The document provides information about the Bonner AmeriCorps program. It discusses what AmeriCorps is, the education awards members can earn for their service, and Bonner AmeriCorps' implementation in five phases: recruitment of eligible students, enrollment and orientation, placement at eligible service sites, tracking members' progress, and exiting members. Bonner AmeriCorps is a national service program managed by CNCS that provides education awards to students who complete service through approved community partnerships.

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 offering
Education Awards to students who
complete all hours required by an
AmeriCorps Member Contract
• Funded federally - Implemented
locally
• Managed by the Corporation for
National and Community Service
(CNCS).
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4. Why Bonner
AmeriCorps?

5. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Education Awards
1-Year 1-Year 2-Year
Term Half-time
Minimum Quarter
Hours 300 450 900
Ed 25%
$1,175 $1,468 $2,775
Award
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6. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Financial Assistance
$25,000
$18,750
$12,500
$6,250
22%
$0
Two 900-hr Terms
Ed Award ($5,550)
Typical Education Loans ($25,000)
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7. Implementation

8. AmeriCorps Implementation:
Five Management Phases
1. Recruit eligible students
2. Orient and enroll new Members
3. Place all Members at eligible positions at
approved service sites
4.Track & evaluate progress via hours log reports
5. Exit Members within 30 days of last service day
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9. AmeriCorps Implementation:
Wiki Guides
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10. AmeriCorps Implementation:
Wiki Guides

11. Phase 1
Recruiting Eligible Students

12. Recruiting Eligible Students
What makes a student eligible to enroll?
✓ Must be a U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent
Resident
‣ Documentation of eligibility is required
✓ Other considerations:
‣ Does student have a strong interest in serving
in the U.S. at an AmeriCorps-eligible site or
‣ Does the student plan to go abroad soon?
Eligible Placement + Eligible Person = AmeriCorps
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13. Phase 2
Enrollment & Orientation

14. Enrollment & Orientation:
Overview
1. Conduct pre-enrollment National Sex Offender Public
Website (NSOPW) screening before Member’s potential
start date
2. Gather all required eligibility documents
3. Campus staff hosts the required AmeriCorps Orientation
4. During Orientation, students fill out an AmeriCorps
Enrollment Workbook
5. Campus Staff completes Member Enrollment Checklist
6. Immediately mail Enrollment Packet to Foundation!
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15. Enrollment Step 1:
Complete NSOPW Screening
• Campus staff must conduct a pre-enrollment screening using
the National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW)
provided by the Dept. of Justice
• The NSOPW Results must be attached to each
Enrollment Workbook
• Results must bear an automatic print date at least one
day prior to requested start date.
• Results must be reviewed for hits & potential
matches before Campus Staff signs the results.
• If all registries are not available during first try, Campus Staff
must re-run screening at least 2 more times within 48 hours
before attaching all results to completed Workbook.
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16. Enrollment Step 2:
Gather Member Eligibility Documentation
AmeriCorps members must be either a:
✓ U. S. Citizen or U.S. National, or
✓ Lawful Permanent Resident in the U.S.
One of the following documents must be
included in the Enrollment Packet as proof of eligibility:
1. State or county-issued birth certificate plus
government-issued photo ID such as a valid Driver’s
License
2. U.S. Passport
3. Lawful Permanent Resident Card
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17. Enrollment: Step 3:
Hold Member Orientation
• Members must
attend an
AmeriCorps
Orientation (use
Powerpoint on our
wiki)
• During orientation
Members should
complete an
Enrollment
Workbook
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18. Enrollment Step 4:
Complete Enrollment WorkBook
• The Bonner AmeriCorps Enrollment
Workbook has 23 pages including:
• A binding legal Member Contract
• 4 pages requiring student’s signature
• Additional required documentation
must be attached with submitted
Enrollment Workbook:
✓ NSOPW results
✓ Eligibility documentation
✓ Will have to pass additional Criminal
Background Check (CBC) run at the
Foundation
✓ NOTE: Signature date governs start date
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19. Enrollment Step 5:
Complete Enrollment Checklist
• Each Enrollment
Workbook Check
List helps ensure that all
components of the packet
are complete and accurate
NOTE: Enrollment
packets received
without all of the
above will not be
processed.
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20. Enrollment Step 6:
Mail Enrollment Packet to the Foundation
✓ Enrollment Packet must include:
1. Workbook
2. NSOPW Result(s)
3. Eligibility Documentation
✓ Should be mailed immediately after completion
✓ The campus should create a student profile account in
BWBRS (if not already in the campus roster)
Note:
• The Bonner Foundation manages the AmeriCorps Enrollment information in
the student’s BWBRS profile
• BWBRS will automatically notify the student when they have officially enrolled
in Bonner AmeriCorps
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21. Phase 3
Eligible Placements

