Jumpstart Inc

GRANTS WILL BE AWARDED TO ORGANIZATIONS PROPOSING TO ENGAGE AMERICORPS MEMBERS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23 AMERICORPS NATIONAL DIRECT PROGRAM. NO MEMBER MAY ENROLL PRIOR TO THE APPROVED START DATE OF THE MEMBER ENROLLMENT PERIOD. YOUR 2022?23 REGULATORY MATCH IS 50% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 50.0%.

ENGAGES AMERICORPS MEMBERS IN FULL AND PART-TIME SERVICE TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS IN EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, VETERANS, AND OTHER AREAS

HEAD START

JUMPSTART PROPOSES TO HAVE 1,219 AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO WILL DELIVER ITS EVIDENCE-BASED EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM TO 3,000 CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, AND WASHINGTON. AT THE END OF THE FIRST PROGRAM YEAR, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS OF 3,000 PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES BY IMPLEMENTING A CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE KEY LANGUAGE, LITERACY, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. IN ADDITION, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL LEVERAGE 550 LEVERAGED VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE ENGAGED IN SERVICE PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE SAME COMMUNITIES. THIS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE CNCS FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION. THE CNCS INVESTMENT OF $2,990,151 WILL BE MATCHED WITH $$3,206,934, $0 IN PUBLIC FUNDING AND $3,217,623 IN PRIVATE FUNDING.

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

AMERICORPS NATIONAL

AMERICORPS*NATIONAL

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

STRATEGY INNOVATION ENTP

RGL. ENTREPRENEURSHIP PL

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICE TO CHILDREN IN NEED

FY24 CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING JUMPSTART, INC

FIE EARMARK GRANT AWARDS

CREATING THE JUMPSTART MEDTECH FUND A NEW SEED FUND SUPPORTING THE HEALTHCARE INNOVATION CLUSTER IN NORTHEAST OHIO

JUMPSTART IN MASSACHUSETTS: BUILDING ON ACCELERATED WORKFORCE PROGRAM PILOT AND INCREASING HIGH-QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN IN SUPPORT OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION

FIE EARMARK GRANT AWARDS

FIE EARMARK GRANT AWARDS

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

NE OHIO-STMA CLUSTER

FIE EARMARK GRANT AWARDS

AMERICORPS NATIONAL

FIE EARMARK GRANT AWARDS

HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START

AN ESTIMATED 74 FGP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 74 FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING TWICE-WEEKLY "JUMPSTART SESSIONS" OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON TEAMS IN PARTNER CLASSROOMS AND PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM SERVICE HOURS. BOTH ACTIVITIES WILL INCREASE THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS OF 249 PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ANNUALLY FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY USING JUMPSTART'S CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE KEY LANGUAGE, LITERACY, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 249 CHILDREN WILL HAVE BEEN SERVED BY THE PROGRAM EACH YEAR AND 137 PARTICIPATING CHILDREN WILL DEMONSTRATE GAINS IN SCHOOL READINESS SKILLS ANNUALLY. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $385,999 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $149,018.

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JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, INC. ("JUMPSTART") IS WORKING TOWARDS THE DAY ALL CHILDREN IN AMERICA ENTER SCHOOL PREPARED TO SUCCEED. THROUGH JUMPSTART'S COMMUNITY CORPS FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM, ADULTS ARE RECRUITED AND TRAINED TO BRING THE YEARLONG JUMPSTART PROGRAM TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3-5 ATTENDING PRESCHOOL IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. BY WORKING TO CLOSE THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP, 60 FOSTER GRANDPARENTS ARE IMPROVING THE LIVES OF 162 CHILDREN IN LOS ANGELES AND BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR A MORE PROSPEROUS FUTURE. JUMPSTART IS A 20-YEAR OLD NATIONAL ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WITH A LARGE REGIONAL OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA WHICH HOUSES JUMPSTART'S COMMUNITY CORPS - FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.