National/Community Service and Veterans and Military 

Families: Programs, Evidence, and Possibilities 

1) What are the benefits of volunteering/national 

service for veterans and military families? 

Service is innate to military personnel and 

veterans. After all, it is their zest for serving that 

draws them to serve their country. The 2015 

Veterans Civic Health Index report1indicates 

that veterans a) tend to volunteer more hours 

annually than non-veterans, and b) are more 

likely than non-veterans to be regular 

volunteers. Young veterans, or veterans aged 20-

49, are reported to have the highest rate of 

volunteering among all Americans1. The mission 

of the Corporation for National and Community 

Service (CNCS) is to improve lives, strengthen 

communities, and foster civic engagement 

through service and volunteering2

. National and 

community service can provide a pathway for 

veterans and military personnel to find purpose 

and meaningfulness in their daily lives back 

home. For example, the sidebar shows a quote 

from the report, All Volunteer Force: From 

Military to Civilian Service3

that showcases how 

volunteering and civic engagement can serve as 

 

1 https://gotyour6.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Veterans-Civic-Health-Index-2015.pdf 

2 https://www.nationalservice.gov/about/who-we-are 

3 http://www.civicenterprises.net/MediaLibrary/Docs/all_volunteer_force.pdf

“Until I started with The Mission Continues I was 

having a hard time with myself. I felt like I was a 

failure, I felt that I didn’t get to finish my mission 

because I was medically evacuated before my unit 

came home. It was hard for me to believe that I could 

do something. I just felt sorry for myself and fell into 

this depression, thinking that something that I loved 

to do so much had to stop. I loved being a soldier, I 

always loved helping others, and I was great where I 

was at, at that point in my life. But things changed, 

and I was just willing to give up. My son gave me the 

encouragement not to give up, and The Mission 

Continues made it possible for me to take the first step 

forward.

Seeing the difference that one person can make to a 

child’s life has given me the greatest motivation and 

the strength to keep going, just knowing that someone 

out there is counting on me, it means the world to 

me.”

Sonia Meneses, OIF Veteran

All Volunteer Force: From Military to Civilian 

Service3

250 E Street, SW 

Washington, D.C. 20525 

202-606-5000 | 800-942-2677 | TTY 800-833-3722 
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the conduit to successful reentry into civilian life. Their data also show that veterans who 

volunteered, reported more successful transitions to civilian life than veterans who did not 

volunteer3. Additionally, if the service opportunities are tailored to capitalize on skills gained 

through military service, paving the way to later potential employment, it would fill an 

important economic need as well. 

2) What are current CNCS programs serving veterans and military families? 

Since the passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009, CNCS has strived to 

better serve veterans and military families, prioritizing them for recruitment as national 

service participants and as beneficiaries of national service programs. We list below a snapshot 

of CNCS funded programming for veterans and military families alongside the focus areas 

outlined in the legislation. Information listed below, and additional information can be found 

in the 2015 Report on Veterans and Military Families and the Corporation for National and 

Community Service4

. 

a. Veterans 

i. Volunteer Opportunities for Veterans. Recruit veterans, particularly returning 

veterans, into service opportunities, including opportunities that utilize their military 

experience. National service projects help returning service members find a sense 

of connection and belonging by giving them another opportunity to serve their 

country. This provides them a much-needed sense of connection to the 

community. CNCS supports 15 grantees who are focused on providing volunteer 

opportunities for veterans. 

ii. Education and Certifications. Assist veterans in developing their educational 

opportunities, coordinating activities with and assisting state and local agencies 

administering veterans’ education benefits. CNCS supports 27 grantees that offer 

advice, tutoring, internships and/or vocational training that could lead to fulltime employment. 

iii. Employment. Coordinate activities with and assist entities administering veterans’ 

programs with internships and fellowships that could lead to employment in the private 

and public sectors. AmeriCorps and Senior Corps members help veterans write 

resumes, navigate the steps along the path of seeking employment, locate 

available resources, and offer professional training programs and job-seeking 

and retention service and support. CNCS supports 38 such grantees. 

