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Task Force
Briefing Book
September 9, 2013

Table of Contents
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PresidentialMemorandum
Task Force Fact Sheet
• Task Force Overview: “An Opportunity to Address Our Country’s Greatest Needs”
• CNCS Partnership Examples: “National Service Partnerships in Action”
Task Force Program Models: “Ways We Can Help”
Slide Presentation (printedwith talking points): “Partnerships to Expand
NationalService”
Appendix A (Partnership Information):
• ED/CNCS Interagency Agreement
• ED Match Guidance
• FEMA Corps Business Case
• DOL Memo on Volunteering
Appendix B (CNCSFact Sheets):
• CNCS
• AmeriCorps
• AmeriCorps NCCC
• AmeriCorps VISTA
• Senior Corps
• DisasterServices

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release July 15, 2013
July 15, 2013
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Expanding National Service Through Partnerships
to Advance Government Priorities
Service has always been integral to the American identity.
Our country was built on the belief that all of us, working
together, can make this country a better place for all. That
spirit remains as strong and integral to our identity today as
at our country's founding.
Since its creation 20 years ago, the Corporation for National
and Community Service (CNCS) has been the Federal agency charged
with leading and expanding national service. The Edward M.
Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009 (SAA) expanded CNCS's
authority to create opportunities for more Americans to serve.
This landmark, bipartisan legislation focuses national service
on six areas: emergency and disaster services; economic
opportunity; education; environmental stewardship; healthy
futures; and veterans and military families. The SAA provides
greater opportunities for CNCS to partner with other executive
departments and agencies (agencies) and with the private sector
to utilize national service to address these critical areas.
National service and volunteering can be effective solutions to
national challenges and can have positive and lasting impacts
that reach beyond the immediate service experience. Americans
engaged in national service make an intensive commitment to
tackle unmet national and local needs by working through
non-profit, faith-based, and community organizations. Service
can help Americans gain valuable skills, pursue higher
education, and jumpstart their careers, which can provide
immediate and long-term benefits to those individuals, as well
as the communities in which they serve.
Americans are ready and willing to serve. Applications from
Americans seeking to engage in national service programs far
exceed the number of available positions. By creating new
partnerships between agencies and CNCS that expand national
service opportunities in areas aligned with agency missions, we
can utilize the American spirit of service to improve lives and
communities, expand economic and educational opportunities,
enhance agencies' capacity to achieve their missions,
efficiently use tax dollars, help individuals develop skills
that will enable them to prepare for long-term careers, and
build a pipeline to employment inside and outside the Federal
Government.

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Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and
in order to expand the positive impact of national service,
I hereby direct the following:
Section 1. Establishing a Task Force on Expanding National
Service. There is established a Task Force on Expanding
National Service, to be co-chaired by the Chief Executive
Officer of CNCS and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council,
which shall include representatives from agencies and offices
that administer programs and develop policies in areas that
include the six focus areas set forth in the SAA. The Task
Force shall include representatives from:
(a) the Department of Defense;
(b) the Department of Justice;
(c) the Department of the Interior;
(d) the Department of Agriculture;
(e) the Department of Commerce;
(f) the Department of Labor;
(g) the Department of Health and Human Services;
(h) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(i) the Department of Transportation;
(j) the Department of Energy;
(k) the Department of Education;
(l) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(m) the Department of Homeland Security;
(n) the Peace Corps;
(o) the National Science Foundation;
(p) the Office of Personnel Management;
(q) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(r) the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs; and
(s) such other agencies and offices as the co-chairs may
designate.
Sec. 2. Mission and Function of the Task Force. (a) The
Task Force shall:
(i) identify existing, and, if appropriate,
recommend new, policies or practices that support the
expansion of national service and volunteer
opportunities that align with the SAA and agency
priorities;

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(ii) make recommendations on the most effective way
to coordinate national service and volunteering
programs across the Federal Government;
(iii) identify and develop opportunities for
interagency agreements between CNCS and other agencies
to support the expansion of national service and
volunteering;
(iv) identify and develop public-private
partnerships to support the expansion of national
service and volunteering;
(v) identify and develop strategies to use
innovation and technology to facilitate the ability of
the public to participate in national service and
volunteering activities; and
(vi) develop a mechanism to evaluate the
effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of national
service and volunteering interventions in achieving
agency priorities, and aggregate and disseminate the
results of that evaluation.
(b) Within 18 months of the date of this memorandum, the
Task Force shall provide the President with a report on the
progress made with respect to the functions set forth in
subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 3. Facilitating National Service and Volunteering
Partnerships. (a) Each agency on the Task Force shall:
(i) within 180 days of the date of this memorandum,
consult with CNCS about how existing authorities and
CNCS programs can be used to enter into interagency
and public-private partnerships that allow for
meaningful national service and volunteering
opportunities, including participating in AmeriCorps,
and help the agency achieve its mission;
(ii) work with CNCS to evaluate the effectiveness
and cost-effectiveness of such partnerships; and
(iii) work with CNCS to identify ways in which the
agency's national service participants and volunteers
can develop transferable skills, and also how national
service can serve as a pipeline to employment inside
and outside the Federal Government.
(b) Where practicable, agencies may consider entering into
interagency agreements with CNCS to share program development
and funding responsibilities, as authorized under 42 U.S.C.
12571(b)(1).
Sec. 4. Recruitment of National Service Participants in
the Civilian Career Services. In order to provide national
service participants a means to pursue additional opportunities
to continue their public service through career civilian
service, the Office of Personnel Management shall, within
120 days of the date of this memorandum, issue guidance to
agencies on developing and improving Federal recruitment
strategies for participants in national service.

