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This online learning center for the VISTA community includes tutorials, courses, resources, links, discussion boards, a place to create your own profile and your own journal, and so much more. New...
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Find the field-tested resources you need to recruit and train AmeriCorps and VISTA members. This site assists program staff in finding and sharing proven practices for recruiting and developing...
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Well-planned and effective training reflects member needs, builds on member expertise, and also works to meet broader program goals. Training that takes place prior to service should include an...
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Welcome to Project STAR Online!
Project STAR is a Corporation for National and Community Service sponsored technical assistance provider in performance measurement. We help set up national service...
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The 2012 National Conference on Volunteering and Service will be June 18 - 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois!
A program of Points of Light Institute, this annual event provides attendees with an...
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Through AmeriCorps and Senior Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service helps communities across the nation prepare, respond, and recover from natural and man-made disasters.
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FoodCorps places motivated leaders in limited-resource communities for a year of public service. Working under the direction of local partner organizations, we implement a three-ingredient recipe...
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Dear AmeriCorps Leader,
Every day, AmeriCorps members across the country are making a powerful difference in communities and their own lives. Each year during AmeriCorps Week, we recognize the...
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The Project on Civic Reflection helps civic groups build capacity, commitment and community through reading and discussion. Since 1998 we have engaged thousands of citizens across America in...
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See winners from last year's contest. Check back for deadlines for this year's contest.
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The Recovery Act includes $201 million in funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service to support an expansion of AmeriCorps State and National and AmeriCorps VISTA programs. This...
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A video explaining what the VISTA Campus website has to offer to help VISTAs have a productive service year personally and professionally.
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The New Service offers resources, tips, and news for the service-minded.
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Great model for other AmeriCorps State programs. This website is chock full of resources for projects and members.
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See their General Program Forms for an example of the types of forms that can be helpful for AmeriCorps grantees and subgrantees.
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Take this tutorial to learn about the different VISTA-specific user roles available in eGrants and MyAmeriCorps and how to use them to manage your VISTA grant and/or members and supervisors.
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You must have an eGrants account in order to access My AmeriCorps. View this session if you don’t have an eGrants account.
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This is all about what you need to know before accessing the system. A must watch for those either new to the system or transitioning from a previous system.
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Interviews of past participants in service programs with the message that even a small amount of people can make an impact on other people's lives. Chronicles the history of national service in...
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Are you thinking of applying to AmeriCorps or VISTA? Whether you know you want to serve or just wish to browse opportunities, your first stop is the My AmeriCorps portal. Watch the following video to...
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This 1-hour 17-minute webshop, presented by Suzanne Knizner, project and corporate coordinator with Campaign Consultation Inc., describes how sites like Idealist, Plaxo, and useful tools from VISTA...
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For more samples please see Project STAR's samples and tips.
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This anonymous AmeriCorps members disabilities survey from Volunteer Florida can help you determine how many people with disabilities are in your program.
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This section of SSA's Program Operations Manual System clarifies that "AmeriCorps State and National participants are considered students for purposes of SSI if they meet the definition of a student...
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This 60-minute webshop, presented by Suzanne Knizner, project and corporate coordinator with Campaign Consultation Inc., describes how LinkedIn can help prepare VISTAs transitioning out of service to...