 

4 https://www.nationalservice.gov/impact-our-nation/evidence-exchange/Veterans-and-Military-Families 
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iv. Wounded Warriors. Develop projects to assist veterans with disabilities, unemployed 

veterans, older veterans, and veterans in rural communities, including assisting them 

with transportation. National service programs help disabled veterans access 

medical service, and also connect them with service opportunities. CNCS funds 

17 grantees providing transportation to Wounded Warriors. 

b. Military Families 

i. Services and Support to Military Families. CNCS will promote community-based 

efforts to meet the unique needs of military families while a family member is deployed 

and upon that family member’s return home. CNCS grantees provide school work 

help for children of military families, as well as re-entry help for returning 

service members. 

ii. Access to Benefits. Promote efforts within a community to serve the needs of veterans 

and active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces, including helping veterans file 

benefits claims, and assisting federal agencies in providing services to veterans. CNCS 

supports 19 grantees that help veterans understand the complex process of filing 

claims, and provides veterans and military families with information on 

available benefits and services, and guides them through the process. 

iii. Military Children. Provide mentoring to military children, including assisting veterans 

in developing mentoring relationships with economically disadvantaged students. CNCS 

grantees provide mentoring to children of military families, to help them adapt 

to the absence of a deployed parent. CNCS supports 19 grantees running youth 

mentoring programs focusing on helping military and disadvantaged youth. 

iv. Wellness and Other Support Services. Assist veterans and their family members 

through establishing or augmenting programs that assist them with access to legal 

assistance, health care, employment counseling or training, education counseling or 

training, affordable housing, and other support services. CNCS grantees provide a 

host of support services to veterans and military families to address their health 

and wellness needs. Examples include essential services such as providing 

transportation to appointments, preparing meals, and providing affordable 

housing and care for veterans requiring full-time care. CNCS supports 66 

grantees providing one or more of the services that come under wellness and 

other support services. 
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3) Are the CNCS funded programs for veterans 

and military families effective? What are the 

benefits of the CNCS programs for veterans 

and military families, if any?

Following the passage of the Edward M. 

Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009, CNCS 

revised its Strategic Plan5, its roadmap for using 

national service to address critical challenges 

facing our communities and our nation, to 

include veterans and military families as one of 

the areas of focus for the agency. Accordingly, 

CNCS has now recruited more than 27,000 

veterans to serve as AmeriCorps and Senior 

Corps members, helping other veterans and 

military families access benefits and services; 

obtain job training and conduct job searches; 

provide safe and affordable housing; and 

mentor and tutor children of service members6. 

Data also show a marked increase in 

AmeriCorps State and National estimated 

investments in the focus area of veterans and 

military families7

. 

Several programs involving veterans and 

military families are currently proposing 

evaluation studies. Please see Appendix A for 

some of the programs that have proposed an 

evaluation design. The Veterans Legal Corps (VLC) Program is an example of a program that 

has over four years of evaluation findings. VLC seeks to provide legal assistance to lowincome and homeless veterans with issues related to disability benefits claims, barriers to 

housing and employment, debt, family law, and other legal issues, through placement of 

lawyers and law students across the country. Evaluation reports submitted in 20138 and 20159

found that: 

 

5 https://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/11_0203_cncs_strategic_plan.pdf

6 https://www.nationalservice.gov/focus-areas/veterans-and-military-families

7 https://www.nationalservice.gov/impact-our-nation/evidence-exchange/Veterans-and-Military-Families 

8https://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/evidenceexchange/FR_Veterans%20Legal%20Corps%20Evaluation%2

0Report_2013.pdf

9https://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/evidenceexchange/FR_Veterans%20Legal%20Corps%20Program%20F

inal%20Eval%20Report_2015.pdf

“To this day I see my role in the veteran community 

as targeting the enemy so the troop can come home. I 

cannot do anything else because nothing else means 

anything. I cannot work at a store or sell cars. I 

cannot study law and be a lawyer. I still feel 

responsible for those I feel are on my watch. I have 

spent hours and hours in jails, psych-wards, slums, 

homeless shelters, Canadian AWOL safe-houses, the 

VA, etc. My fellow veterans are there and I need to 

give it everything I have to bring them home.

