Senior Corps Directors Meeting

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Senior Corps Directors Meeting

• February 3, 2009
• 200pm
• Welcome

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MLK Day Jan. 19, 2008

• MLK Day Update
• Great success! Thanks to all who participated
• Report on Program activities - Lisa

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Strategic Initiatives Supporting Disaster
Preparedness

• Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of
  Disaster
• www.my.nationalservice.org
• National service members can be a vital part of
  disaster volunteer efforts by staffing volunteer
  reception centers (VRCs) after an incident. VRCs
  match volunteers unaffiliated with disaster
  agencies to opportunities at organizations
  already involved in the response or recovery.
• This training will help national service
  participants understand the function of a VRC.

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Strategic Initiatives Supporting Disaster
Preparedness

• CNCS Disaster Services Online Orientation Parts
  I and II
• www.nationalserviceresources.org/resources/courses
  /corp_initiatives.php
• Develop a better understanding of the role of
  national service and volunteers in disaster
  services.
• The CNCS Disaster Services Online Orientation
  series is organized into three courses.

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Strategic Initiatives Supporting Disaster
Preparedness

• Training and Technical Assistance Providers
• nationalserviceresources.org/resources/tta/tta_ind
  ex.php
• Additional expertise available through the
  following training and technical assistance
  providers
• Project TADS (Technical Assistance for Disaster
  Services) provides disaster services projects
  with resources, support, and guidance on
  organization and partnership building volunteer
• recruitment and retention model programs and
  best practices project design, planning,
  marketing, and evaluation and public education
  and awareness.
• Hands On Network offers regional workshops on
  volunteer leveraging, with remote assistance to
  individual programs by request.
• Points of Light Foundation provides training on
  the implementation of Volunteer Reception Centers
  to help communities prepare for managing
  volunteers in case of catastrophic events.

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Technical Assistance/Informational Meetings with
West Virginia Commission for National and
Community Service

• April 7 in Bridgeport 1230-430pm
• April 15 in Beckley 1230-430pm
• July 16 in Charleston AM at conference
• September 11 in Logan 9am-1pm
• September 22 in Charleston at Commission office
  9am-1pm
• October 6 in Buckhannon 1230-430pm
• Locations will be sent at a later time

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CNCS Agenda Topics

• Status of Data base with PRC and Andy
• State Program Highlights response Thank you to
  those who sent in annual highlights
• 2009 updated Station Rosters due
• Planning for State conference Feb. 20 meeting
• Training needs / survey
• Governors Service Awards
• Acting Senior Corps Director Angela Roberts

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• Association Updates
• Questions/Comments

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Have a great February!
Have a great February!