Resources for Senior Corps Programs
What’s New
- RSVP and the Analog-to-Digital TV Conversion: Lessons Learned
- The 2008 Senior Corps Conference Session Catalog is now available in an easy to use format. Power Point presentations and other session materials are available for most of the Senior Corps sessions presented at the NCVS in Atlanta. As additional materials become available they will be added to the Catalog.
- More to Give – Tapping the talents of the Baby Boomer, Silent, and Greatest Generations is the title of a new report available from Civic Enterprises, LLC finding that tens of millions of Baby Boomers appear ready to increase their civic participation in retirement.
- Independent Living Training Curriculum This training curriculum and the accompanying facilitator’s guide can be used to enhance the services delivered to independent living clients by Senior Companion and RSVP volunteers.
- VolunteerMatch Resource Guide (PDF) The VolunteerMatch User’s Guide and Training Manual (approx 45 pages) provides an overview of using the VolunteerMatch system, step-by-step guidelines on how to improve volunteer recruitment, and information on research and trends related to recruiting volunteers ages 55 and over.
- List of Senior Corps Program Websites in the Field
What’s Essential - Program and Grant Management Tools
- nssctalk e-mail discussion group – official vehicle for Corporation announcements and a great place to connect with your colleagues
- Program regulations and field guidance from the Corporation
- Preparing the Grant Budget for Senior Corps Programs (online course)
- Performance measurement resources from Project STAR
- Senior Corps Fund Raising and OMB Cost Principles
What’s Innovative
- Brokering collaborations to include seniors in service-learning
- Senior Corps in your State
Operations Handbooks – 2008 handbooks and appendices available here!
- Foster Grandparent Program Operations Handbook and Appendices
- Senior Companion Program Operations Handbook and Appendices
- Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Operations Handbook and Appendices
Training Resources
- Planning Annual FGP In-service Training (PDF)
- FGP in-service videos
- SCP in-service videos
- What Would You Do? Senior Companion Training Session One - RSVP in-service videos
Recruitment Resources
- New Senior Corps Marketing Materials for 2008 that drive readers to the GetInvolved.gov website:
- Brochures: In English and Spanish for RSVP, Foster Grandparents, and Senior Companions
- Video: Includes individual sections on RSVP, Foster Grandparents, and Senior Companions.
- Fact Sheet: Includes key information about Senior Corps as a whole and each of the individual programs.
- Exhibits: New exhibits for each of the three programs, in free-standing or tabletop format.
The materials can be backordered from www.nationalservicepubs.org.and most of them (including the videos) are also available electronically in the Marketing Resources section of the Get Involved site. - Boomer recruitment
- Appealing to Experience: Zeroing in On the Right Message
- PSAs and recruitment videos from our library
- RSVP: The Experience of a Lifetime
- Seniors Leading the Way: Making Service An Expectation For All
- Foster Grandparents: Sharing a Lifetime of Wisdom
Volunteer Management Resources
Using Databases for Volunteer Management