I would tell others that deal with this sort of thing to 

first be relieved that they are not the only ones going 

through it. We did the desert together; we can do this 

together. Just because you don’t wear the uniform 

anymore doesn’t mean that you can hang up your 

obligation. Reach out to others. When you help others 

you help yourself. Hang in there, you’re needed to 

make this world a better place. Start with your 

neighbor, friend, or family member. Start small and 

you’ll see the feelings and confidence you once had 

will return to you. We are warriors and must live our 

lives like it.”

Mike Pereira, OIF/OEF Veteran

All Volunteer Force: From Military to Civilian 

Service3
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 491 veterans had a barrier to housing removed and 104 veterans obtained housing; 10 

veterans obtained employment or vocational education; 5 reestablished a relationship 

with their children; 

 89.5% of survey respondents said the program had a positive impact helping to stabilize 

or otherwise improve the lives of veterans who have been served; 

 Served on average 70-100 veterans each year per site, with 87% of clients being assisted 

to a positive resolution; and 

 Obtained for its clients approximately $851,000.00 during the study year, including 

found benefits and successful case resolutions. Compared to the $30,410.00 required to 

run this program at the treatment site, the evaluator calculated an 8,389% return on 

investment. 

4) What are some successful CNCS evidence-based programs that might work with veteran 

and military families too? 

CNCS has funded research and evaluations for programs in different CNCS’s focus areas. 

Rigorous evaluations using quasi-experimental and experimental research designs, have 

assessed or are in the midst of assessing the effectiveness and impact of program models on 

program participants. Although these evidence-based programs have not targeted veterans 

and their families specifically, these interventions may be worth exploring for several reasons. 

First, research and rigorous evaluations are demonstrating positive effects for these program 

participants. Second, the programs have three characteristics that motivate veterans to join 

national service10: to fulfill a social need (e.g., empower other veterans); to fulfill a personal 

need (e.g., continue serving as a civilian); and, to advance professionally (e.g., new 

opportunities and social connections). Incorporating veterans into any of the focus areas is 

possible, however, here we highlight programs in three focus areas: economic opportunity, 

healthy futures, and environmental stewardship. Please see Appendix B to see a listing of 

some selected programs under each of these three focus areas. 

a. Economic Opportunity: Reskilling 

A number of evaluation studies on programs funded by the Social Innovation Fund 

have shown positive impacts for participants in workforce training programs. Similar 

programs could explicitly include veterans, or be developed to specifically focus on 

veterans. Examples of two programs are included in Appendix B. 

b. Healthy Futures: Health Service Delivery 

Another set of programs that are less obvious for veterans participating in national 

service, but may be interesting to consider, is training veterans to be non-clinical lay 

staff and patient navigators to provide non-clinical health and mental health services to 

other veterans and their families. For example, the Wounded Warrior initiative (see 

 

10 CNCS Veterans and Military Families Working Group, PowerPoint Presentation, March 17, 2016. 
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page 3, 3.IV) could be expanded so that veterans are being trained to provide service to 

disabled veterans, in addition to just receiving services. CNCS is currently funding 

programs that include training lay staff (i.e., non-health service providers, AmeriCorps 

members) to be patient navigators and deliver non-clinical health and mental health 

interventions. Research and evaluations of these programs are underway. A few 

programs are described in Appendix B. 

c. Environmental Stewardship and Disaster Services 

CNCS’s environmental stewardship focus area emphasizes funding and supporting 

projects engaged in construction or physical improvements related to energy and water 

performance in economically disadvantaged communities; sustained recycling and 

waste treatment activities; improvements of at-risk public lands or waterways (beyond 

general cleanup); creating awareness among economically disadvantaged communities 

of personal actions to benefit energy and water conservation/efficiency and solid waste 

recycling; disaster response work, and formal and informal green job training for 

economically disadvantaged people11

. Veterans and military personnel have several 

valuable skills gained through their military service, such as management and 

supervision skills, ability to lead diverse groups of people, team-building skills, 

operational skills, and logistical skills12, which could serve them well in environmental 

stewardship projects. In addition, their experience and skills are perfectly suited for 

disaster preparation and response efforts13. AmeriCorps Disaster Response Teams (ADRTs) implement Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Incident 

Command System (ICS) management structure during deployments that would be 

familiar to veterans and military personnel14

.

