Jumpstart

Service Sites:

  • CCSU
  • ECSU
  • SCSU
  • UCONN
  • Early Childhood Centers

Service Areas:

  • East Hartford, Manchester, New Britain, New Haven, Vernon, Windham

Member Benefits:

  • Part-Time Service Opportunities, Living Allowance, Education Award

 

Contact Information:

Jasmine Clayton

jasmine.clayton@jstart.org

(212) 868-2526

Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. We provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and promote quality early learning for all children. Since 1993, we’ve trained more than 58,000 college students and community volunteers to transform the lives of over 133,000 preschool children nationwide.

AmeriCorps State Federal Award: $683,929

Local Match Investment: $683,939

Match Source(s) Secured: UCONN, CCSU, SCSU; Proposed: Lego Community Fund US, Jeffrey P. Ossen Family Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, American Savings Foundation, Individual Donations

Number of Member Positions & Types: 184 Minimum-Time (300-hour) Member Positions

Updated January 2025