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Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law or Executive Order
to an agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent
with applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the
United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) The Chief Executive Officer of CNCS is hereby
authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
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THE PRESIDENT’S CALL TO ACTION
On July 15, President Obama issued a
Presidential Memorandum that establishes
the Task Force on Expanding National
Service. The Task Force consists of
representatives of 13 cabinet departments, six
additional federal agencies and offices, and
other agencies to be designated.
Wendy Spencer, the CEOof the Corporation
for National and Community Service
(CNCS), and Cecilia Muñoz, the Director of
the White House Domestic Policy Council,
will co-chair the Task Force.
THE GOAL OF THE TASK FORCE
The Task Force will advance Agency and Administration priorities through the expansion of national service.
SIX WAYS TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL
1. Interagency Service Corps – Launch new national service corps through interagency partnerships
2. Pipeline to Public Service – Create a pipeline of Americans who are ready to enter public service and
apply the skills they learn through national service
3. Policy Solutions – Explore policy solutions that advance the Task Force’s goal
4. Efficiency through Innovation – Increase the efficiency of tax dollars through the use of innovation and
technology
5. Public-Private Partnerships – Identify public-private partnerships to expand national service
6. Cross-Agency Coordination – Coordinate volunteering and service programs across the federal
government
HOW CNCS CAN WORK WITH AGENCIES
CNCS is a federal agency that brings 20 years of experience of delivering national service and volunteerism as
solutions to our communities. More than 80,000 AmeriCorps members and 360,000 Senior Corps volunteers
tackle the most pressing challenges facing America: educating millions of students; supporting individuals and
families on the road to economic recovery; supporting veterans and military families; helping communities
rebuild after disasters; improving at-risk ecosystems; and providing healthy futures for children across the
country.
Task Force Overview:
An Opportunity to Address Our Nation’s Greatest Needs

FEMA CORPS, a partnership between the Federal
Emergency Management Agency and the
Corporation for National and Community Service,
is a new 1,600 member AmeriCorps National
Civilian Community Corps program solely devoted
to disaster response and recovery. FEMA Corps
members provided invaluable service in the
aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and recent tornadoes
in the Midwest and have developed innovative
ways to serve disaster survivors – all while saving
taxpayer dollars.
SCHOOL TURNAROUND AMERICORPS, a
partnership between the Department of Education
and CNCS, will bring more than 650 new
AmeriCorps members into the nation’s lowest-
performing schools to support and sustain
turnaround efforts. These AmeriCorps members will
work to boost student academic achievement,
attendance, high school graduation rates, and college
and career readiness. This initiative will maximize
the Department of Education’s existing investment in
the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.
STEM AMERICORPS, which President Obama
announced at the White House Science Fair this
spring, is a multi-year initiative to place hundreds
of AmeriCorps members in nonprofits across the
country. These members will mobilize STEM
professionals to inspire young people to excel in
science, technology, engineering, and math. This
will in turn build the pipeline for future STEM
careers. STEM AmeriCorps builds on the
President’s “Educate to Innovate,” a nationwide
effort to move American students from the middle
to the top of the pack in science and math
achievement over the next decade.
National Service
Partnerships in Action

CAPACITY BUILDING
DIRECT SERVICE:
TEAM-BASED
DIRECT SERVICE:
GRANT PROGRAMS
Description of Service
AmeriCorps members or Senior Corps
volunteers work with organizations to
provide community support and
organization. Members may coordinate
volunteers, but are not actual service
providers. For example, members
would recruit volunteer tutors rather
than tutor children directly.
AmeriCorps members serve in teams
to accomplish service projects that
range in length from four weeks to 10
months. Projects could include
restoring trails, tutoring children, or
building homes for low-income
residents.
AmeriCorps members or Senior Corps
volunteers serve with non-profit
organizations and community partners
(e.g. Habitat for Humanity, City Year,
YouthBuild, Jumpstart, etc.) to address
community needs.
Example of Existing Partnership
STEM AmeriCorps members will serve
with nonprofits across the country to
mobilize STEM professionals to help
young people excel in science,
technology, engineering, and math.
FEMA Corps is a partnership between
the Federal Emergency Management
Agency and CNCS. It is a team-based
program that places members around
the country to provide critical support
after disasters and develop the next
generation of emergency managers.
School Turnaround AmeriCorps is a
partnership between the Department of
Education and CNCS that places
members with grantee partners at the
nation’s lowest performing schools
where they will work to boost student
achievement, attendance, and
graduation rates.
Applicable CNCS Programs
• AmeriCorps State and National
• AmeriCorps NCCC
• AmeriCorps VISTA
• Senior Corps - RSVP
• AmeriCorps NCCC
• AmeriCorps VISTA – Summer
Associate
• Senior Corps - RSVP
Average Timeline
(From identifying agency priority
to getting boots on the ground)
• Three months to one year • Three to six months • Three months to one year
How long does a member serve? • Four weeks to one year • Four weeks to 10 months
• As long as one year
(part-time or full-time capacity)
Length of Partnership • Four weeks to three years • Eight weeks to three years • Three years
Will revise this timeline to reflect the entire process (incl. agency planning, then IAA, then boots)
Ways We Can Help:
Our Program Models

Partnerships to Expand National Service
How To Create Opportunity, Increase Efficiency,
and Achieve Your Mission
This PowerPoint presentation provides added context for the Task Force on Expanding
National Service.
It will give you an overview of how to use national service to achieve your mission, and
can serve as a resource for your staff to learn and share key information.
[Additional introductory content here]

Agenda
• Task Force Overview
• Interagency Partnerships
• Introduction to CNCS
• This presentation will provide background and context for the Task Force on
Expanding National Service.
• We’ll look at several examples of successful partnerships.
• You’ll get a simplified explanation of how to work with the Corporation for National
and Community Service to achieve the President’s goals.
• And we’ll introduce you to CNCS and its major initiatives.

Task Force Announcement
And today I want to announce a new task force […] to
take a fresh look at how we can better support national
service – in particular, on some of our most important
national priorities: improving schools, recovering from
disasters and mentoring our kids.
-- President Obama, July 15, 2013
• Building on a longstanding tradition of bipartisan support for national service and
volunteerism, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum that establishes
an interagency Task Force led by the Corporation for National and Community Service
(CNCS), at an event honoring President George H.W. Bush for his life of service.
• The Task Force will develop strategies to expand national service to meet national
needs through collaboration with other Federal agencies and the private sector, and;
is the latest in a series of actions the Administration has taken over the past four
years to expand opportunities for Americans to serve, focus service on pressing
challenges.
• Among other activities, the Task Force will make recommendations on polices to
expand national service opportunities, recommend ways to coordinate volunteering
and service programs across the Federal government, develop opportunities for
interagency agreements between CNCS and other federal agencies, and identify
public-private partnerships to expand national service.
• Over the next six months, agencies participating on the Task Force will confer with
CNCS about potential partnerships to engage more Americans in national service to
solve problems and advance agency priorities.
• By creating new interagency and public-private partnerships for national service, the
President’s action will engage more Americans in results-driven service, expand
economic and educational opportunities for those who serve, enhance Federal

agencies’ capacity to achieve their missions, more efficiently use tax dollars, and build
the pipeline of Americans ready to enter public service.

