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AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps is a residential community service program for young adults between the ages of 14-24, the purpose of which is to promote civic engagement. Members serve disaster preparedness and response needs across the country.

Rating

What This Rating Means

NOT PERFORMING
Ineffective

Programs receiving this rating are not using your tax dollars effectively. Ineffective programs have been unable to achieve results due to a lack of clarity regarding the program's purpose or goals, poor management, or some other significant weakness.
  • The program has never conducted a comprehensive evaluation. Created in 1993 as a demonstration project, this program has never been evaluated to determine whether its unique residential design fosters increased support for service.
  • Compared to other AmeriCorps service programs, this program is very costly. The program is entirely federally funded, unlike the AmeriCorps State and National program. This, as well as the program's residential design, contributes to a per-participant cost of $28,000--74 percent higher than AmeriCorps.
  • Performance goals are not measurable. There is minimal data and few quantifiable measures to adequately measure the programs' progress toward achieving its strategic goals of "strengthening communities" and "increasing civic participation".

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Working with Congress to reform the program to be more cost effective, reduce the number of campuses, and focus on disaster response and preparedness.
  • Completing a rigorous program evaluation.
  • Incorporating cost-sharing into the program.

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