2002-2005 NSIP Accomplishments: Hawaii
October 15, 2005
Direct Service Demonstration Project: Ready, Set, Go!
Ready,
Set, Go! - A six month direct service demonstration project for people with disabilities
who are interested in national service. Three months of life skill workshops and
three months at an AMERICORPS site with a trained mentor on a one-to-one basis.
Participants
received a stipend and transportation costs were provided.
Project Director: Madeline Harcourt
Focus area and target population: AMERICORPS and AMERICOPRS VISTA
Local & National Organizations and networks impacted
Corporation
for National & Community Service - support
Hawaii State Commission on
Community Service - support
Service Learning Campus Compact - support &
funding
Disability and Access Board - volunteer support
Winners at Work
- partner
YMCA Mentoring Initiative - partner
Department of Education
-placed participant in VISTA
Pathways Project, Oregon -
UH-Manoa College
of Education - support through providing classroom
Twenty-three community
volunteers - opportunity to teach life skills workshops
Legal Aid Society
of Hawaii - placed participants in AMERICORPS program
Significant Outcomes & Accomplishments
Graduated
seven adults with disabilities .
Created and established successful mentor
component
Collaborations and partnerships
Recruited twenty three community
volunteers
Developed 16-week curriculum
Activities & programs
Day of Service (Participants read to children who were
homeless. Twenty two children received a Cat in the Hat book and healthy snacks.)
Created
Advisory Board (comprised of participants)
Participated in statewide training
on disabilities for AMERICORPS supervisors
Volunteers received free mentor
training
Participants received free mentor training
Mid-term party and
graduation
Foundation built for future funding opportunities
Recently applied for an AMERICORPS grant through the Corporation for Community Service along with two other states: Florida and California who received NSIP grants. Grant Awarded.