 

11 https://www.nationalservice.gov/focus-areas/environmental-stewardship 

12 http://www.civicenterprises.net/MediaLibrary/Docs/all_volunteer_force.pdf

13https://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CNCS%20DSU%20Disaster%20Response%20Framework.

pdf 

14 https://www.nationalservice.gov/focus-areas/disaster-services/americorps-disaster-response-teams-drts 
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Appendix A 

Examples of Evidence-Based AmeriCorps Grantees serving 

Veterans and Military Families 

Listed below are some of the 2015/16 programs serving veterans and military families that have 

proposed an evaluation design. 

University of Maryland 

Legacy Corps for Veterans and Military Families 

The University of Maryland Legacy Corps for Veteran and Military Families (LCVMF) proposes to 

have AmeriCorps members who will provide caregiver support services to veteran and military 

families at 16 sub-award sites in 10 states. 

 Members will provide respite and/or other caregiver support services to veterans or families of 

veterans approximately two times per week. 

 Site managers will work with partners to identify and work with family members of veterans 

or active military two times a week to participate in training and provide service to veterans or 

family members who require caregiver respite or other support services. 

 Members will complete training in areas of respite service as well as AmeriCorps values and 

they will provide caregiver or other support services to identified families who are in need of 

respite. 

As a result of these activities the grantee expects to see the following changes: 

 participating veterans and family members having significantly increased their commitment to 

their communities 

 Decreased caregiver burden and stress 

 Increase in number of families who can remain in communities and postpone or avoid 

institutional care. 

 AmeriCorps members will leverage additional volunteers who will be engaged in outreach, 

caregiver support and food drives. 

Equal Justice Works 

Veterans Legal Corps 

Equal Justice Works (EJW) proposes to have AmeriCorps Members provide legal services for 

veterans, and other low income individuals, in high need states such as CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, 

KY, NY, OH, OK, SC, TX, VA, WV and other locales. At the end of the first program year, the 

AmeriCorps Members will be responsible for the following: 

 Minimum-time law students will provide legal services to low-income and homeless veterans–

including benefits claims, barriers to housing and employment, elder abuse, child support 

orders, and other legal issues. Member service will include activities such as client intake and 

screening; developing and producing legal self-help manuals; developing and providing legal 

training materials for pro bono lawyers and others providing legal services; and researching 

and drafting memos to address specific legal problems. Specifically: 
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o Conduct initial intake of the veteran to identify legal issues needing resolution 

o Assemble evidence by interviewing the veteran, obtaining medical and service records 

and gathering testimony from witnesses 

o Review and assess the evidence collected in order to assess which cases are meritorious 

o Prepare the case by researching prior court decisions and developing arguments to 

persuade a judge to rule in favor of the veteran 

o Present the case to the court or tribunal 

 Members will also leverage an additional 600 volunteers per year to provide additional legal 

services to veterans. 

Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs 

Vet Corps

The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) will partner with AmeriCorps 

members who will act as peer mentor/ navigators to veterans and military families at colleges and 

with community partner sites across Washington State. Activities will include: 

 Outreach to veterans and or family members on and off campus, 

 Connecting individuals to services and benefits, 

 Training for faculty, staff, administrators and community stakeholder on veterans' cultural 

competency and veterans’ transition increasing success in veterans' transition from military 

service. 

 In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage an additional 2,000 volunteers that will be 

engaged in service projects that support and raise awareness of veterans' across Washington 

State. 

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 

Vet Corps

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Vet Corps proposes to have 20 quarter-time Vet Corps members 

who will serve veterans and military family members in a five-county area of northeast Wisconsin. 

Activities will include: 

 Vet Corps members will be placed at service sites based on a fit with skill-set, interest, or 

passion gathered through a pre-placement survey and interview to gain more knowledge of 

the member interests, training needs and areas that integration can be improved. 

 A training schedule will be developed based on survey responses, and members will complete 

training evaluations to provide further feedback. Areas of training will include: orientation, 

volunteer management, civic engagement, communication skills, team building, first aid/CPR, 

veteran resources, recognizing PTSD and other mental health issues, suicide prevention, 

mentoring, stress management and conflict resolution. 

