Community ServiceSummer of Safety Youth Corps Program; Notice CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service announces

the availability of up to $2.5 million for grants to support existing

public or private nonprofit summer youth corps programs addressing

public safety or environmental needs in local communities. These funds

will provide opportunities for approximately 1000 youth to serve their

communities on a full-time basis during the summer while earning a

limited stipend and a $1000 post-service educational award.

DATES: The deadline for the submission of proposals is Monday, March

21, 1994.

ADDRESSES: All proposals should be submitted to the Corporation for

National and Community Service, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington

DC, 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nathalie Augustin, Senior Program Officer, at the Corporation for

National and Community Service, (202) 606-5000, ext. 116.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 21, 1993, the President signed into law the National

and Community Service Trust Act (the Act), which created the

Corporation for National and Community Service. The Corporation's

mission is to engage Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service

that addresses the nation's education, public safety, health, and

environmental needs to achieve direct and demonstrable results. In

doing so, the Corporation will foster civic responsibility, strengthen

the ties that bind us as a people, and provide educational opportunity

for those who make a substantial commitment to service.

The Corporation is a new Federal agency that encompasses the work

and staff of two existing independent agencies, the Commission on

National and Community Service and ACTION. The Corporation will fund a

new national service initiative called AmeriCorps, service-learning

initiatives in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of

higher education, and the new National Civilian Community Corps. The

Corporation will also engage in efforts to improve the quality of

service programs and continue to support the Volunteers In Service To

America (VISTA) program and the senior volunteer programs previously

sponsored by ACTION.

The Act generally authorizes the Corporation to support summer

service programs. Pursuant to this authorization, the Corporation has

established a range of Summer of Safety initiatives which will focus on

enhancing public safety. These are briefly described in Appendix #1.

The youth corps component of the Summer of Safety program will provide

an opportunity for school-age youth to make a full-time commitment to

addressing the public safety needs of their communities during their

summer vacation. Because summer youth corps programs typically

concentrate their activities on environmental projects, applicants may

propose environmental projects in addition to public safety projects.

Objectives of the Summer of Safety Program

The Summer of Safety Program is being launched to respond to the

growing fear of and frustration over the levels of crime and violence

in communities in every part of the country. The 1994 Summer of Safety

will demonstrate the potential of national service to respond to these

urgent needs by tapping the talents and energies of Americans of all

ages and backgrounds--especially young adults. Specifically, Summer of

Safety will address the public safety needs of communities by achieving

the following objectives:

--Making direct, demonstrable impacts on crime, violence and fear by

identifying and meeting public safety needs.

--Building new partnerships and collaborations for safety that

capitalize on all of the community's resources.

--Demonstrating that every citizen--especially young people--can help

make communities safer.

--Providing seed support for innovative service programs that address

public safety needs.

--Stimulating public interest in national service as a means to respond

to America's problems.

Program Overview

The Corporation will award up to $2.5 million to support existing

summer youth corps programs operated by State agencies, Indian tribes,

and private nonprofit organizations. Of the available funds, States

will be able to compete for $1 million dollars, Indian tribes and

private nonprofit organizations will be able to compete for $1.5

million. One million dollars will be reserved in the National Service

Trust Fund for educational awards to up to 1,000 participants who

successfully complete the summer program.

Funded youth corps programs must engage youth in service projects

that address public safety or environmental needs. The term ``youth

corps program'' means a program such as a conservation or youth service

corps that:

--Undertakes meaningful service projects with visible public benefits;

--Includes as participants youths and young adults between the ages of

16 and 25, inclusive, including out-of-school youths and other

disadvantaged youths (such as youths with limited basic skills, youth

in foster care who are becoming too old for foster care, youths of

limited English proficiency, homeless youths and youths who are

individuals with disabilities) who are between those ages; and

--Provides those participants with: crew-based, highly structured, and

adult-supervised work experience, life skills, education career

guidance and counseling, employment training, and support services; and

the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through

service to their community and the United States.

Grants will be awarded to operate 10-to 12-week summer youth corps

programs. Service activities during the summer must focus on the areas

of public safety and the environment. At least one-half of the funds

awarded will support public safety-related service activities.

