This guidebook was developed to help national service programs determine their organization’s capacity and readiness for project-based volunteer engagement. It is meant to be a user-friendly resource for developing partner relationships and planning your organizational capacity for partnership planning. This guide does not prescribe how your programs should be structured; it does, however, provide resources you can adapt to meet your local program needs.

The goal of this guidebook is to provide information that will help your program take root, leverage volunteers, and grow. To that end, the guidebook contains action-oriented sections to help you understand your program’s needs, assess potential partners, and build partnerships with community service organizations. In addition, each chapter includes an
activities and templates section with tools to assist you in applying the guidebook content to your program.

Developed by Hands on Network, a training and technical assistance provider for grantees of the Corporation for National and Community Service.

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