Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (D-MP) disclosed over the weekend that the Public School System is receiving $499,999 to support 60 AmeriCorps members this year. <\/p>\n
Sablan said in his e-kilili newsletter that the AmeriCorps announced Tuesday that after completing their service with AmeriCorps, these members are expected to earn $157,576 in Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards to help pay off their student loans and other educational expenses.<\/p>\n
As a result of the fiscal year 2023 AmeriCorps State and National Grant Competition, the CNMI will receive a total of $499,000 in funding from AmeriCorps, the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps and other national service programs. <\/p>\n
According to the AmeriCorps, through this competition, one successful grantee operating in the CNMI will receive $499,999 in competitive funding from AmeriCorps to support approximately 60 AmeriCorps members.<\/p>\n
Since 2006, over 500 AmeriCorps volunteers in high school have served over 18,000 of their fellow students with tutoring or by assisting teachers with educational projects.<\/p>\n
The PSS AmeriCorps Program will support 60 AmeriCorps members who will provide cross age peer-to-peer tutoring services in reading to at-risk public school students performing at the bottom quadrant in grades K-8th Grade at nine elementary and seven middle school sites across Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. <\/p>\n
AmeriCorps members will be responsible for increasing the reading level and academic achievement of 450 students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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