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Building a High Quality AmeriCorps Program
From Blueprint to Implementation: New Program Start-up Guide
The
Corporation for National and Community Service has produced an in-depth
guide to help prospective AmeriCorps program applicants, start-up
programs lacking AmeriCorps experience, existing AmeriCorps programs,
and new AmeriCorps staff to understand the multiple facets of a
successful AmeriCorps program. This complete guide covers required
AmeriCorps documents and the six stages or time phases of program
design and operation. The following topics are considered within each
time phase: Program Development and Management, Community and Site
Partnerships, Member Development and Support, and Financial and Grant
Management. Editable tools are also provided below in Rich Text Format (RTF).
Building a High Quality AmeriCorps Program (Complete PDF, 13MB)
- Introduction (1–14, 971 KB)
- Surveying AmeriCorps (15–22, 316 KB)
- Preparing the Ground (23–35, 492 KB)
Organization Assessment Checklist (34–35, RTF)
- Laying the Foundation: Program Development and Management (36–70, 1 MB)
Blueprint for Designing an AmeriCorps Program (61, RTF)
Staff Recruitment Plan (64, RTF)
Risk Management: Checklist of Human Resource Management Indicators (69, RTF)
Risk Management: Checklist to Evaluate a Nonprofit Board of Directors (70, RTF)
- Laying the Foundation: Community & Site Partnerships (71–96, 577 KB)
City Year Service Request for Proposal Cover Letter (85, RTF)
City Year Service Project Request for Proposal (87–92, RTF)
Memorandum of Understanding: Organizational Responsibilities (94, RTF)
MANYCorps Booster Host/Service Site Agreement (95, RTF)
- Laying the Foundation: Member Development Plan (97–113, 514 KB)
Sample Member File Checklist (108–111, RTF)
Member Timesheet (112–113, RTF)
- Laying the Foundation: Finance & Grants Management (114–134, 584 KB)
Internal Controls Checklist (130–133, RTF)
- Framing the Program (135–145, 417 KB)
Checklist for Volunteer Management (144, RTF)
- 0–3 Months: Building the Program: Program Development & Management (146–162, 504 KB)
Partner Agreement Document (156–158, RTF)
Pre-Service Training Evaluation (159, RTF)
- 0–3 Months: Building the Program: Community & Site Partnerships (163–170, 351 KB)
- 0–3 Months: Building the Program: Member Development & Support (171–185, 450 KB)
Member File Checklist (179, RTF)
Sample AmeriCorps Contract (180–185, RTF)
- 0–3 Months: Building the Program: Financial & Grants Management (186–198, 520 KB)
- 4–6 Months: Sustaining the Program: Program Development & Management (199–205, 358 KB)
- 4–6 Months: Sustaining the Program: Community & Site Partnerships (206–224, 418 KB)
Service Site Satisfaction Survey (212, RTF)
LISC AmeriCorps Site Satisfaction Survey (213–215, RTF)
Desk Audit Tool (219–220, RTF)
Member Files Desk Audit (221–224, RTF)
- 4–6 Months: Sustaining the Program: Member Development & Support (225–237, 445 KB)
Sample Member Evaluation (235–237, RTF)
- 7–9 Months: Maintaining the Program: Program Development & Management (238–242, 280 KB)
- 10–12 Months: Maintaining the Program: Program Development & Management (243–246, 188 KB)
- 10–12 Months: Maintaining the Program: Community & Site Partnerships (247–249, 159 KB)
- 10–12 Months: Maintaining the Program: Financial & Grants Management (250–251, 137 KB)
- A Brief History of National Service; Corporation for National and Community Service (252–258, 128 KB)
- Funding; AmeriCorps: Just the Facts; Online Resources; Glossary (259–268, 177 KB)
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