Permissible activities include assisting in community policing

initiatives, escorting seniors in high-crime neighborhoods, and

recreation/activities for children and youth that incorporate violence

prevention and safety education. See Appendix #2 for an approach to

developing a public safety program and examples of possible public

safety activities in which corpsmembers may be engaged.

In addition to public safety activities, youth corps programs may

also engage in environmental activities including:

--Revitalizing neighborhoods by creating and maintaining trees, green

spaces, and recreation areas;

--Eliminating environmental risks through education, testing, and

cleanup;

--Reducing waste through energy efficiency efforts, recycling, and

other conservation measures;

--Conserving and restoring public lands, forests, rivers, streams, and

wetlands;

--Making parks more accessible through trail maintenance and

infrastructure improvements; and

--Sampling, mapping, monitoring, and recording the status and trends of

air, water, groundwater, land, plants, and animals.

Programs do not have to address both public safety and

environmental needs. Some programs may focus solely on public safety

projects, other programs may focus solely on environmental projects;

and still others may focus on both issue areas. We note again that at

least one half of the funds awarded will be used to support programs

engaging in public safety.

Eligibility

States, through a Corporation-approved State Commission,

Alternative Administrative Entity (AAE), or Transitional Entity (TE),

are eligible to submit applications to support existing State-operated

summer youth corps programs pursuant to Subtitle C of the Act

(AmeriCorps Grants). If a State has yet to establish a State Commission

or AAE, such a State may designate a State agency (including a State

Lead Agency that was designated to administer grants awarded by the

Commission on National and Community Service) to serve as a TE.

Private nonprofit organizations and Indian Tribes operating

existing youth corps programs are also eligible to apply for funds

pursuant to Subtitle H of the Act (Investment for Quality and

Innovation).

Program Requirements

Funded programs must comply with the following requirements:

(1) Programs must seek to strengthen the ability of the community

to utilize community service as a means of responding to problems of

crime, violence and fear or environmental problems. In order to respond

to such problems, programs must clearly identify the specific needs

they seek to address.

(2) Programs must establish specific objectives that reflect

demonstrable positive outcomes in the areas of public safety or the

environment. These objectives should be directly related to alleviating

the identified needs.

While the goal of public safety projects should be the reduction of

crime, violence and fear in the communities served, it may be very

difficult to document such accomplishments, given the limited time

during which a summer program can operate. Accordingly, as well as

quantifiable measures of outcome, there may also be intermediate

measures of effort and accomplishment which are appropriate as specific

objectives.

Examples of such objectives--each of which should address only one

activity and include one result--may include reduction in reported

crime of XX% (generally or in more limited focus, e.g., robberies of

convenience stores, gang-related assaults, attacks against senior

citizens, etc.), XX% of neighborhood residents feel safer compared to

before program, XX victims of violent crime assisted at court or at

home, XX Safe Houses established, XX playgrounds refurbished and

supervised, etc.

Examples of demonstrable objectives for environmental projects

include XX trees planted, XX low-income homes tested for lead paint and

radon, XX% participation in a community recycling project, XX miles of

trails built.

(3) Programs proposing to engage in any public safety activities

must form collaborative partnerships with organizations within the

community that will enhance the capacity of the community to respond to

problems of crime, violence, and fear. Given the range of needs that

must be met and the variety of possible service activities that may

help meet these needs, there are many organizations, institutions and

individuals within the community that can meaningfully contribute. Such

organizations include: law enforcement, schools, and other public

agencies; private nonprofit organizations (including victim assistance

and youth-serving organizations); health and welfare programs; senior

centers; civic organizations; youth groups; and the business sector.

(4) There are activities that are not appropriate for Summer of

Safety youth corps participants. Concern for the physical safety of

participants and the specialized training/skill requirements for

certain law enforcement/corrections tasks limit the types of service

activities which are appropriate. Certain other activities are not

appropriate absent a clear link to a broad community public safety

effort. Finally, some tasks are not suitable for national service

programs at all. Specifically:

--The Corporation will not support programs which place service

participants in situations that (i) involve the arrest process, (ii)

involve the chain of custody of evidence, (iii) involve witnessing

criminal incidents which may result in participants being called as

witnesses in adjudicatory proceedings, (iv) result in intentional

contact with suspected criminal offenders, (v) involve contact with

defendants or convicted offenders without appropriate safeguards in

place, or (vi) otherwise pose significant risk to participant safety

(e.g., working alone in a high crime neighborhood).

