563 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/ed8fba4b3cf7c5368f2b820773bd27ae.pdf aab46e1917ded5d38e04a27aa31fb47f PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor FEB 0 41991 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET P.O. BOX 30026 , LANSING , M IC HIGAN 48 909 MAR K A. MURRAY , Directo r January 31, 1997 Mr. Doug Rothwell Chief Executive Office and Department Director Michigan Jobs Commission 201 N . Washington Square Lansing, Michigan 48913 Dea~ll: I wanted to follow-up on our discussions conceming the Community Services Commission and the fiscal year 1998 budget. As I have indicated, the fiscal year 1998 budget will again be a tight budget. As you will see, there are relatively few new initiatives in the budget, and a number of situations in which funding will be reduced. We appreciate the concerns you have raised about the critical nature of the services provided through this initiative . We understand that the commission is able to leverage considerable resources in the community through their work. We are pleased to let you know that we will be able to support the request for additional funds for administrative costs ($275,000 ). We will also be able to support a grant endowment fund of $1.0 million. This is less than the $1.5 million you have advocated for, but I am hopeful that this will still be a significant step forward in achieving the goals of the commission. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me or Mary Lannoye. ~EJ~~~ Mark A. Murray Director cc: Michelle Engler, First Lady Frank Dirks U � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. 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Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49841 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/b76b1c911513dc99871b7301ceee22b0.pdf 3ac4d5ab1ce155a142672af17de33075 PDF Text Text £ - Presidents' Summit For America's Future Corporation For National Service Representatives Dr. Michael Tate Assistant Director of Extensions Michigan State University Department of Agriculture Extension Education 409 Agricultural Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039 (517) 355-6580 (517) 353-4981 Fax Ms. Suzanne Heath Director Community Organizing and Training Department Catholic Youth Organization 305 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI 48826 (313) 963-7174 (313) 963-7179 Fax Mr. Gerald Smith Program Director Kellogg Youth Initiatives Partnerships Fisher Building, Suite 206 3011 West Grand Blvd Detroit, MI 48202-3011 (313 ) 875-3400 (313 ) 875-3401 Fax Ms. Laurie Craft Program Officer The Grand Rapids Foundation Waters Building, Suite 209-C 161 Ottawa Avenue Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 454-1751 (616) 454-6455 Fax Mr. Melvin Brannon Executive Director Urban League of Flint 5005 Cloverlawn Flint, Michigan 48504 (810) 789-7611 (810) 787-4518 Fax �, Mr. David Swenson Executive Vice President Community Foundation of Greater Flint 502 Church Street Flint, Michigan 48503-1206 (810) 767-8270 (810) 768-0496 Fax Ms . Judith Watson Olson Program Director Kellogg Youth Initiatives Partnerships 309 S. Front Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 (906) 228-8919 Ms. Joyce Brown (Battle Creek) Program Director Kellogg Youth Initiatives Partnerships 1600 South Kalamazoo Avenue, Suite 2 Marshall, Michigan 49068 (616) 781-4022 (616) 781-8656 Fax � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Corporation-for-Natl-Service-Reps Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Corporation for National Service Representatives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Corporation for National Service Representatives. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49842 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/ab06c224db66775bb13789f3f56d5afa.pdf aed3c725c942d65f65c49ceb6a0f2f9e PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank D1rks MEMORANDUM TO: The Michigan Community Service Commission FROM: Frank Dirks, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission RE: Executive Director' s Report DATE: February 10, 1997 111 O lds Plaza Lansing , Telep hone FAX S. Capitol Ave . Bldg., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 ADVANCING OUR MISSION The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is poised to make dramatic progress in advancing our mission to enable all citizens to engage in public problem solving through service and volunteerism. Over the next four months we will be engaged in an unprecedented level of activity that will require hard work and commitment from staff and Commission members alike. Among the things that we are undertaking this winter and spring include: preparing MCSC's state AmeriCorps application for as many as 20 new programs; preparing a new comprehensive Learn and Serve America state grant application in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Education; conducting the Governor' s Community Service Awards program; launching a statewide volunteer outreach and communication campaign in cooperation with Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), Volunteer Centers of Michigan, United Way of Michigan (UWM), and Council of Michigan Foundation (CMF); building support for MCSC's proposed new Volunteer Investment Grants program; hosting a national meeting of the chairs and directors of state service commissions; planning for preparation and follow-up to the Presidents' Summit for America's Future; and advising in the process of reauthorization of the National and Community Service Trust Act. If we achieve excellence in each of these areas, we will propel MCSC into a new strata of involvement and leadership in support of service and volunteerism in Michigan. We will be calling on each of you to contribute your time, energy, and ideas above and beyond your usual exemplary dedication. Working together, we will ensure that Michigan continues to be a model Commission for the nation. UPDATES Michigan's AmeriCorps Since the last meeting, we have begun a thorough review and analysis of retention and attrition rates for all of our programs. We will report on our findings and recommendations for improvement at the next Commission meeting. 0,-- A Divis ion of the Michigan Jobs Commission �f - MCSC February 10, 1997 Page Two I met with representatives of the River Rouge Housing Commission and Wayne County Community College to discuss the problems caused by the man who enrolled students in the college under the pretext that they were Michigan's AmeriCorps members in a non-existent Housing Commission program. As you know, I shared his application form at the last meeting. I consulted with staff from the Corporation for National Service's General Counsel Office and the state's Attorney General's Office. They assessed that we did not have solid ground at the state level to pursue him, although the community parties involved may. In the meantime, we are working with the community to help them submit an Education Award Only application to Corporation for National Service (CNS) for the students who were affected. The award will help them cover incurred education expenses, as well some future tuition expenses. The community seems pleased with our response. We have received twenty-seven AmeriCorps operating grant application concept papers for our new competitive application process. We have also received four Education Award Only applications, not counting the one mentioned above (see enclosed list). This year we will be able to submit roughly eight new formula-funded programs (note all of our first year programs must recompete) as well as twelve new competitive programs (we had only one first year program that must recompete). Thanks go the Commissioners, who have agreed to serve as peer reviewers. Learn and Serve Michigan We are recommending four new summer Learn and Serve Michigan programs from Portage, Roscommon, Oakland County, and Dearborn. We are also recommending that the Commission approve a pool of discretionary funds that the staff may use to supplement the activities of community-based Learn and Serve Michigan programs in communities where there may be the potential for a strong capacity-building partnership with Michigan CARES projects or New Partnerships for Michigan VISTA projects. You will find our new program proposal package for your review and approval among the Action Items section. In March, MCSC and MDE must submit to the Corporation for National Service a separate new three-year competitive grant application for support of Learn and Serve Michigan. MCSC staff has already begun planning with MDE staff to submit a jointly written and conceived proposal for fully integrated Learn and Serve activities in Michigan. We will solicit comments and advice from the Service-Learning Leadership Council as we prepare these applications. We hope to build on the spirit of the interagency cooperative agreement that we now have with MDE and which supports a share of MCSC Learn and Serve program and support staff. Michigan CARES Michigan CARES now has a logo and brochure, which you will receive at the Commission meeting. The project is entering the Phase II Year Two grants application period. A recent highlight is the emerging new Flint Resource Center. This is the result of a board-approved merger of three nonprofit organizations-- the United Way's Volunteer Center, the Senior Service Corps, and Leadership Flint. The Resource Center will provide comprehensive volunteer placement, training, and organizational technical assistance to the community. In addition to serving as a traditional Volunteer Center, they are looking at technical assistance center models like the Directions Center in Grand Rapids and the New Center in Ann Arbor. �MCSC February 10, 1997 Page Three MCSC's Relationship with CNS-Michi&an's Office and the Unified State Plan Our relationship with Mary Pfeiler and the Corporation for Michigan Office continues to be positive and productive. However, due to late rulings by the Corporation for National Service we have had to scrap our plan for a comprehensive VISTA/AmeriCorps application. We are also putting on hold our comprehensive state application until the Corporation clarifies its ruling, which says basically that there are clear limits to our working together. Enclosed are a series of letters that lay out the problem and the reasons for the Corporation's reversal on its initial approval of our process. Volunteer Investment Grants As you will see from the enclosed letter from Department of Management and Budget Director Mark Murray to Michigan Jobs Commission Director Doug Rothwell, the Governor's Budget contains an increase in state support for Commission operations and $1 million for a new MCSC grants program that we call Volunteer Investment Grants. A complete description is enclosed. The purpose of the program is to support endowment building efforts of volunteer agencies. We are pleased that we already have the support of the Council of Michigan Foundations, the United Way of Michigan, and the Volunteer Centers of Michigan. As you might imagine, any new initiative will bring the appropriate scrutiny of the legislative process. All of us will need to work together to help educate policy makers about the work of MCSC and the power and potential of this new program. Connect Michi&an The Department of Commerce has expressed a commitment to dedicate a share of its public service information budget of up to $500,000 to assist MCSC in conducting a public awareness campaign for community problem solving through service and volunteerism. MCSC will work with Commerce to integrate these resources in a manner that will help support the long-awaited launch of the Connect Michigan Campaign. Julie Cummings will present a logo for the Commission' s review. We have also agreed to use the Michigan CARES resource guides as support materials for the campaign. This will provide a soon-to-be, ready-made resource for the campaign and advance dissemination of the CARES approach. Ford Foundation Funded National Meeting of State Service Commission Chairs and Directors The Governor and First Lady have sent invitations to all of the chairs and directors of state service commissions to attend a meeting in Midland, Michigan on May 16-17. The meeting is supported by the Ford Foundation grant. The meeting will serve as an opportunity for commissions to improve their own service delivery capabilities, develop state policy positions that will help commissions integrate service into other state initiatives, and determine the feasibility of a national association of state commissions. Governor Engler will attend, as will our chair, Michelle Engler. Dow Coming, thanks to Commissioner Terry Pruitt, will sponsor a luncheon at the meeting. �r - MCSC February 10, 1997 Page Four This meeting represents not only a very important opportunity for sustaining service in states, but it gives Michigan a wonderful opportunity to showcase its many innovative service and volunteer activities. We will be working with the State Commission Coordinating Group of executive directors and a planning group of commission chairs to develop a working agenda. Governor's Community Service Awards I would like to extend the staffs thanks to the Commission members who have agreed to serve as reviewers. We are pleased that the volume of calls and inquires about the awards have markedly increased over last year. We are also pleased that the Chair of the Board of Directors of United Way of America will be attending the awards dinner. Bob Ivory, of United Way of Michigan, arranged this in part to recognize the 50th anniversary of United Way in Michigan. Presidents' Summit on America's Future As you know, President Clinton, along with former President Bush, announced plans for an unprecedented Summit on service and volunteerism and America's youth to be chaired by retired General Colin Powell. The roots for this Summit lead directly back to the late Governor George Romney and are connect to Michigan's New Partnership meeting last year. Governor Engler and Michelle Engler have been leaders in planning and promoting this event among their peers. The W .K. Kellogg Foundation is a major underwriter for the Summit. Ms. Engler has been working with Summit planners on ideas for planning and follow-up. The six Michigan communities of Battle Creek, Marquette-Alger, Greater Lansing, Grand Rapids, Flint, and Detroit have been selected to send delegates to the Summit. Michigan CARES coordinators in many of these communities will be assisting in the selection of local delegations. Michigan has been recognized as a leader and will be looked to as a model for the quality and extent of its follow-up activities. (Background information is enclosed.) Michigan 4-H and Technical Program Assistance Michigan 4-H successfully conducted the first round of regional training. MCSC conducted Michigan's AmeriCorps outreach during these sessions involving more than 150 organizations. The next series of trainings are scheduled for later this month. (Agenda is enclosed.) Make A Difference Day We are printing and distributing the 1996 Make A Difference Day Report. It contains newspaper clips from 83 communities in Michigan. Management By Information CMBl) We are still working through technical problems in the implementation ofMBI. Overall, the system is working and continues to demonstrate its potential for efficient information management. �[ - MCSC February 10, 1997 Page Five STATE COMMISSION POLICY RECOMMENDATION As part of its plans for reauthorization of the National and Community Service Trust Act, the Corporation for National Service is considering a proposal to stream-line its service delivery system by transferring the state administration of all its programs over to a single entity, most likely the state commissions. These programs include VISTA, Learn and Serve school-based and higher education, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, the Senior Companion Program, and the Foster Grandparent Program. Because these programs have well-established constituencies that like the way the system works now, there is opposition in the field to the proposal. It is my opinion that if we are to succeed in bringing greater efficiency and stronger coordination of the limited resources available through service, state commissions offer an ideal place for coordination of the aforementioned programs. At our recent national meeting of state commissions, directors from twenty-five commissions produced the statement contained in the attached letter to Harris Wofford. I would like to propose that the Commission adopt this statement as its position. This will simply put this Commission on record for supporting the notion that state commissions are viable entities for administering/ coordinating all national service in the states. PROGRESS REPORT ON TIDRD YEAR OBJECTIVES In the three-year State Plan that we submitted to CNS in 1994 we enumerated our annual objectives. This summary of Year Three objectives reflects our year-to-date accomplishments. In partnership with the Steering Committee and drawing on the results of Year Two develop, with private sector support, a catalog of model programs and practitioners for public dissemination. MCSC printed and disseminated the second edition of Profiles in Service. In addition, MCSC worked in partnership with CMF to produce Investments in Volunteerism, in which various grantmakers described examples of model service and volunteer programs. Reconvene the participants of the Year One grant-makers meeting to assess progress and revise recommendations. During the week of February 10, MCSC will conduct a series of conference calls with grantmakers to inform them of the new Michigan's AmeriCorps program application process. Grantmakers will also receive a list of the applicants that submitted AmeriCorps grant concept papers. MCSC will combine a grantmakers meeting with a reprise of the New Partnerships meeting in the fall. Continue in cooperation with MYPAC and the Michigan Campaign for Volunteerism, the state recruitment campaign for AmeriCorps and youth service volunteers. MCSC's work with MNAIVCM on Connect Michigan will achieve this objective. The Connect Michigan promotion campaign is now scheduled to be launched after the Presidents' Summit. �MCSC February 10, 1997 Page Six Facilitate the development of at least four quality AmeriCorps proposals from neighborhood and community-based organizations. MCSC received thirty AmeriCorps program grant concept papers and four Education Only Award applications. The proportion of community-based organizations or networks of community-based organizations among the applicants has increased over previous years. Increase circulation of MCSC state service newsletter. MCSC has agreed to make the Commission newsletter the principal newsletter for Connect Michigan. This will expand outreach and the coverage of programs. MCSC will also dedicate a section to VISTA and Senior Corps programs in Michigan. Take action on the recommendations of the Task Force on intergenerational service. MCSC will continue to work with the Senior Advisory Council and MYPAC to promote the development of intergenerational service. Take action on the recommendations of the Task Force on developing model service programs that link Headstart, school-readiness, and school-to-work transition. This Task Force has not been organized. Increase by 50% the number of citizen respondents to the Governor's Community Service Awards. MCSC has modified the types of award categories in order to increase potential applications. While the_ applications are due later in the month, the volume of calls and inquires has increased over previous years. Conduct regional community service collaboration training using the five CARES communities as training centers. The 4-H regional trainings will highlight examples of program collaboration drawn from CARES communities. (Training agenda is enclosed.) Based on practitioner critique, revise the state AmeriCorps training and technical assistance. In response to requests from practitioners, MCSC will conduct another statewide signature service project. MCSC will explore the possibility of connecting this with Michigan Habitat for Humanity's Summer Housing Blitz in July . In partnership with MDE leverage at least one AmeriCorps/school/community partnership by targeting AmeriCorps, school and Community-Based Learn and Serve grants. Among the current AmeriCorps concept paper applicants are a number of schooVcommunity partnerships. �t: - MCSC February 10, 1997 Page Seven Integrate AmeriCorps peer technical assistance consultants into Michigan Service-Learning Council and revise common training elements as needed. Service-learning related AmeriCorps program staff have already been involved in the ServiceLearning Leadership Council. Conduct a statewide conference on national and community service to enable practitioners to assess the state' s progress in establishing a sustainable infrastructure. The statewide Superconference will provide a forum for this discussion. In addition, MCSC will solicit public comments and suggestions for the unified state plan at the conference. Launch a fundraising campaign for MCSC' s anticipated public/private authority. While MCSC is no longer pursuing the creation of a public/private authority, MCSC is pursuing an increase of state support for programs and operations. Ensure that no less than 80% of the Year One AmeriCorps programs that have demonstrated quality and measurable success are funded for continuation beyond Federal funding support. This objective was unrealistic from the start. MCSC will work with first year programs to help them sustain their activities beyond AmeriCorps support. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Executive-Directors-Report Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting executive director's report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting executive director's report. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49843 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/246ebcf277667fa15ed1922eda5d7cc8.pdf 3be29395fe579122841b3b9ed1e65c65 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler 111 Olds Pl aza Lans ing , Telephone FAX Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Capitol Ave . Bldg. , 4th Fl oo r Michigan 48913 (5 17) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 January 24, 1997 Mr. Michael Lipsky Program Officer The Ford Foundation 320 East 43rd Street New York, New York 10017 Dear Mr. Lipsky: Thank you for offering me this opportunity to share some thoughts on how the Ford Foundation might invest in the up-coming Presidents' Service Summit. I greatly appreciate your interest in exploring a connection to the Foundation's current support of state service commission development. The Summit will provide an unprecedented opportunity to galvanize the country's attention to and support for citizen service. The Summit can serve as a catalyst for enhancing connections among state service commissions, state service and nonprofit networks, and a range of untapped grassroots and national resources . Nevertheless, as we discussed, I believe we share similar questions over the postSummit follow-up/follow-through. These questions include: How will it sustain local service implementation strategies and initiatives?; How will it integrate local initiatives into statewide service infrastructure development?; How will it be informed by grassroots programs and practitioners? ; and How will it involve these groups in guiding the further development of the implementation plans for states and communities? The answers to these questions may emerge as planning continues. The invitation strategy, as it has developed, holds promise for involving a mix of state and grassroots groups, but, perhaps no invitation plan for such a Summit could effectively include all who should be involved from local, state, and national perspectives. The challenge is to prevent the Summit from producing initiatives that do not complement or reinforce what is already being done in the states. If we fail to meet this challenge, then we will lose a unique opportunity to make service an accepted and respected practice for community problem solving. Given the Sisyphean task of invitations and the fast approaching date, it will probably be more productive to consider follow-up strategies. In my, perhaps parochial view, state service commissions are best positioned to facilitate and coordinate state-level, post-Summit implementation. This would include the integration of Summitrelated local initiatives into state service planning, and the stimulation of increased involvement of grassroots, community programs and groups. Accordingly, I would recommend that you consider some of these options that could be part of the Foundation's support of the Summit. A Division of the Michigan Job s Commission ~ �Michael Lipsky January 24, 1997 Page Two • Challenge states and local communities to conduct community summits/meetings that involve a broad range of state, local, and neighborhood groups within six months of the national Summit. These state and local summits/meetings should respond to the commitments and strategies set at the national Summit and refme and revise implementation plans. The goals for these meetings should include plans for action and continued collaboration. • Support a national post-Summit progress status meeting nine months after the event. The follow-up meeting should be hosted by the national state service commission network and the National Governors' Association in partnership with the Corporation and the Points of Light Foundation. Conduct the meeting so that it will coincide with the NGA winter meeting in Washington, D.C. This will enable planners to create opportunities for information sharing among participants of the two meetings. • The D.C. meeting should involve state commission representatives, national Summit commitment partners such as national nonprofit networks and corporate partners, representatives from Summit communities that have made significant progress, and representatives of model community-based programs that may or may not have been involved in Summit-related national or local activities. (State commissions, national service programs, and other networks would select the latter group.) • The D.C. meeting should be a working meeting that will meet the following objectives: * Review the plans and products of state and local summits/meetings. * Review model local implementation strategies and develop options for linking them to other states and communities. * Identify successful local projects that support summit goals and develop strategies for sharing best practices among state service networks. * Develop common state strategies for integrating Summit goals into state service plans. * Identify local organizations and groups that should be involved in state service planning and Summit follow-up activities. * Review and disseminate successful governors' strategies for supporting Summit goals. * Prepare a report from the D.C. meeting that summarizes accomplishments under the previous objectives. • In order to identify successful local initiatives that have been meeting post-Summit objectives, the Corporation and Points of Light should develop a community report card that could be used as the basis for selecting D.C. meeting participants. The report card and the D.C. meeting report could be used as an item for broader public dissemination. After the D.C. meeting, the report card could be expanded to include assessment of state service planning. �Michael Lipsky January 24, 1997 Page Three I hope this is useful. I did touch base with Summit planners from the Corporation and the Points of Light Foundation. They were quite supportive of the ideas contained in this letter. They recognize the importance of the post-Summit work and the role that state commissions can and should play. For your information, I have also enclosed a copy of an earlier memo that I shared with planners in the fall. I have also enclosed a report on a relevant meeting that we held in Michigan last year. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call me. Thank you for your interest and support. % Frank Dirks, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49844 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/36e8679355a8293d88a789a31045d989.pdf f9813d4f089641e249683f5533afad40 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler 111 Olds Plaza Lansing, Telephone FAX Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Capitol Ave . Bldg. , 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 January 8, 1997 The Honorable Harris Wofford Chief Executive Officer Corporation for National Service 1201 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20525 Dear Senator Wofford: I am writing to alert you to an administrative problem that I believe may jeopardize both the spirit and ultimate utility of the Unified State Plan that the Corporation has so enthusiastically promoted and to which you most recently referred in your letter dated December 10, 1996. The problem that the Corporation's Michigan Office Director, Mary Pfeiler, reported to me after consulting with staff in Washington is that the Corporation's administrative rules and regulations prevent the coordination of AmeriCorps and VISTA grantmaking in the states, and raise serious questions about whether funding for ineffective VISTA sites can be efficiently withdrawn. The effect of this problem will be the probable postponement of Michigan's Unified Plan submission until 1998, but more importantly, it may undercut a likely course of action that many state commissions, state corporation offices, and state education agencies have been planning. As you may recall during your visit with Mary and me in Detroit, you expressed particular interest in the means by which VISTA resources can be moved to new sites. As you posed the question to Mary, 'If you don't take VISTA resources away from current sites, how do you support new initiatives?' At the time, Mary described the difficulty of shifting resources within the current, well-institutionalized system. As Mary and I reflected on your discussion and considered ways to improve the coordination of our two offices we began to contemplate how we might better allocate national service resources. As you know, the current system does not prevent potentially redundant awards of VISTA and AmeriCorps programs to the same community, even the same organization, to do the same of kind work. There is no incentive in the current national service program delivery system for organizations in a community to collaborate in proposing more efficient use of multiple program resources. There is no mechanism that ensures the efficient deployment of limited resources. Most distressing, the current system appears designed to enable the indefinite support of VISTA sites regardless of their performance or the focus of their activities. Even before the unveiling of the Corporation's Unified State Plan Application, Mary and I were working to develop systems that would better support and complement community innovation through service, while reducing the potential of supporting duplicate community programs. We had already established a solid track record of partnership through trainings, communication, and outreach. The Michigan Corporation Office is a principal partner in the New Partnerships for Michigan initiative. The Commission and the Michigan Office have collaborated in conducting a series of regional trainings. The Commission A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission a-, �Harris Wofford January 8, 1997 Page Two and the Michigan Office are the principal co-sponsors of the upcoming statewide service and volunteer conference. We have prepared and disseminated a detailed directory of all national service programs in Michigan, cross-referenced by community. We have also begun to hold periodic joint staff and operational planning meetings. Finally, the Commission will begin dedicating a page in its quarterly newsletter to the projects of the Michigan Corporation Office. Despite our productive partnership, we recognized that until we established a means for effectively coordinating our program delivery systems, unified planning would be superficial at best. In the late summer, we began to develop our plan. Michigan's VISTA budget was to be reduced for the next year. Rather than impose easy, across-the-board reductions, Mary saw this as an opportunity to open the VISTA allocation process to new and renewal applications. We both saw the VISTA application process as something that we could link to the state's new AmeriCorps application process. The process, as we envisioned it, would create a level playing field on which renewing and new communities from across the state could compete for national service resources. For the first time, communities would be given an opportunity through this process to develop a national service program application that would build on the best elements of VISTA, AmeriCorps, and Education Only Award programs. The Commission and the Michigan Corporation Office would create a comprehensive packet of applications from which communities would select separate program applications or a combination of applications. The two offices would conduct joint outreach and technical assistance meetings across the state to introduce communities and agencies to the opportunities found in national service. The offices also would conduct an initial, joint screening of applications to ensure that communities had not submitted duplicate proposals or that communities submitting complementary, multiple program proposals were duly noted. We believed that such a coordinated process represented both the most efficient use of national service resources and the ideal envisioned for the Unified State Plan. In September and October, Mary and I notified our contacts in the Corporation's Washington office to determine: 1) if there were any fundamental policy or administrative problems with the process; 2) if we could proceed immediately with implementation; and 3) if we could put into action what we considered to be the central element of our Unified Plan prior to the formal submission of the plan. We encountered only encouragement from all of the Corporation staff members we consulted. In fact, we were told through our respective channels in the Corporation that what we were proposing indeed typified what had been envisioned for the Unified Plan. We were very excited about the prospect, and we were quite open in sharing the idea at the Corporation's Unified State Plan orientation meeting in November. The Commission also highlighted the process in its administrative grant application. In November and December, our staffs met to develop the comprehensive application packet, prepare the agenda for the application outreach and technical assistance meetings, and plan the review process timeline. In December, more than 150 people attended the four regional meetings that our staffs conducted across the state. (Briefing material enclosed.) After the regional meetings, at least one current VISTA site director, realizing that his organization would have to reapply competitively for the first time in its operation, consulted a source knowledgeable of the VISTA rules. The source indicated that the regulations provided VISTA sites with an opportunity for an appeal hearing should they not be refunded. Further, the source suggested that a congressional constituent letter could serve as an alternative route for appealing. When Mary learned of this, she once again discussed our process with her Corporation contacts in Washington. The initial response remained positive. However, after further internal consideration, the Washington office told Mary that the VISTA portion of the comprehensive application was inconsistent with, or in violation of VISTA regulations. With this decision from the Corporation, we have moved immediately to notify anyone who has inquired about national service through the outreach process. We are faxing notices of the cancellation of the �Harris Wofford January 8, 1997 Page Three ·VISTA portion of the application package (enclosed). Since one goal of the outreach meetings was to begin to break down national service program barriers that are perceived to exist by many local organizations, Mary and I share concern that the cancellation notice may dissuade potential AmeriCorps applicants. As it has turned out, we will be left with a fewer number of VISTAs at our current VISTA sites while potentially fewer organizations may choose to apply for AmeriCorps. Of course, this also returns us to the more administratively palatable across-the-board VISTA reductions. While I am concerned about the damage this may have caused service in our state, I am more concerned about the implications of the Corporation's ruling for any meaningful attempts at coordination within the current delivery system. The reasons for the Corporation's ruling, as Mary has informed me, and my assessment of their implications follow. 1) VISTA operating sites do not have to re-compete for renewal funding, and sites may appeal any decision not to renew funding. This suggests that VISTA has the potential to represent an award in perpetuity. This also appears to be inconsistent with the Corporation's emphasis on competition and performance for AmeriCorps state programs. 2) A competitive application process for new VISTA programs is in violation of the rules. VISTA site selection appears to be determined entirely at the discretion of the Corporation staff. Applications are solicited, but not openly competed. This is entirely inconsistent with the AmeriCorps state program selection process. It also suggests that VISTA sites may be selected less on objective merit than through the subjective judgements and influences of Corporation staff. 3) One interpretation of the regulations implies that if there is to be state-level coordination of VISTA site selection and AmeriCorps grant making, VISTA sites would have to be selected with the expectation that the complementary AmeriCorps program would be funded by the Commission. Of course, this approach undermines the integrity of the fair competition that the Corporation expects for state AmeriCorps programs. I am left to conclude reluctantly from all of this that the Corporation's dual delivery system for national service is irreconcilable by the Corporation's own interpretation. I am sure we could improve on the design of our process in Michigan, and with time, we would have. However, it appears that despite the energetic and conscientious efforts of the Commission and the Michigan Corporation Office to develop a collaborative and complementary system for supporting national service programs, it is not the field network, but the Corporation in Washington that prevents us from effectively working together. If this is the case, I must ask with all due respect, why are states being asked to develop Unified Plans? I would be happy to discuss this further with you or a member of your staff. I recognize that the process was intended, in part, to reveal barriers like this. I trust in the Corporation's willingness to be inventive and flexible in its support of service. I remain an enthusiastic partner with the Corporation and hope that we might find ways to resolve this problem so that we may better support service in our communities. Thank you for your time and attention. Sincerely,../ - ..:.&"} ~----- /-: ~~;Z:;Jq (~ , ~~~~ L/ Frank Dirks, E~ecutive D~ector Michigan Community Service Commission �STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 Olds Pl aza Lansing , Teleph one FAX Chairperson Michel le Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Capitol Ave . Bldg ., 4th Fl oor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 February 5, 1997 The Honorable Banis Wafford Chief Executive Officer Corporation for National Service 1201 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20525 Dear Senator Wafford: I am writing on behalf of the State Commission Coordinating Group. After Debbie J ospin and Gene So fer made their presentation: Future Directions f or National Service: Corporation for National Service Update on Reauthorization , at the National Technical Assistance Conference for State Service Commissions, a group of commission executive directors met to develop a response. Executive directors from twenty-five commissions (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas , Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia) participated in a consensus process that produced the statement below. This statement is the result of a collective effort of the executive directors, but it has not been reviewed by our respective commissions or our other colleagues who did not participate. Over the next days and weeks we will circulate this to our commissions and colleagues to seek their endorsement. While some may be more energetic in their endorsement than others, we anticipate that this will serve as a unifying consensus statement of our position . We share a visiOn that service and volunteerism are essential to meet community needs, and that service should become the common experience of citizenship through the course of life. We recognize that infrastructure is needed to support national service and volunteerism, which does not come free; that infrastructure for national service and volunteerism should be locally driven and responsive; and that in order to be so, the coordination and planning must be implemented closer to communities than the federal level, specifically through a single state level entity. We agree conceptually that there should be a single administrative entity through which the Corporation for National Service channels all program streams: Learn and Serve America (K-12, Community-based, and Higher Education); AmeriCorps; AmeriCorps VISTA; and the programs of the Senior Service Corps. A Divis ion of the Michig an Jobs Commission 0,-- �Harris Wofford February 5, 1997 Page Two We recognize that state commissions for national and community service were intended by Congress and established by the Governors for the purpose of functioning as the conveners and coordinators of all streams of national service in each state. Accordingly, the following steps should be taken: Create a phase-in period with incentives to enable some states to demonstrate or pilot the potential of that single state entity; Recognize the value and contribution of each stream of national service and recognize the importance of ensuring program continuity and integrity; Plan from the bottom up to bring all stakeholders to the table to build understanding and support; Remove barriers from both statutes, regulations, and policies that prevent coordination; Ensure sufficient federal funding and investment in the capacity of state commissions in order to achieve the above objectives. My colleagues and I will be more than happy to discuss these views with you or your staff. Thank you for your leadership and your time and attention. ~ Frn~.== Michigan Community Service Commission � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49845 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/cd9c1fd6474da993c4636ca9f11f1de9.pdf ab6577a319627a90b92cba8dc9c1950a PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 Olds Plaza Lansing, Telephone FAX Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks TO: Michigan Community Service Commission FROM: Angelia Salas, Program Development Michigan Community Service Commission RE: Learn and Serve Summer Grants DATE: February 10, 1997 S. Capitol Ave . Bldg. , 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 Coordinat~ Attached are the staff review sheets of programs recommended for Learn and Serve - Michigan grants. After a peer and staff review of the summer program applications, four programs are being submitted to you for funding approval. As a result of a call for proposals in the fall of 1996, thirty-five applications were received. In December, peer reviewers recommended eight proposals for further staff review. The applications, representing Portage, Roscommon, Oakland County, Battle Creek, Dearborn, Holland, Grand Rapids, and Detroit were then reviewed by MCSC staff. Five programs were recommended by staff. On February 10, 1997, the applicant from Battle Creek withdrew its application for funding, making available $6,723 of new program funds. Rather than funding one of the other two lower ranked programs, the staff recommends holding this amount to be used to fund discretionary minigrants to existing Learn and Serve programs that can implement project connections to CARES or New Partnerships activities. If approved by the commission, Learn and Serve program staff will offer three mini grants of approximately $2241 to fund summer activities that promote the creation of a service-learning infrastructure via connections among the new partnerships and CARES initiatives. Budget outlines, detailing how service-learning activities would occur based on this collaborative effort would be selected in March. A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission 0' ~ �Learn & S~rve Programs Summer Program Applicants Applicants Program N arne Staff Recommendation Amount - City of Portage-Portage Senior Center Funding Recommended $ 4,053 Kirtland Community College Funding Recommended $10,000 Michigan 4-H foundation for MSU 4-H Youth -Oakland County Funding Recommended $ 8,966 Volunteer and Information Services, Inc. Application withdrawn $0 ACCESS Funding Recommended $10,000 Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland Not Recommended $ 0 Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan Not Recommended $ 0 Boniface Human Services Not Recommended $ 0 Total Total Funds Remaining $33 ,019 $ 6,723 �Other Applicants • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • LS-10/Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan LS-27/Boniface Human Services LS-4Nolunteer and Information Services (application withdrawn) LS-14/Ann Arbor YMCA (Youth Volunteer Corps) LS-8/Reading and Language Arts LS-30/Flint Odyssey House, Inc . LS-25/Child and Family Service-Huron Services for Youth LS-9/Mid Michigan Community College LS-23/Comerstone Alliance LS-13/MSU Extension-Benzie County LS-18/Intemational Institute Todd Phillips Children's Home Kinross Charter Township Recreation Center Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan The Salvation Army-Dickson Park Community Center Teen Ranch Michigan Pine and Dunes Girl Scout Council Tuscola Intermediate School District The Sanctuary, Inc . Grand Rapids Sister City Project Older Person's Commission Operation Get Down Lakeside Organization Judson Center Community Alliance Resource Center School District of the City of Ferndale �Michigan Community Service Commission _ Renewal Proposal Review Form DATE: 1122/97 GRANT CATEGORY: C.B. LEARN AND SERVE PROPOSAL City of Portage - Portage Senior Center Portage, Michigan FUNDING REQUESTED: $4,053 TOTAL BUDGET: $5,790 DESCRIPTION In partnership with the Portage Senior Center, the Portage Community Outreach Center and the Glowing Embers Council of the Girl Scouts, the City of Portage proposes a nine-week summer service-learning program for girls aged 10-12. The program involves young girls in service activities that improve the quality of life for area seniors, children and the homeless population and make a positive impact on the self esteem of the participants. After successful completion of one of the three week "Girls are Great" program sessions, participants are eligible to earn their "Across Generations" and "My Self-Esteem" badges and will have each provided at least nine hours of direct service. ' A total of sixty girls will participate in the three week sessions and will provide a total of 540 direct service hours in the Portage area. Service projects will include visiting with area seniors, reading to younger children, and volunteering at a food pantry for the needy. STRENGTHS • The age group that the program targets is a previously untapped program area for MCSC. The service activities are age appropriate and meaningful. • • The plans for quality control and evaluation were clearly presented in the proposal. • The applicant shows a history of collaboration and partnerships with community based organizations to potentially support service-learning beyond Learn and Serve grant funding . • Proposal clearly identifies projected impact on the participant' s civic responsibility, leadership and academic skills and already has a system to measure that impact. • Principle program staff are well qualified and the overall administrative capacity of the organization is strong. • Program partners and other community stakeholders are interested in the continuation of this project. Several options for continued funding and sustainability were outlined in the proposal. WEAKNESSES • It was unclear from the proposal who would be the primary staff person responsible for the direct administration of this program. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Recommended that the program select one service topic per three week session thus increasing the impact made on the community and on the participant. • Program administrators should work to improve the tools used to assess community impact that are a result of this program. Changing from multifocused projects to a single focus should make it easier to assess. • STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MCSC staff recommends funding at $4,053. �Michigan Community Service Commission Renewal Proposal Review Form DATE: 1/22/97 GRANT CATEGORY: C.B. LEARN AND SERVE PROPOSAL Kirtland Community College Roscommon, Michigan FUNDING REQUESTED: $10,000 TOTAL BUDGET: $43,937 DESCRIPTION In partnership with the Ogemaw County Probate Court and the Ogemaw County Human Services Coordinating Council, Kirtland Community College proposes a service-learning program that provides juvenile offenders with added positive learning experiences during their required community service. While the Ogemaw County Probate Court utilizes community service for its juvenile offenders, the court has not had the resources nor the opportunity to combine community service with a structured learning experience. The proposed program will provide these juvenile offenders lessons in environmental education, self esteem and civic responsibility while providing meaningful environmental focus projects. During the summer of 1997, young people, ages 10-15, under the jurisdiction of the Ogemaw County Probate Court will have the opportunity to participate in a five-day camping and educational experience at Sprinkler Lake Educational and Technology Center. This intensive camping/education experience will be followed by 30-50 hours of community service in a selected environmental project. Forty participants will provide 1,200- 2,000 hours of service in youth designed projects. STRENGTHS • Proposed program incorporates positive learning experiences to the existing service program for juvenile offenders. • Program has the potential to strongly effect academic skills of participants in the area of math and science because of partnerships involving the Math and Science Director of Sprinkler Lake and the Math and Science Director of the Crawford-Ogemaw-OscodaRoscommon Intermediate School District. • The applicant currently has many strong initiatives and partnerships in place to potentially sustain this initiative beyond Learn and Serve funding. • Partners seem fmancially and organizationally committed to the program. • VISTA members who will coordinate the program advisory council allow for strong cross stream collaboration. • The impact of this program relates both to direct services provided and to increased positive behavior of youth participants. WEAKNESSES • While this program will be expanded pending a successful pilot, it currently is designed to support only 10 participants per session for a total of 40 participants. • Tools for assessment are not fully detailed. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Plans for participant impact as it relates to academics should be better defined prior to when the participants design their service projects. • STAFF RECOMMENDATION MCSC staff recommends funding at $10,000 �Michigan Community Service Commission Renewal Proposal Review Form DATE: 1/22/97 GRANT CATEGORY: C.B. LEARN AND SERVE PROPOSAL Michigan 4-H Foundation for MSU 4-H Youth- Oakland County East Lansing, Michigan FUNDING REQUESTED: $9,966 TOTAL BUDGET: $14,616 DESCRIPTION The proposed program engages participants at eight sites across the city of Pontiac for three hours per day, two days per week to participate in hands-on experiential learning activities. The program will help participants build skills in the target foundation skills and competency areas included in the 1991 Department of Labor Secretary' s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report. A minimum of 150 young people will be involved in service activities focused on increasing the reading ability of children, anti gang activities and participation in the Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build. Over an eight week period in the summer, participants involved in this Learn and Serve will provide at least 3,600 direct service hours to needy neighborhoods in the Pontiac area. STRENGTHS • • • • • • The rational for the educational/learning need for this program is based on works by SCANS and the Search Institute and while not specific to the Pontiac area are sufficient. Program promotes cross stream collaboration by working with AmeriCorps program. Enrollment in this program is representative of the Pontiac neighborhoods and includes disadvantaged and disabled youth. Proposed program includes both measurable participant and community impact objectives as well as adequate tools for measurement. Applicant has many community partnerships and strong relationships to other national service initiatives. The program director is sufficiently qualified to run this program. WEAKNESSES • Proposal included $1,000 for the purchase of video equipment. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT • More significant ways to get involved in the Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build should be explored. Current design limits involvement to creating housewarming gifts. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends a reduction in the award by $1,000 because the project staff should attempt to borrow video equipment or find another way to record program activities. Recommends funding at $8,966. �Michigan Community Service Commission Renewal Proposal Review Form DATE: 1/22/97 GRANT CATEGORY: C.B. LEARN AND SERVE PROPOSAL Volunteer and Information Services, Inc. Battle Creek, Michigan FUNDING REQUESTED: $8,163 TOTAL BUDGET: $11,663 DESCRIPTION Volunteer and Information Services (VIS) mobilizes volunteers to address community needs and provides central access to human services in Calhoun county. Community-based organizations look to VIS for help in recruiting volunteers for their essential services. This collaborative effort between VIS, The Great Lakes Free-Net, United Way of Battle Creek, Battle Creek Public Schools and Harper Creek Public Schools will increase the amount of information on volunteer opportunities available to young people in the volunteer area. Participants in the program develop their leadership, writing, computer, communication, and community organizing skills while engaged in this real life application of skills. Eighteen students will form a technical committee for the development and maintenance of the web pages. Students will spend the summer learning about the creation and maintenance of computer web pages, researching volunteer opportunities in the Calhoun County area, creating the actual online resource and promoting its use. Once the pages have been completed, lead classrooms at Battle Creek and Harper Creek High Schools will adopt the project and continue maintaining and updating the information that is available to youth volunteers. STRENGTHS • Proposed project identifies a clear need for a central source for locating community service opportunities through the internet. This web site has the potential to reach a large number of Calhoun County youth. • Participants are engaged in planning and implementation at all stages of this project. • Web site is self-sustaining once Learn and Serve funds are exhausted based on classrooms taking on the responsibility for the maintenance. • This program is unique in that it helps to increase the volunteer infrastructure in the county. • Program has lots of potential for replication. • The community outcome of this project is an increased awareness of community service activities and hopefully increased participation of youth in community service. • Program has a strong connection to the AmeriCorps member who will be responsible for providing internet training for the Learn and Serve participants. WEAKNESSES • A detailed timeline for the project including the classroom follow up is needed. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Current plans for quality control only check for the appropriateness of material on the web site. Continuous improvement strategies should also check overall impact that the web site is having on Calhoun County youth, and changes/improvements should be made accordingly. • The community impact outcomes should be centered on involving Calhoun County youth in community service. Tools for assessing this community impact should be designed around that. • STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS APPLICATION WITHDRAWN �Michigan Community Service Commission . Renewal Proposal Review Form DATE: 1/22/97 GRANT CATEGORY: C.B. LEARN AND SERVE PROPOSAL Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) Detroit, Michigan FUNDING REQUESTED: $10,000 TOTAL BUDGET: $38,540 DESCRIPTION The Summer Youth Program (SYP) is an 8-week recreation, reading, and arts and crafts program for students aged 5-18. More than 125 students will participate in organized sports, arts and crafts, reading, and other educational studies with the assistance of 22 Learn and Serve summer youth leaders. The youth are representative of the Dearborn community that is about 98% Arabic speaking. Young people enrolled in the SYP include at-risk, economically and academically disadvantaged students within the Dearborn Public Schools. There is a special focus on Arabic speaking students, 50% of whom score four years below grade level when entering high school according to MEAP tests. The program runs 30 hours per week for a total of 240 programming hours. Participants spend more than half of their time providing meaningful services in the areas of educational enrichment and recreational opportunities. Summer Youth Leaders assist in the design, implementation, supervision, and assessment of all aspects of the SYP. They will maintain daily attendance records for each of their groups, and will keep records of a planned curriculum for each students. The program culminates with a group service project that reflects the identity and needs of the Dearborn Arab community. STRENGTHS • The applicant clearly detailed the need for English as a second language emphasis in the Dearborn community. • ACCESS has significant experience and success with summer programming. Expertise of key staff is well documented. • The applicant demonstrates experience in creating and sustaining partnerships with community based organizations and local education agencies. Further, the applicant demonstrates previous success in fundraising. Both issues should help sustain this service-learning program beyond Learn and Serve funding. • The successful partnerships with community based organizations and local education agencies should enhance the service infrastructure in the Dearborn area. • The organization already has strong tools for assessing the community impact of this program- increases in reading skills and positive behavior among the children receiving the services. WEAKNESSES • Applicant should provide more precise information on the number of direct service hours that the primary participants will provide. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Better define the goals for participant impact. What will the primary participant learn from working as tutors and mentors to the younger children enrolled in the SYP? Also, tools to measure this positive impact will need to be developed. • STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MCSC staff recommends funding at $10,000 �Michigan Community Service Commission Renewal Proposal Review Form DATE: 1/22/97 GRANT CATEGORY: C.B. LEARN AND SERVE PROPOSAL Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland Holland, Michigan FUNDING REQUESTED: $3,980 TOTAL BUDGET: $6,475 DESCRIPTION In partnership with the Therapeutic Horsemanship of West Michigan and the counseling staff of Holland, West Ottawa and Zeeland Public Schools, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland proposes a summer program that engages primary participants in skill building in the areas of care and feeding of horses, horseback riding, leadership, mentoring younger children with disabilities. The proposed program would engage 18 teen rider-assistants, ages 12-17 and 18 special needs children under the age of 16, who lack access to new, challenging opportunities. The design of the program is 3 sessions per week equaling 9 hours of weekly programming. The entire program runs for 7 weeks. STRENGTHS • Current program is a leadership and self esteem builder for the younger disabled children. • Collaborations to support this program exist and seem strong. • Ecofolornically disadvantaged youth are included both as participants and recipients of service. The program provides almost a 100% match. • WEAKNESSES • No sound rationale for the genuine educational/learning need for this program was presented in the application. • No specific information on the expected impact the proposed program would have on the community served was presented. • Specific information was not provided on the effects the proposed program will have on the development of youth participants in the areas of leadership, academic skills and civic responsibility nor how those objectives will be measured were presented. • The applicant describes this program as already being in existence, but does not address how it will be enhanced, enlarged or otherwise changed because of this Learn and Serve grant. • Applicant does not describe the principle leaders of the program nor their qualifications. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MCSC staff does not recommend this program for funding. Michigan Community Service Commission �Renewal Proposal Review Form DATE: 1/22/97 GRANT CATEGORY: C.B. LEARN AND SERVE PROPOSAL Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan FUNDING REQUESTED: $ 10,000 TOTAL BUDGET: $92,950 DESCRIPTION The Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan proposes a program that combines conflict resolution curriculum with community application to meet a community needs, as well as providing job experience for teens. The program engages teens in 10 hours of conflict resolution training and then offers summer employment in area parks and playgrounds in their neighborhoods. The teens work 20 hours per week for eight weeks in a neighborhood park, intervening in conflicts, modeling and providing conflict resolution skills to park users, while also preforming the more typical summer recreation program functions . One adult Outreach Worker is assigned to work with neighborhood teams . STRENGTHS • Linking at-risk teens with non-familial Outreach workers should be a positive experience for the participants. • The organization has a history of prior programming success. • Strong community partnerships and connections to JTP A program seem to support sustainability efforts beyond Learn and Serve funding. • Learn and Serve funds are just a portion of the larger funding picture. WEAKNESSES • It is unclear how and if Learn and Serve funds expand or enhance this existing program. Organization currently us JTPA funds to pay for summer park employees. • Applicant does not define in what types of conflicts the participants will intervene. MCSC staff has serious safety concerns about this issue particularly as it relates to the statistics on violence in Kent County listed in the need section. • Applicant has not defined what effects the Service-Learning program will have on the development of youth participants, specifically in the area of academic skills, nor does it list how civic responsibility is expected to be enhanced. • The Community impact is based on conflict intervention, but perhaps should be focused on prevention of violent behavior among youth. • The entire $10,000 of this grant is to fund the Outreach Workers yet very little narrative was provided on the function of this position. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS In light of very little detail about the role of the persons being paid for with this grant and concerns for participant safety MCSC staff does not recommend this program for funding . Michigan Community Service Commission �Renewal Proposal Review Form DATE: 1/22/97 GRANT CATEGORY: C.B . LEARN AND SERVE PROPOSAL Boniface Human Services FUNDING REQUESTED: $9,878 TOTAL BUDGET: $15,578 DESCRIPTION Boniface Human Services mission is to provide professional services, resources and social assistance to the Metropolitan Detroit area, and in particular Southwest Detroit and the Downriver area. The agency provides services for Seniors, emergency requests and referrals, substance abuse counseling, youth counseling, parenting and self development training for young people 1017 years of age. The proposed program, "Groundwork for a Just World" will do an environmental analysis of the Boniface neighborhood, prepare presentations and take findings with citizen demands for action to the Detroit City Council and to Legislators in Lansing. The four-week program involves 20 participants in community mapping, research, presentation preparation and culminates in a press conference on the Michigan capital steps. STRENGTHS • Had the applicant focused exclusively on environment analysis, the learning experiences offered might have been exceptional. • Skills leatned while doing community mapping, internet research and creating surveys are good personal development activities. • Boniface is a strong and stable organization and has the capacity to continue this program beyond Leatn and Serve funding. • The organization has many partners. WEAKNESSES • The expectations for the participants may not be age appropriate. • The applicant did not detail the evaluation and overall quality control process for this program. • The community service component of project is primarily related to activities that resemble lobbying activities and therefore may be considered prohibited under Learn and Serve funding . • Applicant did not clearly outline what specific impact this program would have on the participants. • The narrative did not include a detailed capacity section. Detailed information on the process for overall program administration was missing. • Applicant did not specifically address how financial resources to continue this Leatn and Serve effort after the expiration of this grant would be sought. • A detailed budget narrative was not provided, making it difficult to assess how program funds would be spent. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MCSC staff does not recommend funding this program. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Learn-and-Serve-Summer-Grants Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Learn and Serve summer grants Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Learn and Serve summer grants. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49846 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c542a31185807bed591de138629fb2e7.pdf 0129068026a35cabaffd150697cebe8d PDF Text Text Michigan Community Service Commission 1996 Highlights Michigan CARES, through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with the Council of Michigan Foundations worked in seven communities to involve more than 150 community-based agencies and hundreds of volunteers. Already the initiative has created two community nonprofit information exchange networks, two community volunteer centers, a comprehensive community plan for youth development, and a resource network for community nonprofit agencies. New Partnerships for Michigan, a partnership with the Michigan Nonprofit Association, and the Council of Michigan Foundations, launched a statewide initiative to support and encourage collaboration among the nonprofit, public, private, and religious sectors of Michigan to stimulate community-based, citizen-driven problem solving. The 1996 Governors Community Service Awards program, received 240 nominations, recognized winners in 13 categories, and drew more than 500 people to the ceremony, which was supported by Ameritech. Michigan's AmeriCorps involved more than 110 community-based partner organizations. In its second year, the program involved more than 350 full and part-time corpsmembers to generate more than 10,000 additional volunteers who gave more than 125,000 hours of service. Learn and Serve Michigan community-based programs involved more than 1,704 youth and 155 adult volunteers in more than 21,000 hours of community service. Promoted Make a Difference Day, in partnership with the Volunteer Centers of Michigan, the Council of Michigan Foundations, and the Michigan Campus Compact, by disseminating 4,000 start-up kits and registering 160 projects involving more than 30,000 volunteers. TAP Youth Service, through a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, trained more than 150 low income communitybased and grass-root nonprofit groups in such areas as organizational development, volunteer recruitment, and fundraisin~. Printed four nonprofit service and volunteer resource guides and distributed copies to nonprofit agencies, volunteer and service programs, community-based agencies, youth groups, and public libraries across the state. Produced youth volunteer and intergenerational service recruitment posters, and distributed them to 4,000 schools and hundreds of senior centers, volunteer agencies, and community nonprofit organizations across the state. Involved more than 300 nonprofit agencies and service programs in training and technical assistance workshops. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_MCSC-1996-Highlights Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Michigan Community Service Commission: 1996 Highlights Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Michigan Community Service Commission: 1996 Highlights. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49847 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/17348a0032f6b00eba44f01131c82319.pdf ba4bda0a7b16afdf719582ed5ae0f5a5 PDF Text Text MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING DATES and TIMES FOR 1997 Noon - 4:00 P.M. · FRIDAY, February 14, 1997 12:00 Noon - 4:00 p.m Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Lansing FRIDAY, June 6, 1997 Host: Commissioner Nancy Lenz and Amber Pritchard Kalamazoo FRIDAY, September 12, 1997 Host: Commissioner Joel Orosz Battle Creek FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1997 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Lansing *February 21. 1997 meeting has been changed to February 14. 1997 MCSC - Executive Committee Meetings 10:00 a.m. - Noon Olds Plaza Building, 4th Floor Lansing, Michigan Friday, January 24, 1997 Friday, April25, 1997 Friday, July 25, 1997 Friday, November 14, 1997 *Note the starting time change of meetings -Noon till4:00 p.m. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Meeting-Dates-for-1997 Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting meeting dates for 1997 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting meeting dates for 1997. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49848 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/998cf5b54284db5b3c38ed255d004cea.pdf 688c6cb1d40dd3f0836702a85b07b5c3 PDF Text Text ** 600'38~d 1~101 . ; ~7 ** FlU 10 : 22 F.U 202 ses 2?'77 1DlUN SERYl CES1 CNCS -+~ RHODE I SU...~ ~002 Cotes, Mal -----------~---------· · From: To: SUbject~ Dater Priority: ·---·-~--------- Jo5pin, Oebbfe CNS AU. Si•FF '-'1esug~ from Harris Wofford Friday, January 24. 1997 9:34AM High Measage from Harris Wofford 1 understand that manv of vou have ,.ceived a copy of en intttnlll working document that seta forth wi'lat I consider to be the most important aapects of nationaJ service that could be affectod in the reautnoriution prcous. I tlso understand that many of vou are concemed about whet y01.1 f)orceive to be the finai word on where wa •rt going in reauthorization. Whoever took it upon him or herself to send you this doeumtnt, without the benefit of placin; it in the proper comext. has dOne you 1nd the Corpor•tto., • great diuorvic;e. After working witn me for nearly 18 months. vou should know by now that I don't mak1 deoiaions In a vacuum or bEhind Cllosea door$. Aathtr, if l have e new idea, I put it on the t!lblt, hoping to provoke vigorous, creative and Insightful discussions in a climate of mut~l respect. Thil doc:ument was draft~ by the working group thet I 2ut together and chergad witn the task of identifying the relevant lssuta in the ~&authorization crocess. Tht plan at outlined is not arr end-product, but r•ther reffecta my deSire to kick:-sart the process. The proce" began with a discussion of tha issues with the Corporatlon•s Board. and will continue with wider re11iew by, ana <liaeussions with the staff, including our State Directors, tnt Office of Management and Budget. our grantHs. the State Commission Execut!ve Director• and Chairt, the Senior Corps ~sociations , the Grantmekers' Forum, and congressional StQff . I look forward to working w ith all of you u this proce~ unfolds. 1, and the reauthorization group, have work.ed very hard to begin this proe"s end creete e structure and process thet insur~s that divergent views will be heard. Attempts to circumvent or undermine that process will have adverse consequances for the Corporation and for the cause of service. 1 want to l'l"'•k• it oieer t hat. within our National Ssrvico Familv, this discuasion l'leeda to go forward constructively - and will go forward constructively- to define the most effective propo•els , or responses to othert' progosals . for t he successful advancement of the Corporation's mi~licn. Pl!ge 1 600 '3 91:J d �...ldll Memorandum to tbe Board of Dlreeton.·.!. 4"'1 ',;;)( .1.-:>•.1.0 r.VL · ! from: nea..•a..rtatoaG~ (Prank B.s.~ 1oapiA. ~ ICa~k. MNU1 ~. Stu Loaer. SlairiwJ......,.., natlclatiW, o.. Soler, Barry Rc: s--,s..w W&J4mu> Major IIMI tor 1be .._,hortadoa ottbe Natioul Service Acts. ~OJPOJ4TION fOI lfATIONAL QIIJYIC:I (Monday, J~~Ur~ 13, 1997 .te..• lalMIIt'M.._.IIW _... ,,... u 1 �CNL~-MlLH. CHANGES: r d A. • ~ J.. .:U.. LUL. ~~ I ~ ~fir 1M AaDds IIIIMCl tor ~011111 dinct-stJie.. J)tOpamtqlal wldaiA tlcla po~ ~n&(--.m. 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Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Message-from-Harris-Wofford Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting message from Harris Wofford Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting message from Harris Wofford. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49849 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4dcc0c1e359113350a08b5aeb2e2987e.pdf 3a020f8214b6f33e3928c25d7fae6272 PDF Text Text :MICIDGAN JOBS COMMISSION Volunteer Investment Grant Program Background: The Michigan Community Service Commission is established by Public Act 219 of 1994, for the purpose of developing more effective ways to promote and support service and volunteerism in Michigan. A 25 member commission is dedicated to enabling all citizens to engage in public problem solving through service and volunteerism. National and community service programs are administered through the Commission to promote and support service and volunteer agencies and public/private partnerships that meet important community needs. Michigan has a strong tradition of citizen service and volunteerism. With limited government resources and growing demands for services, the nonprofit sector is assuming greater responsibility for social services and community problem solving. At the same time, the traditional sources of volunteers have been shrinking. Volunteer and nonprofit agencies must be able to motivate new citizen involvement in community programs. Proposal: State of Michigan residents will directly benefit from an expanded community service program. General fund support will assist volunteer and nonprofit agencies to build and sustain their capacity to increase volunteerism. Through competitive grant awards to community partnerships and local matching investments, this initiative will create permanent endowment funds. Proceeds from these endowments will offset a portion of operational expenses needed to build and sustain the nonprofit sector in Michigan. Community partnerships, formed between nonprofit organizations and community foundations, strengthen the link between a broad range of charitable activities and local investment interests in specific geographic areas throughout the state. Proposals which increase citizen volunteerism and support community-wide service projects will be given priority funding consideration. Highlights: • Invests in community partnerships supporting service and volunteerism. • Creates endowment funds to build and sustain the financial stability of volunteer agencies. • Expands citizen service and volunteerism in Michigan. • Promotes collaboration and community-driven problem solving. 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49850 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/49005b22785827052d59cf8fcb9bac8d.pdf 2c2b6e10ab1bc74b4a0dba473e7cecfd PDF Text Text _ _.__v_ .. _' V.:_":.._'_"_'- "-=. . .~"'. . .;. ._:. . :':.'_. .:.'".:.....v_:!'.=AA.=-...:"-=..;V;..=.,~"v::..:"':.__.=... .!-''v,_,v:...___ _ _ \, , ~, • oJ . "'.a...v THE PRESIDENTS' SUMMIT FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE NATIONAL GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION FEBRUARY l, 1997 WASHINGTON, DC Key Questions And Answers When and where will the Presidents' Summit for America's Future be held? The Summit will take place in Philadelphia, from Sunday, April27, through Tuesday, April29. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held at Independence Hall with most of the working sessions to be conducted at Philadelphia's Convention Center. What are the goals of the Summit? The Summit' s goal is to mobilize millions of citizens and thousands of organizations from all sectors in order to ensure that all of our youth have access to five fundamental resources that can help them lead healthy, fulfilling and productive lives: • • • • • An ongoing relationship with a caring adult-- a mentor, tutor, coach; Safe places and structured activities during non-school hours to learn and grow; A healthy start; A marketable skill through effective education; An opportunity to give back through community service. Through specific, measurable commitments toward these goals from organizations from every sector in America, and through community initiatives, the aim is to work together to turn the tide for America's youth. The Summit's goal is to make effective citizen service an integral part of the American way of life. Who is involved in the Summit? President Clinton and former President Bush are honorary co-chairmen of the Summit. General Colin Powell is General Chairman ofthe Summit. Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros is Vice Chairman. Former Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan have all pledged their active support and President Ford has agreed to attend the Summit, as has Nancy Reagan, representing President Reagan. The Summit is being organized at the initiative of the Corporation for National Service and the Points of Light FoWldation. ~vv .. �------- , , ...... ...,. ..t..':i; o"S""' .i- 4. ~ - <V -. vv-._. .,,._.V . . ............ What will happen at the Summit? The Presidents and First Ladies will join in a historic call to commitment and to action. Leaders from all sectors will announce their organizational commitments to action mobilizing their members and their abilities for an unprecedented effort to turn the tide for America's youth by the turn of the century. Delegations from approximately 100 communities and from all SO states will work together to develop concrete plans for action. The community delegations will return home and plan their ov.n local Summits that will stimulate further steps to meet the major goals. Will Governors have a role at the Summit? Every attending Governor will play a prominent role at the Summit. Each Governor is being invited to select- and head- a five-person state-wide delegation. 'While the agenda is still in its planning stages, Governors will have prominent roles along with the Presidents, First Ladies, mayors, and leaders of corporations, national organizations and foundations. Why should a Governor attend? The Summit will offer Governors an opportunity to highlight their states' record in citizen service, especially programs and plans targeting the nation' s youth. The Summit will, as President Clinton remarked at the January 24, 1997 Press Announcement, " ... shine a spotlight on what is working somewhere in America so that it can be adopted everywhere in America." Each Governor will play a leadership role at the Summit, and in the efforts to follow. Is this a one-time event? This is the launch of a multi-year effort. Those attending ~ill be called upon to go back to their homes and communities and hold a Summit of their own. Governors may decide to hold a state-wide Summit. At the White House, President Bush said, "The Philadelphia summit is about getting more people off the sidelines. It is about citizens pulling together, leading by example, and lifting lives." General Powell noted that in the years ahead we will build on what begins at the Summit so that as the tum of the century comes our work will have " . .. taken on concrete fonns and we will see positive results from our efforts." For Summit information: P.O. Box 27110. Washillgton, DC 20038- 7120 •Tel: 800.365.0153 •F(V(: 202.861.9783 •lmernet: www.citizeflService.org or call Marc~ Levin: Corporation for National Service, 202.606-5000, ext. 274 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Presidents-Summit-for-Americas-Future-Info Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting President's Summit for Americas Future information Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting President's Summit for Americas Future information. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49851 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/7ba1c85fa0003fae6f621217f98a00c4.pdf a1a4a93dd91debb1fabaa05755015e31 PDF Text Text MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 4-24-96 Updated Mrs. Michelle Engler, Chair Michigan Community Service Commission Olds Plaza Building, 4th Floor 111 S. Capitol A venue Lansing, Michigan 48913 Ms. Judith Dunn 24404 Catherine Industrial Rd.,Ste. 308 Novi, Michigan 48375 Fax: 810-344-8857 (W) 810-344-6644 Mr. Frank Dirks, Ex. Director Michigan Community Service Commission Olds Plaza Building, 4th Floor 111 S. Capitol A venue Lansing, Michigan 48909 (W)517-335-4295 Ms. Dorothy Johnson Council of Michigan Foundation 1 South Harbor A venue, Ste. 3 P.O. Box 599 Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Fax: 616-842-1760 (W) 616-842-7080 Ms. Karen Aldridge C. S. Mott Foundation 1200 Mott Foundation Building Flint, Michigan 48503 Fax: 810-766-1753 (W) 810-238-5651 Ms. Nancy Lenz Michigan National Bank 200 W. Michigan A venue Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Fax: 616-349-0550 (W)616-349-0549 Mr. Victor Begg 1264 Club Drive Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302 (H)81 0-338-4180 (W)810-334-9225 Fax: 810-334-9225 Sister Mary Martinez Madonna College 36600 Schoolcraft Livonia, Michigan 48150 Fax: 313-432-5393 (W)313-432-5300 Dr. Mary Ellen Brandell 619 E. Chippewa Street Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858-1741 Fax: 517-774-4250 (W) 517-77 4-6448 Mr. James W. Muir 1607 Philadelphia A venue, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 (H)616-243-3555 rox: (Cot~) L7SCJ -'1'1Db Ms. Julie F. Cummings 6380 Muirfield Ct. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 Fax: 313-874-4001 (W)313-871 -8000 Ms. Lisa Hitch Murray Fox Office Center 2211 Woodward Detroit, Michigan 48201-3400 Fax: 313-983-6494 (W)313-983-6420 1 �Ms. Eunice M. Myles 22741 N. Kane Detroit, MI 48223 Fax: 810-355-6009 (W)810-355-6027 Mr. Alton Shipstead Northwest Michigan Council of Governments 2200 Dendrinos Drive Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Fax: 616-929-5012 (W)616-929-5000 Ms. Kathleen Keen McCarthy Supervisor of the Charter Township of Plymouth 42350 Ann Arbor Road Plymouth, Michigan 48170 Fax: 313-453-5680 (W)313-453-3840 Mr. Scott Smith Albion College 4963 Kellogg Center Albion, MI 49224-5018 (H)313-941-4499 Mr. Michael J. Tate, Asst. Director of 5t<f.-ett~r~ ~i~Ctal Al~d\4- t~ . c ~ Mr. Randy Neelis Menominee School District 4701 Fifth St. Menominee, Michigan 49858 Fax: 906-863-1171 (W) 906-863-9951 East Lansing, MI 48824 Fax: 517-353-4981 (W) 517-355-6580 Ext.203 D. Sgt. Matthew Wesaw 3939 Mayapple Lane Lansing, MI 48911 Fax: 517-484-5825 (W)517 -484-6772 Ms. Vernie N ethercut 1139 Washington Alpena, Michigan 49707 Fax: 517-356-6334 (W) 517-356-9021 ext. 271 ~h-1 ~l.~ ' ·-o -· -r.p Lr 109 f. /klnuJ.fw~ J {<loll ~~ !Jlg;.V-103<t Mr. Raymond W. West United Way Community Services of Metro Detroit Labor Department 1212 Griswold Detroit, Michigan 48226-1899 Fax: 313-226-9210 (W) 313-226-9215 Dr. Joel Orosz W. K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Fax: 616-969-2693 (W)616-968-1611 Ms. Amber J. Pritchard Ms. Geneva Jones Williams 710 Dutton Place Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 (W)616-796-3214 (H)616-344-5955 Executive Vice President and COO United Way Community Services of Metro Detroit 1212 Griswold Detroit, Michigan 48226-1899 Fax: 313-226-9388 (W) 313-226-9444 Mr. Terry Pruitt, Jr. 1469 Allendale Drive Saginaw, Michigan 48630 Fax: 517-496-1657 (W) 517-496-8827 2 cy' ' i ~ ~ j � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Roster Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting roster Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting roster. