News and Resources: From the Resource Center

  • CNCS Performance Measurement
    CNCS’ Performance Measurement framework provides a common focal point for CNCS’ work across all programs and initiatives. In 2012, CNCS has a focused set of agency-wide Priority Measures derived from the 2011-2015 Strategic Plan. Every CNCS Program, including AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps NCCC and Senior Corps, will contribute to the Priority Measures in 2012.
  • Senior Corps Virtual Conference
  • Using National Measures to Demonstrate Impact: Telling the Senior Corps Story
    This tutorial will assist current Senior Corps grantees and staff of sponsoring organizations prepare for the implementation of the National Performance Measures. Senior Corps has long been at the forefront of meeting critical needs through service. This tutorial reflects on the evolution of impact programming used by Senior Corps and introduces how we will measure impact going forward, on a national level. We introduce the Focus Areas that Senior Corps will measure, and general changes to the work plan. This tutorial was created by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
  • Making Summer Count: Using High-Quality Summer Programs to Boost Children’s Learning
    Do your volunteers or members tutor, mentor or work with K-8 students? This hour-long webinar, featuring Catherine Augustine, co-author of the RAND Corporation’s recent report, Making Summer Count, Bob Seidel of the National Summer Learning Association, and Elson Nash of the Corporation for National and Community Service, highlights the latest research on effective summer learning programs and the implications of these findings for those working with, starting up or placing volunteers in summer learning programs.
  • Webinar:The Power of Volunteers and National Service Organizations to Promote School Success by Reducing Chronic Absence
    The Power of Volunteers and National Service Organizations to Promote School Success by Reducing Chronic Absence Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Pacific) 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)
  • Mentor Training Curriculum
    Supporting Children and Youth: Mentor Training for Senior Corps Volunteers was developed to provide a standardized and easy-to-use training curriculum for Senior Corps' Foster Grandparent Program and RSVP project directors who have volunteers delivering mentoring and other support services to children and youth at schools and community organizations. This curriculum is designed to enhance volunteer capacity and improve the quality of service delivered by the volunteers.
  • Financial and Grants Management Resources
    Welcome to the Financial and Grants Management Resources home page. This page provides an index to all Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS) financial and grants management related resources found on, or referenced by, the Resource Center. The index was created to help potential and actual CNCS grantees and subgrantees, as well as CNCS staff and others, locate current resources.
  • The Keys to Success: Everything Events
    This "Everything Events" GIZMO provides 4 keys to event planning. Key 1: Community Problem + Response = Event Goal. Key 2: Event Audiences. Key 3: The Right Event. Key 4: Special Event Action Steps and Event Resources.
  • New Look for the Supervisor's Section of VISTA Campus
    This online learning center for the VISTA community includes tutorials, courses, resources, links, discussion boards, a place to create your own profile and your own journal, and so much more. New VISTAs will find information on pre-service orientation (PSO) the terms, conditions, and benefits (TCB) course, and the VISTA Member Handbook. Supervisors will find grab-and-go resources and forums to connect with other supervisors.