Other Resources, Trainings, and Development

Resources

• Core Competencies, Program Directors
• Core Competencies, Indicators
• New Program Staff Reading Recommendations (for current operating grant year)
  • Grant Application: Narrative, Performance Measures, Logic Model, Budget (found in IowaGrants or eGrants)
  • Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
  • Performance Measure Instructions (2019)
  • Terms & Conditions (read both General & Specific for the appropriate grant year and type)
  • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
  • Frequently Asked Questions – General
• AmeriCorps Mentoring Program (AMP)
  • AMP overview document
  • AMP application (Applications due by 12/31/19 for Jan. 2020 start)
  • Meet your Mentor

Trainings

• New Program Director Orientation (8/12/2019)
  • Orientation Agenda
  • Orientation PowerPoint Slides
  • Grant Scavenger Hunt Activity
  • Responses to New PD Orientation Questions
• AmeriCorps Program Staff Launch (10/30/2019 and 10/31/2019)
  • Financial materials from the session on 10/30/19 are available to access and download HERE.
  • All presentations and handouts from the session on 10/31/19 are available to access and download HERE.
• Financial Webinars
  • 11/15/19: Time and Effort Reporting, Program Income, and Budget Management. Presentation available to download HERE.
  • 11/22/19: Cost Allocation Plans & Concepts, Indirect Costs, Minimizing Unexpended Funds, and Prior Approvals.
    • Presentation available to download HERE.
    • Recording available HERE.
• New Program Staff Training (02/06/2020)
  • Training Agenda
  • Training PowerPoint Slides
  • Training resources and handouts available to download HERE.
• Regional Training site (NEW DATES FOR 2020)
  • Click HERE to download conference/presentation materials from the 2019 Central Region conference.
  • 2020 National Service Training Conferences: America's Service Commissions (ASC) is pleased to announce we will host three National Service Regional Training Conferences in 2020 in partnership with each of the following state service commissions:
    • ​July 27 - 29: Pacific/Southwest Region - Albuquerque, NM
      • Hosted by the Serve New Mexico Commission
    • August 24 - 26: Central Region - Milwaukee, WI
      • Hosted by Serve Wisconsin
    • June 2 -4:  Atlantic/Southern Region - Burlington, VT (Postponed to 2021)
      • Hosted by SerVermont
• CNCS Knowledge Network

IowaGrants

• Introduction to IowaGrants webinar
• Giving Others Access to Your Grant (updated 8.21.19)

NSCHC Exemption Period Resources (during this timeframe only: September 24, 2018 - June 30, 2019)

• Surge/Exemption presentation
• Surge/Exemption webinar
• Iowa NSCHC Surge Instructions
• Iowa Exemption Period Verification Form
• IA Exemption Period Reimbursement Workbook
• CNCS Exemption Period information (11.19.18)