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49852 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/07ebac5c412f4a5d87817b3783dd7e14.pdf 9ae0fba77a368c427873f19c782fd531 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Cha i rperson Miche lle Engle r Exec uti ve Directo r Frank D1rks MEMORANDUM 111 Olds Plaza Lans in g. Telep hone FAX TO: Alan Lopatin, National Senior Program Assoc. Rep. (DC) John Pribyl, National Senior Companion Assoc. Rep. (MN) Pat Renner, National Retired Senior Volunteer Program Assoc. Rep. (KY) Mary Louise Schweikert, National Foster Grandparent Program Assoc. Rep. (PA) Bill Basi, Washington Commission on National and Community Service Jeanne Bradner, Illinois Commission on Community Service Nancy Deaver, Oklahoma Community Service Commission Barbara Finch, Iowa Commission on Community Service David Karoff, Rhode Island Commission for National & Community Service Kate Mehr, Massachusetts National and Community Service Commission Marlis Miller, Oregon Commission for National and Community Service Lynn Thornton, Georgia Commission on National and Community Service Joe Madison, State Commission Coordinatincr National Consultant FROM: Frank Dirks, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commis RE: Senior Corps Network Conference Call DATE: February 10, 1997 S . Cap itol Ave. Bldg., 4th Floor M1ch1gan 489 13 (517) 335 -4295 (517) 373-4977 As you know, our group had a conference call scheduled for later today. The purpose of the call was to continue a recently established dialogue that was intended to help the senior corps programs and the commissions better coordinate and support their activities in the states, as well as facilitate coordination of all service programs in the field. Unfortunately, because of the response from networks to the recently leaked internal CNS memo, the National Senior Service Corps Directors Associations requested that we cancel the call. We agreed that a resumption of our communication would await word from the three national associations. I regret that politics and differing interests regarding field structure appear to have overshadowed the needs of our programs in the field. I have faith in the efficacy of working together to support our programs in the field. I am sure that all commissions are eager to see this conversation resume, and that commissions stand ready to build more effective intergenerational collaboration for service in our communities. A Di vision of th e Michigan Jobs Commis si on 0,-- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Senior-Corps-Network-Conference-Call Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Senior Corps Network Conference Call Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Senior Corps Network Conference Call. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49853 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f1dcb5ba80cf89cc8bff4f02d906530b.pdf 3f30a5e96f54d37a8a996e3190cabbc6 PDF Text Text VJ. / J.v / ~1 .111un J.u.uu r£U. uOi> ~1oo ur..r • .C..Ar..l..UUL ~UVJ. • December 30, 1996 •• Mr. Harris Wofford Chief Executive Officer Corporation for National Service 1201 New York Avenue, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20525 UL--'"-·.. _! -_u-j~-~ -! _.ll}J Dear Mr. Wofford, I retired from CNS in 1995 after 23 years as the state program director for Michigan. I wrore to you after you were appointed to be the new head of CNS . I wrote about my concerns with equal opportunity at CNS. CNS is primarily a white enclave at the senior level . I know of no black person who has any significant policy role at CNS. This letter is about a different subject, yet probably related to the former because of the backgrounds of the policy makers and their lack of real life programming experience. have attached a letter I wrote to the new state director in Michig@. It fairly well ex~ns mx views on w at JS happening With VISTA and the Senior Cor:p.s. I find some of the proposals coming out o Washington to be abominable. T.he inherent elitism of the S~i_or Corps troposals show how out of t()~ch Tom Endres and his stJf are. The balkaruzation ofVIS A is just plain dumb. The VISTA model is more appropriate for addressing the needs of poverty communities. The Americorps model is a result of a public relations campaign, based not on sound social policy , but on the flawed national service concepts of the Bush administration and the staff of Senator Kennedy. I will be submitting a policy paper to Representative Goodiing. I hope he can stop some of the madness coming out of Washington. I didn't hear from you the last time I wrote to you, so I have no expectations this time. I am awart:.l4_a_t_the~e i~a __g£_~~-~- ~_l.~s!J:IOle in Washington wher.e__ktt_e~ t_haum~_I!O~ (lan~ri.I!_g _t~~~.§..g~: ~expect th~~ l~~~~r to_g()_then:. Nevertheless, maybe Tracy Gray or Gary .Kowalczyk will reaa tbis correspondence before it is dismissed. CNS is headed in the wrong direction. It needs to stop and reconsider its mission, or it will not survive. Sinc.erely, ;:Jta.....fu.-.:r {Y1 Sta.nley M. Stewart 1787 Manchester Ypsilanti, MI 48198 313-487-0717 smsdas@ aot .com ~lJ- �December 30, 1996 Dear Diana, I hope things are well with you and your family. I have attached correspondence I sent to Mary Pfeiler and Harris Wofford. I am extremely concerned with the direction CNS is going. Wofford doesn't know me so he is unaware how tenacious I will be. I hope you will tell him. Over the holidays I spoke with lots of other folks who are also upset with CNS. We plan to have input during the re-authorization hearings. It appears that the Senior Corps associations have been co-opted, and VISTA has little voice. My best wishes to you for a happy new year. Sincerely, Stanley M. Stewart �01/13 / 97 MON 15 : 05 FAX 565 2788 DEP.EIEC.DIR. December 24, 1996 Ms. Mary Preiler State Program Director CNS 211 W. Fort Street Room 1408 Detroit, MI 48226 Dear Mary, I have received several phone calls from VISTA sponsors asking me about the new competitive VISTA project approval process that you just recently implemented. Since I am personally unaware of what you are proposing, this letter is based primarily on information provided to me by VISTA sponsors. However, what you conveyed to me over the phone yesterday is basically what the sponsors have been saying to me . It has been almost two years since I retired as the state program director for Michigan. And during that timeT have made a conscious effort not to be involved with CNS issues in Michigan. I did not want to second guess yours or others programming decisions. Unfortunately, what I am hearing from sponsors, both VISTA and the Senior Corps , is of ~reat concern to me. Consequently, I am discarding my self imposed gag order on CNS ISSUeS . [twas stated to me that ):9U plfii.!..!9_~~~m~_~l_VI~TA 2!9~-~tJ~newal~cajjpn_s io_to.ope great con:n~eti~iv~ _P-Qol,_And t at the best concept papers will be gi ven permission to submit full applications. I believe the state commission uses that same flawed procedure for choosing grantees. t_hose .£fJ!s...Y!!!9 .h~Y-~ m9.r~J.b.an _fiy~ _minu~~.$_9f.P~9g_~mLI!g e~~ri~_~ce ~e.c~gE:ize th~_i!].~q~i~_Qf that meth_.9dol~gy. I was a panel member for national and government grantees m 1994. I am aware of who was chosen and what criteria was used to select them. It was quite clear that certain agencies who submitted the ';cleanest paper'' would be the recipients of CNS funds. They were not necessarily the best applicants, but they had lhe match money , and they were safe. Several of us objected rather vociferously to the selection criteria, but neither CNS nor the state commissions would listen. We were accused of being stuck in the past : old thinking. We needed to become accustomed to doing things the "new way." The result of the new way was the selection of government agencies, large social services agencies, and universities as Americorps grantees. CNS and state commissions chose those entities that historically were not involved with poor people. Of course, Americorps is not a poverty program, but one would think it would at least pay lip service to the most vulnerable in our society. Getting things done was a concept created by aPR machine with no heart. It is little wonder that Americorps lacks a viable constituency. There is little public support for $20,000 a year members whose main functions are cleaning streams and picking up litter. In spite of CNS and the state commission there are several successful Americorps projects in Michigan. Interestingly, they have chosen the VISTA programming model over the new Americorps model, which places large numbers of members on specific projects. As you know the VISTA model permits the placement of small numbers of vol untecrs with grass roots organizations. It is called "meeting the needs of the community." What you are proposing to do is called " meeting the needs of the bureaucracy." If I didn't know better, I would think that Bush was still president and Jane Kenny was running CNS. la!002 �01 / 13/97 MON 15:06 FAX 565 2788 DEP.EXEC.DIR. ln_addit~Q~ _t~_~lievi~g th~t 'Nh.~t y~~-~re_ p~ps>sjng i_s unsound programming, I also bf!lie'.:':~t is illeg£1. In the early 1980's VISTA director James Burnley attempted to summarily deny renewal to several VISTA projects that he didn't like. He was challenged in court and the court ruled that VISTA had to have denial of refunding procedures. Presently, those procedures are spelled out in the VISTA regulations. You should read them, because what you are proposing violates them. The reason for the regulations is to protect due process. Consequently, in order to deny the renewal of a VISTA project , VISTA must follow specific procedures. Your plan does not follow those procedures. I recognize that without anyone looking VISTA will interpret the regulations to benefit the new order. But, if it does, it will violate not only the letter of the law but also the spirit. lt was disheartening to learn that you had given VISTA volunteers to the state welfare department, a 9 billion dollar operation, and to the Non-Profit Forum, an entity that has never seen a poor person. I guess you must be trying to curry favor with the state commission. I am certain (hat both FIA and NPF will probably write better concept papers than many grassroots organizations. But as you should know, good papers don't necessarily equal good projects. It is clear to me that the state commission does not care about poverty issues. They are about getting things done, a misnomer if there ever was one. Not surprisingly, the director of the state commission, Frank Dirks, is on record as favoring the closing of CNS state offices. He believes they are redundant Frank is into service, not poverty programming. I_ho e ou will reconsider our ill conceived Ian. It is blatantly unfair to penalize agencies because o your errors m ca cu atmg servtce years. l could be a little sympathetic, but for the fact that I warned you that you were making a big mistake in training entries, and that the residuals would be catastrophic. You did not listen and went ahead with that ill conceived plan. And the result\\ ill be that there will be r:o VISTAs in Michigan in the month of September. I sincerely hope you listen this time. In my 23 years in Michigan we never had that problem . I recognize that Washington wants you to be a mindless team player, but I hope you don't succumb too easily. I have heard other disturbing things coming out of Washington that appear to be violating the spirit of VISTA for the convenience of Americorps. ~anv of us are aware that VISTA i_s an embarrassment to CNS. It is difficult to explain the difference between a VISTA volunteer and an Americorps member, except that one is much more expensive than the other and requires a sizable bureaucracy to support it. The state commissions are the product of bad social policy developed by the Bush administration. They serve no useful purpose, except they are politically correct. In addition, I heard that Bob Jackson has an npproved FGP project that recruits overincome volunteers. Whatever happened to the law? I also heard that the Senior Corps programs are going to have to compete in the future . Is CNS trying to commit political suicide? There must be too much staff with too little to do in Washington. Further, I was informed that the Senior Corps is looking for "high quality volunteers." I guess the volunteers who are serving now are "low quality." Endres and his cohorts are dangerously ignorant. Maybe congressman Goodling was right in proposing to move the Senior Corps programs to another agency.lt may be the only way to protect the programs from the new ways folks. We have known each other for a long time, and I take no gratification in writing this letter to you. However, you must know how serious I am to write this letter. It appears to me that VISTAs' so called friends will do it more harm than its so called enemies could ever do. I am sending a copy of this letter to Diana London and to Harris Wofford, not to ~OOJ �U.J.. / ...l~/ ~ J l!lU .:. ' ..LV. UU 1-. .ll..d.. -.JU" ._, UU JJJ.:.C • LA£,.\,.; • u J.J.\. • ~VV"I: resents As you know, I spent the last several months working for candidates who were all elected to office. And now I plan to turn my attention to CNS. I plan on contacting projects in the state to develop a strategy to save VISTA and the Senior Corps from its friends. Old fashion door to door campaigning still works, even if the new way of doing things pundits don't believe it. Sincerely, Stanley M. Stewart l?in Manchester Ypsilanti, MI 48198 313-487-0717 SMSDAS@aol.com � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Stanley-Stewart-Letter-to-Harris-Wofford Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Stanley Stewart letter to Harris Wofford Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Stanley Stewart letter to Harris Wofford. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49854 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/85ba054eedf2e745b5fb17ab55127590.pdf b48507904fa3a3d52441164b2c829177 PDF Text Text P.02 Oac-26-00 06:01A {12/.5/'Jfi) State Commission Survey Regarding the Potential of a State Commission Network or Association A. BACKGROUND: Briefly review the development and focu.~ of the State Cummi~~i011 Coordinating Croup (SCCG), ~oals of Ford grant and li~t of accomplishments over tht! past 18 months: Background: ln rchruary. 1995 the Ford roundation funded the National Governor's Asso\.:iation (NGA) and Public/Private Ventures (PPV) LO hcr§t ameeting in St. Louis 3-' Lh~ final step in an initiative sponsored by the Ford Foundation to suppon and aC\.~ss the dcv~lopmcnt or State Commissions. At that meeting a number of Commission dire<.·wrs attending agreed Lhat it would be useful to seek additional funding Lo create regular opportunities for Ctlmmis.~ion~ to c..:omc Logclhcr, independent or hut in partnership with the Corporation for 1\:ational Service. for purposes of organi:.a1Lional and network d~vclopment. As a result, after c.:onsultalion with other states, the Mi(.;higan Commi~sit.m sclll a l:um.:cpt paper to the Ford Foundation on h~half of more than twenty sta~:> which had indkatcd support at that tim::::. The kLter was followed by a meeting in May. 1995 with the dire<.:tors of the Mil.:higan and Vem1ont Commis.)iuns and the Ford Foundi:!.tion at whil:h time Ford indica.Led intcrc~l in re<.:civing a proposal. Ba.scd on the exprcs~d interest of Ford a m~Ling of the EDs wa.s hdd in Washington. D.C . on Scptcmhcr of 1995 tied to an all EDs meeting hosted by Lhe CNS . An outcome of the meeting wa..s the establishment of an ongoing coordinating group. the SCCG, c;ompri~ed of volunteers from ea<.:h commissitm duster willing to commit time and resources to moving this process along. T he SCCG has been and is open to any Ed inte~stcd. A proposal was developed, reviewed and approved hy the SCCG and suhmitted to Ford in September that rcque.~;ted modest suppon to convene State Commissions for a ~erics nl' independent meetings to address the following goak o o o cstahlish a self-supporting peer network: develop polir.;y recommendations that strengthen state-level infrastnJclure; and, assess merits and f~asibility of establishing a formal national as.-;ociation or network of stale service commissions. Sin<.:e that time the SCCG ha..o; met by monthly conference calls and and hao; hostd three meetings (3/96 San Diego; &96 Wash_ D.C. and 10196 Wa.~h- D.C.) . Notices of meetings , <.:lmfcrence �.1- ODc-26-00 06:01A (.:alls. meeting notes and material~ are ma.1agcd and coordinated by the Michigar: Comm issjl)n staff and made available to all EDs. A grant frnm the Pord Foundation was approved in June and has provided partial .support to convene the SCCG in June and Octoher and will pto\'ide funds lo convene all EDs in the Spring of 1997. In addition the. SCCG has worked closely with Aguirre and Assoc. in developing the agenda for the technical assic;tance conference planned for Fcbmary 1997. Results: With leadership and suppon provide by the Michigan Commil\sil)n, the SCCG has supported fnur meetings and monlhly conference calls since ~pril. 1995 w address ~onccm., and supp011 the de,·elopment of Commi.'\sions. Result<> tn date, on hehalf of the State Commis.')ion.s. include: o Developed and disseminated a State Commission peer resource matrix. o Produced white paper on technical assistance and worked with the CNS to redirect the focus and proc.:ess of the State Commission TA contract l() more appropriately and adequ~.ttcly m-xt the needs of State Commhsions. o Estahlished a working group of EDs to ovcrse~ and help direct lh~ implcmcntalion of the T A (.;Onlract with Aguirre. o Worked with CNS to implement a 2-stagc FY96 applic.:ation pnx:ess for fonnula funding that would better meet the needs of slates. o Received $9~.000 grant from the Ford Foundation to convene Sratc Commissions o Deveh.1ped consensus on administrative and programmatic issues of concern to Commissions for con.o;ideration in reauthorization and regulations. o Established 11 collective voice to addrc.ss administnllive issues in pannership wilh the C.l\S. o Sought and re~.:cived a ravornhk clarirkation from CNS on colocation of Slate Commission and State Office of the CNS. Other areas in proc.:ess include white papers Lo as.si.st state in linking nalional service with o other state iniliatives, a monitoring guide and a guide for new EDs. o Continuing a discussion to clarify roles and rcsponsi bilitics to develop a mo~ <:ohcrcnL system of monitoring. In~titutcd a strategic planning discussion regarding the level of administrati vc support !'or o State Commissions. ~ ~ P.03 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49855 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/6ca3276f0253eeb6a93c08ba0d1affa3.pdf 65f8f6031368b0316bb6c64617ca65d2 PDF Text Text Draft #3 (1/30/97) Results of the State Commission Survey Regarding the Potential of a State Commission Network or Association Information reported is based on responses from 24 states: AR, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV, and WY. The first two pages summarizes the type and number of responses to the questions on the survey. This is then followed by the specific responses to questions #4, #5, #6, and #7. Similar responses have been combined for brevity. 1. Are you familiar with the work of the SCCG? YES: 83% (20) Somewhat: 13% (3) NO: 4% (1) 2. Have you found this work to be helpful for your Commission? YES: 75% (18) Somewhat:8% (2) NO: 8% (2) No Opinion:8% (2) 3. What 2-3 things have been most helpful? a. b. d. e. f. g. h. 1. J. Networking opportunities to discuss common concerns, share ideas and solve problems (16) Peer Resource Matrix (7) Awareness of common issues among EDs and advocacy with CNS in a unified voice (7) Timely Information sharing and exchanging nuts and bolts about best practices (5) Monitoring information and guide (5) Input surveys (i.e. administrative guideline letter) (4) Redirecting the focus ofT A contract (2) Work on 2-stage application process (2) Professional development (l) Working papers/groups (1) 4. What are the 3-4 most pressing developmental needs of your State Commission that a peer network might help address? a. b. c. d. e. Sustainable Infrastructure for service and volunteerism (22) Sustainable Funding (17) Administrative Capacity (15) Training Commissioners (11) Timely Information from CNS (4) Evaluation (2) 1 of6 �5. How might your colleagues help meet those needs? a. b. c. Information exchange: opportunities to come together, in person and electronically, to share ideas, information, expenence and strategies was reflected in nearly 75% of the responses. Common front to D.C.- reduce unfunded mandates Working together toward reauthorization d. Consider hiring lobbyist for SCCG e. f. g. h. Network with State offices of volunteerism Give$ Relocate some Michigan Foundations Share expenses Stop sending survey's Stop trying to create more work for state Commissions that has no real benefit 1. J. 6. What 3-5 services might a peer network provide that you think would be helpful in developing national and community service programs in all states? a. b. c. Networking (in person and via internet) (16) Program Development (11) Commission and Staff Development (10) d. e. Delivery System Development (8) Monitoring (6) f. g. h. Funding (5) Public Relations and Communication (1) Don't need another bureaucracy (1) 7. What would you most want from a peer support network and what could you offer to support it? a. WANT FROM NETWORK... [see responses to question #6] b. WHAT COULD YOU OFFER.... o Small state strategies and perspec~ve (3) o Willing to send information (1) o Host meetings (1) o Organized network with clear focus (1) o Provide speakers/ consultants (1) o Provide information on programs that enhance the o Index and directory of peer resources ( 1) o Standards of performance for national service program (1) act of national service i.e. welfare reform, education reform (1) o Share listening campaign Colorado is doing (1) o How to fight state bureaucracy (1) o State/chapter assistance review teams (1) o Doing it on the cheap ( 1) o Pay membership dues to support network (1) o Ideas on on-line forum (1) o Information and Partnership ( 1) o Participation o Developing models for RFPs (1) o Share information; avoid reinventing the wheel (1) o Collaborating with State CNS office (1) 2 of6 �4. What are the 3-4 most pressing developmental needs of vour State Commission that a peer network might help address? Sustainable Infrastructure for service and volunteerism (22) o Integrating national service with education and o Moving from rhetoric to promoting broad-based welfare reform(2) ethic of volunteerism & service in all communities (1) o Increasing volunteer support; development of Office o Unified state plan models - how display information; of Volunteerism function for the Commission (2) cross stream models (4) o Developing a collaborative network with other o Looking at relationships with national directs (3) o Models and best practices for developing service players (1) o Public relations; PSAs billboards, etc. (1) infrastructure in the state ( 1) o Reauthorization ( 1) o Project development (1) o Help on work study initiative (4) o Partnerships (1) '-d. b. Sustainable Funding (17) o Sustainibility, diversified private sector funding (14) o Sharing insights regarding how different states handle match requirements for administration (1) c. Administrative Capacity (15) o Getting Commission to think about alternative \dministrative models and organizational structures ~ that work (i.e. 50l.(c)(3)) (4) o Different monitoring schemes (fiscal especially) (4) o Developing internet and computer capacity (1) o Sharing approaches on management issues (1) o How to cut down on useless, unproductive, frivolous paperwork ( 1) o Discussing tradeoffs re: sustainability and the national movement ( 1) o Networking- Where are we with funding ? (1 ) o Small staff! shrinking budgets ( 1) o Forces of emulation; i.e. "How do other states do things?" (1) o Running community-based Learn and Serve grant process (1) o TA with state regs/DC regs (1) d. Training Commissioners (11) o Training commissioners on basics and developing roles and responsibilities (7) o Opportunity to interact with commissioners from other states (1) o Growing pains on Commission - broader representation challenges us to grow the agency (1 ) o What the Commissions should be when they grow up (1) o Building a strong Commission (1) e. Timely Information from CNS (4) o Getting timely informative responses from CNS (1) o Responses from Washington (1) 0 Philosophies & policies o Program calendar - staggered responses to reflect program (1) f. Evaluation (2) o Evaluation that is outcome based (2) 3 of6 �5. How might your colleagues help meet those needs? a. Information exchange: opportunities to come together, in person and electronically, to share ideas, information, experience and strategies was reflected in nearly 75% of the responses: o Other Commissions sharing what they are doing ( 1) o Sharing PR materials ( 1) o Peer networking; sharing programs and other o Share successful strategies so we don't have to reinvent the wheel (4) resources (2) o Who has used internet effectively? (1) o Sharing best practices and models (1) o Share monitoring systems (2) o Collaborating on resource sharing grid - directory of o Share alternative administrative models (1) who is doing what, expertise, etc. (2) o Sharing experiences and successes (1) o Share information (3) o By sharing ideas and by providing a unified voice to o Discussion, heads together, comparing alternatives from states ( 1) the CNS on issues of mutual concern (1) o Roundtable discussions around issues when we meet o Communication/ information exchange (1) as a group (1) o Share strategies, tools, practices on monitoring, fundraising, and evaluation ( 1) o Network (1) o Sharing info: 501(c)(3), fundraising; state legis. (1) b. c. d. e. f. g. h. 1. J. Common front to D.C.- reduce unfunded mandates (1) Working together toward reauthorization (1) Consider hiring lobbyist for SCCG (1) Network with State offices of volunteerism (1) Give$ (1) Relocate some Michigan Foundations (1) Share expenses (1) Stop sending survey's (1) Stop trying to create more work for state Commissions that has no real benefit (1) 4 of6 .,; �6. What 3-5 services might a peer network provide that you think would be helpful in developing national and community service programs in all states? .. Networking (in person and via internet) (16) o Information sharing; increase forums for sharing best practices (5) o More cohesive network would multiply problem solving capacity and result in a more unified national service movement (2) o Continued opportunity for EDs to interact o Develop matrix more of people who worked together on a topic o Communication and sharing b. Program Development (11) o Sharing information re: successful programs o Sharing copies of successful concept papers and proposals o Recruitment and retention of members o Analysis of problems; e.g. how to stop a bad o developing network wide relationship of partnership with CNS o On-line forum with conversation threads-- maybe a web page with forum attached o Get matrix on e-mail system so we can scan it o Support system for new Commission EDs o Organized network with clear focus o Index and directory of peer resources program? o Help on work-study initiative (3) o Advocacy for role of community service in welfare reform o Looking at relationships with national directs (3) Commission and Staff Development (10) -J Opportunities for commission members to share information, build capacity o Have shared educational opportunities, and build a shared vision o Help develop roles of Commission members (3) o Staff development o Commission development and training (3) o Peer exchanges and sharing of best practices can be helpful if done to meet specific assistance requested by a commission o Peer exchanges d. Delivery System Development (8) o Additional assistance on unified state plan (3) o Develop coordinated delivery system models (2) o Looking at relationships with national directs (3) e. Monitoring (6) o Develop effective monitoring systems; identify appropriate roles for Commissions and CNS (2) o Develop standards of performance for national service program (2) o State/chapter assistance review teams o Cross-network monitoring f. Funding (5) o providing a unified voice in reuthorization (and ther legislative opportunities "Read America") (2) Fundraising o o CNS funding policies ( l) o Accessing pools of money and other resources not available on the state level 5 of 6 �g. Public Relations and Communication (1)\ o Short publication/brochure or PR videos to get a unified message out on service h. We don't need another bureaucracy (1) 7. What would you most want from a peer support network and what could you offer to support it? a. WANT FROM NETWORK ... [see responses to question #6] b. COULD OFFER... o Small state strategies and perspective (3) o Host meetings (1) o Provide speakers/ consultants (1) o Provide information on programs that enhance the impact of national service i.e. welfare reform, education reform ( 1) o Share listening campaign Colorado is doing (1) o How to fight state bureaucracy (1) o Willing to pay membership dues to support network (1) o Ideas on on-line forum (1) o Work with group on developing models for RFPs (1) o Willing to send information (1) o Organized network with clear focus (1) o Index and directory of peer resources (1) o Standards of performance for national service program (1) o State/chapter assistance review teams (1) o Doing it on the cheap (1) o Collaborating with State CNS office (1) o Information and Partnership (1) o Participation o Share information to avoid reinventing the wheel (1) 6 of6 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_State-Commission-Survey-Results Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting State Commission survey results Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting State Commission survey results. