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Program Details
Year of Experience Corps project launch: 1999Students served: over 1000 each year Grades/ages of students served: Grades K-3 (tutoring); Grades 4-6 (mentoring) Experience Corps participants: 140 Participant hours logged last school year: 26,064 Schools served: Southeast: Birney Elementary School, Kimball Elementary School Southwest: Bowen Elementary School Northeast: William E. Doar, Jr. Public Charter School for the Performing Arts, Webb Elementary School Northwest: Montgomery Elementary School, West Elementary School, Whittier Elementary School Requirements for volunteers: Volunteers must be able to commit for the school year. Pre-service training of 15 hours and in-service training of 9 hours are mandatory. To be accepted, volunteers must successfully complete a written application, provide two references, have a personal interview, pass a criminal background check (including fingerprinting), and provide proof of a negative TB test. What to expect: Tutors serve twice a week for 5 hours in the afternoon; classroom volunteers serve 16 hours per week (11 in the classroom and 5 hours in one-on-one tutoring); mentors serve once a week for 2 hours, after school. Partners and Funders
Lead Agency: CentroNiaCommunity partners: DC Public Schools, AARP-DC and AARP Maryland, U.S. Capitol Police. Funders for 2006-2007: Atlantic Philanthropies, Cafritz Foundation, Capitol One, Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, National Service Trust, The Dreyfus Foundation, Gannett Foundation, MARPAT Foundation, National Home Library Foundation, The Hattie Mae Strong Foundation, the Philip L. Graham Fund, U.S. Department of Education, The Washington Post.
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