Serving America: The First Year of Programs Funded by the Commission on National and Community Service

This report examines the first round of programs funded under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. It is based on aggregate data provided by Commission grantees and their subgrantees at the end of the first year of operation and covers commission-funded programs operating between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993. Data were available for 75% of the local programs funded by the Commission in the first year, representing 70% of total funding in that year. There were 197,700 participants, in which Serve America had the highest rate of participation. The leading areas of service were conservation and environment (36% of all reported hours), education (tutoring, mentoring, classroom assistance; 22% of reported service hours); and meeting human needs in day care, social services, housing rehabilitation, and neighborhood improvements, 22% of all reported hours. (SH)