Task Force Partners
• Co-chaired by the CEO of CNCS, Wendy Spencer and the Director of the White House
Domestic Policy Council, Cecilia Muñoz, the National Service Task Force partners
include the following 17 agencies and offices (and other agencies to be designated):
the Department of Defense
the Department of Justice
the Department of the Interior
the Department of Agriculture
the Department of Commerce
the Department of Labor
the Department of Health and Human Services
the Department of Housing and Urban Development
the Department of Transportation
the Department of Energy
the Department of Education
the Department of Veterans Affairs
the Department of Homeland Security
the Peace Corps
the National Science Foundation
the Office of Personnel Management
the Environmental Protection Agency

Interagency Partnerships

Partnerships and Growth
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• Solve Problems
• Increase Efficiency
• Achieve Priorities
• Create Opportunities
When you partner with national service, you get a cost-effective, human-capital
solution that builds pathways to opportunity and helps achieve your agency’s mission.
We help you:
• Achieve priorities
• Create opportunities
• Solve problems
• Increase efficiency
Goals of partnerships:
• Create partnerships to grow national service
• Inspire innovation in the national service field
• Work cross-sector to address critical national and local needs
• Generate innovative funding models that leverages and fosters effective use of tax-
payer and private dollars
• Ensure accountability and collective impact through evidence-based program
selection and measured growth
Some examples of our partnership program models demonstrate how a federal agency
has identified a clear problem for which national service can provide a solution.

How You Can Partner With Us
• How can national service help meet your agency’s mission?
• New corps for “capacity-building” or “boots on the ground”
Three Program Models:
• Capacity Building
• Direct Service: Team-Based
• Direct Service: Grant Programs
• Expand policies or practices within your agency to support national service
• [Provide examples tailored to each agency]
• There are things you can do today to support national service:
• Example: Dept. of Ed. match letter

Direct Service: Team-Based
AmeriCorps members serve in teams to accomplish service projects that range in length
from four weeks to 10 months. Projects could include restoring trails, tutoring children,
or building homes for low-income residents.
AmeriCorps State and National
AmeriCorps NCCC
AmeriCorps VISTA – Summer Associate
Average Timeline
Three months to one year Three to six months
Three months to one year
How long does a member serve?
Four weeks to one year
Four weeks to 10 months
As long as one year
(part-time or full-time capacity)
Length of Partnership
Four weeks to three years
Eight weeks to three years
Three years

FEMA Corps
FEMA Corps is a partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and
CNCS. It is a team-based program that places members around the country to provide
critical support after disasters and develop the next generation of emergency managers.
• In the Spring of 2013, CNCS partnered with FEMA to announce the creation of a new
program designed to strengthen the nation's ability to respond to and recover from
disasters while expanding career opportunities for young people.
• FEMA Corps is a new 1,600-member program of AmeriCorps NCCC solely devoted to
disaster response and recovery.
• FEMA Corps strengthens disaster capacity, prepares young people for emergency
management careers, and saves significant taxpayer dollars.
• FEMA Corps members provided invaluable service in the aftermath of Hurricane
Sandy and recent tornadoes in the Midwest and have developed innovative ways to
serve disaster survivors.
• President Obama recently recognized FEMA Corps in his remarks presenting the new
management agenda, stating:
“For example, until recently, when a natural disaster struck, teams from FEMA had to
rely exclusively on in-person inspections to figure out which families needed help. Now
they analyze satellite and aerial imagery and get housing assistance to areas that need it

most, more quickly. After Hurricane Sandy, most folks were able to sign up for
assistance using FEMA’s mobile and web apps -- updating and checking the status of
their applications. And FEMA agents went door-to-door in some areas with iPads,
helping residents who had lost power and Internet access sign up for disaster relief
without leaving their homes. So making sure that we’re delivering services better, faster,
more efficiently.”

Direct Service: Grant Programs
AmeriCorps members or Senior Corps volunteers serve with non-profit organizations
and community partners (e.g. Habitat for Humanity, City Year, YouthBuild, Jumpstart,
etc.) to address community needs.
Senior Corps - RSVP
Average Timeline
TBD: Three months to one year
As long as one year (part-time or full-time capacity)
Three years

School Turnaround AmeriCorps
School Turnaround AmeriCorps is a partnership between the Department of Education
and CNCS that places members with grantee partners at the nation’s lowest performing
schools where they will work to boost student achievement, attendance, and graduation
rates.
• In February, 2013, CNCS CEO Wendy Spencer joined U.S. Sec. of Education Arne
Duncan to announce School Turnaround AmeriCorps, a new competitive grant
program to reinforce and accelerate intervention efforts in the nation’s lowest-
performing schools.
• School Turnaround AmeriCorps is a partnership between the Department of
Education and AmeriCorps that will bring more than 650 new AmeriCorps members
into some of our lowest-performing schools this fall, where they will work to boost
student academic achievement, attendance, high school graduation rates, and college
and career readiness.
• In July 2013, the first School Turnaround AmeriCorps grants were announced, with
$15 million over three years going to 13 organizations in 70 urban and rural
communities across the country.
• School Turnaround AmeriCorps will leverage an anticipated $18 million in grantee
match funding in addition to the $15 million in federal funds during a three-year
cycle. The 13 awardees were selected from 66 applicants from around the country.

Capacity Building
AmeriCorps members or Senior Corps volunteers work with organizations to provide
community support and organization. Members may coordinate volunteers, but are not
actual service providers. For example, members would recruit volunteer tutors rather
than tutor children directly.
AmeriCorps NCCC
AmeriCorps VISTA
Senior Corps - RSVP
Average Timeline
TBD
Four weeks to one year
Four weeks to three years

STEM AmeriCorps
STEM AmeriCorps members will serve with nonprofits across the country to mobilize
STEM professionals to help young people excel in science, technology, engineering, and
math.
• STEM AmeriCorps, which President Obama announced at the White House Science
Fair this spring, is a multi-year initiative to place hundreds of AmeriCorps members in
nonprofits across the country to mobilize STEM professionals to inspire young people
to excel in science, technology, engineering, and math to build the pipeline for future
STEM careers.
• In the first phase, CNCS will place 50 full-time AmeriCorps members with FIRST®
(For
Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a nonprofit founded by
inventor Dean Kamen to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young
people through robotics competitions.
• The AmeriCorps members will serve in low-income communities across the country.
They will recruit volunteers and support teams of students to participate in FIRST
competitions, making it possible for more students to be exposed to the STEM fields.
• Through a grant competition in late 2013, CNCS will provide funding to hundreds of
STEM-focused AmeriCorps members across the country. AmeriCorps members will
recruit and support thousands of STEM professionals to volunteer through in-school,
after-school, and other academic programs. To maximize this opportunity, CNCS will

pursue partnerships with both the private sector and other federal agencies.