--Grant funds may not be used to support programs that merely provide

positive activities for youth (e.g., recreation, field trips, cultural

opportunities, social/athletic events, vocational support, academic

assistance, mentoring). Although the Corporation recognizes the

importance of such activities and their indirect connection to public

safety in the long term, grant funds may not be used to support such

activities unless they are conducted as components of broad public

safety initiatives.

--Activities that do not provide a direct benefit to the community,

such as clerical work or research, may be performed if they support

direct service, but may not be the primary activity of a national

service program.

--Certain activities are prohibited for participants in national

service programs. These activities include: (i) Efforts to influence

legislation; (ii) organizing protests, petitions, boycotts or strikes;

(iii) assisting or deterring union organizing; impairing contracts for

services or collective bargaining agreements; (iv) partisan political

activity; (v) religious instruction; and (vi) benefiting profitmaking

businesses, labor unions, partisan political organizations, or non-

profit organizations which fail to comply with Section 501(c) of the

Internal Revenue Code. Further information about these prohibited

activities may be found in the Corporation's Proposed Regulations,

published in the Federal Register on January 7, 1994.

(5) Programs must actively seek to include participants from

diverse racial, ethnic, economic, and educational backgrounds, and

include residents from the community where the program will be

conducted.

(6) Programs must provide appropriate training and educational

opportunities, including service learning, to participants.

(7) The physical safety of participants must be of paramount

concern. Thus, programs must demonstrate their plans for ensuring the

physical safety of participants.

(8) Programs must provide a living allowance in an amount not to

exceed $170 per week. The Corporation will provide a $1000 post-service

educational award to participants who successfully complete the summer

program. The award may be used only for higher educational purposes,

including loan repayment, or certain types of vocational training. The

educational awards will be administered through the National Service

Trust Fund. In order for a participant to receive the educational

award, such participant must successfully complete a minimum of 381

hours of service during the course of the summer program. Up to 10

hours per week of classroom training and education activities may be

counted toward these service hours.

(9) Programs must agree to (a) begin operations between June 1, and

June 20, 1994, (b) officially ``launch'' summer activities on June 21,

1994, and (c) conclude by August 24, 1994.

(10) Programs must track progress toward achievement of their

program objectives. Programs must also monitor the quality of service

activities, the satisfaction of both persons served and program

participants, and management effectiveness. Internal evaluation and

monitoring should be a continuous process allowing for frequent

feedback and quick correction of weaknesses. Additionally, programs

must cooperate with the Corporation and its evaluators in all

Corporation monitoring and evaluation efforts. As part of these

efforts, programs must collect and submit to the Corporation certain

participant data, including the total number of participants in the

program, and the number of participants by race, ethnicity, sex, age,

economic background, education level, disability classification, and

geographic region. The Corporation will provide forms for collecting

participant data.

(11) Programs must comply with a number of match requirements

outlined below. The program cost match may be in cash or in-kind

services. Other Federal funds may be used as a match for the purpose of

this proposal, except as noted below. Programs are encouraged to exceed

the required match amounts because evidence of such ``over-matching''

will be a factor in the selection of programs. Programs must provide a

match of at least:

--25% of the cost of operating the program; and

--15% of the cost of the living allowance for participants. This match

may not include in-kind services or other Federal funds.

(12) Awards made by the Corporation are Federal Grants, and will be

subject to the Corporation's Regulations, applicable Office of

Management and Budget Circulars, including Audit Requirements, and

other appropriate Federal Statutory requirements. These various

requirements will be incorporated into the terms and conditions of the

grant award.

The Corporation's proposed program regulations were published in

the Federal Register (Volume 59, No. 5) on January 7, 1994. The

Corporation intends to issue its regulations in final form prior to the

application submission deadline.

Proposal Guidelines

Applicants must submit an unbound original and four (4) unbound

copies of their applications. Applications must be received by the

Corporation by 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving time, March 21, 1994.

Applications must be mailed or hand-delivered to the Corporation, 1100

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525. Facsimiles will not be

accepted.

