initiative was initiated in fiscal year 2000 and the grants award process is still in process. 180 REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: For final guidelines, contact the headquarters office. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Headquarters Office: Corporation for National Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525. Telephone: (202) 606- 5000. Web Site Address: http://www.nationalservice.org. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: In one innovative Education Award program, Frostburg State University in Maryland has a freshman dormatory hall where all residents participate on a part-time basis as AmeriCorps Education Award Program members, with the education award going to support their enrollment at Frostburg. These AmeriCorps HallSTAR members tutor in area schools, support community service agencies, and enroll in courses reinforcing the service-learning experience. More than 500 AmeriCorps Promise Fellows are spearheading community efforts to provide young people with the five fundamental resources identified at the Presidents' Summit forAmerica's Future: caring adults in their lives as parents, mentors, tutors, and coaches; safe places with structured activities in which to learn and grow; a healthy start; an effective education that equips them with marketable skills; and an opportunity to give back to communities through service. In California, twenty-two Fellows serve on projects that promote increase use of health screening and
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