JOPLIN, Mo. —
The Missouri Community Service Commission on Thursday announced that 18 organizations across Missouri — including several in Southwest Missouri — have been awarded AmeriCorps grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service.
The grants will support more than 400 AmeriCorps workers in a variety of services, including helping students learn to read, mentoring at-risk youth, responding to disasters, providing food for those in need, and helping nonprofits recruit volunteers and achieve their mission.
The commission will distribute more than $2.5 million in various types of funding to support the AmeriCorps workers.
“Citizen service is an essential part of the solution to many of the social challenges facing our communities,” Linda Thompson, executive director of the MCSC, said in a statement. “These AmeriCorps members will meet pressing local needs and strengthen our communities as they develop civic and leadership skills that can last a lifetime.”
Recipient of 2012 AmeriCorps grants in Missouri include:
• American Red Cross (Springfield): $119,700.00.
• Purdy R-2 School District: $71,778.00.
• Seneca R-7 School District: $65,797.00.
The Missouri Community Service Commission is a division of the Missouri Department of Economic Development.
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps employs 80,000 Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to meet critical needs at 14,000 nonprofit and faith-based organizations in rural and urban communities throughout the country.
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