The Resource Center

The Resource Center is your online stop for tools, training, and information to strengthen your volunteer or service program. Through The Resource Center, you can search and access online training tools, event calendars, and effective practices, as well as a catalogue of printed publications and videos available on loan. In addition, the Resource Center serves as a learning exchange where individual programs can share their innovations and effective practices with others. The Resource Center's content is generated by a network of more than 20 training and technical assistance providers. Visit The Resource Center

• Read The Resource Center Tip Sheet

Here are links to some of the most requested resources from The Resource Center:

• Training & Technical Assistance Resource Guide
• Building Blocks for Effective Service Programs
  • Board and Advisory Leadership
  • Community Collaboration
  • Financial Management
  • Infrastructure
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Organizational Culture
  • Program Accountability
  • Service-Learning
  • Staffing and Development
  • Volunteer Management
• Online and Print Publications
• Sign Up for Listservs
• Sign Up for Newsletters

Featured Effective Practices

• List of Effective Practices Featured on NationalService.gov
• Complete Directory of Effective Practices from the Resource Center

Program Handbooks

• Foster Grandparent Program Handbook
• Senior Companion Program Handbook
• RSVP Program Handboook
• RSVP Handbook Appendices 
• Learn and Serve America Program Director's Handbook

Forms

Both official and sample forms are available online. Official forms are those required by Corporation programs to manage and report on grants. Sample forms, which are not official, have been provided by grantees and others.

• Official Corporation and Program Forms
• Sample forms library: A collection of unofficial forms of all kinds

Additional Tools

• Resource Library
• Conference and Training Calendar
• Service-related Links
• Guide to Working With the Media