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New Hampshire 2006 -2007

Information on the 2006 - 2007 program year current as of February 2, 2007

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 280 individuals the opportunity toprovide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, public safety and otherpressing needs in communities across New Hampshire. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grantfunding goes to the Governor-appointed Volunteer NH!, which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groupsto respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributed by the Corporationdirectly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individualswill serve through AmeriCorps*VISTA, whose members help bring individuals and communities out ofpoverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses and increasehousing opportunities, and AmeriCorps*NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps), a 10-month, fulltime residential program for men and women between the ages of 18 and 24. In exchange for theirservice, AmeriCorps members earn an education award of up to $4,725 that can be used to pay forcollege or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 2,400 New Hampshire residentshave qualified for 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 support efforts to engage more than 6,300 New Hampshire students incommunity service linked to academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This type oflearning, called service learning, improves communities while preparing young people for a lifetime ofresponsible citizenship. In addition to providing grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a resourceon service and service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in New Hampshire. More than 11,000 people of all ages and backgroundsare helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through 66 national serviceprojects across New Hampshire. Serving with national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and othergroups, these citizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, conduct neighborhoodpatrols, restore the environment, respond to disasters, build nonprofit capacity and recruit and manage volunteers. Thisyear, the Corporation for National and Community Service will commit more than $5,500,000 to support NewHampshire communities through three national service initiatives:

Senior Corps: More than 4,300 seniors in New Hampshire contribute their time and talents in oneof three Senior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to morethan 1,700 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 560 homeboundseniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. Retired and Senior VolunteerProgram (RSVP) volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate inenvironmental projects, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other servicesthrough more than 700 groups across New Hampshire.

Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service is working to build aculture 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.

New Hampshire At a Glance


53 284 $2,287,468

AmeriCorps*State (Competitive)AmeriCorps*State (Formula)AmeriCorps*VistaAmeriCorps*NCCCEducation Awards Program (National)

AmeriCorps23

281

19

Program Sites

60 62 64

N/A 98

Participants $724,000 $756,001 $792,467

N/A $15,000

ProgramFunding

AmeriCorps Total

11 4,334 $1,670,825

Foster Grandparent ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program

Senior Corps 2 8 1

Projects

206 4,015 113

$668,056 $627,658 $375,111

ProgramFunding

This figure represents the maximum potential value of AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps membersserving in New Hampshire. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to payback student loans. The education award total is included in total Corporation funding.

New Hampshire is served by the AmeriCorps*NCCC campus located in Perry Point, Maryland. In the past year, AmeriCorps*NCCC teams have served on projects in Concord.

1

1

2

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2006 - 2007 program year. For AmeriCorps*VISTAand the Education Awards Program, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.

Participants

2 6,398 $261,968

K-12 School-BasedHigher Education

Learn and Serve America 1 1

Grantees 3,445 2,953

Participants

$67,937 $194,031

ProgramFunding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 66 11,016 $4,496,055

7 15 22

$283,500 $283,500 $302,400

N/A $177,188 $1,046,588

3

2Education

Award

3

Disability OutreachProgram Development & Technical AssistanceState Commission Administration

Administrative Funds $30,000

$106,000 $139,794

N/A $275,794

ProgramFunding

$1,046,588

Total Corporation Funding (including AmeriCorps Education Awards) $5,542,643

Senior Corps Total

Administrative Funds Total

Subgrantees

Senior Corps in New Hampshire


Berlin

Concord

Concord

Concord

Concord

Keene

Lebanon

Manchester

Manchester

North Conway

Portsmouth

Primary City

Coos County RSVP

Senior Companion Program of New Hampshire

Merrimack County RSVP

Friends Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Monadnock RSVP

RSVP & The Volunteer Center

Crotched Mountain FGP

Southern NH RSVP

Carroll County RSVP

RSVP-Rockingham County

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Program TypeNumber of Participants

370

113

420

123

625

400

350

83

700

450

700

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 4,334

Program NameSponsor Organization (if different)

Tri-County Community Action Program, Inc.

Community Action Belknap-MerrimackCounties, Inc.

Riverbend Community Mental Health Inc.

The Friends Program Inc

The Friends Program Inc

Monadnock Family Services Inc

Grafton County Senior Citizens Council, Inc.

Crotched Mountain Community Care

Southern NH Services Inc

North Conway Community Center

Portsmouth Housing Authority

AmeriCorps in New Hampshire


Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Child & Family Services/Plustime Nh

Tri-County Community Action



National Association of Service & ConservationCorps




Campus Compact for New Hampshire

Community Action Belknap-Merrimack Counties,Inc.

NH Coalition Against Domestic and SexualViolence

New Hampshire College and University Council


Youth Venture, Inc.


Sponsor Organization (if different)

SCA NEW HAMPSHIRE CONSERVATION CORPS

PlusTime NH

Tri-County CAP, Inc.