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49856 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/003f8ec08e3d8256a61af7d33048c781.pdf bfc27a50fbbd310374fee15c1aa40ec2 PDF Text Text 217/97 VOLUNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS Introduction The Volunteer Investments Grants program will provide grants to community-based, volunteer, nonprofit agency partnerships for the purpose of: 1) supporting local endowments that will help to permanently sustain community volunteerism; 2) increasing the number of volunteers serving their communities; 3) meeting important community needs through service and volunteerism; and 4) sustaining the activities of community nonprofit agencies that support volunteerism. Communities need nonprofit agency infrastructure that supports community volunteerism. The pillar for this infrastructure in most communities is the nonprofit volunteer agency. Michigan's nonprofit volunteer centers currently serve 48 counties in the state by recruiting and placing volunteers and serving as volunteer information clearinghouses. Yet volunteer agencies annually struggle to raise sufficient funds to operate. Volunteer Investment Grants will increase the number and self-sufficiency of local volunteer agencies/centers while building their capacity to involve volunteers in community problem-solving. Eli~ibility Volunteer Investments Grants are available to community partnerships of nonprofit organizations from any Michigan community that designate a volunteer agency and include a community foundation or, in communities without community foundations , an alternative local endowment authority which conforms to federal, state, and local tax regulations, such as a local bank. The designated volunteer agency must not duplicate the services provided by an existing organization, but may serve to combine the services provided by existing organizations. These partnerships will be eligible to apply for grants that will range in amount from $25 ,000 to $75 ,000. The following local organizations may be designated as the community volunteer agency: • Volunteer Agencies • United Ways • Nonprofit organizations that provide community-wide volunteer services including, but not limited to volunteer recruitment and placement, clearinghouse information, volunteer training and technical assistance, special volunteer project development, and volunteer public awareness. • Intermediate school districts • Community colleges • County extension offices Partnerships Effective community partnerships are essential for supporting and sustaining community volunteerism. The Volunteer Investment Grant program is intended to facilitate and enhance community partnerships that support volunteerism. Volunteer Investment Grant partnerships must include a community foundation, or an alternative endowment authority and designate a volunteer agency/center. While every community is unique, effective partnerships may include United Ways, community and neighborhood nonprofit organizations, public schools, community colleges, institutions of higher education, hospitals, senior centers, senior volunteer agencies, county extension offices, local government offices, and other entities that regularly involve and deploy volunteers. Requirements • A partnership agreement that designates a volunteer agency to serve as the applicant, specifies a community foundation or alternative endowment authority to administer the endowment fund, and includes a partnership agreement with the local Family Independence Agency volunteer coordinator. �• The application must include: * * * * * * * * * A plan for generating the $2-to-$1 minimum local cash match A survey of community volunteer resources A description of how a Volunteer Investment Grant will strengthen and promote collaboration among these resources A description of the developmental priorities of the volunteer agency An inventory list of community volunteer assets A description of community needs that may be met by volunteers A one-year volunteer action plan that includes at least two community-wide service projects which meet community needs and demonstrate measurable community results An agreement from the community foundation or alternative endowment authority that stipulates that it will cap its annual endowment administrative service fee at no more that 1% of principal. A detailed, twelve-month operating budget for the volunteer agency covering the amount of the Volunteer Investment Grant request Application Process Grants will be awarded competitively. Applicants may request grants of no more than $75,000 and no less than $25 ,000. The grant award process will involve three stages including an expert peer review, a technical compliance review by MCSC staff, and final review and approval by MCSC. Applications will be rated on the strength of the overall proposal as well as the strength of the individual elements of the application. MCSC will promptly notify applicants of its award decision. The cash match will be deposited in a permanent, dedicated agency endowment fund established in the local community foundation, or local endowment authority for the express purpose of supporting the operation of the community volunteer agency in perpetuity. Awarded applicants must generate 100% of the minimum cash match no later than 12 months after the notification of award. From the date of the award notification, an awarded applicant will have no more than six months to produce 50% of the cash match. At the time of the deposit of the 50% match, the community foundation or local endowment authority will certify the formation of the fund and its match level. Upon this notification, MCSC will release 50% of the cash grant in accordance with the approved grant budget. At the time of deposit of 100% of the minimum cash match, the community foundation or local endowment authority will notify MCSC and certify the match level. At that time MCSC will release the remaining 50% of the grant award in accordance with the approved budget. Award applicants must submit progress reports after six and twelve months, and a final report after eighteen months. A warded applicants will report on program activities, the status of the endowment fund, and grant expenditures. Communities will be encouraged to exceed the minimum cash match and continue to build on the endowment fund. The local endowments will be managed by the community foundation and governed by the federal and state tax laws and regulations applied to such funds. Priority for Grant Awards Priority consideration will be given to applicants that demonstrate: • The quality of the community volunteer partnership • The extent of community support for volunteer activities • The quality of collaboration among volunteer service entities including youth and senior volunteers • The level of financial match support and the plan for achieving it • The relative (based on community size) number of volunteers to be involved in projects and the number of new volunteers to be recruited • The quality of anticipated outcomes of the volunteer service projects. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-02-14_Volunteer-Investment-Grants Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Volunteer Investment Grants Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-02-14 commission meeting Volunteer Investment Grants. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49857 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-02-14 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/84cde15c1029e58e5bbefa3752dcc654.pdf 365873e3646ea927a650753ac4f518df PDF Text Text . .. A celebration of communitY ··~e~i6~ >.- . ' )·: Lansing alumnae of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will celebrate 37 years of community service Saturday at the Holiday Inn-South, 6820 S. Cedar St. , '· The guest speaker will be Marcia Fudge, an Ohio attorney and national president of the 84-year-old organization. · . . . · She will be welcomed by Hortense Canady, .a f9rt;ner. natioo.al president and one of the charter members of the .Lansing Alu~na~ .· Chapter. . · · ·· · · A public reception ($15) will be held from 2 . p.m. to 4 p.m. The sorority·was formed in 1913 by 22 AfricanAmerican women at Howard University in Washing-. ton, D. C. Their mission: To devote their lives to higher education and cultural and moral ideas f9r the betterment of themselves and society. ; · The local chapter organized in 1960 and mem- . · hers have worked diligently on numerous projects to . · .· benefit the community since then. . Among them, Summitt II,. a mentoririg program Fu.dge . for local high schools; Delta Day at the Capitol; a st~teWide ~vent. to give members a chance to discuss social and political issu·es wit~ legislators; School America, a six-week program that focuses 9n reading tech· ·· niques for parents to use to teach their children to read. I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-03-25_A-Celebration-of-Comm-Service-Marcia-Fudge Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-03-25 commission meeting A Celebration of Community Service Marcia Fudge Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-03-25 commission meeting A Celebration of Community Service Marcia Fudge. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49858 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-03-25 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e290bcc0ca13938f02aa7bc9a80c8e20.pdf eeef50dd283b984076a930162d78d39e PDF Text Text Kellogg Hotel & at ·Michigan • Con~erence Center State~ Unjversity March 10, 1997 MAR 1 3 \991 Ms. Mary Estrada MI ~ommunity Service Commission 111 S. Capitdl, Olds Plaza 4th floor Lansing, MI 48909 D~ Ms. Estrada: t ' - Thank you for choosing the Kellogg Center! We ate looking forward to the opportunity to work with you and your organization .' Enclosed is -the .contraCt confrrming the details of your event. If everything meets with your approval, please sign and return both pages of the booking contract to me by March 15, 1~97 . Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have or if there is any additional information you require. Again, thank you for choosing the Kellogg Center and I look forward to working with you on this event. Sincerely, /Jul f.~"hA/ 7 Paul Trudell - """...,. Conference Services Manager lg Enclosures . ' Supporting Continuing Education Michigan State University • East Lansing, Michigan 48824· 1022 1 ph: 517-432-4000 • fax: 517·353-1872 • http://www.hfs.msu.edu/kellogg/ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-03-25_Kellogg-Center-Reservation Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-03-25 commission meeting Kellogg Center reservation Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-03-25 commission meeting Kellogg Center reservation. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49859 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-03-25 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f70b92799340b33341d5991a30ee0fd7.pdf cc1b1e5878d05015fbc5185b23edf421 PDF Text Text Michigan Community Service Commission Public Information Gathering Meeting: 3/25/97 Michigan Communities In Schools, Inc. (MCIS) is our state's affiliate of Communities In Schools, Inc. As you may know, Communities In Schools, Inc., fonnerly Cities In Schools (CIS), is the nation's largest stayin-school network with programs operating in over 200 urban and rural communities in 28 states. Fonnerly incorporated in 1977, CIS pioneered the concept of coordinating and delivering existing, already funded health and human services, and other resources, at public school sites. Today, CIS, at the national level, exists to help local communities establish and maintain a fonnal process for pooling their resources and delivering these resources to children and families in need at the central location of the school. For the tremendous number of students and families who are living life on the edge, having better access to services which are delivered in a caring, accountable, and coordinated fashion, is often the first step towards ending their cycle of failure. Over the years, this approach has proven to be cost-effective and successful in helping to "turn around" the Iives of young people who were considered on the brink of dropping out of school or having the risk factors that would eventually lead to dropping out. In community after community, evaluations and outside studies are consistently showing that this approach not only produces cost savings in the criminal justice system, school district, and social welfare system, but also leads to higher attendance, improved academic perfonnance, and reduced behavioral problems and criminal activity. At the core of this innovative movement are the four CIS basics, recently adopted as values for the upcoming Presidents' Summit: ... ... ... • All children need and dese.rve: a personal, one-on-one relationship with a caring adult; a safe place to learn and grow; a marketable skiU to use upon graduation; and a chance to give back to peers and community. The Michigan Communities In Schools (MCIS) office, located in Grand Rapids, was established in early 1994 and works with as a public/private partnership to champion the connect ion of needed community resources, parent and schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for Iife. The primary function of MCIS is to develop and support local CIS initiatives across the state, as accomplished through the following activities: * assisting new communities adopt the CIS process, * arranging and/or delivering training and technical assistance for new and existing CIS communities, * linking local CIS communities with state, regional and national resources, and * advocating for children and their families through statewide partnerships. In Michigan, we are presently working with 20 communities at varying levels of interested, implementing and operational status. Operational ClS programs currently serve youth and families in Tecumseh, Detroit, Branch, Ottawa, Calhoun and Lenawee Counties representing daily service coordination in 48 schools, and growing rapidly. My experience with community service programs includes working with a variety of Learn & Serve initiatives, school based Service-Learnjng efforts, Youth Engaged in Service and Youth Irutiative programs over the past ten years. While vice president for Heart of West Michigan United Way, I supervised the �Volunteer Center, Project Blueprint, and other youth and adult volunteer efforts, in addition to my other responsibilities. I have also administered a VISTA grant for the last two and a half years through MCTS, and have recently applied for an AmeriCorps grant that could benefit our programs statewide. I have been honored to participate in the varied initiatives granted, and still maintain that the opportunity to 'give back' is as beneficial to the provider as to the recipient. As MCIS is both a provider and recipient itself when it comes to community service programs, I am glad to be able to respond to the Commission's questions. I) The value of service programs for our community based organizations, and the individuals they serve, is irrefutable, and likewise their strengths are many. They supply direct and quality staffing resources for many worthy programs, while providing real-life experience and skill-building for the individuals that volunteer. They also provide meaningful positive interaction, engender strong citizenship, and assist in often dramatic and measurable outcomes. Strengths (of Michigan's system of support) : -the open, competitive nature of application process ~ -support and encouragement for high standards of accountability & impact ~ -inclusive recruiting and placement efforts : Weaknesses -lack of coordination of efforts; -need for clear and consistent (yet comprehensive) communications ~ -complexity of application process and staff time required. 2) Depending on the variety of offerings planned for the future, and their complimentary or supporting natures, one central coordinating agency (or one central, with sub-sites) may be more useful and efficient. Reporting, monitoring, training, and communications could be more effectively coordinated and disseminated; while maximizing staffing and fi scal responsibilities. Similarly, all proposal timelines and processes could be streamlined and coordinated to provide less burden on the granting agency, as well as the grantees. 3) The Commission should continue advocating for: -sufficient resources to provide community service options warranted; to include staffing, training, and supplemental budgets; -increased technology to enhance efficiency (wherever appropriate), as well as the trai ning, equipment, and expertise to facilitate such activities; and -setting, and demonstrating, a high standard of quality, accountability, and outcomes; while providing the technical expertise to make it happen ! I thank you again for this opportunity to share my views and experience, and look forward to many years of continued collaboration for the benefit of organizations, communities, and the individuals involved in both. son State Director/President attachment �Michigan Communities In Schools: How We Work Michigan Communities In Schools (MCIS) works with local initiatives to REPOSITION EXISTING health and human services into the schools to address the needs of youth in a comprehensive, wholistic, and accountable manner. CIS does not compete with existing programs, but rather provides a process for more integrated and effective service delivery based on local needs and resources. . " ,' . . · · ·· ·· ···:· · . :· ······· .. According to the 1996 Making Kids Count community advocacy book, " communities must begin to design comprehensive programs that address the interrelated social, emotional, fmancial, educational and health-related needs of children." Similarly, one of the action steps recommended by the Michigan Business Leaders for Educational Excellence is to "assign a higher priority in health and human service agencies to work with poverty impacted schools to provide systematic programs of health care, counseling, nutrition education, drug abuse treatment, safety, and parent-community involvement." I All of us in the business world like a program that gets results. CIS gets results. Kids who were once dropouts or at great risk, are now graduating from high school and coUege. They are productive members of society... I am solidly behind CIS." Lee Iacocca Former Chairman The Chrysler Cor·poration ___ _ . . -. ........,._. - ·~ ~... -~ THAT'S WHAT Communities In Schools IS ALL ABOUT!!! Outcomes Repositioned Services t t - Business ----_. __,...,. Improved graduation rates Health SeJVices - Higher academic achievement - - - - Enhanced social skills Recreation Activities _ _ _....,. - Greater parental involvement =:::::. -----.. Increased school attendance Employment SeJVices Juvenile Justice~ Mentors/Tutors ~ CIS makes a Difference! .............._ Decreased disciplina•y actions - Improved attitude toward school ~ Better developed labor force "This is a model program that the nation could learn much from." Elizabeth Dole President of the American Red Cross National Headquarters For More Information, Call (616) 771-3939 MCIS 12/96 �... Michigan Communities In Schools: Our Accomplishments Michigan Communities In Schools (MCIS) is a unique process with a proven track record. Since its beginning in 1994, MCIS has ... • increased the number ofCIIilllrll served annually through local CIS programs to over 5,000; • e!Ept4nded its network in Michigan to include 20 communities representing 6 operational, 6 implementing, and 8 interested locales throughout the state; • been a conduit for state, regional, and national resources to existing and developing local initiatives; • conducted a statewide conference with participants representing 22 Michigan communities; • provided training and technical assistance to over 200 individuals inclusive of over 70 site visits; • established a gtro~ ttltd ditllltBII board of directors with leaders from both public and private sectors; and • through local programs, assisted in the coordination of an estimated 172 repositioned human services into Michigan schools. According to Wedgewood Associates' 1995-96 independent evaluation of Michigan Communities In Schools, Growth in the numbers ofyouth served in Michigan has been close to spectacular. The need for CIS in Michigan is clear and irrefutable. There is a mismatch between the size of the challenge as represented by the need, and the size of MCIS to meet that need. "CIS makes sense to me because it views the education of all our young people as a responsibility all ofus must share ifwe are to be successful. The program uses what each of us can contribute." Andrew Young Former Mayor of Atlanta "I personally visited a CIS site and was extremely impressed with what I saw. I was impressed not only with the progress the students are making, but also with the method by which they are being reached. Because somebody shows that they care about these kids, they are responding and making progress in their lives." President Bill Clinton "tJtte ~ tie IIIHt uuu+~ ~ ~1~~... 1j«t ~~~eudlut ~· 7~ ~ ~. 4414 ~~4~~ ~ ~ ~ etNII-~ teauM ... /14- we ~ jM ~ ~ '#~~~'-~ 4414 ~ tJWe tie. de lut ~/M-4~~.1 ~~f#itt~e1s~ ~~ ... fl.d~eoy ?-uss~~~~& 1/Jtu Z>~-ut MCIS 12/96 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-03-25_MCIS Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-03-25 commission meeting Michigan Communities In School, Inc. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-03-25 commission meeting Michigan Communities In School, Inc.. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49860 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-03-25 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/ca16983c109d8c9f1f277e2f22bed4f1.pdf 4c435a14ede29b5e9f16b5934258d759 PDF Text Text BACKGROUND The National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (NCSTA) merged the National and Community Service Commission (NCSC) and the ACTION Agency. NCSC was created through the National and Community Service Act of 1990 with the support of a bipartisan coalition in Congress and President Bush. The Act supported the creation of the Points of Light Foundation and provided funding for K -16 youth service (Learn and Serve) programs, and service corps programs. The 1990 Act created most of the programs that the MCSC administered until1993. The ACTION Agency, created through the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 administers the VISTA, VISTA Literacy, RSVP, Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs. The administrative agency that NCSTA created in the merger is called the Corporation for National Service (CNS). A government corporation, CNS has a board and CEO appointed by the president with advice & consent of the senate. CNS is authorized to raise private funds to support its activities. NCSTA eliminated the youth corps programs that had been administered by NCSC in order to create a new national service program, which has since been named AmeriCorps by CNS. NCST A also created the National Service Trust, which holds the annually appropriated post-service education awards for national service participants, and a CNS administered service corps named the National Civilian Conservation Corps (NCCC) . CNS supports 85 % of the $7,945 of the national service participant's full time living allowance, 85 % of health care, 100% of child care if needed, and a $4,725 post-service education benefit drawn as needed through the National Service Trust. CNS also supports 75 % percent of the cost of operating a national service program. One third of the AmeriCorps program funding is administered by CNS and available to other federal agencies and national non profits. Two thirds of the national service program, AmeriCorps, is administered through state service commissions and supports community-driven service initiatives. Fifty percent of the national service administration budget goes to state commissions by a formula allocation. The original intent of the NCSTA as submitted by the president was to completely merge the administrative structure of the ACTION agency into the new CNS as well as create a system of limited term employees. However, the ACTION agency employees represented by AFSCME prevailed upon Congress to maintain their existing structure in the merger. As a result, the old ACTION Agency programs are administered in each state by federal CNS offices while state commissions administer most of the AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve programs (state depts. of education administer 75 % of K-12 L&S funds), and competitive innovative service programs. �NCST A received modest bipartisan support in Congress. Few argued with the overall concept. As Sens. Kassebaum, Hatch, and Thurmond wrote in their minority views in the Labor and Human Resources committee report, "The argument is not about the value of national service, but rather about how to deal constructively with this issue." Opponents raised a number of concerns including the standard issue of the apparent oxymoron of paid volunteerism, the inefficient administrative structure, the relative value of a service education award as opposed to a Pell grant, and the projected growth and expense of the program. Sen. Kassebaum offered the most thoughtful substitute that was guided by the following principals: 1) consolidate national service and volunteer programs into a single federal entity to avoid duplication, 2) maximize state flexibility in determining service needs and priorities, 3) maintain a modest rate of growth, and 4) test various post-service benefit options. While her substitute was rejected in the Senate, it does offer an example of how National Service has thoughtful supporters across the political spectrum. While much criticism has been leveled at AmeriCorps, its administrative structure is decentralized and relies on, and supports state service commissions to make most program funding decisions. On the other, if on going congressional criticism of AmeriCorps are any indication, the centrally organized and federally administered former ACTION Agency programs may be the only programs to survive reauthorization. By dismissing the AmeriCorps model, Congress may unwittingly eliminate the only state administered service funding stream. Much of the concerns raised over the cost of AmeriCorps are based on a report by the GAO that attempted to estimate the resources necessary to support an FTE AmeriCorps participant. The GAO has said that it was not conducting a cost benefit analysis. It was only estimating how much goes into AmeriCorps and what that divides out to per FTE. In so doing, GAO included CNS and state commission administration, grant and matching resources for program operation, participant support, and the post-service awards. GAO did not attempt to calculate the impact of new volunteers generated by AmeriCorps participants. By calculating everything that supports a project, GAO included things like the cost (funded or match donated) of lumber and paint that goes into an AmeriCorps home renovation project. If a company donates lumber as a match, GAO calculates that as a resource necessary to support an AmeriCorps member. What is really a cost of a project is rolled into the FTE cost figure. Thus critics express concern over the high FTE cost of AmeriCorps. For your information see the attached sheet on actual cost of first year Michigan's AmeriCorps programs. �Percentage of National Service Administrative Costs Michigan Community Service Commission For FY96 MCSC was eligible to receive a formula administrative grant of $450,000. MCSC uses this grant to administer AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve, and produce publications on service and volunteerism, coordinate Make a Difference Day, National Volunteer Week, as well as the other activities in which MCSC regularly engages. However, if you were to only apply the administrative grant to AmeriCorps FTEs the costs follow. Average cost per AmeriCorps participant - with state adrnin. Funds $12,886 - without state adrnin. Funds $10,812 Overall budget percentages of Michigan's AmeriCorps administrative funds and program funds -Program 87 .14% -Administrative 12.86% Corporation for National Service Overall percentages of administrative funds and program funds in the CNS budget generally referred to as AmeriCorps. - adrnin compared to total budget 5.85% - adrnin without National Service Trust (NST)* 7.77 % - adrnin without NST, Inspector General, and Audits 7.94% Overall percentages of administrative funds and program funds in the CNS budget that contains all the former ACTION Agency programs. - adrnin compared to total budget 14.5% * This is the fund that provides the post service education awards for AmeriCorps members. �In the spring of 1995, MCSC's chair submitted testimony to a U.S. House sub-committee on the national service program. At that time, AmeriCorps was a high profile target for the congresionalleadership. Nevertheless, her testimony asserted her support for national service. She made a compelling case for the value of national and community service as well as the need for a public, federal investment in service and volunteerism. In addition, she