Tennessee Expands After-school Programs for At-Risk Students
Nashville, TN- Governor Phil Bredesen and Education Commissioner Lana Seivers announced today 126 new grants for after-school programs for the 2006-07 school year funded by roughly $12.3 million in unclaimed lottery prize money. The Lottery Education After-school Programs (LEAP) is geared toward public or non-profit agencies to expand or develop after-school programs serving at least 50 percent at-risk students for an average of 15 hours a week. The LEAP program has provided approximately $21.2 million in grants to date.
“These programs provide quality learning opportunities and a safe haven for thousands of Tennessee students after school hours,” said Governor Bredesen. “They provide our schools with additional resources to reach at-risk students and to improve their overall achievement. I am very aware of the high cost and challenge of providing services for at risk students, especially in urban districts, and I intend to work closely with the General Assembly to continue making progress in this area.”
The General Assembly passed new legislation this year for a second after-school grant program, the Test Preparation Pilot Project. This program is designed to provide ACT/SAT preparation, academic tutoring and study skills for at-risk students. Each site may serve no more than 60 seventh- through ninth-grade students for an average of 15 hours a week. The project will begin with six sites — one urban and one rural in each of Tennessee’s three grand divisions. Each site will receive $50,000 a year for three years.
“After-school programs give educators extra resources to reach at-risk students who are falling behind their peers,” Education Commissioner Lana Seivers said. “A different teacher or approach can go a long way toward reinforcing academic skills vital to student success in school.”
The following sites will participate in the Test Preparation Pilot Project:
|
Region |
Urban |
Rural |
| West | Memphis City Schools | University of Tennessee – Tipton, 4H BLAST |
| Middle | Catholic Charities of TN, Inc. | Cannon County REACH Programs |
| East | Hamilton County DOE | Kingsport City Schools - John Sevier Middle School |
Below are the newest recipients of LEAP grants:
|
Location |
Grantee |
Award Amount |
|
Alamo |
Alamo City Schools |
$202,500.00 |
|
Anderson County |
Anderson County Schools |
$79,650.00 |
|
Athens City |
Athens City Schools |
$215,573.00 |
|
Bedford County |
Bedford County DOE |
$86,500.00 |
|
Bradley County |
Bradley County Schools |
$222,750.00 |
|
Bristol |
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol |
$40,125.00 |
|
Bristol |
YWCA of Bristol |
$27,900.00 |
|
Campbell County |
Campbell County Board of Education |
$155,000.00 |
|
Cannon County |
Cannon County REACH Programs |
$50,000.00 |
|
Carroll County |
Huntingdon SSD |
$54,600.00 |
|
Carroll County |
South Carroll Special School District - Clarksburg School |
$71,500.00 |
|
Carter County |
Carter County Schools |
$47,980.00 |
|
Carter County |
Carter County Schools - Runway After-school Program |
$381,292.00 |
|
Chattanooga |
Chattanooga Chapter of the Links, Inc. |
$50,000.00 |
|
Chattanooga |
Girls Incorporated of Chattanooga |
$25,380.00 |
|
Chattanooga |
St. Elmo/Alton Part Partners, Inc |
$29,400.00 |
|
Chattanooga |
YMCA Community Action Project (YCAP) - Chattanooga |
$50,700.00 |
|
Chester County |
Chester County BOE - Chester County Middle |
$35,100.00 |
|
Claiborne County |
Claiborne County BOE - Claiborne County High |
$62,700.00 |
|
Claiborne County |
Claiborne County BOE - Cumberland Gap High |
$30,000.00 |
|
Claiborne County |
Claiborne County BOE - Soldiers Memorial Middle |
$20,000.00 |
|
Claiborne County |
Claiborne County Schools - Forge Ridge School |
