|
Resource Round-Up: Fact Sheets, State Profiles, and State Impact Reports
By Samantha Jo Warfield
 Communicating the scope and impact of national service is an important component of an organization's work. The service story is one we strive to tell daily, and CNCS is dedicated to helping members of the service community do so.
Recently, CNCS has published updated materials and resources to help nonprofits and grantees better demonstrate the impact that service has on communities across the country. Here are just a few of them:
State Profiles and Impact Reports
First, the 2011-2012 National Service State Profiles a are now available on the State Profiles page of our website. These reports include data on sites, participants, and funding for all 50 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. In addition to the current program year, you can also access the previous seven years of State Profiles.
We have also posted new State Impact Reports, which appear on State Profile pages as well. These two-page summaries supplement the State Profiles and contain:
- Statistics on participants, programs and funding by state
- Impact data including at-risk youth tutored and mentored, frail elderly assisted, participant hours served, number of volunteers mobilized, and other data by state
- 4-6 impact stories about specific national service programs by state
Given the large number of CNCS grantees, subgrantees, and operating sights, and the constantly-changing nature of the data, State Profiles show available information at a snapshot in time, not the entire scope throughout the year.
They are a reminder of the vital support that CNCS provides to thousands of organizations and communities across the United States to help them tackle critical local challenges through results-driven service.
Fact Sheets and Issue Briefs
Recently updated fact sheets include:
Corporation for National and Community Service
Senior Corps
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps VISTA
Social Innovation Fund
Recently updated issue briefs include:
Americans with Disabilities in National Service
National Service and Mentoring
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
National Service and Disaster Response
These and other fact sheets are on our Fact Sheets and Issue Briefs page.
|
Posted on
2/21/2012 |
|
|
|
Supporting Opportunity Youth: The Power of Community Collaboratives
Communities have a long history of coming together to revitalize and transform their areas. From the settlement houses of the late 19th century to the 1960s War on Poverty, communities have been collaborating for centuries to improve their surroundings.
|
Posted on
2/17/2012 |
|
|
|
Social Innovation Fund: Expanding the Impact of Promising Programs
February 10, we announced the 2012 Social Innovation Fund Grants Competition and we encourage all qualified grantmakers to consider applying. Applications will be due by Tuesday, March 27, at 5:00 pm Eastern Time.
|
|
Posted on
2/14/2012 |
|
|
|
Resource Roundup: Taxes is for Lovers Edition
This Valentine's Day, volunteers across Montana are showing love for our veterans, mobilizing in an effort to help America's heroes prepare tax returns at several Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites around the state including Billings, Bozeman, and Helena.
|
|
Posted on
2/14/2012 |
|
|
|
Service News Digest: CNCS in the News
The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
|
|
Posted on
2/13/2012 |
|
|
|
From Disconnected Youth to Opportunity Youth: A Path to Success
America's young people have always been a particular passion of mine. Maybe it's because I have three children or perhaps it's because I work with a staff of young professionals who keep me thinking young. In working with young people, I've come to hold one truth above all: the youth of America have the power to change the world if we give them the tools, the mentorship, and the opportunity to do it.
|
|
Posted on
2/9/2012 |
|
|
|
Answering the Call of Duty with VetCorps
Today, a group of young men and women, many of them veterans, will stand up and pledge to “get things done for America”. They will join a legion of more than 750,000 Americans who have served in AmeriCorps and become the first class to also serve as VetCorps members.
|
|
Posted on
2/9/2012 |
|
|
|
AmeriCorps Week: What Are You Doing?
Use social media to share how AmeriCorps works for you, and the communities you impact. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter (@AmeriCorps), and don't forget to use hashtag #acweek. You can also read stories about AmeriCorps Week on the Serve.gov blog.
|
|
Posted on
2/9/2012 |
|
|
|
From Tragedy Springs a Seed of Inspiration
While Juliana Ko was serving with Teach for America on the outskirts of a Navajo Nation Reservation, she tragically lost one of her students to suicide and knew that she had to do something for her adopted community.
|
|
Posted on
2/8/2012 |
|
|
|
Driven to Help Homeless Vets
Helping homeless veterans get off the streets feels like work Duane Magee was made to do, and his tireless quest puts him behind the wheel for thousands of miles each year to find them. He is living proof to vets that recovery from homelessness and incarceration is possible because their story is his story, and his quiet mission to assist them led to his nomination for a 2012 Martin Luther King Drum Major for Service Award.
|
|
Posted on
2/6/2012 |
|
|
|
Service News Digest: CNCS In the News
The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
|
|
Posted on
2/6/2012 |
|
|
|
100 Days to Go “All In” For Youth
As a former high-tech entrepreneur, CEO, and philanthropist, I have tried to tackle challenges that were similarly daunting and seemingly intractable. I've found that the “path forward” is almost always the same – large scale social change requires an “all hands on deck” approach that is proactive, focused, and inclusive.
|
|
Posted on
2/3/2012 |
|
|
|
AmeriCorps Week Highlights the Value of Service
Since 1994, AmeriCorps members have given more than one billion hours and mobilized tens of millions of volunteers to help their fellow citizens. AmeriCorps Week (March 10-March 18) recognizes their commitment and impact.
|
|
Posted on
2/3/2012 |
|
|
|
A Look Back at Joplin: United We Succeed
Eight months ago, one of the deadliest tornados in U.S. history touched down in Joplin, Missouri, and took the lives of more than 160 residents and destroyed thousands of homes. The federal response began immediately. Within hours, Federal Emergency Management Agency teams were on the ground to work hand in hand with state and local officials to assist in response and recovery.
|
|
Posted on
2/1/2012 |
|
|
|
Missouri House Honors AmeriCorps “Indispensable” Role in Joplin Recovery
Just hours after a deadly EF-5 tornado struck Joplin, MO, in May 2011, AmeriCorps members began arriving to help with the recovery efforts. Now Missouri state officials are recognizing the national service volunteers who came to the city's aid after the devastating storm.
|
|
Posted on
1/31/2012 |
|
|
|
In Idaho, Veterans Help Veterans Fight Unemployment with AmeriCorps
Of the 130,000 veterans in Idaho, more than 30,000 are registered with the Idaho Department of Labor to receive employment resources and job training. However, budget cuts have put this program in jeopardy.
|
|
Posted on
1/30/2012 |
|
|
|
Service News Digest: CNCS In the News, MLK Day Edition
The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
|
|
Posted on
1/27/2012 |
|
|
|
Invest in the Future: Mentor a Child
Today, too many young people in America are struggling. More than a million students drop out of high school each year and one in every three do not graduate on time. The problem is even more severe among African American and Latino youth, and those from low-income backgrounds.
|
|
Posted on
1/25/2012 |
|
|
|
A Legacy of Determination and Hope
To those who have lived through devastation as complete as a tornado, every minute following the horror of wind and chaos is a perpetual memorial to the many who did not survive to see the skies run clear again.
|
|
Posted on
1/23/2012 |
|
|
|
Back Home and Ready to Serve - Again
Many years ago, I stepped off a plane from Iraq and onto the tarmac at Pope Airfield in Fort Bragg, NC. The scene was filled with open arms, cheers, the sound of muffled grunts of joy as weeping kids jumped into the arms of their parents, and spouses' soft cries of love and longing. The sounds of reunions were deafening as they bounced off the high walls of the hangar -- it was a sound that I welcomed, and remember to this day.
|
|
Posted on
1/23/2012 |
|
|
|
|
