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- 1. Task Force Briefing Book September 9, 2013
- 2. Table of Contents ___________________________
PresidentialMemorandum Task Force Fact Sheet Task Force Overview:
An Opportunity to Address Our Countrys 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
- 3. 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.
- 4. 2 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;
- 5. 3 (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.
- 6. 4 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 # # #
- 7. THE PRESIDENTS 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 Muoz, 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 Forces 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 Nations Greatest
Needs
- 8. 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 nations 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
Educations 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 Presidents
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
- 9. 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 nations 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 State and National AmeriCorps
NCCC AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate AmeriCorps State and
National 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
- 10. Slide 1 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]
- 11. Slide 2 Agenda Task Force Overview Interagency Partnerships
Introduction to CNCS This presentation will provide background and
context for the Task Force on Expanding National Service. Well look
at several examples of successful partnerships. Youll get a
simplified explanation of how to work with the Corporation for
National and Community Service to achieve the Presidents goals. And
well introduce you to CNCS and its major initiatives.
- 12. Slide 3 Task Force Overview
- 13. Slide 4 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 Presidents action will engage more Americans in results-driven
service, expand economic and educational opportunities for those
who serve, enhance Federal
- 14. agencies capacity to achieve their missions, more
efficiently use tax dollars, and build the pipeline of Americans
ready to enter public service.
- 15. Slide 5 Task Force Partners Co-chaired by the CEO of CNCS,
Wendy Spencer and the Director of the White House Domestic Policy
Council, Cecilia Muoz, 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
- 16. Slide 6 Interagency Partnerships
- 17. Slide 7 Partnerships and Growth Agency logo Placeholder
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 agencys 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.
- 18. Slide 8 How You Can Partner With Us How can national
service help meet your agencys 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
- 19. Slide 9 Direct Service: Team-Based Description of Service
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. Applicable CNCS Programs AmeriCorps State and
National AmeriCorps NCCC AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate 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
- 20. Slide 10 FEMA Corps Example of Existing Partnership 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
- 21. most, more quickly. After Hurricane Sandy, most folks were
able to sign up for assistance using FEMAs 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
were delivering services better, faster, more efficiently.
- 22. Slide 11 Direct Service: Grant Programs Description of
Service 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. Applicable CNCS Programs AmeriCorps State and
National Senior Corps - RSVP Average Timeline (From identifying
agency priority to getting boots on the ground) TBD: Three months
to one year How long does a member serve? As long as one year
(part-time or full-time capacity) Length of Partnership Three
years
- 23. Slide 12 School Turnaround AmeriCorps Example of Existing
Partnership School Turnaround AmeriCorps is a partnership between
the Department of Education and CNCS that places members with
grantee partners at the nations 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 nations 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.
- 24. Slide 13 Capacity Building 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. Applicable CNCS Programs
AmeriCorps State and National AmeriCorps NCCC AmeriCorps VISTA
Senior Corps - RSVP Average Timeline (From identifying agency
priority to getting boots on the ground) TBD How long does a member
serve? Four weeks to one year Length of Partnership Four weeks to
three years
- 25. Slide 14 STEM AmeriCorps 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. 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
- 26. pursue partnerships with both the private sector and other
federal agencies.
- 27. Slide 15 About CNCS
- 28. Slide 16 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.
- 29. Slide 17 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.
- 30. Slide 18 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.
- 31. Slide 19 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.
- 32. Slide 20 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
Administrations 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.
- 33. Slide 21 Our Programs Volunteer Generation Fund 19 states
CNCS strengthens the impact of Americas volunteers by bringing more
individuals into service and building the capacity of nonprofits to
effectively manage volunteers. Thats why CNCS is thrilled that the
Presidents 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.
- 34. Slide 22 Our Grantees CNCS programs provide grants to some
of the nations leading nonprofits, including familiar names like
the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Big Brothers Big
Sisters, and more.
- 35. Slide 23 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.
- 36. Slide 24 Discuss Partnership This slide will include
appropriate CNCS contact information.
- 37. 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.
- 38. 2 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;
- 39. 3 (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.
