Highlighted Resources

• Senior Corps New Project Directors' Orientation Resources - This orientation provides a consistent baseline of information that new Senior Corps project directors need to successfully manage their projects.
• Independent Living and Respite Survey Resources - Resources to help Senior Companion Program projects conduct surveys to measure outcomes for independent living clients and caregivers receiving respite services.
• Using National Measures to Demonstrate Impact: Telling the Senior Corps Story (eCourse)
  This tutorial helps Senior Corps grantees and staff of sponsoring organizations prepare for the implementation of the National Performance Measures.
• Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers: A Guide for Senior Companion and Foster Grandparent Programs
  This guide includes a List of SCP Projects with Medicaid Waiver Contracts.

Program and Grant Management Tools

• Program regulations and grant management resources from CNCS
• National Performance Measurement for Senior Corps
• Performance Measurement courses for Senior Corps Programs (scroll down to find)
• Senior Corps Fund Raising and OMB Cost Principles
• Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) Operations Handbook (Appendices PDF - available in Handbook) (Appendices DOC)
• Senior Companions Program (SCP) Operations Handbook (Appendices PDF - available in Handbook) (Appendices DOC)
• Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Operations Handbook (Appendices PDF) (Appendices DOC)
• We invite you to send any comments or questions about the Handbooks to SeniorCorpsHandbook@cns.gov

Training Resources

• Supporting Children and Youth: Mentor Training for Senior Corps Volunteers – a standardized and easy-to-use training curriculum for Foster Grandparent Program and RSVP project directors who have volunteers delivering mentoring and other support services to children and youth at schools and community organizations.
• Independent Living Training Curriculum – this training curriculum and the accompanying facilitator's guide can be used to enhance the services delivered to independent living clients by Senior Companion and RSVP volunteers.
• Planning Annual FGP In-service Training (PDF)

Marketing and Recruitment Resources

• Senior Corps Videos on YouTube
• CNCS Online Ordering System – order free hard-copies of materials including brochures (in English or Spanish), DVDs, posters, reports, site signs, stickers, exhibit displays for each of the three programs (in free-standing or tabletop format), and more.
• Videos – view or download individual sections on RSVP, Foster Grandparents, and Senior Companions. See also the Senior Corps playlist and PSAs playlist on the CNCS YouTube channel.
• Senior Corps Fact Sheet (PDF) – includes key information about Senior Corps as a whole and each of the individual programs. See also Fact Sheets on specific initiatives and services.
• VolunteerMatch User's Guide & Resource Manual (PDF) – provides an overview of using the VolunteerMatch system, step-by-step guidelines on how to improve volunteer recruitment, and information on research and trends related to recruiting volunteers ages 55 and over.
• Baby Boomer Recruitment