April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week. In honor of this important observance, the ACL-funded Community Care Corps is pleased to share a new online library of resources developed to help community organizations build successful volunteer programs.
The library contains a wide range of practical resources — like fingerprinting, insurance, and background checks — for building volunteer programs, as well as a wealth of insights and lessons learned from over 109 organizations that have received subgrants from Community Care Corps since 2019. Examples of materials available in the online library include:
- Resources for recruitment, marketing, and outreach, including how to use social media to reach potential volunteers.
- Links to volunteer trainings.
- Volunteer management tools, including how-to guides for creating forms and trackers.
- Tips for retaining volunteers over time.
- Insights into how to match volunteers with participants.
- Innovative approaches and creative solutions from organizations across the nation that have received grants from Community Care Corps.
Community Care Corps was launched by ACL in 2019 to support communities in developing innovative programs through which volunteers provide non-medical support to help older adults and adults with disabilities maintain their independence. Funded by ACL through a cooperative agreement, the Community Care Corps is operated in partnership by the Oasis Institute, the Caregiver Action Network, USAging, and Altarum. As of December 2023, through Community Care Corps grants, community-based organizations across the country — with the help of 9,800 volunteers — have provided volunteer assistance to over 24,000 older adults and adults with disabilities and more than 6,700 family caregivers.
For questions, contact info@communitycarecorps.org.
To learn more about how ACL programs promote opportunities for volunteerism and civic engagement, visit ACL's Volunteer Opportunities and Civic Engagement page.
Funded by ACL, Community Care Corps is a national program that fosters innovative models with local volunteers to assist family caregivers, older adults, and people with disabilities with nonmedical care in their own homes to help them maintain independence.