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Becoming a Better Supervisor: A Resource Guide for Community Service Supervisors
Nonprofit management resources...
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Ask the Expert Archive
DECEMBER 2006
Lori Jean Mantooth is the National Service Training Manager at Hands On Network. A Tennessee native, she holds a BA in English from Mississippi University for...
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This guide was developed to support reading programs and reading tutors in their work to accomplish the major goal of the America Reads Challenge: To ensure that every child can read independently...
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Community-based organizations are increasingly working together with teachers and administrators to bring mentoring programs to schools. To collaborate effectively and ensure maximum benefits for...
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In order to maximize effectiveness, prisoner reentry programs need to develop mutually beneficial relationships with their local government and community, the criminal justice system, community and...
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Prisoner reentry programs are complex endeavors that require a well-planned model and structure, adequate services, and highly trained and professional staffing and leadership. The following...
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In a downtown Chicago neighborhood plagued by violence, young people in the community decided they wanted to work towards change. In collaboration with the Chicago Area Project and their Teen REACH...
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Emergency management professionals often see volunteers as a burden and not an asset. By gaining buy-in from the emergency management community, a place for volunteers in disaster preparedness and...
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It has been estimated that approximately 1,600 individuals are released from prisons daily, and nearly two-thirds of all released prisoners will be re-arrested within three years. Fostering an...
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Neighborhoods can become safer places for children and adolescents when parents and volunteers work together with local law enforcement and educational agencies. Volunteers — even the homebound...
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The objective of the Hurricane Zack Exercise was to test the ability of the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross and its partner organizations to initiate disaster response and recovery...
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Community members can help make Halloween a more inclusive, and healthier, holiday for children with diabetes and other health concerns by adding non-sugar treats to their trick-or-treat offerings....
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Technology access to youth in underserved areas has long been a concern for those seeking to bridge the digital divide. An organization in San Diego teaches "technoliteracy" so that youth can use...
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Sandra Naughton's National Service Fellows report, Youth and Communities Helping Each Other: Community-Based Organizations Using Service-Learning as a Strategy During Out-of-School Time, offers...
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The loss of a parent to incarceration has a tremendous impact in the life of a child. For adolescents who are dealing with other difficult life issues, having a safe way to express their thoughts and...
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A community gatekeeper is a nonprofit or government agency that has access to potential AmeriCorps members that are not within the Corporation for National and Community Service family. These...
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"Neighborhood improvement and recovery is not just for the experts!" That is the motto of Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles, a community outreach program of UCLA's Advanced Policy Institute. NKLA...
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An annual fundraiser can be a boon for any nonprofit. Soroptimist International of Santa Cruz has held a celebrity waiter fundraising dinner since 1991. Each year the event has generated increased...
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Toolbox that accompanies the community building workbook Hidden Treasures.
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Informed involved individuals are important neighborhood assets. In order to engage citizens from all reaches of the community, it is important to understand that lack of childcare can be a barrier...
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Small businesses have long been known for generosity within their local communities. But corporate philanthropy is becoming more and more prevalent in our culture, and big corporations are making...
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In an effort both to raise funds and to serve the community, Florida Gulf Coast University's Center for Civic Engagement holds a basket making competition each year in which university groups compete...
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Police dogs are important for community safety and have saved the lives of many people. Unfortunately many police departments do not have the resources to purchase K-9 vests that can save the lives...