Proposals should not exceed twenty-five (25) typewritten, double-

spaced pages, including title page, budget, budget narrative, all

attachments or appendices, organized and labeled in the following

categories.

I. Title Page

The title page should provide the following information: (1)

Specification that funds are being requested under the Summer of Safety

Youth Corps Programs; (2) the name and address of the legal applicant,

and signature of its authorized executive; (3) the amount of

Corporation funds requested, and the amount of non-Federal match; (4)

the number of participants; and (5) one paragraph describing the

proposed activities (including the amount of requested funds which will

be used to support public safety projects) and the target community.

II. Program Narrative

A narrative describing the proposed program should be organized in

the following manner.

(A) Needs

(1) Discuss the specific needs or problems that exist in the target

community/neighborhood(s) which the program will address. Sources of

official data (demographic data, crime offense data, etc.), public

opinion surveys, expert analysis and other sources of local information

are all useful.

(2) Describe specifically how the program will address the

identified problem(s). Outcomes must be measurable and direct.

(3) Discuss why the method of addressing needs will be effective in

achieving the specified objectives established by the program. This

should include discussion of long-term effects (e.g., safe houses

established during the summer will continue to operate during the

school year, vacant lots will be converted into community gardens or

green spaces, neighborhood volunteers will continue activities

initiated during the summer, etc.)

(B) Participants

(1) Describe plans to recruit, screen, select, and assign a

qualified pool of participants, including individuals from the

community served.

(2) Describe the training and education to be provided to

participants to ensure successful involvement in the summer program.

(3) Discuss how the entire summer experience for participants--

including orientation, training, service activities, etc.--will develop

useful skills, teach participants about public safety and environmental

issues, promote active citizenship, and strengthen participants'

commitment to service.

(4) Describe the policies and practices designed to assure the

safety of participants while carrying out service activities.

(5) Describe plans to provide health care and appropriate child

care for certain program participants. Preliminary guidance may be

found in the Corporation's proposed regulations (See Appendix #3).

These plans may be revised prior to grant approval as a result of

requirements in this area that will be set forth in the Corporation's

final regulations.

(6) Describe the arrangements that will be made to provide for

appropriate program and participant liability coverage.

(7) Describe the arrangements that will be made to cover on-the-job

injury to participants, such as linkage with State Workers'

Compensation or other appropriate accident and injury policies.

(C) Service Activities

(1) Describe the specific service activities that will be conducted

by the program.

(2) Identify the number of participants and unstipended volunteers,

if appropriate, who will serve in each of the identified activities.

(3) Discuss how participants' background, skills or other factors

will influence the assignment of participants to the various service

activities.

(4) Describe the training participants will receive to enable them

to carry out service assignments.

(5) Describe procedures for the supervision of participants engaged

in service activities.

(6) Discuss the process by which the program will ensure that

service participants will not displace paid workers, including

consultations with appropriate labor unions.

(D) Continuation

(1) While demonstrable impact should be evidenced during the

summer, it is not likely that problems will be completely solved during

a 10 to 12-week period. Efforts with a longer-term horizon, such as the

development of plans for action beyond the scope of the summer effort,

may also begin during the summer. It is important to ensure that

promising community-based activities are not lost at the end of the

summer.

Unless a program will achieve its entire intended impact in the

summer only or its impact will be long-term without further program

effort, plans to continue the service projects should be addressed in

the proposal. Examples of ways in which a program could seek to

continue the service projects begun in the summer include the

following:

--The service projects could continue to be carried out by an

organization--including the applicant or partner organizations--using

other resources;

--A combination of local, State and private funds could be secured,

thus permitting the continuation of service and volunteer activities;

or

--The program partnership could establish (or expand) an effective

volunteer cadre to continue its efforts.

(2) Identify priority activities or strategies which will be

sustained following the summer. This may be the entire service

projects, select components, or efforts begun in the summer that will

be brought to fruition.

(3) Describe the resources and approaches that will assure

continuation of the program activity.

(4) Programs that will accomplish their objectives by the end of

the summer or those that have no need to sustain activity because they

will achieve long-term impact as a result of the summer effort need not

respond to this section.