made some suggestions for improving national service delivery including streamlining the "dual delivery system" in order to achieve improved cost effectiveness. The "dual delivery system" refers to the way CNS administers its portfolio of national and community service programs. While it speaks primarily to the function of the state commission and the CNS state office, in principle, it also refers to the way CNS directly administers other programs in the states. While state commissions are expected to provide coordination and oversight of national and community service in states, they are given little direct responsibility for most programs. Currently, state commissions administer grants to state formula AmeriCorps programs, state AmeriCorps programs selected through a national competitive process, and community-base Learn and Serve programs awarded to states on a competitive basis. CNS awards grants to national direct AmeriCorps programs through national nonprofit agencies like YMCA, but expects state commissions to provide technical support to these programs in their states. CNS awards school-based Learn and Serve grants by formula to state education agencies. CNS awards and administers grants to higher education institutions in states through a national competitive process. Despite these directly CNS administered programs in the states, the dual delivery system refers mostly to the programs operated by state CNS offices. CNS provides administrative support for both commissions and CNS state offices. CNS state offices administer the allocation of VISTAs and the funding and administration of Retired Senior Volunteer Programs (RSVP), Foster Grandparent Programs (FGP) , and Senior Companion Programs (SCP). The criticism of the dual delivery system is that by maintaining what are in effect two offices in the states--commissions and CNS-- the system is not as efficient as it would be if there were only one. At about the same time that MCSC's Chair submitted her testimony, MCSC's director was leading an effort among other state commissions to approach the Ford Foundation for support of a national grant to help state service commissions develop their capacity in states. Commissions are uneven across the country; not every state enjoys the level of support from the administration that Michigan does. The Ford grant was intended to help commissions help themselves and more importantly to develop an identity and purpose for commissions that extended beyond the administration of a federal program. The goal was to develop states' capacities to support service and volunteerism. �In the late 1970s the old ACTION Agency had supported an effort to create state offices of volunteerism. Beyond initial seed funding, ACTION did not do much to support an expanded role for these state offices. Without a clear function for program administration and limited policy understanding of service as a means for meeting community needs, the state offices of volunteerism withered on the vine as governors looked for areas for cost saving. The rationale being the nonprofit sector alone should support volunteerism. The Ford grant was also intended to avoid this from happening by taking advantage of the current level of federal support to develop a lasting institution of modest scale in the states that would function as a catalyst for volunteer community problem solving. Nevertheless, the timing of the MCSC Chair calling for the elimination of the dual delivery system and the MCSC director organizing an effort among state commissions to develop their capacities alarmed the network of CNS state office directors who saw this as a threat to their jobs or at least the way they have done business. CNS state office directors are civil service employees of CNS. Many have been in their state offices for most, if not all of their career. Because they have been in the "field" all this time, they view CNS with suspicion; run by political appointees intend on disrupting the good they are trying to achieve in their states. Many of these directors have operated as free agents-- forging political and program alliances in their states. The former, long-time director of the Michigan CNS office, Stan Stewart, worked with the Michigan Legislature to get state matching funds for senior programs--RSVP, SCP, and FGP. Over time each state director developed their own unique program policies that reflected his or her own program philosophies. While the federal expectation was that VISTA programs would have to be renewed periodically, there was no time certain in Michigan, the CNS office staff actually trained programs on how to operate around to spirit of the rules to ensure perpetual operation. In order to limit interference from the Washington office in the 1980s, the state offices worked with their grantees to secure in federal regulation a rule that stated that any VISTA program that was not to be renewed would be eligible for an appeal hearing. As of this date, some Michigan VISTA sites have operated for more than ten years. The senior service programs (FGP, RSVP, SCP) that state offices administer share with VISTA a similar sense of permanence. The last FGP grant that was awarded in the United States was more than fifteen years ago according to the National FGP Association. Senior program advocates argue that this kind of stability and permanence is critical for the success of effective senior service programs. They say that the reason that few new grants are issued or reconsidered is because no one else in the community would want to run them. Of course, if organizations don't know its an option because there has been no change over the years it is difficult to tell what the real interest would be. �FGP and SCP also consider themselves to be income supplement programs since they provide living stipends for their volunteers. When CNS wanted to change the way it evaluates programs looking more at community impact rather than participant numbers, the programs responded that impact assessment would undermine the programs' work with seniors. Programs also bristled at the CNS proposal the senior programs reapply every six years. Yet now the role of the states has become the biggest potential change to the status quo for these programs and they have gone on record as not finding impact assessment and six-year replications as arduous. Over the years the state office network and the programs they operate have developed a closely coordinated advocacy alliance. If the state office staff are questioned, the programs defend them. If the programs are questioned, the state office staff defend them. This alliance is assured by the fact that these networks have been largely unchanged over the years. The programs are content to protect what they have, lay low, and let the criticism of AmeriCorps pass them by. If the continued existence of CNS is questioned, the senior programs, with their substantial voice from seniors, are ready to argue for transfer to the federal office on aging. These program like to think of themselves as more aging than service programs when they see the status quo challenged. The uproar within the field from senior programs, VISTA programs, and the CNS state office network caused CNS to convene a group of state commission directors and CNS office directors to develop options for how they could work together more efficiently. Even though the NCSTA called for the merger of the old ACTION network, CNS chose to focus most of its energy on getting AmeriCorps up and running and them defending it from criticism. CNS let its state office network alone. At the same time these CNS state directors sat as ex officio members of commissions and often worked in opposition to the state commission director. The CNS state office directors acted as if the commissions were theirs to control because their growth and development represented a threat to the status quo. The CNS convened group of commission and state office directors developed a compromise proposal for working together that called for a "unified state plan." CNS would judge a state on the quality and comprehensive nature of the comprehensive plan. Concurrent with this, the MCSC presented testimony to a U.S. Senate committee on national service reauthorization. Again, she questioned the dual delivery system, but because of the efforts of this working group the reaction from the program network was muted. In the spirit of the comprehensive plan, Mary Pfeiler, the CNS state office director and I began working together on ways to improve the coordination of our two offices we began to contemplate how we might better allocate national service resources. The current system does not prevent potentially redundant �awards of VISTA and AmeriCorps programs to the same community, even the same organization, to do the same of kind work. There is no incentive in the current national service program delivery system for organizations in a community to collaborate in proposing more efficient use of multiple program resources. There is no mechanism that ensures the efficient deployment of limited resources. Most distressing, the current system appears designed to enable the indefinite support of VISTA sites regardless of their performance or the focus of their activities. Even before the unveiling of the Corporation's Unified State Plan Application, Mary and I were working to develop systems that would better support and complement community innovation through service, while reducing the potential of supporting duplicate community programs. We had already established a solid track record of partnership through trainings, communication, and outreach. The Michigan Corporation Office is a principal partner in the New Partnerships for Michigan initiative. The Commission and the Michigan Office have collaborated in conducting a series of regional trainings. The Commission and the Michigan Office are the principal co-sponsors of the upcoming statewide service and volunteer conference. We have prepared and disseminated a detailed directory of all national service programs in Michigan, cross-referenced by community. We have also begun to hold periodic joint staff and operational planning meetings. Finally, the Commission will begin dedicating a page in its quarterly newsletter to the projects of the Michigan Corporation Office. Despite our productive partnership, we recognized that until we established a means for effectively coordinating our program delivery systems, unified planning would be superficial at best. In the late summer, we began to develop our plan. Michigan's VISTA budget was to be reduced for the next year. Rather than impose easy, across-the-board reductions, Mary saw this as an opportunity to open the VISTA allocation process to new and renewal applications. We both saw the VISTA application process as something that we could link to the state's new AmeriCorps application process. The process, as we envisioned it, would create a level playing field on which renewing and new communities from across the state could compete for national service resources. For the first time, communities would be given an opportunity through this process to develop a national service program application that would build on the best elements of VISTA, AmeriCorps, and Education Only Award programs. The Commission and the Michigan Corporation Office would create a comprehensive packet of applications from which communities would select separate program applications or a combination of applications. The two offices would conduct joint outreach and technical assistance meetings across the state to introduce communities and agencies to the opportunities found in national service. The offices also would conduct an initial, joint screening of applications to ensure that communities had not submitted duplicate proposals or that communities submitting complementary, multiple program proposals were duly �noted. We believed that such a coordinated process represented both the most efficient use of national service resources and the ideal envisioned for the Unified State Plan. In September and October, Mary and I notified our contacts in the Corporation's Washington office to determine: 1) if there were any fundamental policy or administrative problems with the process; 2) if we could proceed immediately with implementation; and 3) if we could put into action what we considered to be the central element of our Unified Plan prior to the formal submission of the plan. We encountered only encouragement from all of the Corporation staff members we consulted. In fact, we were told through our respective channels in the Corporation that what we were proposing indeed typified what had been envisioned for the Unified Plan. We were very excited about the prospect, and we were quite open in sharing the idea at the Corporation's Unified State Plan orientation meeting in November. The Commission also highlighted the process in its administrative grant application. In November and December, our staffs met to develop the comprehensive application packet, prepare the agenda for the application outreach and technical assistance meetings, and plan the review process timeline. In December, more than 150 people attended the four regional meetings that our staffs conducted across the state. After the regional meetings, at least one current VISTA site director, realizing that his organization would have to reapply competitively for the first time in its operation, consulted Stan Stewart, the former Michigan CNS office director on the VISTA rules. Mr. Stewart indicated that the regulations provided VISTA sites with an opportunity for an appeal hearing should they not be refunded. Further, Mr. Stewart suggested that a congressional constituent letter could serve as an alternative route for appealing. When Mary learned of this, she once again discussed our process with her Corporation contacts in Washington. The initial response remained positive. However, after further internal consideration, the Washington office told Mary that the VISTA portion of the comprehensive application was inconsistent with, or in violation of VISTA regulations. With this decision from the Corporation, we have moved immediately to notify anyone who has inquired about national service through the outreach process. We are faxing notices of the cancellation of the VISTA portion of the application package. Since one goal of the outreach meetings was to begin to break down national service program barriers that are perceived to exist by many local organizations, Mary and I share concern that the cancellation notice may dissuade potential AmeriCorps applicants. As it has turned out, we will be left with a fewer number of VISTAs at our current VISTA sites while potentially fewer organizations may choose to apply for AmeriCorps. Of course, this also returns us to the more administratively palatable across-the-board VISTA reductions. �POSSIBLE QUESTIONS What value has the Commission added to the delivery of services in Michigan? What program and technical assistance needs do programs have? What is an appropriate time limit for programs to operate without reapplication? What is the difference between a poverty program and a service program? By what standard should a senior service program be assessed in its performance? How should AmeriCorps and VISTA programs be coordinated in support of the field? Has the CNS Michigan office ever held a meeting of this kind to gather views from the field? Is a competitive process good for selecting and supporting programs, if not what? What should MCSC do to support the field? �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 S. Capitol A venue, George Romney Building, 4th Floor Lansing, Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 FAX FAX COVER SHEET To: Ray West United Way Community Services From: Frank Dirks, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission Date: March 24, 1997 Number of pages including the cover: Message: 10 �MI COMMUNITY. SERV COM Fax:517-373-4977 **Transmit Conf .Report Mar 24 '97 MI COM~1Ut~ITY SERV COM --- > W est No . 0026 Mode NORMAL Time 4'23" Pages 10 Page (s) Result 0 K ** 17:42 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49861 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-03-25 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/b473938fd21c74ad7810dc1d752f0218.pdf 6ff6e2e2eacb4d4211854242e32b0696 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 Olds Plaza Lansing , Telephone FAX Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Capitol Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 March 24, 1997 Mr. Bradley J. Johnson, Executive Director Voluntary Action Center of Greater Lansing 6035 Executive Drive, Suite 105 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Dear Mr. Johnson: Thank you for agreeing to share yorn views with the Michigan Community Service Commission at a public information gathering meeting on March 25, 1997. The hearing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. to 4:30p.m. at the Kellogg Center, Room 105 A&B Michigan State University, Harrison Road, East Lansing. The meeting is intended to provide the Commission with views from the field in order to help it determine the best way to support and develop national and community service and volunteer programs in Michigan. Your program work and leadership will bring an important perspective to the Commission. We ask that you prepare a five to seven minute oral presentation. You may also wish to submit it in writing as well. After your presentation there will be up to eight minutes of questions and answers with members of the Commission. The total time allotted to your session will be fifteen minutes. After providing a brief introduction to your program and how it works in your community, we ask that you frame your presentation around the following questions: 1) What are the strengths and weaknesses of the way national and community service programs are supported in Michigan? 2) In the ideal, what is the best way that national and community service and volunteerism should be supported in Michigan? 3) What should the Commission do to support national and community service and volunteerism in Michigan? Enclosed, you will find information on the meeting location and directions . We are delighted that you will be able to join us to share your views. Thank you for your time and interest. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49862 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-03-25 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/726a559f628cea77199bc3ec8bd8a7b4.pdf f2e171a82ac87e53bdf462a53b96c5cd PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 Olds Plaza Lansing , Telephone FAX Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Cap itol Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION PUBLIC INFORMATION GATHERING MEETING ON SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM IN MICHIGAN March 25, 1997 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Kellogg Center, East Lansing, Michigan Order of Presenters Mary Pfeiler Michigan State Office Director , Corporation for National Service, Detroit Karen Washington VISTA Program Director, Emmanual Community House, Inc. , Detroit Linda Lark RSVP Program Director, Senior Neighbors, Inc., Kent County Brad Johnson Director, Voluntary Action Center of Greater Lansing Aria Larsen Senior Companion Program Director, Lapeer/Genesse Counties Doreen Thomas Learn & Serve Program Director, Kalamazoo Public Education Foundation Leisa Richardson AmeriCorps Program Director, Urban League of Flint Peggy Burns Foster Grandparent Program Director, Gerontology Network, Kent County Debra Holmes-Garrison VISTA Program Director, Michigan Cities In Schools, Grand Rapids Joy Graves RSVP Program Director, CSS of Wayne County Sharon Campbell Learn and Serve Program Director, Catholic Youth Organization, Detroit Bob Parks AmeriCorps Program Director, Family Independence Agency, Lansing Sue Johnson Michigan CARES Program Director, Volunteer Muskegon Each presenter will be allotted fifteen minutes for their presentation, and questions and answers with the Commission. If time permits, there will be opportunity for further public comment until adjournment at 4:30p.m. A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commissi on 0,-- �STATE OF MICHIGAN . JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 Olds Plaza Lansing , Telephone FAX Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Cap itol Ave . Bldg. , 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION PUBLIC INFORMATION GATHERING MEETING ON SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM IN MICHIGAN March 25, 1997 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Kellogg Center, East Lansing, Michigan Order of Presenters Michigan State Office Director, Corporation for National Service, Detroit VISTA Program Director, Emmanual Community House, Inc. , Detroit RSVP Program Director, Senior Neighbors, Inc., Kent County indahatk ~ .....ft,SI.c:1 • Director, Voluntary Action Center of Greater Lansing ,.Brad IohnsGfl .....Afia Larsen HAfV~.V ~D ~ Senior Companion Program Director, Lapeer/Genesse Counties Learn & Serve Program Director, Kalamazoo Public Education Foundation Lcisa R:ieha:rdson AmeriCorps Program Director, Urban League of Flint -Peggy Burns Foster Grandparent Program Director, Gerontology Network, Kent County - 1Tel5ra VISTA Program Director, Michigan Cities In Schools, Grand Rapids o mes-Garnson .. ~~ RSVP Program Director,-€SS 6f-Wayne.Qotmty-f1 f\~:S 8ha:ron Eampbe'l Learn and Serve Program Director, Catholic Youth Organization, Detroit \)/) j) {j,_,<J..Je'fl. ':f- -B05 Parks AmeriCorps Program Director, Family Independence Agency, Lansing !""Sue Johnson Michigan CARES Program Director, Volunteer Muskegon Each presenter will be allotted fifteen minutes for their presentation, and questions and answers with the Commission. If time permits, there will be opportunity for further public comment until adjournment at 4:30p.m. A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission 0,-- · �-· Testimony to the Michigan Community Service Commission March 25 , 1997 Mrs. Engler, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Commission. Thank you for inviting me to comment on the topic before us today. The views that I will express today are my own and perhaps no one else ' s; they are not to be construed as representing the views of the Corporation as a whole or any other persons within the Corporation. Even with as many views as are represented here today, all of us together represent only a small fraction of the people who are involved in and interested in community service and volunteerism. I read the Lansing Journal these days (since the Detroit papers have been first on strike and now in a lock-out situation) and I noticed on Thursday a small headline that read "A celebration of Community Service." "How wonderful ," I thought . "Maybe I'll see some names I know. Maybe Janet Clark has a new project she hasq' t told me about yet. " As I read the clip it turned out to be a notice about the Delta Sigma Theta Soro~_i~ celebrating 37 years of community service. Delta Sigma Theta is a sorority of African-American women formed in 1913 at Howard University. The Lansing alumnae chapter was formed in 1960 and has several community service programs in the local area. A reminder that there are many more of us than we sometimes remember. Those of us here today will give you an interesting but small sampling of opinion on the topics proposed; it is a good start, however. One of those topics concerns the "strengths and weaknesses of the Michigan Community Service Commission as presently constituted and as currently involved. There are of course strengths and weaknesses of any organization ... .. The purpose, mission, and goals as outlined in the OPERATING PROCEDURES for the Commission do not appear to need any revision . They outline a wide range of activities and communications in support of community service and volunteerism involving residents from all ages and backgrounds serving in all areas of life in Michigan. These are indeed the mission and goals I would propose for a Commission if they had not already been devised. What I believe can come from this mission is a broad evocation of service in Michigan and one which helps to ensure that programs and resources are widely spread and geographically balanced, facilitates the formation and growth of local collaborative efforts reinforces priority consideration to Michigan ' s needs and wishes, and smooths the way, especially within State Government, for getting things done. But let 's be honest. This meeting today is about something else. Underlying this meeting today is the continuing jostling for power over the community service programs funded by the federal government. The proposed or threatened "takeover" of all the funding by either the State Commissions or by the State Offices of the Corporation has generated considerable heat and rather little understanding and absolutely no benefit to any of our combined constituency. Nationally, and here in Michigan, some people fear the so-called takeover of all the programs by the State Commissions (didn't know you were such a threatening bunch, did you?). Nationally and here in Michigan, Commissions and their staffs are maligned as upstart, inexperienced, and incompetent. Fears are raised that tried-and-true programs will be indiscriminately destroyed and that rules protecting vulnerable populations will be abolished. �Nationally and here in Michigan, some people resent that the devolution of powers to the States has not included devolution of all the money and all the community service programs. Nationally and here in Michigan the federal employees of the Corporation are maligned as rigid, obsolete, and incompetent. Accusations are made that new service programs will be squeezed with rules and overlaid with hidebound bureaucracy. Much criticism is raised and many potential disasters are predicted if one side should prevail over the other. It seems to me unfair and insulting to suggest that the staff of the Michigan Commission - or any other Commission - could not learn and would not abide by the laws and rules governing the VISTA and Senior Corps programs. It is equally unfair and absurd to suggest that the staff of the Michigan Corporation for National Service office could not learn and would not abide by the laws and rules governing the AmeriCorps programs and the Learn and Serve programs. Of course, this would not be '· true. ~ · 1, ~ .J This whole issue of who 's going to be IN CHARGE, I thought, was set aside last year after a group of Executive Directors and CNS State Directors came to consensus over how to overcome some of the difficulties and obstacles. The consensus was to encourage each state to determine its own way of working together- with Commission, Corporation, and Departments of Education coming to their own individualized plans of action . The idea of a "unified plan" came out of these discussions. All the parties took this agreement seriously and were working to address it locally. The good-faith efforts of all the states who took this agreement seriously were undermined- betrayed I must say- by some people in Washington for whatever their reasons might have been. The events and recriminations of the last few months can be explained ad nauseam, but after Washington 's so-called "accidental emission," every constituency of the Corporation began firing weapons. What minimal trust that had developed among the parties was destroyed. Now we find ourselves here today in the aftermath of that debacle. So what is all the fuss about over the structure of how the federal money for community service programs comes to Michigan: Who is complaining about the way things are done now? Who is unhappy and wants so desperately to make things different? Is it the public at large; is it disappointed applicants; is it successful project operators? I think it is none of these . If it is none of these, why would we want to reinvent what already exists. The problem really is that we 've gotten ourselves trapped in a focus on FIXING a few flaws when we should just get busy and work smarter. The human impulse to tinker and fix things up is well known to all of us. We also know how most " new and improved" products on the market are only repackaged and more expensive than the originals. In most areas of life, after we reach a certain level of functioning, the payback of additional " improvements" is relatively limited. The cost of such relatively small improvements can be very high and in the end counterproductive to the larger enterprise. There is the additional risk of negative unintended consequences which are worse than the thing we started out to fix . �We- you as Commissioners and the rest of us as staff and other beneficiaries of the federally -funded community service and volunteer programs- must acknowledge the flaws in our systems and work to minimize their effect, but I must emphasize that none of the flaws are fatal and none are serious enough to warrant the kind of time and tempest that has consumed so many of us for the last year and a half. We all may have different views of what would be the " IDEAL" arrangement. I