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Volunteer Tennessee

Volunteer Tennessee. 2013 AmeriCorps Information Session. Purpose. What is National Service Contributions of National Service How can I be involved?. Agenda Overview. Welcome and Introduction Overview of National Service Volunteer Tennessee AmeriCorps Programs in Tennessee

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Volunteer Tennessee

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  1. Volunteer Tennessee 2013 AmeriCorps Information Session

  2. Purpose • What is National Service • Contributions of National Service • How can I be involved?

  3. Agenda Overview • Welcome and Introduction • Overview of National Service • Volunteer Tennessee • AmeriCorps Programs in Tennessee • Is AmeriCorps Right for Your Agency? • How Do I Get Involved?

  4. National Service

  5. Corporation for National & Community Service Mission: to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.

  6. Guiding Principals • Put the needs of local communities first. • Strengthen the public-private partnerships that underpin all of our programs. • Use our programs to build stronger, more efficient, and more sustainable community networks capable of mobilizing volunteers to address local needs, including disaster preparedness and response.

  7. Guiding Principals cont.. • Measure and continually improve our programs' benefits to service beneficiaries, participants, community organizations, and our national culture of service. • Build collaborations wherever possible across our programs and with other Federal programs. • Help rural and economically distressed communities obtain access to public and private resources.

  8. Guiding Principals cont.. • Support diverse organizations, including faith-based and other community organizations, minority colleges, and disability organizations. • Use service-learning principles to put volunteer and service activities into an appropriate context that stimulates life-long civic engagement. • Support continued civic engagement, leadership, and public service careers for our programs' participants and community volunteers. • Exhibit excellence in management and customer service

  9. CNCS Programs • Retired Senior Volunteer • Program (RSVP), • Foster Grandparents, • Senior Companions About the Corporation • AmeriCorps VISTA • AmeriCorps NCCC • AmeriCorps State and • National

  10. Serve America Act Focus Areas • Disaster Services: • Grant activities will: • Increase the preparedness of individuals. • Improve individuals’ readiness to respond. • Help individuals recover from disasters. • Help individuals mitigate disasters.

  11. Serve America Act Focus Areas • Grants will provide support and/or facilitate access to services and resources that contribute to the improved economic well-being and security of economically disadvantaged people. Grant activities will help economically disadvantaged people to: • Have improved access to services and benefits aimed at contributing to their enhanced financial literacy. • Transition into or remain in safe, healthy, affordable housing. • Have improved employability leading to increased success in becoming employed.

  12. Serve America Act Focus Areas Education: Grants will provide support and/or facilitate access to services and resources that contribute to improved educational outcomes for economically disadvantaged individuals, especially children. CNCS is particularly interested in program designs that support youth engagement and service-learning as strategies to achieve improved academic outcomes. Grant activities will improve: School readiness for economically disadvantaged young children. Educational and behavioral outcomes of students in low-achieving elementary, middle, and high schools. The preparation for and prospects of success in post-secondary education institutions for economically disadvantaged students. Found on pages 7-9 of the Notice.

  13. Serve America Act Focus Areas • Environmental Stewardship: • Grants will provide support for direct services that contribute to increased energy and water efficiency, renewable energy use, or improving at-risk ecosystems. In addition, grants will support increased citizen behavioral change leading to increased efficiency, renewable energy use, and ecosystem improvements particularly for economically disadvantaged households and communities. Grant activities will: • Decrease energy and water consumption. • Improve at-risk ecosystems. • Increase behavioral changes that lead directly to decreased energy and water consumption or improved at-risk ecosystems. • Increase green training opportunities that may lead to decreased energy and water consumption or improved at-risk ecosystems.

  14. Serve America Act Focus Areas • Healthy Futures: • Grants will meet health needs within communities including access to care, aging in place, and childhood obesity. Grant activities will: • Improve access to primary and preventive health care for communities served by CNCS-supported programs. • Increase seniors’ ability to remain in their own homes with the same or improved quality of life for as long as possible. • Increase physical activity and improve nutrition in youth with the purpose of reducing childhood obesity.

  15. Serve America Act Focus Areas • Veterans and Military Families: • Grants will positively impact the quality of life of veterans and improve military family strength. Grant activities will increase: • The number of veterans and military service members and their families served by CNCS-supported programs. • The number of veterans and military family members engaged in service through CNCS-supported programs. To the greatest extent possible, proposed activities should be aligned with the Veteran and Military Family National Performance Measures.