Who We Are
$850 million
leveraged
5 million
Americans
70,000
locations
• The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that engages
more than five million Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps,
Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs, and leads the
President's national call to service initiative, United We Serve.
• National service engages citizen volunteers in problem-solving, uses competition to
fund high-value programs, leverages substantial outside support, and mobilizes
volunteers to multiply impact. CNCS programs annually mobilize 5 million volunteers
and leverage hundreds of millions of dollars of non-CNCS resources from business,
foundations, and other sources.
• CNCS is already working with other federal agencies to leverage national service to
meet national needs. The Presidential Memorandum will accelerate those efforts and
open the door to new partnerships. Expanding upon its existing system of private
sector matching, CNCS is also actively reaching out to corporations, foundations, and
other funders to secure additional support for national service.

Our Focus Areas
Disaster Services
Economic Opportunity
Education
Environmental Stewardship
Healthy Futures
Veterans and Military Families
• With bipartisan Congressional support, the President has worked with CNCS to focus
service on pressing social problems; expand opportunities for more Americans of all
ages and backgrounds to serve; build the capacity of individuals, nonprofits, and
communities; and embrace social innovation.
• CNCS recognizes that national service will have its greatest impact if we target
resources on a core set of critical problems and carefully measure our progress and
prioritizes six major challenges facing communities: disaster services, economic
opportunity, education, environmental stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans
and military families.

Our Programs
• AmeriCorps provides opportunities for more than 80,000 Americans each year to give
intensive service to their communities and country through three programs:
AmeriCorps (grants), AmeriCorps VISTA, and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian
Community Corps).
• AmeriCorps members tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, assist
veterans and military families, provide health services, run after-school programs,
help communities respond to disasters, and build the capacity of nonprofit groups to
become self-sustaining, among many other activities.
• AmeriCorps members in recent years have stepped up their role in recruiting,
training, and managing volunteers of all ages and backgrounds, supporting 3.4 million
community volunteers in 2011 alone.
• In exchange for a year of full-time service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps
Education Award that can be used to pay for college or graduate school, or to pay
back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 800,000 Americans have given 1
billion hours of service through AmeriCorps.

Our Programs
• Each year Senior Corps taps the skills, talents, and experience of more than 330,000
Americans age 55 and older to meet a wide range of community challenges through
three programs: RSVP, the Foster Grandparent Program, and the Senior Companion
Program.
• RSVP volunteers help local police departments conduct safety patrols, participate in
environmental projects, provide intensive educational services to children and adults,
and respond to natural disasters, among many other activities.
• Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to young people with
special needs.
• Senior Companions help homebound seniors and other adults maintain
independence in their own homes.

Our Programs
Social
Innovation Fund
• The Social Innovation Fund represents a new approach by the federal government to
address urgent national challenges.
• As part of the Administration’s innovation agenda, CNCS launched the Social
Innovation Fund, a unique model that improves the lives of people in low-income
communities and expands the impact of high-performing organizations using
evidence-based practices.
• In its first three years, the Social Innovation Fund has invested in 200 nonprofit
organizations in 34 states and Washington, DC and served more than 174,000
individuals. Through its unique 3 to 1 match structure, it has attracted commitments
of more than $350 million in private and non-federal funds.

Our Programs
Volunteer Generation Fund
19 states
• CNCS strengthens the impact of America’s volunteers by bringing more individuals
into service and building the capacity of nonprofits to effectively manage volunteers.
• That’s why CNCS is thrilled that the President’s FY 2014 budget requests a significant
increase in the Volunteer Generation Fund, a CNCS program to strengthen volunteer
management practices, and proposes renaming the program the George H.W. Bush
Volunteer Generation Fund.
• CNCS also leads national days of service: in particular, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
of Service and the September 11th
National Day of Service and Remembrance.
Annually, these events provide opportunities for 760,000 volunteers to serve every
year.
• In June 2009, CNCS joined with the White House to launch United We Serve, a
challenge to all Americans to engage in sustained, meaningful community service to
help in our nation's renewal and recovery. Americans have responded enthusiastically
to the President's call, joining with friends and neighbors to replenish food banks,
support veterans and military families, restore public lands, and more.
• The Administration worked with technology leaders to develop a volunteer matching
tool for the Serve.gov website featuring more than 250,000 volunteer opportunities,
and teamed up with top sports stars and celebrities to promote volunteer service.

Our Grantees
• CNCS programs provide grants to some of the nation’s leading nonprofits, including
familiar names like the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Big Brothers Big
Sisters, and more.

Our Corporate Supporters
• Most organizations who receive CNCS grants are required to obtain matching funds
with non-CNCS resources, which often includes private sector and corporate entities.
• In addition, CNCS has found opportunities to sponsor with its corporate supporters in
other ways. For example:
• Time Warner, Southwest Airlines, and Shell also supported AmeriCorps response
efforts in Hurricane Sandy-affected New York and New Jersey.
• Google is financing an AmeriCorps program designed to help nonprofits effectively
use technology to further their missions.
• And Bank of America has enlisted AmeriCorps members to support financial literacy
efforts.

Discuss Partnership
This slide will include appropriate CNCS contact
information.

