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Agency Budget Summary
Corporation for National and Community Service
I. Resource Summary
II. Methodology
- The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is involved in programs that include, both directly and indirectly, drug control activities. CNCS drug estimates are made based on a review of the Corporation's volunteer service years and member activities in the area of drug abuse prevention in relation to the total federally funded Corporation service years and member activities produced. The current estimate is that 5 percent of the Corporation's budget is related to drug prevention activities.
III. Program Summary
- The Corporation for National and Community Service administers the programs authorized by the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended. These programs address educational, human, public safety, and environmental needs of the nation through the activities of volunteers. A portion of all these activities assist in the area of drug abuse prevention.
- The Corporation also administers the programs authorized under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended. These programs expand the involvement of volunteers responding to a wide range of community issues and needs including, both directly and indirectly, drug abuse prevention. They are designed to reach high-risk youth and the communities in which they live.
IV. Budget Summary
1999 Program
Goal 1: Educate and enable America's youth to reject illegal drugs as well as the use of alcohol and tobacco.
- The 1999 base consists of a total of $35.0 million for prevention activities as follows:
- $3.7 million for the Volunteers in Services to America (VISTA), $4.7 million for the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), $2.1 million for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), $1.8 million for the Senior Companion Program (SCP), $0.054 million for the Senior Demonstration Program (SDP), $1.5 million for administration of programs authorized under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, and $21.2 million for the programs authorized under the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, and their administration.
2000 Request
Goal 1: Educate and enable America's youth to reject illegal drugs as well as the use of alcohol and tobacco.
- The total drug control request for Goal 1 activities for FY 1999 is $40.0 million, a net increase of $5.0 million over the FY 1999 enacted level. The 2000 request includes the following programs:
- $4.0 million for the Volunteers in Services to America (VISTA), $4.8 million for the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), $2.3 million for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), $2.0 million for the Senior Companion Program (SCP), $0.250 million for the Senior Demonstration Program (SDP), $1.7 million for administration of programs authorized under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, and $25.0 million for the programs authorized under the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, and their administration.
V. Program Accomplishments
- In total, about 1 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds will be working on problems in their communities under programs supported by CNCS's proposed FY 1999 budget. While only a percentage of these efforts are directly drug-related, they all serve to strengthen local communities and, thereby, lessen the environment that will support drug use and the associated ramifications to its citizens.
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