  16. Serve America Act Focus Areas • Capacity Building: • In addition to the six focus areas described above, grants also will provide support for capacity building activities provided by national service participants. As a general rule, CNCS considers capacity building activities to be indirect services that enable CNCS-supported organizations to provide more, better, and sustained direct services in CNCS’ six focus areas. Capacity building activities cannot be solely intended to support the administration or operations of the organization. Examples of capacity building activities include: • Recruiting and/or managing community volunteers. • Implementing effective volunteer management practices. • Completing community assessments that identify goals and recommendations. • Developing new systems and business processes (technology, performance management, training, etc.) or enhancing existing systems and business processes.

  17. Encore Programs • Congress set a goal that 10 percent of AmeriCorps funding should support encore service programs that engage a significant number of participants age 55 or older. CNCS seeks to meet that 10 percent target in this competition and encourages encore programs to apply.

  18. Governor and Mayor Initiative • CNCS will be continuing its pilot of the Governor and Mayor Initiative, which will be given priority consideration in Tier 1. CNCS will accept one application per state. The application must address a pressing challenge the Governor wishes to solve in her or his state. A Governor must apply with one Mayor in his or her state and a minimum of two nonprofits. In conjunction with the Mayor, the Governor will be responsible for identifying and selecting those nonprofits that are best able to achieve a demonstrated positive impact on the problem.

  19. Introductions

  20. Volunteer Tennessee MISSION To encourage volunteerism and community service. VISION The State of Tennessee is the national leader in the promotion of volunteerism, community service initiatives and partnerships in which its citizens of all ages and backgrounds engage in services addressing the educational, public safety, environmental and other human needs of the state and nation. PROGRAMS

  21. Programs of Volunteer Tennessee • Conference on Volunteerism and Service-Learning • Governor’s Volunteer Stars Awards • AmeriCorps

  22. Investments and Assets of an AmeriCorps program • AmeriCorps Member Benefits: • AmeriCorps Member Training and Benefits Checklist • Minimum Living Allowance: $12,100 • Education Award Equal to Pell Grant: $ 5,645 • Service-learning opportunity to create marketable skills

  23. Investments and Assets of an AmeriCorps program • Agency Benefits • Increased capacity to provide direct service • Increased services delivery to community • Strong members may become strong staff after service • Increase agency visibility • Others?

  24. Investments and Assets of an AmeriCorps program Agency Investments Cost-Reimbursement Grant (typical) – 24% minimum cash and/or in-kind match Fixed-Amount – match documentation not required Dedicated Program Director Fiscal staff Committed and Strong partners

  25. Investments and Assets of an AmeriCorps program Volunteer Tennessee Investment Provide federal funding Programmatic and fiscal systems support Local & national training opportunities Organized event days Guidance and daily support Involvement with other national service programs

  26. How Do I get Involved? • Does AmeriCorps fit your agency? • 501c3 or government agency • Staff capacity to manage program • Strong fiscal systems • Ability to comply with federal funding requirements • Code of Federal Regulations / Provisions • Is My Organization Ready

  27. Other ways to be involved… Partner with current national service programs AmeriCorps Alums Get involved in national days of service MLK Day Make A Difference Day National Volunteer Week/AmeriCorps Week 9/11 Day of Remembrance

  28. Volunteer Tennessee Funding Time Line 9/30-10/4 AmeriCorps Information Sessions– Webinar (recorded) 11/1 Publish 2014 Tennessee Notice of Funding Opportunity, AmeriCorps Planning Grant Application Instructions and AmeriCorps Application Instructions to Formula applicants 11/4-11/8 AmeriCorps Grant Information Sessions – Webinars and In-Person Sessions 11/8 –2/7 Grant Application Technical Assistance Sessions Timeline for Formula and Planning Grant Applicants (including all new applicants) 12/2 Letter of Intent due to Volunteer Tennessee 2/7 Formula applications due via eGrants to Volunteer Tennessee by 3:00 p.m. CST 5/5 Inform applicants of Formula funding decision and provide Application Feedback to funded Formula programs 5/9 Formula Programs submit budget and performance measure corrections via eGrants if needed

  29. AmeriCorps Grant Application Sessions Please join us to learn more about the 2014-2015 Tennessee State AmeriCorps funding opportunities. We will be talking specifically about AmeriCorps applications for the state of Tennessee.

  30. Grant Application Sessions Question & Answer Sessions Webinars A recorded webinar that goes through the Notice of Funding Opportunity will be placed on the website in the coming week. New applicants are STRONGLY encouraged to watch the recorded webinar.

  31. General Questions and Answers ?

  32. Corporation and Commission Websites Please visit www.americorps.gov for information related to the Corporation for National and Community service. Please visit www.volunteertennessee.net for the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

  33. Wrap-Up THANK YOU

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