- 40. 4 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 # #
#
- 41. THE PRESIDENTS 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 Muoz, 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 Presidents 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
Nations Greatest Needs
- 42. 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 nations 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
Educations 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 Presidents
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
- 43. 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 nations 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
State and National AmeriCorps NCCC AmeriCorps VISTA Summer
Associate AmeriCorps State and National 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
- 44. Slide 1 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]
- 45. Slide 2 Agenda Task Force Overview Interagency Partnerships
Introduction to CNCS This presentation will provide background and
context for the Task Force on Expanding National Service. Well look
at several examples of successful partnerships. Youll get a
simplified explanation of how to work with the Corporation for
National and Community Service to achieve the Presidents goals. And
well introduce you to CNCS and its major initiatives.
- 46. Slide 3 Task Force Overview
- 47. Slide 4 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 Presidents action will engage more Americans in results-driven
service, expand economic and educational opportunities for those
who serve, enhance Federal
- 48. agencies capacity to achieve their missions, more
efficiently use tax dollars, and build the pipeline of Americans
ready to enter public service.
- 49. Slide 5 Task Force Partners Co-chaired by the CEO of CNCS,
Wendy Spencer and the Director of the White House Domestic Policy
Council, Cecilia Muoz, 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
- 50. Slide 6 Interagency Partnerships
- 51. Slide 7 Partnerships and Growth Agency logo Placeholder
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 agencys 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.
- 52. Slide 8 How You Can Partner With Us How can national
service help meet your agencys 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
- 53. Slide 9 Direct Service: Team-Based Description of Service
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. Applicable CNCS Programs AmeriCorps State and
National AmeriCorps NCCC AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate 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
- 54. Slide 10 FEMA Corps Example of Existing Partnership 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
- 55. most, more quickly. After Hurricane Sandy, most folks were
able to sign up for assistance using FEMAs 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
were delivering services better, faster, more efficiently.
- 56. Slide 11 Direct Service: Grant Programs Description of
Service 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. Applicable CNCS Programs AmeriCorps State and
National Senior Corps - RSVP Average Timeline (From identifying
agency priority to getting boots on the ground) TBD: Three months
to one year How long does a member serve? As long as one year
(part-time or full-time capacity) Length of Partnership Three
years
- 57. Slide 12 School Turnaround AmeriCorps Example of Existing
Partnership School Turnaround AmeriCorps is a partnership between
the Department of Education and CNCS that places members with
grantee partners at the nations 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 nations 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.
- 58. Slide 13 Capacity Building 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. Applicable CNCS Programs
AmeriCorps State and National AmeriCorps NCCC AmeriCorps VISTA
Senior Corps - RSVP Average Timeline (From identifying agency
priority to getting boots on the ground) TBD How long does a member
serve? Four weeks to one year Length of Partnership Four weeks to
three years
- 59. Slide 14 STEM AmeriCorps 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. 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
- 60. pursue partnerships with both the private sector and other
federal agencies.
- 61. Slide 15 About CNCS
- 62. Slide 16 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.
- 63. Slide 17 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.
- 64. Slide 18 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.
- 65. Slide 19 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.
- 66. Slide 20 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
Administrations 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.
- 67. Slide 21 Our Programs Volunteer Generation Fund 19 states
CNCS strengthens the impact of Americas volunteers by bringing more
individuals into service and building the capacity of nonprofits to
effectively manage volunteers. Thats why CNCS is thrilled that the
Presidents 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.
- 68. Slide 22 Our Grantees CNCS programs provide grants to some
of the nations leading nonprofits, including familiar names like
the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Big Brothers Big
Sisters, and more.
- 69. Slide 23 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.
- 70. Slide 24 Discuss Partnership This slide will include
appropriate CNCS contact information.
- 71. 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 Obamas 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. Nations
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 Presidents
United We Serve initiative 1201 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC
20525 202-606-5000 NationalService.gov
- 72. 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 nations 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 agencys 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. June 2013 1201 New York Ave., NW
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PM Page 1 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.gov 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, and clean energy.
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PM Page 2 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 careerssuch as
teaching, public safety, social work, and military serviceand to
volunteer in their communities. Leveraging a Powerful Return on the
Investment Public private partnerships: AmeriCorps leverages
substantial private investmentmore 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
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202-606-5000 AmeriCorps.gov/nccc 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 communitys 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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AmeriCorps.gov/nccc 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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PM Page 1 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