary

JD Leftwich High School

Mineral Springs High School

Mountain Home High School

Paris High School

Townsend Park Elementary School

Quitman Elementary/Jr High

Shirley Alternative Learning Center

Springdale High School

Central Middle School

Izard Elementary School

Vilonia 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

Notes:

 40

 43

 612

 30

 295

 450

 150

 115

 55

 151

 330

 300

 127

 400

 250

 40

 246

 286

 317

 95

 55

 467

 235

Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants 5,089

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 471 Arkansas students have received these

scholarships.
Contacts

Arkansas

Arkansas State Office

700 West Capitol St

Federal Bldg, Rm 2506

Little Rock, AR 72201

(501) 324-5234 (501) 324-6949

OSims@cns.gov

Southeast Region - Charleston, SC

2231 S. Hobson Ave.

Charleston, SC 29405-2430

843-743-8600 x3008 843-743-8609

Tom Courtway

#4 Capitol Mall

Room 402A

Little Rock, AR 72201-1013

501-682-5615 501-682-9026

bwatts@arkedu.k12.ar.us

CNCS Headquarters

1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314

Washington, DC 20525

202-606-5000x205 202-565-2743

enash@cns.gov

PO Box 1437, Slot S230

700 S Main Street, Slot S230

Little Rock, AR 72203

501-682-6724 501-682-1623

al.schneider@arkansas.gov

Albert Schneider

Elson Nash

Opal Sims

Jeffrey Biel

Arkansas Department of Education

Arkansas Service Commission

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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