Our Programs
The Commission directly administers several volunteer and national service programs and provides support for others. Click on any of the links below for short descriptions and directories of our programs.
- AmeriCorps — AmeriCorps is a national
service program that enables individuals to commit a significant amount of time
to voluntary service designed to meet community needs.
- Senior Corps — Senior Corps connects today’s over 55s with the people and organizations that need them most. The program helps them become mentors, coaches or companions to people in need, or contribute their job skills and expertise to community projects and organizations.
- Learn & Serve — The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service directly oversees Reach Out Iowa -- a service learning, community-based program.
- Iowa Mentoring Partnership — The Iowa Mentoring Partnership serves as the certifying body for local mentoring programs and currently supports a network of more than 80 programs from across the state.
- Iowa's Promise — Iowa’s Promise is an initiative to ensure that all young people are provided the “Five Promises” that lead to a successful start in life.
- Green Corps — Green Corps programs involve AmeriCorps or Iowa Summer Youth Corps members in major transformative projects emphasizing energy efficiency, historic preservation, neighborhood development, and storm water reduction and management.
- Summer Youth Corps — Iowa Summer Youth Corps programs involve disadvantaged youth (ages 16-25) in meaningful service opportunities that enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility and fulfill unmet community needs.
- Days of Service — Learn more information about hosting a project for a designated Day of Service.
- Volunteer Generation Fund — The Volunteer Generation Fund is a new opportunity created by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (SAA).