CNCS Performance Measurement
Increase the impact of national service on community needs in communties served by CNCS-supported programs.
Goal One: Community resources
Disaster Services
- Assistance Provided
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 1- Number of individuals that received assistance from CNCS-supported programs in disaster preparedness, mitigation, response and/or recovery.
Economic Opportunity
- Financial Literacy
- Housing
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 2- Percent of economically disadvantaged people that received housing-related assistance from CNCS-supported members, participants and volunteers who showed improvement in their housing situation.
- Employment
Education
- School Readiness
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 3- Percent of children that demonstrated gains in school readiness.
- K-12 Success
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 4- Percent of students served by or serving in CNCS-supported programs that demonstrated improved academic performance (including the percent meeting state proficiency levels in literacy and/or math, or whose scores on state standardized tests improved).
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 5- Percent of students served by CNCS-supported programs, or engaged in CNCS-supported service-learning, that demonstrated improved academic engagement.
- Post-Secondary Educ. Support
Environmental Stewardship
- Energy Efficiency
- At Risk Ecosystems
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 6- Number of at-risk acres (land and/or water) improved by CNCS-supported members, participants and volunteers.
- Awareness of Issues
- Green Jobs
Healthy Futures
- Aging in Place
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 7- Percent of homebound OR older adults and individuals with disabilities that received CNCS-supported services who reported having increased social ties/perceived social support.
- Obesity and Food
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 8- Number of individuals that gained access to food resources provided with the assistance of CNCS-supported members, participants or volunteers.
- Access to Care
Veterans & Military Families
- Vets and Mil. Families Served
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 9- Number of (a) veterans; (b) veterans' family members; (c) family members of active-duty military; and (d) military service members that received CNCS-support assistance.
Strengthen national service so that participants engaged in CNCS-supported programs consistently find satisfaction, meaning and opportunity.
Goal Two: Member Experience Resources
- Accessible and Attractive
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 10- Number of veterans and military family members engaged in providing services through CNCS-supported programs.
- Meaning in Service Experience
- High Quality Service Experience
- Opportunities
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 11- Percent of service participants engaged in CNCS-supported programs who report having an experience that expands educational, professional or civic opportunities.
- Health Benefits
Maximize the value we add to grantees, partners and participants.
Goal Three: Capacity Building Resources
- Knowledge Base/Measuring Results
- Rigorous Evaluations
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 12- Percent of organizations that implement evaluations that demonstrate strong evidence of program effectiveness than in the year prior to receiving CNCS funding.
- Capacity Building
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 13- Number of community volunteers recruited and/or managed by CNCS-supported organizations or National Service Participants.
Fortify management operations and sustain a capable, responsive and accountable organization.
Goal Four: Infrastructure Resources
- Strengthen IT
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 14- Complete modernization of IT infrastructure.
- Talented, Diverse, Adaptive Workforce
- Financial and Grants Mngmt. Sys.
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 15- Ensure that no material internal control or compliance issues are identified in annual financial statement audit.
- Agency-Wide Priority Measure 16- Award and close grants and contracts within prescribed timeframes.