PlusTime NH

Student Conservation Association

PlusTime NH

PlusTime New Hampshire

PlusTime NH

American Red Cross-Manchester Chapter

NHTI

New Hampshire Reads AmeriCorps Program

AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program

Northern New England Campus CompactCollaboration


Youth Venture

PlusTime NH

Program Name

20

1

3

1

1

1

1

20

1

2

2

17

25

7

1

4

1

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Education Awards Program

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA


AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*State

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Allenstown

Barrington

Berlin

Bethlehem

Center Ossipee

Charlestown

Chichester

Chichester

Chichester NH 03258

Concord

Concord

Concord

Concord

Concord

Concord

Concord

Dover

Primary City



Camphill Association of North America, Inc.






Boys and Girls Club of America




Breakthrough Collaborative (formerlySummerbridge National)

City of Manchester, NH


Share Our Strength Operation Frontline

US Foundation for the Inspiration & Recognition ofScience & Technology (FIRST)


Lyris Lifesharing at Ploughshare Farm

New England College

PlusTime NH


Antioch New England Graduate Institute

Keene State College

PlusTime NH



Highland Goffes Falls Extension

Jewett Street Extension

Kids Club Extension

Mc Laughlin Extension

Summerbridge Manchester at The Derryfield School,a Breakthrough Program

Manchester VISTA Project


Share Our Strength's, Operation Frontline®

FIRST

Program Name

1

2

1

1

12

8

1

1

3

4

4

4

4

29

20

2

1

3

# ofMembers



AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA



AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA






AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

Program Type

Greenfield

Henniker

Hillsboro

Keene

Keene

Keene

Keene

Laconia

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Primary City



284Total Number of AmeriCorps Members





City of Nashua, NH - Urban Programs







City Year, Inc.

National Association of Service & ConservationCorps

Camphill Association of North America, Inc.



Union Street Clubhouse


NHCTC-Nashua

Rivier College

PlusTime NH

Nashua Tree Streets VISTA

Maine Time Dollar Network


Colby-Sawyer College

PlusTime NH

PlusTime NH

Plymouth State College

PlusTime NH

City Year New Hampshire

City Year New Hampshire

Lukas Community

Wediko Children's Services

Program Name

4

1

3

3

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

3

1

40

2

2

8

# ofMembers


AmeriCorps*VISTA



AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA


AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*VISTA


AmeriCorps*VISTA

AmeriCorps*State




Program Type

Manchester,

Nashua

Nashua

Nashua

Nashua

Nashua

Nashua

Nashua

New London

Newmarket

Pittsfield

Plymouth

Portsmouth

Stratham

Stratham

Temple

Windsor

Primary City



Notes: If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no membersare 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 New Hampshire


Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type

Chester

Claremont

Concord

Concord

Concord

Concord

Dover

Durham

Exeter

Goffstown

Hinsdale

Keene

Keene

Manchester

Manchester

Manchester

Nashua

Nashua

Nashua

Plaistow

Raymond

Stratham

Swanzey

Woodsville

Chester College of New England

New Hampshire Community Technical College-Claremont



New Hampshire Department of Education

New Hampshire Technical Institute

Dover School District

University of New Hampshire

Seacoast School of Technology

Goffstown AREA High School

Hinsdale School District

Antioch New England Graduate School

Keene State College

NHCTC-Manchester

Southern New Hampshire University

University of New Hampshire at Manchester

Daniel Webster College

NH Community Technical College

New Hampshire Community Technical College at Nashua

The Sad Cafe

Raymond School District

New Hampshire Community Technical College atStrathamMonadnock Regional School District

Woodsville High School

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

Higher Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

Notes:

N/A

84

N/A

666

280

432

200

125

150

48

775

271

40

N/A

497

40

N/A

N/A

590

100

1,700

400

6,398Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants

If no participants are shown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at thetime 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 125 New Hampshire students have received thesescholarships.

ContactsNew Hampshire

New Hampshire State Office55 Pleasant StreetRoom 1501Concord, NH 03301-3954

(603) 225-1450 (603) [email protected]

Northeast Region - Perry Point MDP.O. Box 27Perry Point, MD 21902-0027

410-642-2411 410-642-1888

Suzanne Birdsall

101 Pleasant StreetConcord, NH 03301-3852

(603) 271-3853 (603) 271-2760 [email protected]

CNCS Headquarters1201 New York Avenue NW, Rm 9314Washington, DC 20005-3917

202-606-6834 [email protected]

117 Pleasant StreetDolloff Building, 4th FloorConcord, NH 03301-3852

603-271-7202 603- [email protected]

Tim Dupre

Elson Nash

Shireen Tilley

LaQuine Roberson

New Hampshire Department of Education

Volunteer NH!

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.org

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