(E) Workplan/Timeline

(1) Identify steps and milestones in a program development,

implementation and management process that begins April 8 (the date by

which successful applicants will receive notice of selection) and ends

on August 24.

(2) Incorporate a required national-scope training and technical

assistance workshop for the leadership (program director and two key

supervisory staff) of programs that will engage in public safety

activities in late April.

(3) Absent a compelling reason to do otherwise, establish the week

of June 13 for participant orientation and training, use June 21 as the

official date to ``launch'' their efforts, and end the program by

August 24.

(F) Applicant Capacity

(1) Describe the applicant's capacity to develop and administer the

program; include a description of any experience running pubic safety

or environmental programs, or managing the types of partnerships needed

for effective public safety projects.

(2) Include brief resumes or other descriptions of the experience

and background of proposed or actual program director and key

supervisory staff. Please note that such attachments will count towards

an applicant's overall 20-page limitation.

(3) For programs engaging in public safety activities, or for

programs which have established certain partnerships to carry out

environmental projects, describe the working relationships that exist

with the appropriate community organizations and public agencies,

including the local law enforcement agency.

(4) Certify the applicant's willingness to promote a national

identity for the Summer of Safety program, as an AmeriCorps project,

through the use of logos and other materials, and participate in

activities such as common opening or closing ceremonies and other

events.

(G) Partnership

(1) For applicants proposing public safety activities, identify the

organizations and agencies (and, if appropriate, individuals) that have

committed to participating in the partnership effort, and identify the

leader of the partnership.

(2) Describe the commitment each partner has made to carry out

specific roles and to contribute specific resources (training,

expertise, space, supplies, funds, publicity, etc.) to support the

program.

(H) Monitoring and Evaluation

(1) Describe how progress toward program objectives will be

monitored.

(2) Describe how the quality of service activity and the

satisfaction of both the participants and the individuals or

institutions served will be assessed on an on-going basis.

(3) Include sound plans for ensuring that the required descriptive

and demographic data is collected.

(4) Include the results from previous evaluations.

(5) Commit to cooperating with the Corporation's national

evaluation effort.

III. Budget

(1) The Budget Summary Form included here should be completed. On

an attached sheet, please provide brief explanations and/or

justifications of each budget item.

(2) ``Other Expenses'' may include other allowable costs (including

such things as local training, equipment, transportation, insurance,

etc.), related to the operation of the program. Each component of

``other expenses'' must be explained.

(3) The Corporation is in the process of determining the

advisability of requiring health care coverage for participants (see

Appendix #3). For purposes of this budget, please reflect a line item

for health care equal to $300 per participants, $255 of which is paid

for by the Corporation and $45 of which is paid for by the program.

(4) For those programs proposing public safety projects, include in

your budget an estimate of $700 for the cost of travel and per diem for

the program director and two key supervisory staff to attend a three

day training program that will be held in late April in a location to

be determined by the Corporation.

(5) The educational award of $1000 for participants who

successfully complete the program will be administered directly by the

Corporation and should not be included in the budget submitted for this

proposal.

Selection Criteria

The following criteria will be used to select applicants for award.

Each criteria will be considered up to the percentage of the total

proposal as noted.

(1) Quality (65%)

(a) Plan (30%): The program narrative describes a high quality

public safety and/or environmental service initiative with:

--Direct demonstrable outcomes;

--Feasible project implementation plans and realistic timetables, which

were developed with input from the community to be served;

--A range of service activities appropriate to community needs and

participant backgrounds and skills. Discussion of proposed service

activities should include description of specific assignments;

--Recruitment and selection plans that will attract a qualified and

diverse group of participants, including community residents;

--Evaluation reports, if available, that support the proposed program;

and

--Self-assessment techniques to monitor performance against objectives.

(b) Applicant and Partnership (35%): The applicant organization

evidences:

--The existence or selection of a well-qualified project director and

supervisors for participants;

--Experience in operating public safety or environmental initiatives;

--Track record demonstrating capacity to organize and facilitate

partnership of participating agencies and organizations; and

--Ability to conduct fiscal affairs of program.

