Florida Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA Project Progress Report
BACKGROUND The Corporation for National and Community Service provides the Project Progress Report form to AmeriCorps VISTA sponsoring organizations upon project approval. Sponsoring organizations are required to submit a completed report form to the Corporation on a quarterly basis. Corporation personnel will use the reports to track project accomplishments, challenges, resources generated, project sustainability, and support provided to AmeriCorps VISTA members. Information from the form is used to fulfill requests for substantive project information.
PURPOSE The purpose of the Project Progress Report (PPR) is to: Document progress toward achieving project goals and objectives; Provide a self-assessment tool to projects to promote continuous improvement; Identify technical assistance needs; and Collect information for distribution to the public.
COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The VISTA member with the help of the site supervisor should complete this PPR The supervisor should review and make changes if necessary to the PPR before signing and submitting this cover letter to Florida Campus Compact. To better assist us, we request data be saved with this form for your records and be submitted through SurveyMonkey. Please use link provided in reminder email. If your site has two or more VISTA members working on the same projects, please only have one member submit Quantitative data (sections A, B and C) to avoid double data. However, both members should complete the Qualitative data section (beginning at section D). If you have questions regarding the completion of the Project Progress Report refer to the Reporting Guidelines form or contact the VISTA Leader or VISTA Program Coordinator.
VISTA Assignment Description (VAD) If any changes have been made to the VAD during the most recent reporting period, please submit an updated version with the Project Progress Report. Please verify that the information included in the Quantitative Data Section (Part A), the National Days of Service (Part B), the Community Partnerships (Part C), the Qualitative Data Section (Part D) and the PPR Supplement are accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge. After you have reviewed the information in the Project Progress Report, please sign below indicating that, to the best of your knowledge, the data being submitted is accurate and verifiable.
Signature of Project Supervisor:______Date: ______
Print Project Supervisor Name:______Project Site: ______1 2 Florida Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA Personal Progress Report
Name(s) of the Member(s) represented in this report: ______
Service Site: ______
Reporting Periods FL|CC Due Date January 1 through March 31 April 15 April 1 through June 30 July 15 July 1 through September 30 October 15 October 1 through December 31 January 15
This Project Progress Report represents the Reporting Period of: ______
The data submitted in this report should ONLY reflect the direct effort of the VISTA member(s), occurring during the identified reporting period. If your site has more than one VISTA member working on the same project, please see directions on page one.
Please note that not all questions may be applicable to your project.
A. Quantitative Data Section:
Total Number of Volunteers Recruited (excluding National Days of Service) How many volunteers signed up to serve as a result of your efforts Number of Veteran or Military family members engaged as volunteers How many volunteered to serve Number of Veteran or Military family members served by programming How many received services Number of College Student Mentors Recruited Students that signed up to mentor Number of Youth Mentored by College Student Mentors Youth that were mentored by mentors recruited by your efforts Number of the Youth Mentees involved in Volunteer Projects Youth that were mentored who were involved in a service project Number of students placed in volunteer or internship opportunities that are gaining employment skills or experience in a STEM related discipline Ex. Science Camp, Mentor Program, Computer Camp etc.
3 Total Number of Service Hours performed by Volunteers Please INCLUDE National Days of Service and all service hours performed by volunteers that were recruited by your efforts. Number of volunteers who are Baby Boomers (individuals born from 1946 to 1964) Dollar value of cash resources developed (grants, cash donations, etc) Tangible money that was raised or donated by your efforts Dollar value of non-cash, or in-kind, resources developed (services & goods donated, etc) **Please do not add in the value of recruited volunteer hours Example: 20 pizzas donated to volunteers, value of $200
What in-kind items/services were donated and why?
B. National Days of Service:
Did you facilitate volunteer activities or programming for any National Days of Service? (MLK, 9/11, Make a Difference Day, etc)? (Y/N)
Which National Days of Service did you facilitate activities for?
How many volunteers/participants did you engage?
How many partner organizations were engaged?
C. Community Partnerships
PLEASE NOTE CNCS PRIORITY AREAS THAT PARTNERSHIPS MAY ADDRESS.
Priority areas that partnerships may address: 1) Economic Opportunity 2) Education (Indicate: College Access and Success or STEM) 3) Healthy Futures (Indicate: Access to Health Care or Health Care Services) 4) Veterans and Military Families
Please use these areas as you fill out the next two pages of the report.
Number of New Community Partnerships Established______
*Please use as many boxes as applicable and, if necessary, feel free to submit additional partnerships in an Excel document
4 New Partner Contact Person Contact Activities and impact Which Priority Organization Email/Phone occurred due to Areas does this partnership? partnership address?
5 How many partnerships were further developed this quarter?______
*Please use as many boxes as applicable and, if necessary, feel free to submit additional partnerships in an Excel document Further Developed Contact Person Contact How has the partnership Which Priority Partner Email/Phone grown and developed? Areas does this Organization partnership address?
6 Partnership Narratives Please provide two paragraphs, each explaining one of your partnerships, indicating the CNCS priority area they address, the activities of the partnership, and the impact on the community.