22. Eligible AmeriCorps Placements:
Focus of AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps members should be serving in
placements that:
✓ Focus on direct service
✓ Benefit the local community (outreach)
to meet essential needs
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23. AmeriCorps Placements:
Ineligible vs Eligible for AmeriCorps
✓ All positions in BWBRS should be reviewed for
AmeriCorps-eligibility before Members are placed at any
community partner sites.
Positions that are not OK OK
Influences legislation or serves an elected official Provides education for the public
Benefits community members in
International service or international beneficiaries
the U.S.
Benefits the local community
Benefits campus community (in-reach)
(out-reach)
Indirect service focus (placement is primarily Directly addresses needs of
fundraising, administrative, clerical or custodial) community members in the U.S.
Religious or evangelical components Reflection on service
(proselytizing) accomplishments
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24. Phase 4
Tracking Members

25. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Tracking Members’ Progress - Overview
Step 1 - Bring Hour Log Approvals up to
date
Step 2 - Review Case Management
Reports
Step 3 - Review Bonner AmeriCorps Hours
Remaining Report
Step 4 - Complete Mid-Term Evaluations
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26. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Tracking Step 1 - Electronic Signatures
Campus Staff review & approve Monthly Hours Logs with
eSignatures
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27. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Tracking Step 2 - Case Management Report
Review Case Overview Report by Issue or by Student
Report and resolve cases ASAP!
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28. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Tracking Step 3 - Hours Remaining Report
Review AmeriCorps Hour Logs Remaining Report
regularly to determine status of students in program.
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29. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Tracking Step 4 - Mid-term Evaluations
Campus staff must complete a Mid-term Evaluation in
BWBRS for each 450 and 900-hr Member.
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30. Phase 5
Exiting Members

31. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Member Exit - Overview
1. Resolve all open cases
2. Hour Log Analysis Tab to confirm hours have all
been “eSigned” & approved on all levels
3. Confirm hour logs approved in proper order
4. Complete required Member Evaluation(s) in
BWBRS
5. Have Member fill out, sign & date AmeriCorps Exit
Form
6. Complete Exit Check List
7. Mail Exit Packet to Foundation immediately after
completion!
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32. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Exit Step 1 - Confirm Enough Hours for Award
Use the
AmeriCorps Hours
Remaining Report
to verify that
Member has logged Text
a small “cushion” of
extra hours above
minimum required by
Member Contract
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33. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Exit Step 2 - Close Open Cases for Member
✓ Use Case Overview by Student Report to see open
cases related to Member who is exiting
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34. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Exit Step 3 - Complete End-of-Term Evaluation
✓ Campus staff must complete an Evaluation for all exiting
Members.
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35. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Exit Step 4 - Exit Interview & Exit Form
✓ Schedule an Exit
Interview with
Member
✓ Member completes,
signs & dates Exit
Form in ink
✓ Original of signed
Exit Form must be
mailed to
Foundation in
Exit Packet
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36. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Exit Step 5 - Member Not Available to Sign Exit Form
If Member is not available for an Exit Interview
• Campus Administrator signs Exit Form
on behalf of student
• Administrator writes an “excusal letter”
summarizing attempts to conduct Exit Interview
with Member and notes Member’s lack of
compliance
• Excusal letter is included in Exit Packet
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37. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Exit Step 6 - Complete Exit Check List
Each Exit Packet must include a
fully completed Exit
Checklist
• Choose “Exiting with
Award” option or
“Exiting Without an
Award”
• Fill in the Totals for
AmeriCorps-eligible
hours served & approved
• Campus Staff signs &
dates the form
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38. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Exit Step 7 - Mail Exit Packet Immediately!
As soon as Campus Administrator...
• Has a signed & dated Exit Form
• Has completed all required Evaluations in
BWBRS
• Has completed the Member Exit Checklist
• All of the components of the Exit Packet are
ready and the Exit Packet should be mailed
immediately to the Foundation!
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39. Where Do I Find Resources?
Link to National
Bonner AmeriCorps on
wiki home page
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