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Spurring Innovation and Supporting the Nonprofit Sector (New Initiatives)

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The Act calls on the Corporation for National and Community Service to become a hub of innovation and support for the nonprofit sector as a whole. How should the Corporation implement that goal?
What does the sector need that the Corporation can provide with expanded service opportunities?
How should the Social Innovation Fund operate in order to provide scale-up capital for innovative and evidence-based programs?
How should the Volunteer Generation Fund operate to ensure we are maximizing its potential to support the recruitment and management of volunteers?
How should the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program be implemented to provide training and technical assistance to small and mid-sized non-profits?
How should the Serve America Fellows and Encore Fellows programs be implemented?
How much capacity is required of state commissions to launch the Serve America Fellows program?
How should we develop the list of qualified eligible organizations?
How can we effectively spur innovation in service-learning?
How should the new Innovative Service Learning Funds be utilized in Learn and Serve America?
How should the Silver Scholarships program be implemented?
How should the Summer of Service program be implemented?
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