Partnership Narrative 1:
Partnership Narrative 2:
D. Qualitative Data Section: If your site has two or more VISTA members working on the same project, please make sure ALL members fill out the Qualitative Data Section.
1) Challenges Describe any challenges encountered during this reporting period. Be sure to include whether challenges have been resolved, or, if they remain unresolved, the plans to address them.
2) Training/Technical Assistance Needs What type of assistance can FL|CC provide to you and your organization at this time?
3) Member Development List all trainings you attended during this reporting period. Please list the names of the trainings and what type of training it was (i.e. Resource Development, Grant Writing, Community Outreach etc.) Please include any trainings provided by your host site, FL|CC, CNCS or other organizations.
7 4) Sustainability Describe specific organizational strategies that are in place to sustain the results of your project. Please explain steps taken to transition your project away from AmeriCorps VISTA resources.
5) Story/Accomplishments Summarize what you’ve been working on during this reporting period. Make sure to include major accomplishments/events that you’ve taken part in. The information you provide for this section will be used by FL|CC to actively promote you and your work to CNCS, Alumni and FL|CC partners across the state. Please write this summary in the way that you would if you were submitting it to your college president-- keep it short, concise, and professional with clear examples.
6) Resources/Program Materials Developed What resources and tools did you develop during this reporting period (i.e., handbooks, tracking tools, promotional flyers, etc.)? Do you think these materials would be helpful to other FL|CC VISTA Members, and if so, would you be willing to share them?
7) VISTA Satisfaction Survey Answer the following questions on how satisfied you are on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being very dissatisfied and 5 being very satisfied. Please circle only one number:
FL|CC ability to respond to your needs quickly and efficiently 1 2 3 4 5
FL|CC ability to connect you with resources 1 2 3 4 5
FL|CC relaying to you either by phone or email information on trainings and opportunities 1 2 3 4 5
8 FL|CC response to your question on VISTA related matters 1 2 3 4 5
I would prefer to receive ______contact from my VISTA Leader. (more/the same/less)
PLEASE CONTINUE TO NEXT SECTION TO COMPLETE PROJECT REPORT SUPPLEMENT. AmeriCorps VISTA Project Report Supplement
BACKGROUND & PURPOSE The Corporation for National and Community Service provides the VISTA Progress Report Supplement (VPRS) as an addendum to the regular quarterly progress report required of organizations approved to sponsor a VISTA project.
COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The project supervisor should complete the VPRS. AmeriCorps VISTA members should be allowed to review the completed reports, but should not be required to complete the report.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES – CAPACITY BUILDING Please enter a whole number in those measures applicable to your AmeriCorps VISTA project.
Number of community volunteers recruited by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Number of community volunteers managed by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Number of veterans and military family members engaged in providing services through CNCS- supported programs
Number of staff or volunteers trained as a result of capacity-building services from CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Dollar value of cash resources leveraged by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Dollar value of in-kind resources leveraged by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Hours of service contributed by community volunteers who were recruited by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
9 Hours of service contributed by community volunteers who were managed by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
PERFORMANCE MEASURES – OTHER CAPACITY BUILDING Please enter a whole number for any measure(s) that apply to your project. Please review the Guidance. Not all projects will have data for these measures.
Number of organizations that received capacity-building services with the assistance of CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants.
Number of organizations that completed a community assessment identifying goals and recommendations with the assistance of CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Number of organizations implementing three or more effective volunteer management practices as a result of capacity-building services provided by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Number of organizations reporting that capacity-building activities provided by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants have helped to make the organization more efficient
Number of organizations reporting that capacity-building activities provided by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants have helped to make the organization more effective
Number of new systems and business processes (technology, performance management, training, etc.) or enhancements to existing systems and business processes put in place as a result of capacity-building services provided by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Number of organizations that have experienced an increase in requests for their programs and services as a result of capacity-building services provided by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants
Number of additional activities completed and/or program outputs produced by the program as a result of capacity-building services provided by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants in:
(a) Disaster Services
(b) Economic Opportunity
(c) Education
(d) Environmental Stewardship
(e) Healthy Futures
(f) Veterans and Military Families
10 Number of additional types of services offered by organizations as a result of capacity-building services provided by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants in:
(g) Disaster Services
(h) Economic Opportunity
(i) Education
(j) Environmental Stewardship
(k) Healthy Futures
(l) Veterans and Military Families
PERFORMANCE MEASURES – BENEFICIARIES Please enter a whole number for any measure(s) that apply to your project. Please review the Guidance. Not all projects will have data for these measures.
Number of disadvantaged youth receiving services provided by CNCS-supported organizations or national service participants in: (a) Disaster Services
(b) Economic Opportunity
(c) Environmental Stewardship
(d) Education
(e) Healthy Futures
(f) Veterans and Military Families
Number of veterans that received CNCS-supported assistance
Number of veterans’ family members that received CNCS-supported assistance
Number of family members of active-duty military that received CNCS-supported assistance
Number of military service members that received CNCS-supported assistance
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