Corporation for National and Community Service
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| State level | Federal authority | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | United States government | ||
| Headquarters | 250 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20525 | ||
| Website | www.nationalservice.gov | ||
The Corporation for National and Community Service ( CNCS ) is an agency of the US government employed by your civilian programs more than 5 million US citizens.
Founded by George HW Bush as an independent agency of the United States under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 , it has since performed the functions of a foundation. At the official level, it is the largest state financier (grandmaker) of civic engagement.
The agency's mission: " Support the American culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility " (in German: promoting the American culture of social engagement, service and responsibility).
Programs and Initiatives
The supported programs are intended to help communities fight poverty , promote common welfare and education and meet other unmet needs (address unmet human needs) .
AmeriCorps
The AmeriCorps is an umbrella program of various government employment under which the AmeriCorps National , AmeriCorps State , National Civilian Community Corps and Volunteers in Service to America programs run.
The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act , signed April 21, 2009, greatly expanded the program. By 2017, the number of employees in the program rose from 75,000 to 250,000, of which 50% were full-time. In addition to the establishment of a Social Innovation Fund , the program also provides financial aid to finance and promote studies in the United States and for the senior corps .
Employers of National Service
In September 2014 presented Barack Obama with Employers of National Service a Anwerbeinitiative (on the 20th anniversary of the AmeriCorps Talent Community before) for future programs. Participants in the initiative, d. H. Employees of the AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps , as well as alumni of the two programs advertise their (positive) experiences and the advantages that they associate with the community service in front of interested parties or potential employees . According to the company, over 500 employees have been recruited since then.
The initiative is supported by the participating programs as well as the Service Year Alliance , AmeriCorps Alums and the National Peace Corps Association .
Other programs
- National Civilian Community Corps
- Volunteers in Service to America
- Senior corps
- USA Freedom Corps
- President's Volunteer Service Award
- Presidential Freedom Scholarship Program
- FEMA Corps as a cooperation product with the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Previous programs
Learn and Serve America
The program was founded as Serve America with the aim of strengthening community-oriented student organizations and service learning in schools. In 2011 the United States House Appropriations Committee decided to end the Learn and Serve America program .
Line history
| CEO | Period | Convened by | |
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| 1 | Eli Segal | 1993-1995 | Clinton |
| 2 | Harris Wofford | 1995-2001 | Clinton |
| 3 | Les Lenkowsky | 2001-2003 | GW Bush |
| 4th | David Eisner | 2004-2008 | GW Bush |
| 5 | Nicola Goren | 2008-2010 | |
| 6th | Patrick Corvington | 2010-2011 | Obama |
| 7th | Robert Velasco II | 2011–2012 | |
| 8th | Wendy Spencer | 2012-2017 | Obama |
| 9 | Kim Mansaray | 2017-2018 | |
| 10 | Barbara Stewart | 2018- | Trump |
See also
Web links
- The Corporation for National and Community Service website
- Corporation for National and Community Service on the Federal Register
- History of Service Learning in Higher Education website
- Booknotes interview with Steven Waldman on The Bill: How the Adventures of Clinton's National Service Bill Reveal What is Corrupt, Comic, Cynical - and Noble - About Washington, 29. January, 1995.
Individual evidence
- ^ National Service . Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ Bill Text, 103rd Congress (1993-1994), HR2010, EAS Library of Congress
- ^ Employers of National Service and AmeriCorps VISTA Champions of Change. March 9, 2015, accessed February 2, 2019 .
- ^ Employers of National Service. Accessed February 2, 2019 .