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Smart Start of Henderson County and AmeriCorps are teaming up again for 2008-2009! If you are a licensed child care center in Henderson County and have staff who are taking college coursework you can apply to become and AmeriCorps site and receive a volunteer. If you are an individual who is interested in serving in the child care setting while earning a stipend and education award you can apply to become an AmeriCorps member. All the information needed is listed below. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Sonia Gironda at 828-693-1580.
ACT Requirements & Benefits Summary For membership information and applications please visit the Stokes Partnership for Children website at www.stokespfc.com.
If you are located in Buncombe county please visit their website for further information at www.smartstart-buncombe.org .
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Smart Start of Henderson County Starts an AmeriCorps Program What is AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve with more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based and community organizations. Since 1994, more than 400,000 men and women have provided needed assistance to millions of Americans across the nation through their AmeriCorps service. Full-time members who complete their service earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $4,725 to pay for college, graduate school, or to pay back qualified student loans. Members who serve part-time receive a partial Award. Some AmeriCorps members may also receive a modest living allowance during their term of service. AmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency created to connect Americans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities and their nation. The Corporation also oversees Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America. Together these programs engage more than 1.5 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year. One of such programs , AMERICORPS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER (ACT), has been “Getting Things Done” for children in North Carolina. ACT combines the AmeriCorps national service program with North Carolina.s Smart Start initiative. ACT serves young children by placing AmeriCorps members in childcare settings as Early Childhood Education Assistants. The ACT program was designed to assist with the need for teacher education and the enhancement of quality childcare, for children 0 to 5. ACT does this by: 1) training AmeriCorps members in child development and early childhood education; 2) utilizing members as substitute teachers, thereby providing regular teachers/providers with release from the classroom to pursue coursework in early childhood education; and 3) utilizing members as assistant teachers as a means to reduce the high teacher/child ratios and provide additional resources to care providers. Member Requirements and Benefits
For more information or to apply, please visit: http://www.stokespfc.com/act.html
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Smart Start would like to welcome our 2007-2008 AmeriCorps members!
Jade deLapouyade Katie Jackson Margaret MacNish Meredith MacNish
These four community service members will be serving in the following child care facilities:
Hendersonville School for Little Folks His Kids Little Red School Love and Learning Child Care Center Open Arms St. James School for Little Folks
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| For questions you may also contact Sonia Gironda at the local Smart Start office at 828-693-1580 |