AmeriCorps State and National FY23 Planning Grants

Training & Technical Assistance Call Schedule

AmeriCorps State and National Grantee Planning Grantee Technical Assistance Calls

Monthly calls for planning grantees and State Commissions to learn from Agency Subject 

Matter Experts on the various aspects of AmeriCorps State and National’s NOFO and program 

development. 

Date Technical Assistance Topic

April 27, 2023

3pm-4pm ET

Register

Planning Grantee Kickoff Call

Presenter: AmeriCorps State and National

May 11, 2023

3pm-4:30pm ET

Register

Intro to Evidence and Organizational Readiness 

Framework

Presenter: Office of Research and Evaluation & 

NORC

June 14, 2023

1pm-2:30pm ET

Register

Theory of Change and Logic Models

Presenter: Office of Research and Evaluation & 

NORC

June 28, 2023

2:30-4:00pm ET

Register

Best Practices for Budget Development Q&A

Presenter: Office of Grant Administration

July 25, 2023

2pm-3:30pm

Register

Best Practices for Performance Measures

Presenter: AmeriCorps State and National

August 9, 2023

1pm-2pm ET

Register

Resources for Education Programs

Presenter: Terra Wallin, AmeriCorps, Kate Cochran,

National Partnerships for Student Success

January 31, 2024, 

2:30-3:30 pm ET

Grant Closeout

Presenter: Office of Grant Administration 

AmeriCorps Central Recruitment Unit Technical Assistance Calls

Planned calls for all AmeriCorps State and National grantees to provide a variety of member 

recruitment strategies.

Date Technical Assistance Topic

May 24, 2023

2pm-3pm ET

Register

Social Media Best Practices for Recruitment

Success story from the field; tips and tricks from 

AmeriCorps’ external affairs team.

June 21, 2023

2pm-3pm ET

Register

Leveraging Current Members and/or Alumni for 

Recruitment

Success story from the field on how a grantee has 

utilized the talents and interests of currently serving 

members to support recruitment while providing 

professional development opportunities to enhance 

the member experience.

July 19, 2023

2pm-3pm ET

Recruitment Referral Programs
Register Success story from the field highlighting how to 

design, execute, and measure a process for alumni 

and/or current members to refer friends and family 

to national service opportunities

August 16, 2023

2pm-3pm ET

Register

Recruitment: Media Training

AmeriCorps’ external affairs team to provide training 

on how to generate awareness and interest in service 

opportunities using local earned media strategies.

September 20, 2023

2pm-3pm ET

Register

Recruitment: Digital Asset Management Tool Rollout

AmeriCorps’ external affairs team to provide an 

overview of this new tool and how to use it to access 

digital collateral for recruitment and marketing.

October 18, 2023 

2-3 pm ET

Register

Grassroots Recruiting

A series of breakout rooms for grantees to

brainstorm, share best practices, and potentially 

coordinate regional strategies around hyperlocal 

recruitment.

November 15, 2023

2pm-3pm ET

Register

Recruitment: Personas Training

External affairs team to provide a training on how to 

build communications strategies for different target 

audiences (i.e. young adults, career changers, 

retirees, influencers, etc.).

December 13, 2023

2pm-3pm ET

Register

Recruitment: Handshake Updates for the Network

Success story from the field highlighting use of the 

platform to recruit; centralized recruitment unit

shares high level data trends across the account and 

reviews ways grantees can engage.