$40,800.00 |
|
Claiborne County |
Claiborne County Schools - TNT Primary |
$39,000.00 |
|
Claiborne County |
Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative |
$67,500.00 |
|
Clarksville |
Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools |
$256,000.00 |
|
Cleveland City |
Bradley County Government (Juvenile Court) |
$45,000.00 |
|
Cleveland City |
X-CEL Academy (Bradley County Juvenile Court) |
$93,600.00 |
|
Crockett County |
Crockett County Schools- Friendship/Maury/Gadsden |
$45,610.00 |
|
DeKalb County |
DeKalb County BOE |
$96,880.00 |
|
Dickson County |
Dickson County Juvenile Court |
$64,800.00 |
|
Gibson County |
Gibson County School System - Dyer Elementary & Spring Hill Elementary |
$65,000.00 |
|
Giles County |
Giles County School System |
$195,000.00 |
|
Greene County |
Greene County Schools |
$39,000.00 |
|
Grundy County |
Grundy County Schools - Tracy City |
$42,000.00 |
|
Grundy County |
Grundy County Schools ASTA |
$115,000.00 |
|
Hamilton County |
Hamilton County DOE |
$344,400.00 |
|
Jackson/Madison |
Jackson Madison County Schools - Northeast Middle School |
$70,200.00 |
|
Johnson City |
Boys to Men Mentoring Programs |
$79,000.00 |
|
Johnson City |
Johnson City School System - SHHS |
$111,764.00 |
|
Johnson City |
Johnson City Schools - 21st CCLC |
$68,250.00 |
| Johnson City | Johnson City Schools - Keystone Family Resource Center |
$50,000.00 |
| Johnson County | Johnson County Board of Education |
$176,540.00 |
| Kingsport | Kingsport City Schools - Jackson Elem. |
$77,400.00 |
| Kingsport | Kingsport City Schools - John F. Kennedy Elementary |
$46,800.00 |
| Kingsport | Kingsport City Schools-Scientia! |
$49,699.00 |
| Knoxville | Child & Family Tennessee - LIFE After-school Project - Knoxville |
$103,800.00 |
| Knoxville | Montgomery Village Child Development Center |
$37,125.00 |
| Knoxville | YMCA of East Tennessee |
$44,723.00 |
| Knoxville | YWCA of Knoxville |
$54,000.00 |
| Lauderdale County | Lauderdale County Schools |
$97,740.00 |
| Lawrence County | Lawrence County Schools |
$70,200.00 |
| Lewis County | Lewis County Schools |
$67,452.00 |
| Lexington | Lexington City Schools |
$33,102.00 |
| Lincoln County | Lincoln County BOE - FES LEAPs Program |
$97,500.00 |
| Lincoln County | Lincoln County BOE - South Lincoln After-school Program |
$74,100.00 |
| Lincoln County | Lincoln County DOE - Unity School |
$50,000.00 |
| Loudon County | Loudon County Board of Education |
$22,500.00 |
| Manchester | Mount Carmel United Methodist Church |
$90,000.00 |
| McMinn County | McMinn County - Mountain View School |
$39,000.00 |
| McNairy County | McNairy County Schools - Adamsville JR/SR High |
$86,875.00 |
| Memphis | ADT Child Development Academy - Memphis |
$43,250.00 |
| Memphis | City Builders Youth Org, The |
$54,347.00 |
| Memphis | CUDDLES - Com Unique Dev & Div Lrng Env Sys |
$118,650.00 |
| Memphis | Jessie Mahan Center, Inc. |
$20,265.00 |
| Memphis | LeMoyne-Owen College Community Dev Corp |
$114,750.00 |
| Memphis | Memphis City Schools III |
$609,600.00 |
| Memphis | Memphis City Schools I |
$177,000.00 |
| Memphis | Memphis City Schools II |
$186,450.00 |
| Memphis | Partners in Public Education - Memphis |
$39,150.00 |
| Mountain City | City of Mountain City |
$76,000.00 |
| Nashville | Bethlehem Centers of Nashville |
$21,000.00 |
| Nashville | Boxing Resource Center - Nashville |
$37,800.00 |
| Nashville | Catholic Charities of TN, Inc. |
$182,250.00 |
| Nashville | City of Life Corporation |
$51,085.00 |
| Nashville | Family Affair Ministries - The Learning Zone |
$128,100.00 |
| Nashville | Martha O’Bryan Center |
$32,265.00 |
| Nashville | Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools |
$34,208.00 |