In addition, for applicants proposing public safety activities, the

proposal identifies a broad-based working partnership of agencies and

organizations to carry out public safety-related service activities

that:

--Includes appropriate public and private agencies and organizations

with track records of operating public safety programs and youth and

community efforts. If local law enforcement agencies/organizations are

not included, proposal must explain why the participation of law

enforcement is not necessary;

--Includes residents of the communities in which the program will be

based;

--Evidences specific commitment from participating entities to

contribute to and cooperate with activities initiated by community

partnership;

--Identifies tasks and roles to be carried out by partnership members

during project planning phase (prior to summer) and during operating

phase; and

--Defines procedures for the effective operation of a practical working

partnership.

(2) Cost Effectiveness (15%)

The proposal evidences a cost effective approach to the use of

Corporation and other Federal funds and non-Federal resource (cash, in-

kind, and human). Specifically:

--The budget is reasonable for the proposed service activities and the

identified community needs;

--The match requirement is achieved. Additional match that enhances the

cost effectiveness of the proposal is strongly encouraged;

--The extent and type of matching funds and other resources from other

public (including Federal agencies and private sources will be

considered; and

--Linkages with other federally-funded programs are encouraged.

(3) Sustainability (10%)

The quality and feasibility of plans to sustain especially

effective elements of program activity following the completion of the

summer program without additional Corporation funding will be

considered.

(4) Innovation and Replication (10%)

The proposal incorporates innovative approaches to partnerships,

community involvement, and service, and evidences strategies and

activities potentially replicable in other locations.

In addition to the above criteria, the Corporation will give

special consideration to: (1) Youth corps programs that previously

received funding from the Commission on National and Community Service,

under the American Conservation and Youth Service Corps program, to

operate summer programs; and (2) programs with creatively designed

service projects that meet both environmental and public safety needs,

e.g., a project that involves the clean-up and creation of a green

space in a vacant lot that has attached much criminal activity.

Moreover, the Corporation will ensure that at least 50% of the

funds awarded to States for State-operated corps will support projects

that will be conducted in areas of need, as detailed in Appendix #4.

Application Review and Selection Process

The Corporation will evaluate the applications using a panel of

reviewers consisting of experts in the field of public safety, youth

corps, and the environment. Publication of this announcement does not

obligate the Corporation to award any specific number of grants or to

obligate the entire amount of funds available.

Notification of tentative selection will be made by April 8, 1994.

Selections will be considered tentative until execution of a final

grant agreement, which may require discussions between Corporation and

program staff to resolve remaining financial or programmatic issues and

to refine and/or further develop plans or specific strategies.

Appendix 1

The other components of 1994 Summer of Safety which are sponsored

by the Corporation for National and Community Service are briefly

described below. For further information about any of these Summer of

Safety initiatives, please contact the Corporation.

Summer of Safety Grants Program--The Summer of Safety Grants

program will provide opportunities for 1000 participants, at least

17 years of age, to serve full-time in community-based collaborative

efforts to respond to public safety needs related to crime, violence

and fear. Awards will be made in 10 to 20 locations--both urban and

rural--to programs run by partnerships that may include law

enforcement, other public agencies, nonprofit and community-based

organizations, institutions of higher education, Indian Tribes, and

the business community.

VISTA Summer Associates--The VISTA Summer of Safety program will

support 1,000 full-time VISTA Summer Associates beginning service

between June 1 and June 21, and serving from 8-10 weeks on projects

which also have full-year VISTA Volunteers assigned. Participants

will receive a living allowance, and those who successfully complete

the summer term of service are eligible to receive a $1,000

educational award from the National Service Trust.

VISTA Summer Associate activities will address the issues of

crime, violence, and fear in low-income communities by working on

efforts such as community policing, crime prevention, and victim

assistance. Both new and existing VISTA-sponsoring organizations are

eligible to apply for VISTA Summer Associates through ACTION State

Offices which will provide technical assistance in developing

project applications.

Learn and Serve America--Summer of Safety grants of up to

$50,000 will be made through the Corporation's Learn & Serve America

program to engage 1500 youth between the ages of five and seventeen

in innovative public safety-related community service. Eligible

applicants are public or private nonprofit organizations that have

experience working with school-age youths, and that have been in

existence for at least one year. K-12 Summer of Safety programs must

be innovative, and may encompass multiple program sites.

