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FY 2010 Grantees, Awards, and Project Abstracts

Off-Campus Community Service Program

The FY 2010 Off-Campus Community Service Program (CFDA# 83.116H) provides funding to Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) so that they may prepare students for off-campus community service employment. The program may only underwrite student wages, and other ancillary expenses which may include: community service job-related training, participating students’ travel to and from worksites, and students’ background checks. All projects will begin on January 1, 2011.

Grantees:

Burlington County College (New Jersey) - P116H100052

Title: Community Service Peer Leaders: Supporting Buffalo through Service Project

Burlington County College (BCC) will collaborate with the Bonner Foundation in a Bonner AmeriCorps Leader Program to place students in a new Pemberton Township Early Childhood Center and a local Red Cross Chapter office.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $41,400

Contact/ Project Director: Alexandra Fields

Institutional Title: English Lecturer/Coordinator and Director of BCC Bonner AmeriCorps Program

Street Address: 601 Pemberton Browns Mills Road, Pemberton, NJ 08068

E-mail address:

Telephone: 609-894-9311, extension 1991

Fax: 609-726-0442

Buffalo State College SUNY (New York) - P116H100016

Title: Community Service Peer Leaders: Supporting Buffalo through Service Project

The Buffalo State College (BSC) SUNY Volunteer and Service-Learning Center (VSLC) will recruit, train, place, and supervise 15 community service work-study students to meet identified community needs in three areas-- early childhood and youth development, emergency preparedness, and community development.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $69,303

Contact/Project Director: Laura Hill Rao

Institutional Title: Coordinator, Volunteer and Service Learning Center (VSLC)

Street Address: 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14222

E-mail address:

Telephone: 716-878-5811

Fax: 716-878-3152

Calvin College (Michigan) - P116H100037

Title: Learning Through Literacy Early Childhood Education Community Service Program

Calvin College will support students who will work part-time in non-profit community service organizations.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $71,240

Contact/Project Director: Karen Hollebeek

Institutional Title: Student Employment Manager

Street Address: 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

E-mail address:

Telephone: 616-526-7001

Fax: 616-526-7185

California State University, Northridge (California) - P116H100007

Title: Jumpstart Northridge

California State University at Northridge has partnered with Jumpstart, a non-profit early education organization, to engage college students in a year-long program to serve young children in preschools in low-income communities.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $71,230

Contact/Project Director: Dr. Joyce Munsch

Institutional Title: Professor, Project Director

Street Address: California State University, Northridge; 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8263

E-mail address:

Telephone: 818-677-7249

Fax: 818-677-2082

Grand Rapids Community College (Michigan) - P116H100046

Title: Grand Rapids Community College Academic Service Learning Center Off-Campus Community Service Project

Grand Rapids Community College will provide support for students who will assist non-profit community service organizations with early childhood education activities, or with preparation for emergencies and natural disasters.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $71,239

Contact/Project Director: Urminda Firlan

Institutional Title: Director of Academic Service Learning

Street Address: 143 Bostwick Avenue, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

E-mail address:

Telephone: 616-234-4168

Fax: 616-234-3494

Loyola Marymount University (California) - P116H100014

Title: Loyola Marymount University Lyon Links Program

Loyola Marymount University will support students who will work as tutors in the Los Angeles-area, Loyola Village Elementary School, where they will assist teachers with reading, writing and mathematics education.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $46,016

Contact/Project Director: Laura A. Weseley, Esquire

Institutional Title: Director, Student Employment

Street Address: Career Development Services; Loyola Marymount University; 1LMU Drive, Suite 1300; Los Angeles, CA90045

E-mail address:

Telephone: 310-338-4595

Fax: 310-338-7728

Lynchburg College (Virginia) - P116H100028

Title: Learning Through Literacy Early Childhood Education Community Service Program

Lynchburg College will support students who will work part-time in pre-kindergarten, non-profit community service organizations.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $34,714

