Notre dame mission volunteers-americorps proposes to have 520 americorps members who will provide tutoring and small group instruction to economically disadvantaged students in grades k-12 and to…

Notre dame mission volunteers-americorps proposes to have 520 americorps members who will provide tutoring and small group instruction to economically disadvantaged students in grades k-12 and to economically disadvantaged adults in 30 different urban and rural communities including: apopka, FL; atlanta, GA; baltimore, MD; bend, or; boston, MA; boulder, CO; chicago, IL; cincinnati, OH; cleveland, OH; dayton, OH; hartford, CT; LOS angeles, CA; thoreau, NM; new orleans, LA; new york city, NY; philadelphia, PA; phoenix, AZ; rochester, NY; SAN francisco/redwood city, CA; ST. Louis, MO; ST. Petersburg, FL; SAN diego, CA; seattle, WA; tampa, FL; washington, DC; watsonville, CA; wilmington, DE; youngstown, OH and additional communities where our JVC (jesuit volunteer corps), cvif (catholic volunteers in florida) and ST. Joseph worker (sjwp) partners serve. At the end of the first program year, the americorps members will be responsible for 3,543 children demonstrating improved academic engagement and 1,400 adults progressing to the next level in their job readiness plans. In addition, the americorps members will leverage 10,500 volunteers who will be engaged in classroom assistance, school and community-based enrichment programs and one-time community improvement projects. The program will focus on the cncs focus areas of economic opportunity and education. The cncs investment of $5,306,080 in public funding will be matched with $6,450,000 in private funding.