know that Frank Dirks and I have different views on many things, but we had begun to work quite productively together and had been able to bring some things of value to the state and to individual programs and participants by doing so. We've come to understand different points of view; different approaches to problems; and different styles of work. Interagency collaboration is not easy, as all of you know. '· But in the end the cooperation and the learning environment have benefited both our operations and our immediate constituencies. We have made mistakes- separately and together- and will again, I'm sure- separately and together. Were there to be someone else in my place and someone other than Frank at the helm of the Commission, there might be different mistakes, but there definitely would be mistakes and missed opportunities and misunderstandings. That's life. We all like our own ideas best usually. If you must know my opinion on the IDEAL way to channel Corporation for National Service programs into Michigan communities I'll tell you, but I prefer to leave well enough alone. And to stop talking about changing the way it is now. If I had the power to go across the street today and start over again, I would create a different structure. The federal funding through the Corporation for National Service is for NATIONAL SERVICE, not simply community service. The programs are envisioned as nationwide in scope, nationwide in interest, and derive their participants from the nation as a whole. Not FEDERAL, necessarily, but definitely NATIONAL. There must remain a national focus and identity. Otherwise we devolve into 48,49, or 50 state service programs. The "national" in national service is best preserved through a workforce network that is state-based and nationally-connected, and is positioned to respond to and be held accountable for local and national initiatives alike. The Corporation State Offices have that workforce. In my opinion, all Corporation for National Service funding and program decisions should flow through the Corporation State Offices. For more than 20 years, federal employees in these offices have successfully balanced the rules and priorities of national program designs with specific local needs and requirements. What would happen to the Commissions in my personally-designed world across the street? I would have a Commission for all of the purposes that are currently in your OPERATING PROCEDURES. Your function as Commissioners would not change. You would be the functional and influential link between State government and federal programs. But hey we ' re not going across the street. We ' re right here. What do we do? What should you~ �I encourage you to become as involved as you can in meeting and observing the participants in all kinds of community service and volunteer programs in your areas. Consider how insights from these efforts might be publicized and shared with others. Encourage a learning environment within the Commission. Encourage staff to provide you with opportunities to publicize your support for community serviceamong all ages and in all areas of the state. Continue to provide public recognition for voluntary efforts of all kinds . Seek ways to ensure that Michigan law and policy places a value on volunteer service, in areas such as liability insurance and others. Help to bring additional partners into the community service arena. Play an active and assertive role in establishing state and statewide priorities and focus areas for community service. Seek out, analyze, and help all of us to learn from successful collaborative ventures. Keep your mission and goals as they are stated already. Nowhere do they seem to call for you to OPERATE, DIRECT or ADMINISTER community service programs; ·they call for facilitating; they call for encouraging; they call for promoting and recognizing. I urge yoy io stay focused on those functions . No one that I know of has proposed that State Commissions take ov~r the roles of the private Volunteer Centers; why should it seem logical to propose taking over administration of VISTA or the Senior Volunteer programs? No one would seriously entertain the Commissions taking control of civic and service clubs and sororities; why would the Commission envision taking control of VISTA and the Senior Volunteer programs? Obviously the lines of control will be drawn somewhere; I suggest you leave them where they are .. and work toward a COORDINATED PLURALITY of organizations in this field . And lastly, continue to propose Michigan ideas for Michigan people. The federal government should not be the only or even the largest player in community service in Michigan. Let Michigan devise and find funding for its own community service innovations on a variety of levels and from various sources as I know you are already beginning to do. What can work for us in the way of structure is a collaborative partnership such as the one which has flourished between the Feds and the State regarding Senior Volunteer programs. This 20-year-old working relationship provides benefits to communities and seniors alike; safeguards taxpayer interest; maintains the integrity of programmatic intent; results in a balanced response to local needs within a framework of STATE and National priorities. This partnership has simplified life for grantees and project staff, and provided coherent direction and support. It didn ' t start out that way, however. No one would guess from observing our two organizations today that the relationship actually began in hostility, suspicion, acrimony, and a power struggle for control. The partnership is under considerable strain these days but the difficulties for us are not "made in Michigan." They come from outside Michigan, and we are doing everything we can to prevent those influences from destroying what has been built over 20 years . I direct your attention at length to this example as I think it gives us hope that we could get beyond the current acrimony and suspicion in the community service arena and begin to work toward a new era of close cooperation. If we do care about providing good programs to the people of Michigan, and if we care about the longterm survival of the current program designs and funding, then we had better get to work and put an end to this power struggle. The damage of the last 2 years---- most especially the damage of the last few months ---cannot be undone, but it can perhaps be overcome. I think it is what the people of Michigan would ask us to do. In fact, I think they expect us to do this without their having to ask and remind us to do this. We all need to take hold of our part of the solution and stop being part of the ~·'lp,l JI < ~(-z( v&~ n �LInda La.r-t MCSC TESTIMONY MARCH 25 , 1997 HEARING TESTIMONY OF LINDA LARK, RSVP DIRECTOR (Note: Topics in italics are those Frank Dirks stated I should address in his letter to me of March 20, 1997.) I. Name, Position, & Program Description: I am Linda Lark, Director of the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Kent County. First, I thank the First Lady and Commission for the opportunity to address the actions of the Community Services Commission and the older American programs. RSVP was authorized by Congress 25 years ago under the Older Americans Volunteer Act. Our purpose is to provide challenging and meaningful volunteer opportunities for residents aged 55 and over . These opportunities give them a chance to serve their communities, explore new interests, remain active, & avoid isolation so common with older Americans. With the help of RSVP , non-profit organizations are able to enhance and expand the services they provide. RSVP volunteers serve without compensation. Those who would find volunteering a financial hardship can request assistance with transportation and meals. Volunteers also receive training and insurance protection while volunteering. During 1996, 1,036 RSVP volunteers of Kent County provided 252,000 hours of their expertise, skill, and time to private and public non-profits or proprietary health care organizations. About 50% of Michigan's RSVP volunteers serve older people in their homes & communities. They deliver meals and provide essential services such as transportation, shopping assistance , respite care, friendly visiting, telephone reassurance , home repair, tax preparation, You Are Not Alone reassurance visits and more. Many congregate nutrition programs , senior centers and nursing homes would find it difficult to operate without RSVP. Our volunteers are found in a multitude of programs developed to benefit the environment, local neighborhoods , children, low-income, homeless or disabled persons . We actively support collaborative initiatives such as Strong Families/Safe Children and Systems Reform by promoting the services of older volunteers as a resource in meeting the needs of families and developing programs which support childhood immunization initiatives and relative caregivers. 2. Strengths and weaknesses of the way CNS programs are supported in Michigan: We are , and have been since our conception , an older American program. We are here to benefit the senior and as a second benefit, we benefit the community . We are not about service. We are about seniors. Since we were put under the Corporation for National Service, we find ourselves being �the National Senior Service Corps. Our senior programs are utilized to validate new volunteer initiatives and then efforts are put in place to change us into a service organization; deemphasizing the senior's needs , talents , and contributions. Studies have proven that older people who volunteer have more positive attitudes, higher self-esteem, better health and live longer lives . Healthy, active older people cost society less than frail, sick older persons. Clearly, it is a weakness of the Corporation and consequently the Commission to change us into yet another "SERVICE" Corps. We provide service to our communities now. They recognize that service with their dollars . My project's budget is over $174,000 a year. $56 ,000 comes from the Corporation. Over $100,000 comes from the community because they know we get the job done. get it done well and cost-effectively. Incidentally , my annual salary as Director of the RSVP Project is less than the cost of one AmeriCorps Volunteer. The Ideal, What is the best way that National and Community Service and Volunteerism should be supported in Michigan? Stop trying to change the Older American Programs. We aren't broke. Please stop trying to "fix" us. We are not service-first programs . We are senior-first programs . This single comment addresses all of the questions in your letter regarding today ' s hearing. I would like to give you an example of what I am talking about by telling you about one of the over 1,000 volunteers in my project: Volunteer's Story here .... Jim Muir's Story . Jim's contribution to his community will benefit future generations and communities beyond this state. Talk about Impact! ! Jim gave me permission to share his story today and stated, "You have to leave the freedom of choice in RSVP. Without it I won't stay there and neither will other seniors. Emphasizing service could be the end of the program." RSVP's focus on the senior helped Jim Muir "handle living" and as a result look what we have gained! Can this country afford to lose even one caring, talented senior? What arrogance to assume a Corporation or Commission knows best what the communities' needs are or what gifts we will allow the seniors to share! �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION PUBLIC INFORMATION GATHERING MEETING ON SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM IN MICIDGAN Presented by: Bradley J. Johnson, Executive Director Volunteer Center of Mid-Michigan Thank you for the opportunity to share my organizations views of service and volunteerism in Michigan. The Volunteer Center ofMid-Michigan, formerly known as the Voluntary Action Center has a long 45 year history of connecting people and resources in the Capitol Community. The Volunteer Center is aligned and affiliated with the Capital Area United Way, Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM is the state association representing over 27 volunteer centers), Michigan Nonprofit Association, and the Points of Light Foundation (supporting over 500 national volunteer centers). It is through these connections that we, as community practitioners ofvolunteerism, are able to forge ahead in an ever changing nonprofit dynamic. Much like that of our statewide network of Volunteer Centers, the Volunteer Center of MidMichigan is positioned within the greater Lansing community to respond quickly to community needs. To accomplish this we are tasked as the community volunteer clearinghouse to over 300 nonprofit organizations. In addition, our mission is to promote and develop volunteerism, match volunteers with nonprofit organizations, and address select unmet community needs. It is only by following our vision of "mobilizing people and resources to deliver creative solutions to community problems" that we are able to accomplish our mission. The Volunteer Center has had the opportunity to become involved with the Michigan Community Service Commission on a number of levels: As an VCM AmeriCorps/Michigan AmeriCorps grant recipient, through community outreach during the numerous volunteer mobilizations (ie: Day of Caring) where staff joined in the celebration of volunteerism, as a judge for the Governors Service Award, and though the use of the numerous publications produced through the Commission. During the Volunteer Centers 45 year history we have had the opportunity to observe numerous national and community service initiatives. As an organization typically outside the normal realm of these programs, the Volunteer Center has had the occasional opportunity to observe, and in other cases became intimately involved within, the operations of those national and community service programs. The Volunteer Center's experience with the operations, efficiency and overall impact in community by these national and community service initiatives or programs unfortunately range from poor to excellent. I believe that many of the problems that our organization faced were a direct result of national level involvement in program management and the inherent flaw in program organization. However, in contrast, our experience with the Michigan Community Service Commission and the national service programs that they oversee have been superior to those programs implemented from the national level organization. �I believe that President Clinton stated it clearly when he said "much of the work of America cannot be done by government, much other work cannot be done by government alone. The solution must be the American people through voluntary service to others." We often hear of collaboration. It is truly an impressive buzz-word. Collaboration. Just the sound of it impresses me. It must impress a lot of others as well. Because nearly every nonprofit and governmental organization is claiming to be collaborator. Too often we are positioning our organization to be the power broker, instead of working together for a common good. A recent example of a statewide collaboration worth mentioning is that of the Presidents' Summit. The Michigan Community Service Commission, Volunteer Centers of Michigan, Council of Michigan Foundations and United Way of Michigan came together, took off their institutional hats and said "lets work together for the children of Michigan." Get this .. .it's working! But, we must remember that we need to work with the existing state organizations, not reinvent or absorb them. True collaboration will benefit the citizens of Michigan. We would encourage the continued exploration and growth of the VCM AmeriCorps/Michigan AmeriCorps youth volunteerism initiative. This type of collaboration not only strengthens local nonprofit infrastructure, but it also addresses a serious social problem -- declining youth volunteerism. The Michigan Community Service Commission and the Volunteer Centers of Michigan are pioneers in this statewide approach to engage youth in service. This innovative model of youth service will no doubt lead to its duplication across the country as a national model. The reason for success? Governmental guidance and organizational management. The Michigan Community Service Commission will serve the citizens of Michigan best as they continue to enable all citizens, including youth, to engage in public problem solving through service and volunteerism. It is through this open exchange of information and dialogue that our Commission is most successful. Governor George Romney said "The magnitude of our social problems will require that all citizens and institutions make a commitment to volunteering as a way of life and as a primary opportunity to create needed change." The State of Michigan has already distinguished itself as a leader in volunteerism across the country through the establishment of a Community Service Commission. Now is the time to reaffirm our commitment to the people of Michigan by listening to what the people really want and need. Now is the time to reaffirm our commitment to community by becoming the catalyst for positive community change, by stimulating innovative programs that meet real community needs through service. By becoming the convener of diverse individuals and groups, building community through shared efforts towards common goals. Now is the time to become that broker of ideas and resources and to encourage collaboration; not just talk about collaboration, but become the leader and follow your vision to engage entrepreneurial approaches to service and volunteer program development. In closing, the Michigan Community Service Commission will best serve the citizens ofthe State of Michigan by continuing their fine work in support national level opportunities, by acting as a facilitator and a collaborator, in support of statewide opportunities, and by supporting and enhancing statewide nonprofit initiatives. It is also critical that the Michigan Community Service Commission work diligently to recognize, support, and work with existing networks in Michigan. �Ar-ia L~'l •• MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY MARCH 25 , I 997 ARIA LARSEN, DIRECTOR SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY 202 E. BOULEVARD DRIVE STE. I 10 FLINT, MI48503 810-257-3769 I have been asked to represent our Senior Companion Program in Lapeer and Genesee Counties as well as the eight other Senior Companion Programs in Michigan. I have been the Director of our Senior Companion Program since it was started 13 years ago. Prior to the creation of our Senior Companion Program, I was the Director of the Foster Grandparent Program in our area for two years and then assigned joint directorships of both Programs for two years for a total of 15 years as a Director of National Senior Service Corps Programs in Michigan . The Senior Companion Program recruits, trains, assigns and supervises seniors who wish to be a volunteer in their community and are 60 years of age and older and meet income guidelines ( 125% of poverty). Staff of the Senior Companion Program support the senior volunteer in their volunteer efforts and provide advocacy for their volunteers in needs they may have outside of their volunteering experience. An annual physical is provided for the senior as well as a daily meal allowance and travel reimbursement. An hourl y stipend of $2.45 for a maximum of 20 hours \veek or volunteering in the community is also provided for the senior volunteer. These benefits help support the effort and costs of volunteering for the volunteer and improves their quality of life. Our Senior Companion volunteers visit and help special needs adults, 2 I years of age and older in Lapeer and Genesee Counties who are living independently or with their families or in foster care homes. group homes, adult day care centers, adult education programs, day treatment programs and nursing homes. These special needs adults are referred by community agencies who have written agreements with the SCP to be matched with senior volunteers by the Program staff. The community referral agencies are there for the needs of their adult clients and the Senior Companion Program is there for their Senior volunteer. By working together the Program and the referral agencies work together to meet the needs of the volunteers and the clients. The special needs these adults may have are: developmental disabilities, mental illness, frail health, dementia and physical handicaps. The goal of the senior volunteers ' efforts with their assigned clients is to allow the clients to live as independentl y as possible by providing companionship, advocacy, respite, and social activities to their assi!:,Tfled clients and their familie s. �The senior volunteer is served by enabling them to remain independent and active in their community by being part of the Senior Companion Program. The relationships they build with their assit,rned clients benefits both the Senior volunteers and the referred adults. Two special groups of indi vid uals, the low income senior volunteer and the special needs adult, are served for the cost of one, making the SCP very cost efficient In Lapeer and Genesee Counties we have 45 volunteers actively serving 248 clients in the community through 21 community referral sources. The State of Michigan began funding National Senior Service Corps Programs (NSSC) 20 years ago. The funds came from the Department of Mental Health (DMH ) and the Office on Aging (OSA) through OSA to local sponsor agencies across the State. When the State began funding NSSC Programs there was only one Senior Companion Program . Now there are nine Programs with only two of the SCP funded primarily by the Corporation for National Service (CN S). The State of Michigan has funding in all the SCP, FGP and RSVP in Michigan except one Senior Companion Program. There are more state funds in the NSSC Programs in Michigan than federal funds . Our Program is a state funded program with a small federal PNS grant that supports three additional Senior Companion volunteers. Our Programs are very fortunate in Michigan to have the state funds and the full support of OSA in administering them . OSA ' s priority is the well being of seniors in Michigan. It understands the needs of seniors and the problems that confront them . The extra bonus is that OSA recognizes the NSSC Prot:,rrams as volunteer programs for seniors and promotes them as a service to senior volunteers as well as the volunteers' community. This was the purpose of the NSSC Programs when they began thirty years ago through the federal agency (ACTION) under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act. Before the Corporation was formed and our name was changed to the NSSC our Programs were known as the Older American Volunteer Programs ( OA VP). The name supported the original purpose of the Programs of the emphasis being placed on the senior volunteer over any community service they provided. The Corporation is changing the purpose of the NSSC Prot,'Tams to have the emphasis on the service the senior volunteers provide the community over the service to the senior volunteer to fit in with the service orientation of the Corporation and its other Programs such as AMERICORPS and LEARN AND SERVE. In Michigan the Corporation ·s State office is required to adopt this same emphasis. However, the state office has monitored and funded the NSSC Prot,'Tams, tirst as the ACTION state office and now as the Corporation state office since these Prot,'Tams began thirty years ago . The Prot:,rrams are comfortable with the state oftice as a known entity and the Corporation State Office works v,:ell with OSA giving a solid base to all the NSSC Programs in Michigan. Unfortunately, not all the states which have NSSC Programs across the country have state oftices on aging or even Community Service Commissions like we have in Michigan . What the NSSC Prot,'Tams nationall y do have in common is the Corporation State Offices. What has made the �NSSC Programs successful and so long-standing with bipartisan support is the consistent fiscal and programmatic oversight and structure nationally with the Corporation State Offices. The fiscal and programmatic structure for the NSSC Programs in Michigan currently meets the needs of the Programs through the oversight of OSA and the Corporation State Office. It is a system that has worked for over twenty years and has made the Michigan NSSC Programs some of the best in the country. Our Programs have been able to meet the needs of our senior volunteers and enable them to be part of the their local community support systems that works toward meeting the needs identified by their own local community. The Michigan Community Service Commission can support our NSSC Programs by facilitating information about the NSSC Programs in Michigan to their AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve Programs in the state. The Commission also needs to promote older adult service as part of AmeriCorps. Individuals who attend college later in life would appreciate an opportunity to get tuition assistance by providing community service. I have not seen or heard of any older adults being AmeriCorps service providers in Michigan and it is my understanding AmeriCorps was open to all ages of qualitied Americans. Because the Michigan NSSC Programs promote the senior over service, we feel we are not a good fit with the service oriented and youth oriented AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve programs nationally and in Michigan. �. . • MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM DIRECfORS 9851 Hamilton, Detroit, Michigan 48202 Joy Graves President Wayne County Linda Lark Vice President Kent County Gloria Sanderson Secretary Crawford and Roscommon Counties Kathy Herrala Treasurer Marquette County CarlaBufe Charlevoix and Emmet Counties Janet Clark Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties Sandra Dalrymple Mecosta and Osceola Lake Counties BethDebano Macomb County Wilma Kahn Kalamazoo County Jill Kind Washtenaw County RSVP Director Grand Traverse Bay Area Hersh ell Masten Oakland County Pam McCrum Jackson County Theresa Nelson Delta, Menominee & Schoolcraft Counties Karen Reid Genesee and Shiawassee Counties Susan Smethurst Otsego County Meg Smith Monroe County + (313)883-7764 + FAX 883-3957 March 17, 1997- Micrugan Community Service Commission Public Hearing Mrs . Engler, Mr. Dirks, members of the Community Service Commission. Thank you for providing the opportunity to speak with you today. It is very important that we can meet together to discuss these very important issues. My name is Joy Graves. I have been the Director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Wayne County for nine years. Two of our RSVP volunteers, Warren Black and Ann Evans, serve on the Senior Advisory Council for the Commission. I am also President of the Michigan Association of RSVP Directors. It is in that capacity that I come before you today. Let me briefly tell you about RSVP. RSVP is the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. Please note the words "senior volunteer" in our designation. Each year in Michigan, nearly 10,000 volunteers, ages 55 and older, spend I 8 hundred thousand.... nearly two million hours.. .. meeting a variety of human and community needs which touch all generations. We are not a service program. We are a senior volunteer program which enriches the lives of seniors by enabling them as volunteers to provide service. The legislated purpose of our program is to "empower older individuals to contribute to their communities through volunteer service, enhance the lives of the volunteers and those whom they serve .... " Notice that the person comes first, their service second. When we received funding for our programs from the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging, they also emphasized the importance of the benefit to the seniors by saying that these programs are "designed to address the needs of the older volunteer, first, and then to serve the needs .... " What are the strengths and weaknesses of the way national and community service programs are supported in Michigan? We look to our state office and to OSA for our support. The Corporation for National Service in Washington has been, and continues to be, primarily interested in Americorp and Americorp' s survival . We are deeply concerned that the support that we once received from Washington, before coming to the Corporation has, indeed, been eroded. The Commission' s focus primarily involves youth in the field of service both as participants and as recipients . For 26 years, our state office, however, has been readily available to answer our questions and to help us find new and creative solutions to our community's problems. They support the mission ofbeing senior programs, first, service programs second. The state office understands that, by supporting and encouraging seniors, the community will also be served. The state director and staff are the experts that guide our programs. They also work in partnership with OSA staff; our local sponsors; �MARSVPD Testimony - page 2 conununity nonprofits ; and other organizations to support senior volunteers while they meet community needs. In the ideal, what is the best way that national and community service and volunteerism should be supported in .