THE PRESIDENT’S CALL TO ACTION
On July 15, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum that establishes the Task Force on Expanding
National Service. The Task Force consists of representatives of 13 cabinet departments, six additional federal
agencies and offices, and other agencies to be designated.
Wendy Spencer, the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and Cecilia Muñoz, the
Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, will co-chair the Task Force.
THE GOALS OF THE TASK FORCE
Task Force members will:
• Develop opportunities for interagency
agreements between CNCS and other
federal agencies,
• Recommend ways to coordinate
volunteering and service programs
across the federal government, and
• Identify public-private partnerships to
expand national service.
THE WAYS CNCS CAN HELP OTHER AGENCIES
CNCS is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through AmeriCorps,
Senior Corps, and its other programs and initiatives, including the President’s call to service, United We Serve.
More than 80,000 AmeriCorps members and 360,000 Senior Corps volunteers tackle the most pressing
challenges facing America: educating millions of students for jobs of the 21st century; supporting individuals,
families, and neighborhoods on the road to economic recovery; supporting veterans and military families;
helping communities rebuild after natural disasters; improving at-risk ecosystems; and providing healthy
futures for children across the country.
CNCS is already working closely with other federal agencies to leverage national service to meet their needs.
The Task Force will accelerate those efforts and open the door to new partnerships.
An Opportunity to Address
Our Nation’s Greatest Needs

Corporation for National

and Community Service

Fact Sheet
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) improves lives,
strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and
volunteering. As the nation's largest grant maker in support of service and volunteering,
CNCS engages more than five million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service
to their communities each year through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, the Volunteer
Generation Fund, the Social Innovation Fund (SIF), and other programs, and leads
President Obama’s call to service initiative, United We Serve. Participants in CNCS
programs and the community volunteers they help coordinate enable tens of thousands
of national and local nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and municipal
agencies to solve tough problems and meet local needs in education, health, the
environment, veterans, economic opportunity, and other critical areas.
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps provides opportunities for among many other activities. AmeriCorps
80,000 Americans each year to give members in recent years have stepped up
intensive service to their communities their role in recruiting, training, and
and country through three programs: managing volunteers of all ages and
AmeriCorps State and National, backgrounds, supporting 4 million
AmeriCorps VISTA, and AmeriCorps community volunteers in 2012 alone. In
NCCC (National Civilian Community exchange for a year of full-time service,
Corps). AmeriCorps members tutor and members earn a Segal AmeriCorps
mentor youth, build affordable housing, Education Award that can be used to pay
assist veterans and military families, for college or graduate school, or to pay
provide health services, run after-school back qualified student loans. Since 1994,
programs, help communities respond to more than 820,000 Americans have given
disasters, and build the capacity of non- 1 billion hours of service through
profit groups to become self-sustaining, AmeriCorps.
Senior Corps
Each year Senior Corps taps the skills,
talents, and experience of more than
360,000 Americans age 55 and older to
meet a wide range of community
challenges through three programs:
RSVP, the Foster Grandparent Program,
and the Senior Companion Program.
RSVP volunteers help local police depart
ments conduct safety patrols, participate
in environmental projects, provide
intensive educational services to children
and adults, and respond to natural
disasters, among many other activities.
Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as
tutors and mentors to young people with
special needs. Senior Companions help
homebound seniors and other adults
maintain independence in their own homes.
■ Nation’s largest grant-
maker for service and
volunteering
■ Participants serve at
70,000 service locations
■ Engages nearly 5 million
Americans in service
each year
• More than 360,000
Senior Corps volunteers
• 80,000 AmeriCorps
members
■ Leverages more than
$800 million in outside
funding and donations
each year
■ Leads President’s United
We Serve initiative
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Washington, DC 20525
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Social Innovation Fund
The Social Innovation Fund represents a new
approach by the federal government to address urgent
national challenges. Its function is to mobilize public
and private resources to grow the impact of promising,
innovative community-based solutions that have
evidence of compelling results in three areas of priority
need: economic opportunity, healthy futures and
youth development. In its first three competitions,
the Social Innovation Fund has awarded $137 million
to 20 intermediary grantmakers, which have made
subgrants to nearly 200 subgrantees in 34 states and
the District of Columbia, reaching over 174,000
individuals and will continue to impact tens of
thousands more. With its unique public-private
partnership structure, the Social Innovation Fund has
already generated commitments of $360 million in
non-federal resources.
Other Programs and Initiatives
■ The Volunteer Generation Fund strengthens the
nation’s civic infrastructure by helping nonprofits
recruit, manage, and support more volunteers.
■ The September 11th National Day of
Service and Remembrance offers Americans the
opportunity to honor victims, survivors, and those
who rose up in service on September 11, 2001
through charitable service.
■ The King Day of Service supports community
organizations in their efforts to engage local
citizens in service on the Martin Luther King, Jr.
federal holiday.
■ The President's Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll honors colleges and
universities for the commitment of their
students, faculty, and staff to community service.
■ The National Service Knowledge Network
provides training and resources to national service
programs and nonprofits seeking to expand their
capacity and impact.
■ The CNCS annual Volunteering and Civic Life
in America report provides comprehensive data to
state and local leaders to help them expand the
impact of service.
Service as a Solution
President Barack Obama is deeply committed to
advancing the role of service in addressing our
national challenges and in making service part of the
life of every American. With bipartisan Congressional
support, the President has worked with CNCS to
focus service on pressing social problems; expand
opportunities for more Americans of all ages and
backgrounds to serve; build the capacity of individuals,
nonprofits, and communities; and embrace social
innovation. The agency’s 2011-2015 Strategic Plan
builds on the strong foundation of national service
that has developed over the past four decades and the
vision set forth in the bipartisan Edward M. Kennedy
Serve America Act of 2009. The plan recognizes that
national service will have its greatest impact if we
target resources on a core set of critical problems and
carefully measure our progress. It prioritizes six major
challenges facing communities: disaster services,
economic opportunity, education, environmental
stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans and
military families. It also provides strategies and
performance measures which determine how we will
evaluate our success over the coming years.
United We Serve
In June 2009, CNCS joined with the White House
to launch United We Serve, a challenge to all
Americans to engage in sustained, meaningful
community service to help in our nation's renewal
and recovery. Americans have responded
enthusiastically to the President's call, joining with
friends and neighbors to replenish food banks,
support veterans and military families, restore public
lands, and more. The Administration has worked
with technology leaders to develop a volunteer
matching tool for the Serve.gov website featuring
more than 250,000 volunteer opportunities, and
teamed up with top sports stars and celebrities to
promote volunteer service.
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Fact Sheet

