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Highlights research findings on faith-based and community organizations and volunteering, and describes what the Corporation is doing to strengthen its commitment and to contribute to the success of...
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This 16-page PDF gives guidance to faith-based and community organizations on partnering with the federal government. It covers the grant process, do's and don'ts, equal treatment for faith-based...
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This two-page issue brief on faith-based and community initiatives outlines programming priorities developed by the Corporation and highlights sample projects. Dated June 2004.
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Links to resources for faith-based and community organizations including a National Service Resource Booklet for Faith-Based and Community Groups; Issue Brief on the Corporation’s Faith-based and...
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National Service: A Resource for Faith-Based and Community Groups offers examples of how the Corporation for National and Community Service and its members and volunteers have helped a variety of...
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This page of the AmeriCorps.gov website explains how AmeriCorps, faith-based, and community organizations can work together to generate volunteers, thus expanding the capacity of faith-based and...
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An in-depth learning tool to help state commissions explore strategies in their fundamental roles of promoting community service and engaging citizens in volunteerism. This examination of the Faith-...
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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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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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Offers free publications and resources on community development and other topics designed to strengthen the capacity of local citizens to guide the future of their rural communities.
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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...