\fichigan? Our mission is senior volunteerism, so I will address that issue. Ideally, our state office \vill continue to be a viable and reliable source of support. The partnerships formed , and the 26 years of experience in admini stering our programs should continue. The current system allows for flexibility in identifying the needs of the individual conununities, as well as, addressing the needs designated by the Corporation in Washington. There have been proposals to eliminate our state offices. We question the wisdom of such a decision. \Vhy change a system that so ideally meets the needs of our programs, our volunteers and our conununities? What efficiency can be gained by stripping our programs and the communities they serve of experienced, dedicated support and damaging effective partnerships that make our programs the low cost, creative solutions to many of our communities ' problems? If the determined attempts to eliminate our state offices do ultimately succeed, then there is only one clear choice for the administrative and funding control of our programs. The Michigan Offices of Services to the Aging has provided firm leadership and support for our programs and oversight for our state funding for 14 years. They are already part of the partnership, I speak of, and are experienced and creative in recommending appropriate ways for seruor volunteers to aid in solving commuruty problems. Because they already provide support and administer fund ing for programs for seniors throughout the state, including all of the senior volunteer programs, OSA has the knowledge needed to carry out our stated purpose. T¥hat should the Commission do to support national and community service andvolunteerism in Michigan ? Again, I will address senior volunteerism because ours is a senior volunteer program. We appreciate the Commission's decision to establish a Senior Advisory Council. This demonstrated an appreciation for the expertise and value of the seniors in our state. We hope that they will continue to look upon the seruors in Michigan as a source of wi sdom, experience and an example of productive aging. We would hope that the Commission could be more creative in the membership of the Council by including a broader cross-section of senior representation such as AARP, religious leaders, and collaborations with retired professionals, i.e. , retired nurses and teachers. The Advisory Council needs to become a more functioning body with goals and objectives. The momentum of the Council seems to be waning. T¥hat can the Commission do to support national and community service and volunteerism in Michigan ? We hope that the Commission will , basically, leave the senior volunteer programs alone. W_e provide seruors with the framework to improve their own lives while serving others. The Commission should recogruze the strength of seruor volunteers without exploiting seniors as cheap labor. To try to dictate what a volunteer will choose to do is an oxymoron. Senior volunteers, actually volunteers of any age, cannot be forced to provide service for free. Service and volunteerism are not synonymous. To be an effective RSVP volunteer, there must be benefit to the seru or first, and service to the community, second. Otherwise, volunteerism becomes exploitative. The Conunission must recognize this subtle, yet vital, difference between service and volunteerism. The Commission's programs are predominately service programs for youth. We are volunteer programs for seniors. There is a vast difference. Again, thank you very much for providing this opporturlity to express our views. We look forward to working collaboratively with the Commission on projects in the future thus putting to good use the strengths of each entity. �.. A.,l}art ofyqur lifo.. , a l your lift. MARCH 25, 1997 PRESENTATION TO MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION RE THE COALITION OF YOUTH SERVING AGENCIES AND OTHER CYO /CO& T DEPARTMENT PROJECTS EFFECTED BY FUNDING THROUGH THE COMMISSION. BY: SHARON CAMPBELL, PROGRAM MANAGER GOOD AFTERNOON , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN . I AM SHARON CAMPBELL. I AM EMPLOYED BY THE CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION OF DETROIT, AND I ADD, PARENTHETICALLY, WE ARE NOT PART OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT. I AM HONORED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOMETHING REALLY GOOD THAT'S HAPPENING WITH AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA. I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT. THE CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION HAS A LONG STANDING HISTORY OF "GETTING KIDS AND COMMUNITIES INTO SOMETHING GOOD" , AS A MATTER OF FACT THE IMPACT THIS AGENCY HAS MADE ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CYO ACTIVITIES IS OFTEN SO STRONG THAT OUR MOTTO IS "CYO ... A PART OF YOUR LIFE, ALL OF YOUR LIFE. CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION • 11 305 MICHIGAN AVENUE • DETROIT , MICHIGAN 48226 • 3 I 3-963-7 I 72 Getting kids & communities into something good since 1933 \nll'rll'oln (',tnlptng \ -.u,·iatum �IN ADDITION TO THE COMMONLY KNOWN CYO PROGRAMS SUCH AS, CAMPS, ATHLETICS AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP , THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS , CHURCHES , PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS , SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES , HUMAN AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES , AND BUSINESSES TO CREATE HEAL THY ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE IN SIX COUNTIES OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN , CAN LIVE, LEARN, AND PROSPER. THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT STAFF SERVES TO STRENGTHEN AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES BY GETTING PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THEIR OWN NEEDS AND TRAINING THEM TO REACH THEIR COMMON GOALS THROUGH GROUP ACTION AND SELF-HELP EFFORTS. THE MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION HAS SUPPORTED THE MISSION OF THE CYO COMMUNITY ORGANIZING & TRAINING DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BY GRANTING FUNDS AND ACCESS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE . AS A RESULT, THE COALITION OF YOUTH SERVING AGENCIES OF THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA EXISTS TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF YOUTH THROUGH ADVOCACY, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE; TO MOBILIZE HUMAN AND ALL OTHER AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF THIS 2 �MISS ION ; AND TO SERVE AS A PRIMAR Y COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR YOUTH SERV ICES AND INFORMATION. JUST WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?? FOR MANY YEARS , THE COALITION OF YOUTH SERVING AGENCIES WAS A GROUP OF EXECUTIVES WHO MET AMONG THEMSELVES , WITHOUT A SPECIFIC MISSION , TO SHARE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION. BECAUSE THE MCSC AND CYO JOINED FORCES, THROUGH A MYSAM GRANT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THAT GROUP OF EXECUTIVES TO RE-ORGANIZE, RE - STRUCTURE , AND RE-BUILD THE COALITION. GOALS WERE ESTABLISHED WHICH INCLUDE COLLABORATING WITH ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES , EXPLORE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM AND FUNDING POSSIBILITIES, AND SHARE RESOURCES . MEMBERSHIP WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONS , CHURCHES , COALITIONS , NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND OTHERS WHOSE PURPOSE INCLUDES PROVIDING SERVICES TO YOUTH. THE COALITION OF YOUTH SERVING AGENCIES, NOW , AS A RESULT OF THE MCSC / CYO COLLABORATION, PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO APPROXIMATELY 250 YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS. THESE ORGANIZATIONS VARY IN SIZE, STRENGTH, BUDGET AND ARENA . THEY INCLUDE NOT ONLY LONG 3 �•. STANDING, FAMILIAR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE GIRLS SCOUTS, BOYS SCOUTS , Y ' S, BUT ALSO , SCHOOLS , CHURCHES , COMMUNITY GROUPS, THE CITY OF DETROIT , NAT IONALLY AFFILIATED AGENCIES , HEALTH NEIGHBORHOOD AGENCIES, GROUPS, LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS , HUMAN SERVICES AND -BUSINESSES. AGENCIES , MANY SERVICE EMERGING PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS HAVE BEGUN TO GEL AS A RESUL T'OF THE INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SHARING AVAILABLE TO CYSA MEMBERS. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST QUARTER ACTIVITY. A TWO -DAY CONFERENCE WAS SPONSORED BY THE COALITION, FOR ADULTS WHO WORK CONFERENCE WITH WAS YOUTH. THE ATTENDED BY "NURTURING ALMOST FUTURE GENERATIONS" 200 ADULTS WHO RECEIVED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ; PARTICIPATED IN NETWORKING ACTIVITIES; HEARD FROM SPEAKERS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD, WHO WORK IN THE TRENCHES TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE STATE-OF- THE -ART INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS. FOR ABOUT 50 OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE , IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME PARTICIPATING IN A CYSA ACTIVITY. TWENTY-EIGHT AGENCIES ENROLLED AS PAID MEMBERS OF THE COALITION AS A RESULT OF THE CONFERENCE. 4 �THE CONFERENCE WAS PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED AS A COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT. TWENTY-FIVE YOUTH, AGES 14-21, REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF YOUTH SERVING AGENCIES IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA PARTICIPATED BY OFFERING INVOCATIONS, INTRODUCING EACH KEYNOTE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTERS, FACILITATING WORKSHOP AND OVERALL CONFERENCE EVALUATION-PROCESSES, AND PARTICIPATING IN ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION EXERCISES AT THE END OF EACH DAY. IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, A COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED TO DEFINE AND DEVELOP A "PILOT" COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH SERVICES PROJECT. AT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED ABOUT AN INITIATIVE TO MOBILIZE AND TRAIN YOUTH IN LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THIS WILL BE DONE THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DETROIT URBAN LEAGUE. PRESENTATIONS WERE ALSO MADE BY THE MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR HUMAN SERVICES ABOUT THE 1996 KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK AND THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA AND HOW GROUPS CAN USE THOSE DOCUMENTS AS A TOOL TO INCREASE THEIR SERVICE CAPACITY. 5 �THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER BENEFITS TO YO UTH SERVING AGENCIES IN THE DETROIT AREA , THROUGH THE CYSA , AND I DON ' T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS THEM ALL . I DO , HOWEVER , W ANT TO TELL YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PLANS DEVELOPING FOR THE SUMME R. THE COALITION IS GEARING UP FOR · A COLLABORATIVE SERVICE-LEARNING ACTIVITY FOR YOUTH. THROUGH THE YOUTHMAPPING PROJECT, YOUNG PEOPLE WILL CANVASS NEIGHBORHOODS, BLOCK -BY -BLOCK, GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY FOR THEM AND THEIR PEERS. ONE OF THE PREMISES OF THE YOUTHMAPPING APPROACH IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES ARE BEST QUALIF IED TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES THAT ARE USEFUL TO THEM . RESOURCES, NOT ONLY INCLUDE SERVICES , THEY ALSO INVOLVE OPPORTUNITIES , PLACES TO GO , AND CARING ADULTS . THIS PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE LEADERSHIP , LIFE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO SEEK A GRANT TO STIPEND THE YOUTH. AS YOU CAN TELL I AM VERY EXCITED BY THIS WORK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT THE WORK OTHER CO& T DEPARTMENT STAFF HAVE BEEN AND ARE ENGAGED IN. 6 �'· THROUGH A MICHIGAN CARES GRANT THE SOUTHWEST DETROIT COLLABORATIVE WAS DEVELOPED. THIS IS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN, YOUTH CENTERED COLLABORATIVE THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST DETROIT TO BUILD A SAFE AND HEAL THY ENVIRONMENT WHERE COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERISM ARE PRESENT, WHILE CELEBRATING THE STRENGTHS AND MUL TI-CUL TURISM OF SOUTHWEST DETROIT. YOUTH AND ADULTS CAME TOGETHER TO TRAIN THE YOUTH TO PLAN AND FACILITATE A WEEKEND CONFERENCE . TWO ADOPT-A-STREET PROJECTS WERE ORGANIZED ON A STREET IN THE COMMUNITY. OVER 35 YOUTH AND 15 ADULTS WORKED COOPERATIVELY WITH LOCAL INDUSTRIES TO CLEAR AWAY 200 TONS OF GARBAGE, 700 TIRES AND 90 GAS TANKS. TWENTY-FIVE JUNIOR HIGH AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN A TUTORING AND MENTORING PROGRAM. YOUTH FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF THE GROUP WHO DESIGN THE "LESSON" FOR THE KINDERGARTNERS, AND ACTUALLY FACILITATE THE TEACHING OF THE LESSON, GUIDED BY A TEACHER. 7 �A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY BASED RECREATION LEAGUE WAS FUNDED . BUILDING UPON THE DEVELOPMENT THE OF MICARES BASE COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY , THE RECREATION LEAGUE HAS BEEN FACILITATED BY RECRUITING AND TRA INING VOLUNTEERS TO BE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY , COACHES , REFEREES, AND PLAYERS . THE COMMUNITY RECREATION [EAGUE INCREASES COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERISM: MORE PARENTS , MORE LOCAL BUSINESSES, MORE CHURCHES, MORE AGENCIES, MORE SCHOOLS ARE INVOLVED. THE LEAGUE WILL IMPROVE AND PUT TO USE UNDERUTILIZED AND POORLY MAINTAINED FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN A COMMUNITY'S PHYSICAL CONDITION IS IMPROVED THERE IS AN INCREASE OF PRIDE AND SENSE OF OWNERSHIP , WHICH RESULTS IN A REDUCTION OF CRIME. EACH OF THE FINANCIALLY PROGRAMS AND / OR WITH I HAVE MENTIONED TECHNICAL HAVE ASSISTANCE BEEN BY THE SUPPORTED MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION. THAT SUPPORT HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT ITS PROBLEMS. MOST OF WHICH ARE THOSE GROWING PAINS OF ANY NEW INITIATIVE, SUCH AS, ON -GOING EVALUATION AND PROGRAM CHANGES DURING IMPLEMENTATION AS NEW IDEAS ARE FORMULATED. THE COMMUNICATION OF PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS AND REPORTING PROCEDURES HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF SOME CONSTERNATION. 8 �DESPITE THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES , THE BENEFITS FAR OUTWEIGH THE PROBLEMS. ONE OF THE GREATEST BENEFITS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST DETROIT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PLANNING GRANT WHERE THEY IDENTIFY THEIR OWN ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS TO THOSE ISSUES. THIS HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE. IT EXEMPLIFIES THE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SELF-HELP. THE MYSAM GRANT PROVIDES THE MECHANISM FOR THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING ORGANIZATION, THEREBY INCREASING THE VOLUNTEERISM OF MEMBER AGENCIES. THE VISTA PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TO CYO AND ITS CLIENT GROUPS. THE REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE ACTIVITIES , WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, NETWORKING ACTIVITIES COORDINATED AND FACILITATED BY THE MCSC HAS SERVED TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF OUR CLIENT GROUPS , BY FOSTERING COLLABORATION, SHARING RESOURCES, AND PROMOTING REPLICATION AND CROSS-FERTILIZATION OF PROGRAMS, NOT DUPLICATION. 9 �' WHAT CAN THE MCSC DO TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY? PRESENT GRANTEES OF THE MCSC CAN CONTINUE TO GRO W IN SIZE AND CAPACITY IF MCSC CONTINUES TO OFFER REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE TRAINING AND NETWORKING ·oPPORTUNITIES , WHILE MAKING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO EMERGING GROUPS, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY THEM FOR FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE EMERGING GROUPS TO NETWORK WITH CURRENT GRANTEES WILL ALSO FOSTER CROSSFERTILIZATION AND REPLICATION INSTEAD OF DUPLICATION. FOR EXAMPLE: A THREE TIERED STRUCTURE CAN BE DEVELOPED, AKIN TO THE LOCAL- , COUNTY-, STATE- GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, WHERE NETWORKING CAN OCCUR IN A LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC AREAS , REGIONALLY , AND STATEWIDE. THE MCSC IS IN A POSITION TO ENSURE THAT PRESENT AND FUTURE GRANTEES HAVE CUTTING-EDGE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS . A CONSORTIUM OF ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH FUNDS AND / OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFECTIVELY BE ESTABLISHED AND FACILITATED BY THE MCSC . 10 CAN �.. I • - IN CONCLUSION , OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MCSC, THROUGH THE MYSAM GRANT, Ml CARES FUNDING, AND WITH TH E VISTA VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM HAS INCREASED OUR CAPACITY TO SERVE THE EMPOWERMENT OF YOUTH AND ADULTS, ENABLED US TO FOSTER INCREASING CAPACITY OF YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS , AND OVERALL , TO BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS . WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED OPPORTUNITES TO MAINTAIN A PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 11' �MCSC PUBLIC HEARING Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I'm Bob Parks. I am the Program Director of the Family Independence Agency' s Americorps program: the Citizens' Health Service Corps. I come here with less experience with Americorps and the Commission than any other presenter speaking here today. I've been with the program since January 2nd ofthis year. This is a very sophisticated audience and I don't come with any great insights that are going to be new to you . But I bring what I hope is a balanced perspective to the issues. Where my perspective maybe different is that for 7 years I was responsible for the contract management and oversight of36 non-profit agencies providing Runaway and Homeless Youth services in Michigan. The total annual dollar amount of those contracts was about $ 6 million dollars. Many of my responsibilities were similar to those of the Commission. I bring an understanding and appreciation of the needs of the Commission in relationship to the programs being funded . A couple of examples: There are differences in the way data collection is perceived. Programs want to use data to make their programs look good and to be refunded. Data collection is seen as hard work and a burden. Unmet program goals are perceived as threatening the continuation of the program. While everyone recognizes that data is useful and can be used for continuous improvement; most of the time it is seen as an obligation required by the funding source. The Commission wants data to determine whether their money is being spent well and wisely. The Commission needs to ensure that programs are achieving their mission and to know whether programs are meeting their obligations that are included in the grant. The Commission and the Grantees have different customers, stakeholders and interest groups. As a result, there may be competing priorities and objectives. Often, there is a lack of appreciation of each other' s priorities and objectives Prior to becoming the Americorps Program Director, the office where I worked for two and a half years was involved, as an Internal Consultant to FIA, in areas of Total Quality Management, Teamwork and Customer Service. My comments will lean on my background as an Internal Consultant. �I 1' In the time that I have I would like to focus on what can be done to create a sense ofPartnership and Collaboration between the Commission and the programs under the aegis of the Commission. Discussing in a public forum what can be improved isn't easy. All of us were taught by our parents not to raise concerns that may appear critical of others. Nobody wants to criticize anyone in front of their bosses. And raising concerns that may appear to be critical of a funding source is seldom a good idea. But I have.an advantage. Last week, I discussed these themes with Frank Dirks and, afterwards, he still invited me to speak at this public hearing . The major perception that I have is that the Commission sees its role primarily in terms of management and oversight and not from a customer-service focus. In my judgment, this mindset affects the way the Commission communicates and relates with programs. It hinders an openness which is so necessary for Partnership and Collaboration. The examples that I will use do not occur all the time. In some cases, the examples, by themselves, mean very little. But collectively, these examples foster an attitude that is, in my view, counter-productive. Information is not always shared in a timely way. I received a call on March 7, 1997 inviting Arnericorps Members and staff to be a part of Emergency Based Response Team. An organizational meeting was scheduled for March 20, 1997. But the information regarding the meeting was not faxed to me until March 13 , 1997. Telephone calls are not always returned in a timely manner. It is at the point where I don't expect to have my calls returned promptly. There are times when the Commission does not create an atmosphere of partnership. As an example: It was announced at the last Commission meeting that there may be $ 1 million dollars available in the FY-98 Appropriation Bill to help local communities to raise endowment funds . It was suggested that FIA Volunteer Coordinators may have a role in this effort. But this issue was never discussed with FIA prior to the announcement at the Commission meeting. Meetings are called without clear or complete agendas . Often, there is a notation in the notice that the meeting is "mandatory". The Commission has a paternalistic attitude toward programs. In the registration materials to Arnericorps programs for the SuperConference there was a notation that said, "Two persons to a room Same sex roommates only!" I found this to be condescending. If the target audience for the registration materials had been the this Board of Commissioners, would that language have been the same? �... • '.. r- Requests for information often come with very abbreviated deadlines. As an example, the request to submit names for the Americorps*Vista "National Service Hero" award allowed very little time to pull the information together; particularly when our site supervisors have many other Volunteer Service responsibilities. This may not be a good example because the short timeframes probably came from the Corporation for National Service and not the Commission. There is a sense that the Commission does not want programs to call the Corporation for National Service in Washington. In truth, I'm not sure why I have this perception. The Corporation for National Service has a poor track record for returning calls promptly. Frequently what I end up doing is call both the Commission and CNS when I am requesting information. To add balance, let me give a couple of examples of outstanding customer service. Just prior to the SuperConference one of the workshop presenters wanted to have an Americorps Member make a presentation at her workshop. The site supervisor called me to ask if the registration for the Americorps Member could be paid by the Commission. I called Lindy Reurink. Within 5 minutes she called me back to tell me everything was all set. One week after I became the Arnericorps Program Director I found out I was responsible to write the Year Two Renewal Application; which was due in Washington, DC on February 11th. I submitted my draft to Frank Dirks. On three occasions, he thoroughly reviewed the drafts, met with me to discuss the drafts, and made specific and important recommendations to improve the application. The result was that a quality Renewal Application was submitted. We were one of only eleven programs, out of the 28 original grants, that was approved for renewal. In closing, it is sometimes true that perception becomes reality. If my perceptions are shared by others they can have a stifling impact on communication and collaboration. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_1997-03-25_Public-Information-Gathering-Presenters Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-03-25 commission meeting public information gathering presenters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 1997-03-25 commission meeting public information gathering presenters. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49863 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-03-25 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2c9703aad282bfa78f362035100fa5fa.pdf 7fe7f73e20108af59c5d81cb9e945806 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 Olds Plaza Lansing , Te lephone FAX Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Capttol Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MEMORANDUM TO: Michigan Community Service Comrni FROM: Frank Dirks, Executive Direc Michigan Community Service Co RE: Special Public Hearings meeting DATE: February 28, 1997 In response to the request made by Commissioners at the last meeting, we have scheduled a special hearing for gathering public views on supporting service in Michigan. The hearing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. on March 25, 1997 in the Olds Plaza Building, 2nd Floor, Cabinet Room. Please let me know if you will be able to attend, as this meeting is optional. Also, please remember your attendance at the April 10, 1997 is critical as it will determine our state's funding application to the Corporation for National Service. Thank you and call me if you have any questions or concerns at (517)335-4295 . A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission .._,., 0' �" STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 Olds Plaza Lansing , Telephone FAX Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Cap itol Ave . Bldg. , 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MEMORANDUM TO: Michigan Community Service Commi FROM: Frank Dirks, Executive Direc Michigan Community Service Co RE: Special Public Hearings meeting DATE: February 28, 1997 In response to the request made by Commissioners at the last meeting, we have scheduled a special hearing for gathering public views on supporting service in Michigan. The hearing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. on March 25, 1997 in the Olds Plaza Building, 2nd Floor, Cabinet Room. Please let me know if you will be able to attend, as this meeting is optional. Also, please remember your attendance at the April10, 1997 is critical as it will determine our state's funding application to the Corporation for National Service. Thank you and call me if you have any questions or concerns at (517)335-4295. ~'i +-o all Cowv'Y) i ss!~ CVV\tA (Ylet ; \ ~ -to J . Hu i v A . fr i t-eit~ s . &wtl'H\ 2--- ;;((; _cr7 a;no\ A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commi ssion 0,-- ~P(7 3/'J �STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 Olds Plaza Lansing , Telephone FAX Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks S. Capitol Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 MEMORANDUM FROM: Frank Dirks, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commi RE: Special Public Hearings meeting DATE: March 13 , 1997 We have scheduled a special hearing for gathering public views on supporting service in Michigan. The hearing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. on March 25, 1997. The location has been moved from the Olds Plaza Building to the Kellogg Center, Room 105 A&B Michigan State University, Harrison Road, East Lansing. Also, please remember your attendance at the April 10. 1997 Commission meetin~: is critical as it will determine our state's funding application to the Corporation for National Service. The meeting will start at 11 :00 a.m. in the Cabinet Room, 2nd Floor of the Olds Plaza Building. Lunch will be served after the meeting in the Michigan Room, Olds Plaza Building. Please RSVP to Mary Estrada if you are planning to join us for lunch. Thank you for your attention and don' t hesitate to call me if you have any questions or concerns at (517)335-4295. A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission 0' ~ �·' (810)334-9225 OTHERS Ms. Carol Wolenberg (DOE) 517-241-0062 Mr. Doug Stites (MJC) 517-373-6227 Mr. Joseph Graves (DSS)/Barbara Bradford 517-373-2860 5541 Ms. Bonnie Graham(OA) 517-373-9360 Ms. Roberta Stanley(DOE) 571-373-3287 (616)243-3555 (MNF) 517-353-5038 Ms. Lisa Ditch Murray (313)983-6191 Mr. Ross Dodge(DNR) 5-1619 Sam Singh(VAC) (517)353-5038 Lisa McGettigan(MCC) (517)353-9393 Mary Pheiler-Detroit Corporation (313)-226-7848 Staff (F. Dirks, M. Estrada, L.Reurink, G. Gross, P. Kaiser, D. Wells, A. Salas, J. Epps, T. McCloskey) Mr. Alton Shipstead (616)929-5000 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. 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