Annual Statistical
Highlights
■ Engages more than
75,000 members
annually
■ Members serve at
15,000 locations
across the country
■ Mobilizes 4 million
volunteers annually
■ Leverages $480 million
in outside funding and
donations each year
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AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 men and women in intensive service each year
at more than 15,000 locations including nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and
community and faith-based groups across the country. AmeriCorps members help
communities tackle pressing problems while mobilizing millions of volunteers for the
organizations they serve. Members gain valuable professional, educational, and life benefits,
and the experience has a lasting impact on the members and the communities they serve.
AmeriCorps consists of three main programs: AmeriCorps State and National, whose
members serve with national and local nonprofit and community groups; AmeriCorps
VISTA, through which members serve full time fighting poverty; and AmeriCorps NCCC
(National Civilian Community Corps), a team-based residential program for young adults
18-24 who carry out projects in public safety, the environment, youth development, and
disaster relief and preparedness.
Focus on Impact
The bipartisan Edward M. Kennedy Serve
America Act focused AmeriCorps’ efforts in
six key areas: disaster services, economic
opportunity, education, environmental
stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans
and military families. To strengthen
accountability, AmeriCorps programs are
required to demonstrate their impact using
standard performance measures.
AmeriCorps members make our communities
safer, stronger, healthier, and improve the
lives of tens of millions of our most
vulnerable citizens. AmeriCorps’ impacts
are proven and measurable.
Disaster services: In response to the
tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri on
May 22nd, 2011, AmeriCorps teams
organized a large-scale volunteer response
center that recruited and supervised more
than 75,000 volunteers. Through the
AmeriCorps-led operation, unaffiliated
volunteers contributed more than 579,000
hours of service. These hours completely
defrayed over $17.7 million in emergency
match dollars owed by the City of Joplin to
the federal government at the conclusion
of the response.
Economic opportunity: VISTA,
AmeriCorps’ poverty-fighting program,
engages more than 8,000 members each
year in fighting poverty by creating
businesses, expanding access to technology,
recruiting volunteers to teach literacy, and
strengthening antipoverty groups.
Education: AmeriCorps places thousands
of teachers, tutors, and mentors into low-
performing schools, helping students
succeed in school and gain skills necessary
to get 21st century jobs.
Environmental stewardship: Members
build trails, restore parks, protect water
sheds, run recycling programs, and
promote energy efficiency, weatherization,
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Healthy futures: AmeriCorps members save lives Veterans and military families: AmeriCorps supports
through HIV/AIDS education and outreach, drug and the military community by engaging veterans in service,
alcohol prevention training, and connecting poor helping veterans readjust to civilian life, and providing
families to health clinics and services. support to military families.
Strengthening Nonprofits and the
Volunteer Sector
Strengthening nonprofits: AmeriCorps members help
faith-based and community groups expand services,
build capacity, raise funds, develop new partnerships,
and create innovative, sustainable programs.
Encouraging competition and local control:
AmeriCorps pushes funding and decision-making to the
state and local level. Most grantees are chosen by
bipartisan state commissions appointed by the governor.
Advancing social innovation: AmeriCorps invests in
entrepreneurial organizations that have been recognized
for their innovative approaches to citizen problem-solving
such as Teach for America, City Year, YouthBuild,
JumpStart, Citizen Schools, and Experience Corps.
Expanding Educational Opportunity and
Building Future Leaders
Expanding educational opportunity: In exchange for
a year of full-time service, AmeriCorps members earn a
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award (equal to the
maximum Pell Grant) that helps pay for college or pay
back student loans. AmeriCorps members have earned
more than $2.4 billion in these awards since 1994.
Preparing the 21st Century Workforce: AmeriCorps
is a pathway to economic opportunity that provides
members with valuable skills specific to their service
(construction, teaching, weatherization, etc.) as well as
general skills of leadership and problem-solving that all
employers are looking for.
Creating future leaders: AmeriCorps members gain
new and useful skills, advance their education, and
become more connected to their communities. A
longitudinal study has shown that AmeriCorps alumni
are more likely to be civically engaged, to go into public
service careers—such as teaching, public safety, social
work, and military service—and to volunteer in their
communities.
Leveraging a Powerful Return
on the Investment
Public private partnerships: AmeriCorps leverages
substantial private investment—more than $480 million
in non-CNCS funds each year from businesses,
foundations, and other sources. AmeriCorps has cut
costs and become more efficient by supporting more
members with fewer federal dollars.
Mobilizing volunteers: AmeriCorps is a powerful
catalyst and force-multiplier for community volunteering.
Last year AmeriCorps members recruited, trained, and
supervised more than 4 million community volunteers
for the organizations they serve.
AmeriCorps Fast Facts
800,000 Number of people who have served as AmeriCorps members since 1994.
1 billion Total number of hours served by AmeriCorps members since 1994.
5.2 million Number of disadvantaged youth tutored, mentored, or served by AmeriCorps members
in fiscal 2011.
4 million Number of community volunteers managed or mobilized by AmeriCorps members in fiscal 2011.
$480 million Value of cash and in-kind donations leveraged by AmeriCorps members in fiscal 2010.
15,000 Number of AmeriCorps service locations in 2012.
$2.4 billion Total amount of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards earned by AmeriCorps members since 1994.
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AmeriCorps NCCC
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Fact Sheet
AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) is a full-time, team-based
residential service program for individuals ages 18-24. NCCC members are organized
into 10-12 member teams and serve in local communities in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
The mission of AmeriCorps NCCC is to strengthen communities and develop leaders
through team-based national and community service.
Based out of five regional campuses in Maryland, Mississippi, Iowa, Colorado, and
California, teams of members complete 6-8 week intensive national service, doing projects
proposed by community sponsors who identify needs within their communities and request
NCCC assistance.
Project sponsors include national, community and faith-based nonprofit organizations;
municipal and state governments; federal agencies and programs; city, state, and national
parks; Native American communities; and schools throughout the United States.
Natural and Other Disasters
Natural and Other Disaster projects address
the needs of communities affected by
floods, hurricanes, wildfires and other
disasters. The focus is on preparedness,
mitigation, response and recovery projects.
Infrastructure Improvement
Infrastructure Improvement projects
contribute to the safety and well-being of
community members through repairing and
building structures. In addition, projects will
improve basic facilities and services needed
for the functioning of the community.
Environmental Stewardship
and Conservation
In the tradition of the Civilian Conservation
Corps of the 1930s, Environmental
Stewardship and Conservation projects help
preserve and enhance a community’s natural
resources.
NCCC Team Service Areas
Annual Statistical
Highlights*
■ Constructed, renovated,
or weatherized 1,000
homes
■ Served 125,000 meals,
including 85,000
meals in disaster areas
■ Supported 30,000
students in out of
school programs
■ Planted 438,000 trees
and native plants
■ Restored 17 miles of
streams and rivers
■ Assisted 7,436,692 people in
disaster areas
■ Recruited or coordinated 659,233
volunteers
■ Constructed or restored 8,738
miles of trail
■ Removed 21,532 tons of debris or
vegetation
Since 2000, AmeriCorps NCCC
teams have:
*These reflect the accomplishments of 1,200 NCCC
members during the 1.5 million hours they served in
FY 2011 (Oct 1 – Sept 30, 2011)