| Nashville | New Vision, Inc.- Nashville |
$38,400.00 |
| Nashville | Project for Neighborhood Aftercare |
$68,249.00 |
| Nashville | Project Reflect, Inc |
$53,250.00 |
| Nashville | Samaritan Ministries/Project SEE |
$63,000.00 |
| Nashville | Village Cultural Arts Center, Inc., The |
$30,450.00 |
| Nashville | Woodbine Community Organization |
$51,900.00 |
| Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge City Schools - Glenwood Elem. |
$94,470.00 |
| Obion County | Obion County BOE - Ridgemont Elementary |
$26,000.00 |
| Obion County | Obion County BOE - South Fulton Elementary |
$31,200.00 |
| Office-Hamblen Sites-Hamblen County |
Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority (ENABLE) |
$188,764.00 |
| Office-Hamblen Sites-Hamblen County |
Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority (Hamblen) |
$84,000.00 |
| Office-Hamblen Sites-Union County |
Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority (Union) |
$62,842.00 |
| Office-Hamblen Sites-Union/Hamblen |
Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority - Luttrell Elementary & Hamblen County |
$152,485.00 |
| Office-Smyrna Sites-Warren |
Tennessee Opportunity Programs, Inc - Dibrell Elem., Hickory Creek Elem., & West Elem. |
$97,500.00 |
| Office-Smyrna Warren County |
Tennessee Opportunity Programs |
$108,000.00 |
| Overton County | Overton County - Livingston Academy |
$64,500.00 |
| Overton County | Overton County Schools - AH Roberts Elem. |
$70,200.00 |
| Overton County | Overton County Schools - Allons |
$40,300.00 |
| Overton County | Overton County Schools - Rickman Elementary |
$32,955.00 |
| Putnam County | Putnam County School System |
$570,900.00 |
| Putnam County | Putnam County School System- I Pals |
$432,000.00 |
| Roane County | Roane County Schools - Bowers Elementary |
$119,700.00 |
| Rutherford/Murfreesboro | Murfreesboro City Schools |
$42,600.00 |
| Scott County | Appalachian Life Quality Initiative - Boys and Girls Club of Scott County |
$227,500.00 |
| Sevier County | Sevier County/Northview Middle School |
$90,000.00 |
| Statewide/Knoxville Office | Boys & Girls Clubs of Tennessee - Knoxville (statewide project) |
$369,685.00 |
| Statewide/Knoxville Office | Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Alliance I |
$192,000.00 |
| Statewide/Knoxville Office | Boys and Girls Club Tennessee Alliance II |
$350,850.00 |
| Statewide/Knoxville Office | University of Tennessee Extension Service |
$121,062.00 |
| Stewart County | Stewart County Government |
$58,500.00 |
| Sumner County | Sumner County BOE |
$104,625.00 |
| Sumner County | Sumner County BOE - Unity Community Learning Ctr |
$155,700.00 |
| Tipton County | Tipton County BOE - Teen Learning Ctr |
$51,900.00 |
| Trenton | Trenton Housing Authority |
$42,000.00 |
| Tullahoma | Tullahoma City Schools |
$45,000.00 |
| Unicoi County | Unicoi County School System - Love Chapel Elementary & Unicoi County Middle |
$89,280.00 |
| Van Buren County | Van Buren County BOE - Spencer Elementary |
$55,325.00 |
| Wayne County | Wayne County Board of Education |
$94,250.00 |
| Weakley County | Martin Housing Authority - Weakley County |
$30,378.00 |
| Williamson/Franklin | Franklin SSD |
$138,600.00 |
| Wilson/Lebanon | Lebanon Special School District |
$50,000.00 |
| Wilson/Lebanon | Lebanon Special School District - Coles Ferry |
$74,400.00 |
For more information, contact Rachel Woods at (615) 253-1960 or Rachel.woods@state.tn.us.
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Rachel Woods
Director of Communications Tennessee Department of Education office: 615.253.1960 fax: 615.532.4791 |
Katharine Mosher
Deputy Director of Communications Tennessee Department of Education office: 615.532.3318 fax: 615.532.4791 |