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This is historical material, "frozen in time. The Clinton Presidency: National Service and Philanthropy Through the s, America's sense of community and shared purpose began to disintegrate. However, it had been more than a decade since the federal government challenged the energy of Americans by putting significant resources behind a meaningful effort to expand community service opportunities.
Since then, AmeriCorps has brought together nearly , people of all ages, racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds to solve community problems and improve the lives of Americans.
And after a year of full-time public service, AmeriCorps members receive education awards to help finance college or pay back student loans.
The President defended AmeriCorps from numerous Congressional efforts to eliminate the initiative, and built it into a successful program supported by Democratic, Republican and Independent Governors across the country. Children's reading scores drop during s Reading scores among young students dropped significantly during the s.
Despite research demonstrating that reading to young children was the best way to increase reading skills, in , just 35 percent of young children were read to at home every day.
Thousands of volunteers tutor children in America Reads In , President Clinton challenged Americans to unite to be sure that every child can read well and independently by the end of the third grade.
So far, more than 1, colleges have committed more than 26, Work Study students to tutor children in reading, and nearly one million children have been taught, tutored or mentored through national service programs like AmeriCorps, VISTA, and Foster Grandparents.
President Clinton's America Reads challenge also sought to involve businesses, communities, pediatricians and child care providers in helping recruit volunteers, organize book drives and tutor young children in reading. This national effort to improve reading has made a great difference for children learning to read. Today, more families are spending time each day reading to their children.
In , 53 percent of children ages were read to daily by a family member. Reading scores are also going up, especially in our highest poverty communities. UL Lafayette AmeriCorps is a national community service program that lets you serve your community while earning money for school. We are the only university-based AmeriCorps program in the state of Louisiana. Our projects focus on housing and environmental needs in our community.
UL Lafayette AmeriCorps members also volunteer with dozens of other non-profit organizations in our community. Since , we have had more than students complete our AmeriCorps program, contributing more than 16 million hours of service to Acadiana and Louisiana. In that time we have helped to improve local education, housing, disaster response, the environment, and even established Lafayette's own prom dress drive and giveaway, the Cinderella Project.
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