2007-08 Kentucky AmeriCorps Programs
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Every 1 Reads AmeriCorps Program |
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Program Sponsor: Jefferson County Public Schools
Number of members: 10 full-time
Description: Members help expand the Every 1 Reads program, community-wide partnership among business, local government and Jefferson County Public Schools to provide literacy training to address the academic needs of at-risk students. Members also will recruit and train community volunteers as tutors.
Program Director: Sondra Ferren, Van Hoose Education Center
3332 Newburg Rd., P.O. Box 34020, Louisville, Ky. 40232-4020
Phone: (502) 485-3926
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FRYSC Corps |
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Program Sponsor: Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services
Number of members: 25 full-time
Description: Serving under the supervision of Family Resource and Youth Services Center coordinators, members use the Great Leaps reading curriculum to tutor academically at-risk students.
Program Director: Heather Musinski
Angela Baldridge, Assistant Program Director
Division of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers
275 E. Main St., Mail Stop 3C-G, Frankfort, Ky. 40621
Phone: (502) 564-4986
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Getting Things Done for Kentucky’s Homeless |
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Program Sponsor: Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky
Number of members: 28 full-time
Description: Members counsel low-income families and individuals to help them find permanent and/or transitional housing. Members also serve as construction assistants with non-profit agencies, rehabilitating and building housing in low-income communities.
Program Director: Josie Kirker
Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky
101 Burch Court, Frankfort, Ky. 40601
Phone: (502) 223-1834
Visit the Getting Things Done for Kentucky's Homeless Web site.
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Homeland Security Corps |
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Program Sponsor: Green River Area Development District
Number of members: 10 full-time
Description: Members serve with rapid response agencies to educate residents in public safety, public health and disaster preparedness issues; train agency-affiliated volunteers; and assist in developing closer collaboration among local response agencies.
Program Director: David Clark, Green River Area Development District
3860 U.S. Hwy. 60 West, Owensboro, Ky. 42301
Phone: (270) 926-4433 (800) 928-9094
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Louisville Metro AmeriCorps Program |
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Program Sponsor: Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership
Number of members: 10 full-time, 20 part-time
Description: Members help built capaccity and social capital to address the health and nutrition, education and human service needs of families in low-income urban communities. Members serve with community organizations to recruit and support volunteers to expand agency capacities and enhance responses to community needs.
Program Director: Tracey Harper, Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership, 810 Barret Ave., Ste. 245, Louisville, Ky. 40204
Phone: (502) 574-5777
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