Updated 02/16/2011 for prospective Bonner Mtg.

1. The Bonner Program:
Bonner AmeriCorps
“Access to Education,
Opportunity to Serve”
A program of:
The Corella & Bertram Bonner Foundation
10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-6663 • (609) 683-4626 fax
For more information, please visit our website at www.bonner.org

2. What is
AmeriCorps?

3. Bonner AmeriCorps:
What is AmeriCorps?
• National service program that
provides Education Awards
• Federally-funded, locally
implemented
• Managed by the Corporation for
National and Community
Service
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4. Why Bonner
AmeriCorps?

5. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Education Awards
1-Year 1-Year 2-Year
Term
Minimum Quarter Half-time
Hours 300 450 900
Ed Award $1,132.00 $1,415.00
25% $2,675.00
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6. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Financial Assistance
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
27%
$0
4 Year Total
Ed Award ($5,350)
Typical Education Loans ($20,000)
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7. Implementation

8. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 1: Evaluate Placements
What makes an AmeriCorps-eligible placement?
✓ Direct service
✓ Benefits the local community
✓ Does not include activities prohibited by
AmeriCorps regulations
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9. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 1: Evaluate Placements
What makes a Bonner-eligible service
position ineligible for AmeriCorps?
✓ Influences legislation (vs. providing education for
the public)
✓ Focuses on international service
✓ Benefits campus community instead of local
community
✓ Indirect service (placement is primarily fundraising
or administrative or clerical)
✓ Religious or evangelical component
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10. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 2 — Offer to Eligible Students
What makes a Student eligible to join?
✓ An AmeriCorps Member must be a U.S. Citizen or
Legal Permanent Resident
‣ Documentation is required
✓ Other considerations:
‣ Does the student have a strong interest in
serving at an AmeriCorps-eligible site?
‣ Does the student want to go abroad soon?
Eligible Placement + Eligible Person = AmeriCorps
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11. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 3 — Enroll Members
• Every prospective member
✓ Fills out an Bonner AmeriCorps
Enrollment Workbook
✓ Provides eligibility documentation
✓ Passes a background check
completed by Foundation staff
✓ Must have an account on BWBRS
• Treat Enrollment
Workbook like a binding
legal contract
✓ Complete in pen (no wite-out)
✓ Signature date governs start date
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12. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 4 — Member Reporting
• AmeriCorps Members
complete same forms
required of Bonners:
✓ CLAs
✓ Hours Log Reports
✓ Service Accomplishments
• Via hard copy or
electronically, Campus
Staff submits for each
active Member:
✓ Monthly Hours Logs
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13. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Approving Hour Logs (electronic option)
Campus Staff
checks these
boxes!
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14. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Tracking Enrollment Status
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15. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 5 — Member Orientation
• Members must attend a
Bonner AmeriCorps
Orientation.
• Orientation can
occur while student
is completing an
Enrollment
Workbook.
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16. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 6 — Exit Members
After Member completes
hours, Campus Staff...
✓ reviews submitted hours
and hours logged on BWBRS to
confirm required number of Complete
hours has been completed Page 1
✓ resolves open cases Only
✓ submits Exit Form to Bonner
Foundation within 15 days of
Member’s last day of service
✓ completes Evaluation(s) in
BWBRS
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17. Where Do I Find Resources?
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18. Training Videos & Screencasts:
Member Management
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