 Members will keep a journal for reflection on their day-to-day service experiences and submit 

at least one reflection piece during their term. They will receive pre- and post-surveys to 

measure the impact of Vet Corps participation on their knowledge and involvement in the 

community. 
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 Members will also complete a volunteer log to track the number of unduplicated volunteers 

managed and recruited by each Vet Corps member that completed the service activity, and the 

number of hours each volunteer served. 

 In addition, the Vet Corps members will leverage an additional 300 volunteers who will be 

engaged in a variety of activities including disaster response, agricultural cultivation, college 

veteran advisement, refugee assistance, and early education enhancement. 

Mt. Adams Institute 

VetsWork: Environment

The Mt. Adams Institute (MAI) proposes to have members who will engage in one of its two career 

development and stewardship programs (VetsWork Environment, VetsWork GreenCorps and 

Public Lands Stewards) focused on public lands and natural resources management in eleven 

states: WA, OR, MO, AR, IL, IN, VA, WV, NC, SC and GA. Activities will include: 

 Members will focus on improving acres of public lands. 

 Members will complete a monthly site report form which is then reviewed and approved by 

their agency supervisor. 

As a result of their service, members will: 

 Be responsible for having developed skills, knowledge and professional networks that will 

help them secure permanent employment in the sector. 

 Have improved over 1500 acres of public lands and 

 Have built/maintained over 800 miles of public hiking trails. 

Conservation Legacy 

VFA

Conservation Legacy and the Student Conservation Association (SCA) propose to have 

AmeriCorps members who will complete forest fire mitigation and restoration through fire fuels 

reduction, pile burning, prescribed burns and fireline construction at ten sites in Arizona, 

Colorado, Florida, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. Activities will include: 

 Fuels reduction and thinning projects on public lands 

 Conduct include prescribed burns, pile burns and fireline construction 

 On the job training, support, mentorship and multiple formal certifications for veteran 

AmeriCorps Members 

 Provide improvements 3,200 acres of public lands. 

Tse Daa Kaan Chapter of the Navajo Nation 

Tse Daa Kaan New Project FY16

The Tse Daa K'aan Chapter of the Navajo Nation proposes to have AmeriCorps members to 

provide assistance to veterans and military families in Hogback, New Mexico. Activities will 

include: 

 Development of a resource center within the Chapter House for assistance in accessing needed 

resources. 
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 Work with veterans or military families to connect them with community resources such as 

transportation. 

 Members will also work with the community, veterans and military families to do minor home 

repairs and/or weatherization of their homes. 

 Outreach and engagement to veterans/families throughout in Chapter House projects, 

activities and cultural events. Members will maintain contact and support for the veterans and 

military families, helping to manage their consistent and productive volunteerism. 

 Leverage an additional 40 volunteers who will be engaged in working with the veterans and 

military families. 
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Appendix B 

Examples of CNCS Funded Programs that could serve 

Veterans and Military Families 

Economic Opportunity: Reskilling 

Jobs for the Future 

Social Innovation Fund Grantee 

Using a quasi-experimental design, this impact study provides strong evidence for the workforce 

training field on the value and relative effectiveness of sector-based training for unemployed 

individuals in healthcare, manufacturing, and construction in Cincinnati, OH and Milwaukee, WI. 

 For the most part, these sector based programs had large effects on employment, was effective 

in helping participants obtain healthcare jobs, had a large effect on earnings, and job retention. 

WorkAdvance, Mayor’s Fund

Social Innovation Fund Grantee 

This program seeks to meet the needs of both workers and employers by preparing individuals for 

quality jobs in specific high-demand industries or occupational clusters. In addition to providing 

pre-employment and career readiness services, occupational skills training, and job development 

and placement services, the program also offers post-employment retention and advancement 

services designed to increase workers’ prospects for sustained employment and upward mobility.

 A randomized controlled trial study demonstrated that WorkAdvance significantly increased 

employment in the target sector at all providers. These findings show that WorkAdvance 

succeeded in improving participants’ earnings and improving outcomes across a variety of job 

quality measures. In particular, the program made a significant difference for the long-term 

unemployed. 

