Effective Practices for State Commissions Training
- Adopting community development approaches for collaboration
- Awarding training scholarships to national and community service programs
- Checking in with staff members
- Developing a training calendar and newsletter
- Developing eight core competencies for successful volunteer programs
- Diversifying your portfolio with national and state commission funding
- Forming and sustaining an InterCorps Council
- Protecting the rights of low-income nursing home and assisted living facility residents
- Providing successful training sessions in eight core competencies
- Securing additional resources for sustainability
- Stimulating collaboration and setting the ground rules
- Thinking about sustainability and partnerships
- Training AmeriCorps*VISTA site supervisors through regional trainings
- Using ACT leaders to support a multi-site AmeriCorps program
- Using the Web-Based Reporting System (WBRS) for data collection and reporting