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By: Ted Miller, Chief of External Affairs
Days before Christmas, and minutes after a delivery person left a box full of an AmeriCorps alum’s t-shirts, a thief took the box right off their porch—crushing the Ballard family’s hope of creating a quilt made of the Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps NCCC shirts their daughter, Jackie, wore during her years of service.
Jackie Bickel, served in AmeriCorps NCCC in 2006 and with Austin Habitat for Humanity as an AmeriCorps member in 2007. Her experience in AmeriCorps was so important to her, that her mother wanted to make her a keepsake to remember it by.
KOAT-TV in Albuquerque aired a story about the shirt caper, and we
connected with the family after it aired. This morning, we delivered a box of
AmeriCorps shirts that will make that quilt a reality.
Our New Mexico State Director Michael Garcia delivers AmeriCorps shirts to the Jackie and her family.
Thank you to Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps NCCC for helping us recreate this special delivery for Jackie and her family. We can’t wait to see the #AmeriQuilt!!!
By: Ted Miller, Chief of External Affairs
Days before Christmas, and minutes after a delivery person left a box full of an AmeriCorps alum’s t-shirts, a thief took the box right off their...
By: Lily Zandniapour, Mandi Prichard, CNCS Office of Research & Evaluation
CNCS is informing the impact investment field through the Social Innovation Fund’s Pay for Success programTwo new research briefs have been published that illustrate CNCS’s commitment to evaluation of the agency’s initiatives. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) was authorized to use up to 20% of the annual Congressional appropriations of Social Innovation Fund (SIF) funds to test Pay for Success (PFS) approaches. Using this authorization, CNCS reinforced its commitment to support innovative solutions and change how public and private sector investors allocate philanthropic resources and launched its PFS program in June 2014. As one of the first federal government agencies to engage in and support the development of the PFS approach at this scale, CNCS took on a leadership role by documenting experiences and lessons learned about this emerging strategy in order to inform the field. CNCS commissioned a national evaluation of the SIF PFS program in order to assess its implementation and develop resources for the field.
As an Impact Investment:According to a CNCS national assessment research brief published this past month, Pay for Success As an Impact Investment, private-sector capital invested in PFS projects in the U.S. so far has mainly come from socially motivated investors, although more profit-motivated investors could potentially become involved, particularly if government policies are adopted that are supportive of PFS investment.
As we celebrate the holiday season, it is fitting to take a few moments to reflect on the accomplishments and milestones that define the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).
This has been an eventful year, and we have been able to continue serving our nation in meaningful ways. Through it all, we have seen how service opens doors, builds stronger communities, and unites us behind common causes.
This agency supports the cause of service across all age groups, and spans the diversity of challenges and concerns that drive people to take action. We can look up and down our tally of accomplishments and see how much our work matters at the 50,000 locations where our program operate … and to those who give of themselves to help.
Our most-experienced Senior Corps volunteer started our year off with a bang. “Grandma Virginia” McLaurin, a then-106-year-old Foster Grandparent, became a social media sensation after dancing her way through a meeting President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Grandma Virginia’s many years of service to students in the Washington, D.C., Foster Grandparent program is one of the best case studies we have that service not only adds years to your life, but life to your years. And she inspired her family to serve, as her granddaughter joined the program this fall as a new Foster Grandma!
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