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Growing Tomorrows After-School Leaders Today
AmeriCorps 21st CCLC Programs

• Justin B. Jackson
• Cooperative for After-School Enrichment (CASE)
  CASE-AmeriCorps Project Coordinator
• Stacey Crawford
• Cooperative for After-School Enrichment (CASE)
• Program Manager
• Harris County Department of Education

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Session Agenda

• Who we are What we do
• Opening Activity Why do you volunteer?
• What is AmeriCorps?
• History of AmeriCorps 21st CCLC
• What AmeriCorps can do for your program
• How you can get involved with AmeriCorps

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Why do you volunteer?
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Volunteers look for

• Structure after-school program schedules are a
  perfect match for volunteers who can commit to
  the same time, day or activity from week to week.
• Support your volunteers want to help and need
  your help as well through training and consistent
  communication.

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What is AmeriCorps?

• AmeriCorps is a program designed to meet the
  needs of citizens by providing intense,
  result-driven service to meet education,
  environmental, public safety and other pressing
  community needs. www.americorps.gov.
• AmeriCorps funding is managed by the
  governor-appointed OneStar Foundation.
  www.onestarfoundation.org

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Benefits for Corps Members

• AmeriCorps members earn an education award of up
  to 4,725 that can be used to pay back student
  loans, return to school or attend trade schools.
  
• Since 1994 there have been 24,000 Texas residents
  that have served in AmeriCorps with education
  awards totaling 73,000,000.
• Living Stipend is approximately 1,000 per month

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Our Need for Volunteers in Afterschool Programs

• Kids Days students work on a 8 to 10 week
  curriculum covering math, science or the arts
  that connects student learning to their
  surrounding communities and career exploration.
• Sustainability Efforts in a time of decreasing
  budgets, schools need assistance in sustaining
  their programs.

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AmeriCorps 21st CCLC

• Quality Programming
• Community Partnerships
• Sustainability Efforts
• Raising Awareness of the Field
• Opportunities for Students

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Community Partnerships
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Quality Programming
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Sustainability Efforts
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AmeriCorps Current Application

• AmeriCorps State Due September 23, 2008 for
  2009-2012 funding.
• www.onestarfoundation.org
• AmeriCorps National Due January 13, 2009 for
  09-12 funding.
• AmeriCorps VISTA Contact OneStar Foundation for
  details.

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AmeriCorps Programs in Texas

• Learn and Serve America - provides grants to
  schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to
  support efforts to engage more than 48,000 Texas
  students in community service that is linked to
  academic achievement and the development of civic
  skills.
• In addition to providing grants, Learn and Serve
  America serves as a resource on service-learning
  to teachers, faculty members, schools and
  community groups. www.learnandserve.gov

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AmeriCorps Programs in Texas Continued

• AmeriCorps VISTA VISTAs provide coordination
  and planning to non-profit organizations.
• VISTA members serve for 12 months and only serve
  in a full-time capacity.
• VISTA members are often seen as an extension of
  professional staff.

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AmeriCorps Programs in Texas Continued

• 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 3,100 groups across Texas.
  www.seniorcorps.org

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Options for Volunteer Programming

• National Honor Society
• Jean Warren, TASC/TASSP
• 512.443.2100, fax [phone]
• jean_at_tassp.org
• www.tassp.org

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Contact Information

• Justin Jackson
• jbjackson_at_hcde-texas.org
• Stacey Crawford
• scrawford_at_hcde-texas.org