Contact/Project Director: Christine Gibbons

Institutional Title: Director of SERVE

Street Address: Lynchburg College, SERVE Office, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24501-3113

E-mail address:

Telephone: 434-544-8640

Fax: 434-544-8650

Missouri State University (Missouri) - P116H100017

Title: Missouri State University’s Student Community Action Team Off-Campus Community Service Project

Missouri State University will support students who will work for the American Red Cross in disaster and emergency preparedness efforts and in the Developmental Center of the Ozarks, University Childcare Center, and in the Discovery Center. They will also serve at the Community Partnerships of the Ozarks and Rare Breed Outreach Center.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $45,967

Contact/Project Director: Mary Barb

Institutional Title: Assistant Director, Financial Aid

Street Address: 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897

E-mail address:

Telephone: 417-836-5627

Fax: 417-836-8392

Secondary Contact: Katherine Young

Institutional Title: Financial Aid Technician

Street Address: 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897

E-mail address:

Telephone: 417-836-4718

Fax: 417-836-8392

New York Institute of Technology (New York) - P116H100041

Title: Shaping Students and Community through Paid Off-Campus Community Service Work

The New York Institute of Technology will support students who will work as paraprofessionals at five community service sites in New York City and Nassau County, New York.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $79,916

Contact/Project Director: Amy Bravo

Institutional Title: Director of Experiential Education and Employer Outreach

Street Address: 16 West 61st Street, New York, NY 10023

E-mail address:

Telephone: 212-261-1538

Fax: 212-261-1670

Saginaw Valley State University (Michigan) - P116H100035

Title: Saginaw Valley State University Off-Campus Community Service Work-Study

Saginaw Valley State University will support students who will work for the local American Red Cross and for two school districts that operate early childhood education programs.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $63,825

Contact/Project Director: Megan Biskup

Institutional Title: Assistant Director of Career Services

Street Address: Wickes Hall 270, 7400 Bay Road University Center, MI 48710

E-mail address:

Telephone: 989-964-4948

Fax: 989-964-2602

Saint Mary’s College (California) - P116H100023

Title: Jumpstart: Off-Campus Community Service at Saint Mary’s College of California

Saint Mary’s College will support students who will work part-time in non-profit community service organizations that help young children to build key literacy and language skills.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $55,034

Contact/Project Director: Jennifer Pigza

Institutional Title: Associate Director, Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action

Street Address: 1928 Saint Mary’s Road, Moraga, CA 94556

E-mail address:

Telephone: 925-631-4755

Fax: 925-631-0764

San Diego State University (California) - P116H100013

Title: Child and Family Development (CFD) Off-Campus Community Service Program (CFD-OCCS): A Partnership between CFD, San Diego State University (SDSU), and Head Start-Neighborhood House Association (NHA)

San Diego State University will partner with NHA to support students who will work in early childhood education programs at 16 Head Start and Early Head Start sites.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $74,150

Contact/Project Director: Shulamit Ritblatt

Institutional Title: Department Chair, Child and Family Development

Street Address: 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182

E-mail address:

Telephone: 619-594-5312

Fax: 619-594-5921

The University of California, Berkeley (California) - P116H100031

Title: Jumpstart UC Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with Jumpstart, a non-profit early education organization, proposes to engage college students (called corps members) in a year-long program to serve young children in preschools in low-income communities.

FY 2010 Award (one year): $73,520

Project Director: Professor Bruce Fuller

Institutional Title: Professor, Institute for Human Development

Professor Fuller’s Assistant: Lisa Branum, Administrative Assistant, Institute for Human Development

Street Address: 1121 Tolman Hall #1690, Berkeley, CA 94720-1690
E-mail address:

Telephone: 510-642-9163

Fax: 510-642-7969

Contact/Project Coordinator: Ms. Amanda Coy
Institutional Title: Jumpstart Site Manager
E-mail address:
Telephone: 510-642-6752

Fax: 510-643-7350

2/10/2011

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