Resources tagged with term(s) "CNCS"

State Commission Resources

AmeriCorps Connect website - your one-stop shop for AmeriCorps State and National grantees and members. State Commissioner Online Orientation - this orientation will introduce you to the critical...
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Operations Handbook - 2008

Download the handbook here in PDF format: RSVP Handbook - 2008
Outreach Strategies to Identify and Engage Veterans in Your Programs and Services

This Wednesday Webinar addressed a common concern among national service organizations newly entering the veterans and military families focus area: the difficulty in finding veterans and their...
CNCS National Service Program Overviews
Internet Resource Guide for CNCS Grantees
Glossary of CNCS Financial and Grants Management Terms and Definitions
National Service: Providing Pathways to Employment

Highlights the unique role that national service programs play in providing Americans with the skills nonprofit, corporate, and public-sector employers are looking for from job applicants in this...
National Service: Cost-Effectively Delivering Critical Services to Americans in Need

Demonstrates how national service programs are mobilizing citizens to improve educational outcomes for children, help seniors live independently, and increase access to quality healthcare services...
Working with Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs)

In this webinar, Bob Reeg of the American Legion Auxiliary Call to Service Corps and Theresa Long of the Corporation for National and Community Service discussed the history, purpose, and structure...
Senior Corps Guide to Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service and Veteran Programming

This document explains Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service (VAVS) volunteer opportunities and requirements and recommends that RSVP and SCP project directors become local VAVS representatives or...
Introduction to the Veterans and Military Families Knowledge Network

A tour of the beta Veterans and Military Families Knowledge Network.
Supporting and Engaging Veterans and Military Families

Two-page fact sheet that can be used to inform potential partners. Explains how the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is working both to support our heroes, and to engage and...
Veterans and Military Families Blog

This blog category on the Serve.gov website includes news about individual, government, and national service successes in engaging and serving veterans and military families.
September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance

In 2009, Congress designated September 11th as a National Day of Service and Remembrance and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with supporting this effort across the country.
Demanding Accountability in National Service Programs

Webcast and transcripts of congressional hearing.
Volunteering in America 2010: National, State, and City Information

Analyzes the volunteering landscape in America in the midst of a challenging economic climate. Designed to help local nonprofit leaders target their recruiting efforts more effectively, match...
President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, launched in 2006, annually highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems and placing more students on...
Serving Veterans and Military Families

The Corporation for National and Community Service is committed to engaging all Americans, including veterans and military families, in positively impacting the lives of the military community...
Stories of Service

These individual stories of CNCS of AmeriCorps members, Senior Corps volunteers, and other national service participants highlight the impact on both communities and the service participants...
Serve America Act of 2009

Includes links to bill language and updates and describes the way CNCS is implementing the Act.
CNCS Research and Policy

The Corporation conducts and supports high quality, rigorous social science evaluation research designed to 1. Measure the impact of Corporation’s programs and shape policy decisions; 2. Encourage a...
ServiceWire News Sources

List of all the RSS feeds ServiceWire brings into their site.
CNCS Information Related to the Recovery Act of 2009

The Recovery Act includes $201 million in funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service to support an expansion of AmeriCorps State and National and AmeriCorps VISTA programs. This...
Serving Communities: How Four Organizations are Using National Service to Solve Community Problems

This report highlights effective practices of four Corporation for National and Community Service grantees. The organizations represent a range of issue areas, program designs, funding streams,...
Training Resources

The following material has been developed to help grantees and sponsors understand the CNCS priorities and performance measures. You are encouraged to use this material to train your staff members...