National Senior Volunteer Corps--The National Senior Volunteer

Corps will fund 20 grants to existing NSVC sponsors involving the

full range of public safety activities. An estimated 2,800 Senior

Corps members will be recruited. The Corps will include

professionally trained and other seniors interested in serving

public safety needs. There will be a targeted recruitment campaign

to attract highly skilled senior or retired police officers,

sheriff's deputies, correctional officers, military police, social

workers, teachers, public defenders and community leaders.

Activities may include: providing administrative support to

police departments, conducting neighborhood crime surveys, providing

crime prevention education to seniors, assisting domestic violence

victims navigate the court system, coordinating neighborhood watch

programs, and serving as mentors, tutors and counselors to juveniles

under court supervision.

Guidance to existing sponsors will be issued in late January

with projects becoming operational in June.

National Civilian Community Corps--Approximately 200 Corps

members, ages 14-17, will do public safety-related service projects

with schools, local law enforcement agencies, and community-based

organizations. Corps members will receive leadership training and a

mix of the best military and civilian youth service programming

during their eight weeks at the camp on an underutilized military

installation. The site for the NCCC Summer of Safety camp will be

selected by March, 1994.

Appendix 2

This Appendix provides suggestions for how you might approach

the development of a Summer of Safety program. It is meant to be

thought-provoking and is not a required process.

I. Identify the Crime/Violence Problem To Be Addressed

By working directly with local law enforcement, canvassing door-

to-door in neighborhoods, attending community meetings, setting up

meetings for law enforcement with community groups, contacting and

surveying local businesses, public agencies, service organizations,

youth groups, senior groups, etc., your organization can identify

specific crime problems which confront the community and concern

residents. The types of issues most readily identified through this

kind of analysis include:

--Specific population needs (e.g., seniors who are afraid to go to

the market after dark, or children who can't use a playground

because of drug activity, debris or disrepair, or teenagers who get

in trouble when a facility--theater, club, etc.--closes for the

evening, or targets of hate crimes);

--Physical hazards (e.g., drug houses, vacant structures used for

drug trade or other illegal or disorderly purpose, abandoned

vehicles, missing street lights, broken fences, dangerous vehicle

traffic patterns, open-air drug markets);

--Resident safety concerns (e.g., fear of crime and victimization,

need for crime prevention information--locks, etc., lack of

information about crime within neighborhood); and

--Unreported or undetected criminal activity (e.g., drug use or

sales in a neighborhood location, gang activity, prostitution,

victims of crime who have not reported the victimization or who

continue to be victimized--especially victims of domestic violence

or fraudulent solicitors/practices).

II. Pick The Partners

Think broadly about the range of organizations that are already

involved in reducing crime and violence in your community, or that

may be interested in joining such an effort. Try to determine which

ones have missions, resources or experience comparable to yours.

City agencies, especially local law enforcement agencies, should be

considered. Other possible partners include:

--Schools (including higher education institutions).

--Private non-profit organizations (particularly those that work to

prevent crime and violence or that work with youth or victims of

crime).

--Community and neighborhood organizations.

--Senior or neighborhood centers.

--Private businesses.

Please read Program Narrative section 2(g) (``Partnership'')

carefully regarding the delineation of roles and other aspects of

creating a useful partnership. Keep in mind that, while effective

partnerships will involve many elements in a community, eligibility

to receive funds and parameters of allowable activities are limited.

(See sections entitled, ``Eligibility'' and ``Limitations''.)

III. Craft a Specific Problem Response

After analyzing the community's needs and picking your partners,

you will plan and implement a specific program designed to make a

direct and demonstrable difference.

It may help to have various activities linked with a common

theme. For example, in a victim's assistance program, participants

might be engaged in the following activities:

--Supporting victim services within the court, notify victims of

court dates and procedures, meet and accompany victims to

courtrooms, staff child care centers, follow-up on restitution

orders, etc.:

--Accompanying law enforcement on calls to provide immediate crisis

intervention support, accompany victims to hospital or police

department, make social service referrals (including to battered

women's shelters), arrange lock/home repairs, assist with emergency

funds, lost documents, public assistance, etc.;

--Maintaining follow-up contact with victims to help identify

longer-term needs; and

--Assisting in operation of a victim service program; i.e., work in

a family violence shelter providing child care, tutoring,

transportation, vocational help; serve with a sexual assault crisis

center/hotline or abused children's center.

