A Message From the Director
President Joe Biden recently hosted the United We Stand Summit to respond to hate-fueled violence that tears at our national fabric. AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith spoke at the summit and highlighted national service’s potential and promise to increase cultural competency and mend division. Our report released last month, "Bridging Differences through AmeriCorps Service," makes a strong case for how national service is making America a more cooperative and culturally competent place.
Following this important summit, AmeriCorps launched United We Serve. The Office of Research and Evaluation will leverage the power of evidence and data in service of cultural competency, community building, and equity.
In service,
Mary Hyde, director
Office of Research and Evaluation
Life-cycle Evaluation Project: What it is and What’s Next
The Life-Cycle Evaluation Project is a five-year bundling evaluation that seeks to understand and generate actionable results about the Volunteer Generation Fund, opioid recovery supports, and environmental stewardship and conservation programs.
What is a bundling evaluation?
An examination of selected programs with similar timetables, developmental stages, and outcome measures tells a larger story about program efficacy and impact. The programs selected for this evaluation can showcase how AmeriCorps is building evidence for the positive impact it strives to make in local communities across various focus areas.
What’s next for the project?
As the project goes into its third year, AmeriCorps is listening to and collating lessons from our grantees’ important work across the country. We are learning from grantees that use similar intervention models to foster a learning community.
Learn more about one of the bundled evaluations in the Volunteer Generation Fund. Follow the AmeriCorps Evidence Exchange for future literature reviews and reports.
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