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February 2012
Energy Conservation
Energy Conservation projects promote energy efficient
practices with organizations, communities, families, or
individuals.
Urban and Rural Development
Urban and Rural Development projects address the
special needs of communities in ways that improve the
quality of life for citizens and the success of whole
communities.
Become an AmeriCorps NCCC Member
AmeriCorps NCCC is open to all U.S. citizens or
lawful permanent residents ages 18-24. NCCC is the
experience of a lifetime! Member benefits include
room and board, living allowance, health benefits,
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $5,500*,
student loan deferment, training, uniforms and
gear. To apply to be a member: please visit
americorps.gov/nccc for more information
Become an AmeriCorps NCCC Sponsor
NCCC provides a team of approximately 10
members who arrive with their own transportation,
are supervised by a team leader, to help accomplish
project goals and objectives defined by the sponsor.
There is no direct charge or match required to receive
a NCCC team, but sponsoring organizations are
asked to provide: lodging, assistance with food costs,
on-site technical supervision, materials and tools, and
support for service learning. To apply to be a project
sponsor, please visit americorps.gov/nccc for more
information.
Corporation for National and
Community Service
AmeriCorps NCCC, was implemented by the federal
government in 1994, and is a program of the
Corporation for National and Community Service,
the federal agency that improves lives, strengthens
communities, and fosters civic engagement through
service and volunteering.
*The Segal AmeriCorps Education Award will be equal to the amount
of the Pell Grant. Check AmeriCorps.gov for updated amount.

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Fact Sheet

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) taps the skills,
talents, and passion of more than 8,000 Americans annually to
support community efforts to overcome poverty. The program's nationwide
corps of VISTAs commits full-time for a year at nonprofit organizations or
local government agencies to build the capacity of these organizations
to carry out programs that tackle poverty. VISTAs recruit and manage
community volunteers, raise funds, and help manage projects. VISTAs
support programs that improve literacy, expand job opportunities, develop
financial assets, reduce homelessness, and improve health services. They
also support programs that increase housing opportunities, increase
economic opportunities for low-income veterans and military families,
and expand access to technology for those living in rural and urban areas
of poverty across America.
Core Principles of
AmeriCorps VISTA
Anti-Poverty Focus: AmeriCorps
VISTA supports community efforts to
overcome poverty. Any nonprofit
organization, educational institution, or
tribal or public agency with a project
explicitly designed to alleviate poverty
may sponsor a VISTA.
Community Empowerment:
AmeriCorps VISTA values the inherent
strengths and resources of the community.
VISTA expects project sponsors to
involve residents of the community in
planning, developing, and implementing
the VISTA project. This approach allows
low-income individuals the freedom to
speak for themselves in determining the
projects that suit their specific needs.
■ AmeriCorps VISTAs 5,958
■ Summer Associates 2,207
■ Hours served by VISTAs
12.6 million
■ VISTA projects 1,132
■ Value of cash and in-kind
resources raised $170.1 million
■ Annual Federal Funding
$94.81 million
AmeriCorps VISTA Statistical Highlights*
* Statistics are for fiscal year 2012
Annual Statistical
Highlights*
■ Community Volunteers
Recruited and Managed
by VISTAs
1.1 million
■ Hours Served by
Community Volunteers
11.7 million
■ Veterans and Military
Families served
115,000
■ Veterans and Military
Family Members Engaged
as Community Volunteers
12,610
■ Disadvantaged Youth
Receiving Services
2.5 million
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Capacity Building: AmeriCorps VISTA expands
the ability of sponsor organizations to fight poverty.
VISTAs strengthen and support organizations by
building infrastructure, expanding community
partnerships, securing long-term resources,
coordinating training for participants, and much
more. These capacity-building activities enable
organizations to provide better services to
low-income individuals and communities.
Sustainable Solutions: VISTAs serve as a short-
term resource to help sponsor organizations achieve
lasting solutions to poverty.
Become an AmeriCorps VISTA
AmeriCorps VISTA is open to U.S. citizens or lawful
permanent residents age 18 and older. VISTAs
choose from projects throughout the country, based
on their skills and interests, and serve full time for
one year with community-based organizations.
During their service, VISTAs receive a living
allowance, as well as health care, child care, training,
relocation expenses, and liability insurance. After a
successful year of service, VISTAs receive either a
$1,500 stipend or a Segal AmeriCorps Education
Award equal to the maximum amount of the
federal Pell Grant. The award can be used to pay for
educational expenses at qualified institutions of
higher education, or to pay back qualified student
loans. For VISTA service approved in fiscal year
2013, the education award is $5,550.*
Find out more at AmeriCorps.gov
Or call 800-942-2677
TTY 800-833-3722
Sponsor a Project
Any nonprofit organization or public agency
involved in alleviating poverty may partner with
AmeriCorps VISTA to develop a project and host
VISTAs. Potential sponsors must have the capacity
and commitment to recruit, train, supervise, and
support VISTAs.
View these additional resources at AmeriCorps.gov:
• Guide to Becoming a VISTA Sponsor
• VISTA 101: Understanding VISTA
Contact the local CNCS State Office
Or call 202-606-5000
TTY 202-565-2799
Email: vista@americorps.gov
Corporation for National and
Community Service
AmeriCorps VISTA is an anti-poverty program created
by the federal government in 1964. The first class of
VISTAs began serving in 1965. In 1993, VISTA
became part of AmeriCorps, a network of national
and community service programs that annually engage
more than 75,000 members in intensive service to
meet critical needs in disaster services, economic
opportunity, education, environmental stewardship,
healthy futures, and veterans and military families.
AmeriCorps is administered by the Corporation for
National and Community Service, the federal agency that
improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters
civic engagement through service and volunteering.
Each year CNCS engages more than five million
Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to
meet local needs through AmeriCorps, Senior Corps,
the Social Innovation Fund, and other programs,
and leads President Obama’s national call to service
initiative, United We Serve. For more information on
the Corporation, visit www.NationalService.gov.* Check AmeriCorps.gov for the annual updated amount.
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Fact Sheet