It is also possible that, within a Summer of Safety program,

there may be a number of different service activities which can

positively impact the safety of the community. But make sure that

the activities you are contemplating are realistic. Will they make a

real difference in your communities within the short time frame of

the summer? Clearly, not every problem can be solved in one summer,

but appropriate responses can be developed that identify the parties

responsible for necessary actions, specify and take initial steps,

and evidence impact.

While the range of possible effective activities is potentially

limitless, below are additional examples of activities that can be

started and have appreciable impact in a short time:

--Involving neighborhood youth in a senior escort service;

--Conducting and disseminating crime prevention surveys and

information/advice;

--Undertaking community clean-up efforts, focusing on graffiti,

vacant lots, alleys, AND other sites where fear of crime and

disorder are evident;

--Identifying and boarding-up abandoned properties in which drug

use/trade may be occurring;

--Organizing neighborhood watch-type programs;

--Initiating or enhancing relationships between law enforcement and

local youth organizations;

--Developing a network of ``Safe Houses'' or ``safe Corridors'' in

neighborhood, and training parents and children about the program;

--Developing and conducting anti-violence presentations for youth

groups;

--Joining with senior volunteers in intergenerational efforts

designed around youth safety themes;

--Developing and supervising youth activities that incorporate age-

appropriate personal safety/violence prevention training; e.g.,

illicit drug use, impaired driving, etc.;

--Establishing conflict resolution programs, including outreach,

training, and ongoing activities for youth through schools and

community-based youth organizations; and

--Leading public safety-related field trips for youth, with

appropriate orientation; e.g., to jails/prisons, police stations,

courts, hospitals, family violence shelters, etc.

Appendix 3

The Corporation is in the process of determining the

advisability of requiring health care policies for Summer of Safety

participants. That determination will be discussed with prospective

grantees prior to entering into a final grant agreement.

The Act requires that service programs make child care available

or provide an allowance for child care for service participants. The

Act further requires the Corporation to issue guidelines for child

care and the child care allowance.

Below is the guidance contained in the Corporation's proposed

regulations, Section 2522.250, published in the Federal Register

(Volume 59, No. 5) on January 7, 1994. This guidance is subject to

change upon issuance of the Corporation's final regulations.

(a) Child care. Grantees must provide child care through an

eligible provider or a child care allowance in an amount determined

by the Corporation to those full-time participants who need child

care in order to participate.

(1) Need. A participant is considered to need child care in

order to participate in the program if he or she:

(i) Is the parent or legal guardian of, or is acting in loco

parentis for, a child under 13 who resides with the participant;

(ii) Has a family income that does not exceed 75 percent of the

State's median income for a family of the same size;

(iii) At the time of acceptance into the program, is not

currently receiving child care assistance from another source,

including a parent or guardian, which would continue to be provided

while the participant serves in the program; and

(iv) Certifies that he or she needs child care in order to

participate in the program.

(2) Provider eligibility. Eligible child care providers are

those who are eligible child care providers as defined in the Child

Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n(5)).

(3) Child care allowance. The amount of the child care allowance

will be determined by the Corporation based on payment rates for the

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

9858c(4)(A)).

(4) Federal share. The Corporation will pay 100% of the child

care allowance, or if the program provides child care through an

eligible provider, the actual cost of the care of the amount or the

allowance, whichever is less.

Appendix 4

The Act requires that, in selecting projects for funding under

Subtitle C, the Corporation consider whether the project would be

conducted in areas of need, which are:

(1) Communities designated by the Federal government or States

as empowerment zones or redevelopment areas, targeted for special

economic incentives, or otherwise identifiable as having

concentrations of low-income people.

(2) Areas that are environmentally distressed.

(3) Areas adversely affected by Federal actions related to the

management of Federal lands that result in significant regional job

losses and economic dislocation.

(4) Areas adversely affected by reductions in defense spending

or the closure or realignment of military installations.

(5) Areas that have an unemployment rate greater than the

national average unemployment rate for the most recent 12 months for

which satisfactory data are available.

Dated: February 4, 1994.

Catherine Milton,

Vice President and Director of National and Community Service programs.

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