AmeriCorps Kansas Operational Subgrantees

 

 

Ballard Center

 

Program Focus: Early Childhood Education

The Ballard Center has a mission to partner with families to achieve stability through early childhood education and needs-based services by cultivating a strong network of organizations, businesses, and individuals dedicated to serving our community. These Missions make it clear that our two entities strongly align around a common goal to engage and strengthen the community by creating service opportunities that improve lives.

 

Program Contact:

Nick Detrano

Email

785-842-0729


Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence

 

 

Program Focus: Education

 

The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence engages AmeriCorps Members who will serve directly with disadvantaged youth to provide academic and social/emotional interventions at locations across Kansas. 

 

 

Program Contact:

Rachel Chaney

Email

785-226-5828

 


 

Program Focus: Education

 

The Boys & Girls Club of Manhattan engages AmeriCorps members who will provide academic, social, and emotional interventions to BGC students performing below the standard in Manhattan and Wamego public schools.


 

Program Contact:

Jennifer Rodgers

Email

785-477-6532

 

 

Program Focus: Education

 

The Center for Supportive Communities engages AmeriCorps members who will serve as mentors and interventionists for elementary, middle, and high school students attending any public school in the Kansas counties of Douglas and Wyandotte. 


 

Program Contact:

KJ Abel Ruch

Email

785-393-2131



 

Program Focus: Education

 

USD 260 engages AmeriCorps members to tutor students in math, reading, and kindergarten readiness in the Derby Public Schools. Members serve their community by increasing student academic achievement and expanding the availability of early childhood education opportunities.

 

 

Program Contact:

Abby McCarthy

Email

316-788-8438

The Educator Academy

 

 

Program Focus: Education

 

The Educator Academy engages AmeriCorps members to develop effective, compassionate, and anti-racist educators who work to ensure students receive a quality education. They do this through a teacher residency model, which allows AmeriCorps members to hone their teaching skills in a Mentor teacher's classroom for a full school year.

 

 

Program Contact:

Kat Lipka

Email

816-298-5660


The Teacher's College

 

Program Focus: Education

 

The Teachers College Literacy Center at Emporia State University engages AmeriCorps members to provide literacy interventions to students Pre-K through third grade in Lyon, Osage and Coffey counties. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for serving 120 students with the goal of increasing student achievement.


Program Contact:

Tasia Markowitz

Email

620-794-5386

 

 

 

 

 

KACEE

 

 

Program Focus: Education

 

The Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education engages AmeriCorps members in providing environmental education and EE professional development for area teachers and PreK-12 students in Pittsburg, Olathe, and Manhattan, KS. 

 

 

Program Contact:

Laura Downey

Email

785-532-3322

Immunize Kansas Coalition

 

 

Program Focus:

Public Health

 

The mission of the Immunize Kansas Coalition is to protect all Kansans from vaccine-preventable diseases. IKC is a Statewide organization that cross-collaborates with National leaders, KDHE, and other key organizations within the State of Kansas. We provide messaging, resources, and advocacy to educate, strengthen vaccine confidence, and increase vaccination rates.  

 

Program Contact:

Geovannie Gone

Email

620-521-1832


 

 

Program Focus: Public Health

 

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, engages AmeriCorps members in maintaining and sustaining crucial government services and practices. These members will accomplish various tasks, helping maintain the systems and processes by which our cities function and providing essential municipal services to the residents in Wyandotte County and the Kansas City, Kansas area.

Program Contact:

Khou Herr

Email

913-573-8865


 

Wichita State

 

 

Program Focus: Capacity Building

 

The Wichita State University Community Engagement Institute (CEI) engages AmeriCorps members to serve students in Sedgwick County and the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Through their efforts, AmeriCorps members serve by increasing the capacity of organizations by improving academic success and workforce development opportunities for students served.


Program Contact:

Angela Gaughan

Email

316-570-1309









 

 



   

 

AmeriCorps Kansas Planning Subgrantees

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   
   

 

Volunteer Generation Fund Subgrantees

 

 

 

Crosslines Community Outreach

 

Program:

Cross-Lines Community Outreach

 

 

Harvey County United Way

 

Program:

Harvey County United Way

 

 

One Heart Project

 

Program:

One Heart Project

 

United Way Kaw Valley

 

Program:

United Way of Greater Topeka

 

Rosedale Development Association

 

Program:

Rosedale Development Association

 


 

 

   
   
   

 

 

Contact Us:

900 SW Jackson St Ste 653

Topeka, KS 66612-1212

Phone: (785) 368-7436

Email: volunteer@ksde.org

The Kansas State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: KSDE General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, KSDE, Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 102, Topeka, KS 66612, (785) 296-3201.


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