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Download full textCorporation for National and Community Service, 2017
AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) engages more than 8,000 individuals annually to support community efforts to overcome poverty. AmeriCorps VISTA members serve full time for a year at nonprofit organizations or local government agencies to build the capacity of these organizations to carry out programs that alleviate poverty.…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Community Programs, Poverty, Capacity Building
Corporation for National and Community Service, 2017
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency and the nation's largest grantmaker in support of service and volunteering, manages AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Volunteer Generation Fund. This brief report provides an overview of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).
Descriptors: Volunteers, Community Programs, Community Problems, Service Learning
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Direct linkParker, David C.; Nelson, Peter M.; Zaslofsky, Anne F.; Kanive, Rebecca; Foegen, Anne; Kaiser, Patrick; Heisted, David – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Evidence-based interventions exist for improving multiple fundamental math competencies, but delivering interventions with fidelity and within a data-driven, tiered framework is a practical challenge faced by most schools. The current study evaluated a math intervention program delivered with community-based resources via AmeriCorps. At the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Intervention, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Students
Corporation for National and Community Service, 2017
The Social Innovation Fund (SIF), a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), supports the growth of effective programs, and the development of innovative approaches to solve the country's most intractable problems. The SIF directs resources towards efforts in the areas of youth development, economic opportunity, and…
Descriptors: Innovation, National Programs, Community Programs, Youth Programs
Corporation for National and Community Service, 2017
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is a federal agency that annually engages millions of Americans in service and volunteering at more than 50,000 sites across the country. Senior Corps and AmeriCorps members play a vital role in helping communities design and implement locally determined, results-driven, cost-effective…
Descriptors: National Programs, Service Learning, Volunteers, Older Adults
Corporation for National and Community Service, 2017
AmeriCorps engages more than 80,000 men and women in intensive service each year at more than 21,000 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…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Nonprofit Organizations, State Programs, National Programs
