Acknowledgements: ASC and ICP would like to thank the Project Advisory Committee for their time, effort and guidance in developing this publication. Thank you to state service commissions for nominating programs and answering questions. Special thanks to ASC Board Chair, Paula Kaiser VanDam, ASC Executive Director, Tom Branen, ICP Executive Director, Susan Stroud and interns Cassandra McGarrigle, Catherine Disla, and Courtney Indart for their efforts in preparing this report. Thank you to the Corporation for National and Community Service for their partnership. Project Coordinators: Rachel Manuel Bruns, America’s Service Commissions (ASC) Phil Hayes, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) Sarah Rutherford, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) Sydney Taylor, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) Advisory Committee: Melissa Georges, Training Officer, Connecticut Commission on Community Service Candice Gunn, Grants Specialist/Program Officer, Georgia Commission for Service & Volunteerism Scott McFarland, Deputy Director, Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service Marsha Meeks Kelly, State Commission Liaison, Corporation for National & Community Service Jerry Rudd, Commissioner, South Carolina Commission on National and Community Service Amy Salinas, Owner, CAC Consulting LaDawn Stoddard, Executive Director, Utah Commission on Service & Volunteerism Steven Yule, Program Officer, Serve Wisconsin
About Innovations in Civic Participation Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) is a non-profit organization supporting the development of innovative high-quality youth civic engagement policies and programs both in the US and around the world. ICP is a leader in the global movement to promote sustainable development and social change through youth civic engagement. We embrace a positive view of young people that recognizes their potential to create beneficial and lasting social change in their communities through active participation in service opportunities.
About America’s Service Commissions America’s Service Commissions is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization representing and promoting the 53 governor-appointed state service commissions across the United States and territories with the mission to advance national service, volunteerism, and the network of state service commissions. State service commissions are governorappointed public agencies or nonprofit organizations made up of more than 1,110 commissioners - private citizens leading the nation's service movement and operating the granting of federal national service funds at the state and local level.
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