Senior Corps

Senior Corps taps the skills, talents, and experience of more than 362,000
Americans age 55 and over to meet a wide range of community
challenges through three programs — RSVP, the Foster Grandparent
Program, and the Senior Companion Program. RSVP volunteers recruit and
manage other volunteers, participate in environmental projects, mentor and
tutor children, and respond to natural disasters, among many other activities.
Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to young
people with special needs. Senior Companions help frail seniors and other
adults maintain independence primarily in the clients’ own homes.
RSVP
Established in 1971 and now one of the
largest senior volunteer organizations in
the nation, RSVP engages more than
296,000 people age 55 and older in a
diverse range of volunteer activities.
Volunteers tutor children, renovate
homes, teach English to immigrants,
assist victims of natural disasters, provide
independent living services, recruit and
manage other volunteers, and serve their
communities in many other ways. RSVP
volunteers choose how, where, and
how often they want to serve, with
commitments ranging from a few hours
to 40 hours per week.
Eligibility: RSVP is open to all people
age 55 and over. Volunteers do not
receive monetary incentives, but sponsor
ing organizations may reimburse them
for some costs incurred during service,
including meals and transportation.
Annual RSVP Statistical Highlights*
■ Volunteers 320,600
■ Hours Served 47 million
■ Number of Projects 676
■ Children Served 82,590
■ Engaged 24,500 Veterans who
serve as RSVP volunteers
■ Frail Elderly Served 742,800
■ Non-Federal
Support $37.5 million
Annual Statistical
Highlights*
■ Volunteers Total
362,000
■ Hours Served
82 million
■ Frail Elderly Served
793,000
■ Children Served
298,000
■ Veterans Served
563,000
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Foster Grandparent Program
The Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), which
began in 1965, provides loving and experienced
tutors and mentors to children and youth with special
needs. Working one-on-one and serving between 15
and 40 hours a week, Foster Grandparents provide
support in schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers,
correctional institutions, and child care centers.
Among other activities, they review schoolwork,
reinforce values, teach parenting skills to young par
ents, and care for premature infants and children with
disabilities. Foster Grandparents often maintain an
ongoing, intensive relationship with the children and
youth served for a year or longer.
Eligibility: Volunteers must be 55 years of age or
over. Those who meet certain income guidelines
receive a small stipend. All FGP volunteers receive
accident and liability insurance and meals while on
duty, reimbursement for transportation, and
monthly training.
Senior Companion Program

The Senior Companion Program (SCP), which began
in 1974, helps frail seniors and other adults maintain
independence primarily in the clients’ own homes.
Senior Companions serve between 15 and 40 hours a
week and typically serve between two and four
clients. Among other activities, they assist with daily
living tasks, such as grocery shopping and bill paying;
provide friendship and companionship; alert doctors
and family members to potential problems, and pro
vide respite to family caregivers.
Eligibility: Volunteers must be 55 years of age or
over. Those who meet certain income guidelines
receive a small stipend. All SCP volunteers receive
accident and liability insurance and meals while on
duty, reimbursement for transportation, and
monthly training.
Annual FGP Statistical Highlights*
■ Hours Served 23.7 million
■ Young People Served 215,700
■ Engaged 1,000 Veterans who serve as Foster

Grandparents volunteers

■ Number of Children of Military

Families Served 3,038

■ Non-Federal Support $26 million
Annual SCP Statistical Highlights*
■ Hours Served 11.7 million
■ Clients Served 50,380
■ Caregivers Given Respite 6,900
■ Engaged 721 Veterans as Senior Companion

volunteers

■ Non-Federal Support $16.7 million
Corporation for National and Community Service

The three Senior Corps programs were created by the federal government in the mid-1960s and early 1970s. Since
1993, they have been administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency
that improves lives, strengthens communities and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering.
Each year CNCS engages more than five million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to meet local
needs through its Senior Corps and AmeriCorps programs, and leads President Obama’s Call to Service initiative,
United We Serve. For more information on CNCS, visit NationalService.gov.
*STATISTICS NOTE: Data from FY2012.
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NationalService.gov
Every year, communities across the nation suffer the effects of natural and
man-made disasters that disrupt the lives of millions of Americans. Disasters can
lead to human losses, social problems, economic harm, and environmental damage.
The very nature of a disaster leaves individuals and families with broken or stressed
support networks to assist with response and recovery.
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency,
provides strong support, expertise, and trained and dedicated volunteers to help
communities to prepare for, mitigate, respond, and recover from natural and
man-made disasters. CNCS supports nonprofits, educational institutions, faith-based
organizations and other groups in engaging citizens in meeting economic, health,
social, and environmental needs caused by disasters. This includes a range of activities,
such as volunteer coordination, feeding operations, home repairs, environmental clean
up, needs assessments, client casework, and long-term recovery.
From forest fires and floods, to hurricanes and tornadoes, to terror attacks and oil
spills, participants in CNCS programs have provided critical support to millions of
Americans affected by disasters since 1994. Reflecting the agency's growing expertise
and commitment in disaster services, the CNCS board of directors made disaster
services one the agency's focus areas for its 2011-2015 strategic plan. These activities
cover the full range of disaster services from response, to long-term recovery,
preparedness, and mitigation.
National Service and Disaster Response
To increase coordination at the federal, state,
and local levels, CNCS has worked with the
Department of Homeland Security and
FEMA on the National Response Framework,
created a Disaster Coordinator Cadre of
specially trained staff available to go to disaster
zones to coordinate national service assets
and mission assignments with FEMA, and
signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with the National Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disaster to enable smarter, faster
cooperation with the group's members.
• Volunteer Coordination
• Shelter Operations
• Debris Removal
• Warehouse Management
• Installing Accessibility Improvements on
Homes and Shelters
• Case Management
• Disaster Recovery Center Support
• Volunteer Reception Center Support
• Long-Term Recovery Committee Support
• Volunteer Base Camp Setup and Operation
• Public Information Outreach
• Operations Center Setup and Support
• Special Needs Assistance
• Home Construction/Repair
• Public Facilities Renovation
• Call Center Support/Setup/Operations
• Needs Assessment
• Pet Shelter Operations
• Preparedness Education
Sample Disaster Project Activities
Coordination and Planning
“Among the many who
wear the name "hero"
in our book of golden
deeds performed here,
the AmeriCorps
volunteers will forever
have a place of honor
in our memory -
idealistic young people,
and seniors also, who
came here and lived in
Spartan conditions for
month after month, in
military tents, going
out day after day to
help the people of
South Mississippi pull
themselves out of the
debris and rebuild.”
Biloxi Sun-Herald,
Sept. 12, 2007

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