AmeriCorps Program Start-Up Resources

General Start-Up and Program Management

• Managing Current Grants and Projects
• Building a High Quality AmeriCorps Program: From Blueprint to Implementation: New Program Start-up Guide
• Starting Off Right: September, 2003 e-newsletter
• Resource Connection, Vol. 5, No. 2: Startup of a National Service Program (PDF)
• Getting Your Program off to a Strong Start
• AmeriCorps Education Awards Program: Starting Strong and Staying on Track
• Inclusion: Creating an Inclusive Environment
  
• Becoming a Better Supervisor: A Resource Guide for Community Service Supervisors
• AmeriCorps Regulations and Provisions and more
• AmeriCorps Training e-course (create an account in the Online Learning Center, click "My Courses" and select AmeriCorps 101)
• Sample Forms
• Join the AmeriCorps E-mail Discussion List and other national service discussion lists
  
• Subscribe to The Resource Center monthly e-newsletter and periodic e-alerts
• Order selected hard copy publications and videos free of charge

• Planning for program start-up
• Planning for the program year

Critical Grant Management Resources 

• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars
• Code of Federal Regulations: Chapter XXV—Corporation for National and Community Service
• Documents and Information for Organizations Managing Current Grants
• 2006 General AmeriCorps Provisions
  

 
Performance Measurement and Evaluation

• AmeriCorps Performance Measurement Toolkit
  
• Performance Measurement Multimedia Presentation
• Performance Measurement: Six Steps - Overview 

Member Development and Support

• Stages of Group Development (PDF) - (Order hard copies of this in poster format)
• AmeriCorps Member Handbook (PDF)
• EnCorps: Tried and true resources for member development

    Recruitment

• AmeriCorps Online Recruitment and Placement System

• Using the online AmeriCorps Recruitment and Placement System
• Building a recruitment plan
• Finding the best prospects among online applicants
• Recruiting hard-to-find members

    Training

• Starting Strong: A Guide to Pre-Service Training
• Training Briefs

• Designing a successful pre-service training session

Sustainability

• Increasing community awareness for program sustainability
• Securing additional resources for sustainability

Financial Management

• e-course on Financial Management (create an account in the Online Learning Center, click "My Courses" and select Key Concepts of Financial Management)
  

Specific Project Types: Tutoring

• Startup Resources for Tutoring Programs (PDF)

• Developing a tutoring program
• Anticipating outcomes when designing a tutoring program
• Starting a career development tutoring/mentoring program in ten steps

Specific Project Types: Mentoring

• Selected mentoring publications 

• Establishing a responsible mentoring program

Specific Project Types: Disaster Services

• Hurricane Response Information Links
  
• Resource Connection, Vol. 6, No. 1: Homeland Security (PDF)

• Designing a community disaster preparedness plan
• Creating a community inter-agency disaster organization (CIDO)
• Starting a CERT program in your community

Other Online Resources

• The Resource Center
• Frequently Requested Topics
• National Service Calendar
• Online Publications
• Official AmeriCorps Site
  
• AmeriCorps Gear and Signage
  

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