Healthy Futures: Health Service Delivery 

AmeriCorps and the Medically Underserved 

AmeriCorps Grantee 

This is an AmeriCorps program developed by Utah’s Primary Care Association, the Association 

for Utah Community Health. AmeriCorps members were placed in a host clinic attempted to 

increase enrolment of eligible children in Medicaid/Chip. The objectives of this program was to 

determine whether Case Management (CM) by AmeriCorps Members (ACM) resulted in increased 

enrollment of eligible Latino children in Medicaid/CHIP; to identify the factors associated with 

non-enrollment among families utilizing CM, to compare the utilization of preventive and acute 

primary care services by enrolled and non-enrolled children. 

 Compared to a control group, children in the CM group were much more likely to be 

successfully enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP. A greater proportion of enrolled children in each age 
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group completed the recommended number of preventive visits in the six months following 

state determination of enrollment compared to children who were not enrolled. The study 

determined that case management by AmeriCorps Members is a low-cost, effective approach 

to increasing access to care for Latino children. 

Association for Clinicians of the Underserved (ACFU) 

2017 AmeriCorps Evidence-based Planning Grantee 

The ACFU was awarded funds to develop a program in which AmeriCorps members will be 

trained as patient navigators to implement evidence-based patient centered interventions such as 

case management assistance coverage enrollment, accessing primary care services, and 

awareness/effective utilization of hear care resources across the respective individuals continuum 

of care. 

 During this planning year, the grantee will also develop an evaluation plan and recruit a thirdparty evaluator to assess the program and its outcomes. 

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western University

AmeriCorps Grantee/National Service and Civic Engagement Research Grantee

Health care institutions, such as hospitals, are looking for opportunities to deliver different types 

of counseling or coaching to patients such as after a hospital stay to reduce readmissions, or to 

successfully finish treatment, however, costs are prohibitive. To make an impact successfully 

helping patients quit smoking, AmeriCorps members are being trained in motivational 

interviewing to become health coaches and counsel patients to quit smoking after a doctor’s 

diagnosis and proposed treatment. 

 Case Western is presently conducting a mixed method study to conduct an evaluation of the 

program including ability for AmeriCorps members to deliver the counseling as well the rate 

of smoking cessation. They are also developing an online toolkit for motivation interviewing 

and providing it for other institutions to use. 

Connections to Care (C2C) Model, Mayor’s Fund

Social Innovation Fund Grantee 

This program proposes to broaden access and use of mental health services by implementing a 

model of service delivery known as task-shifting, a way of expanding the mental health workforce 

by training lay staff, such as non-health service providers, in the delivery of non-clinical mental 

health interventions. The intervention aims to: improve mental health outcomes of participants; 

increase up-take and retention of participants receiving mental health services; reduce avoidable 

hospitalizations and emergency room visits; increase the health stability of participants; increase 

participants’ ability to achieve other targeted program-specific outcomes in areas such as 

employment and education; and sustainably maintain proficient use of skills in evidence-based 

practices by the clinic’s staff. The intervention also aims to reduce individuals’ health care 

spending and to decrease government outlays. 
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 The evaluation is targeting a moderate level of evidence using a quasi-experimental design 

with propensity score weighting to improve comparability between treatment and comparison 

groups. 

Environmental Stewardship and Disaster Services 

Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa 

AmeriCorps Grantee 

AmeriCorps members participate in habitat restoration, trail building and disaster response for 

community health, safety, and well-being; deliver healthy eating curriculum and get hands-on 

experience cooking healthy foods. 

 The proposed outcome measure is ecosystem health. 

Utah Conservation Corps 

AmeriCorps Grantee 

AmeriCorps members complete environmental stewardship projects throughout the state of Utah 

including: 

 Restoring habitat, and improving trail 

 Providing environmental education presentations to students to increase environmentallyconscious behavior 

Proposed outcome measures include: 

 Habitat health and water quality 

 Visitor experience 

 Environmental knowledge 

WA State Department of Ecology 

AmeriCorps Grantee 

AmeriCorps members will: 

 Remove invasive species and install native plants to improve habitat for fish and wildlife 

 Increase access and safety through construction or improvement of trails 

 Reduce the risk of floods and wildfires through forest health management 

 Assist in disaster responses 

Proposed outcome measures include: 

 Habitat health 

 Environmental stewardship and responsibility