THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, September 15, 1994 TAG: 9409150437
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY PERRY PARKS, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 37 lines
Pasquotank and Currituck counties got a boost Wednesday in their already successful efforts to beef up after-school programs.
Two days after the counties were officially named part of an AmeriCorps national service after-school project, the governor's office announced they have received funds from his Support Our Students program as well.
The two funding sources will support AmeriCorps and other volunteers, who will provide one-on-one contact with students through enrichment activities and services after school hours.
Community groups in more than half of the state's 100 counties will receive start-up funds for the state SOS program from $4.6 million allotted during the General Assembly's special session on crime this winter.
The program, targeting students in middle grades, was one of Gov. James B. Hunt Jr.'s major crime-prevention proposals.
Other northeastern counties that will receive about $75,000 from the state in each of the next three years include Beaufort, Bertie, Chowan, Halifax, Martin, Perquimans and Warren.
Six counties will get about $200,000 for each of the next three years for countywide programs.
Pasquotank and Currituck were among eight counties chosen for the federal AmeriCorps after-school project, spurred by President Clinton's national service proposal. AmeriCorps, in which college students trade community service work for financial aid or loan assistance, will sponsor 13 other North Carolina programs in the coming year. by CNB