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Announcement:
Grants of up to $5000 are available to member campuses to fund programs that fulfill California's civic mission of education. Application due to CACC by Dec 8, 2004. More information.
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Partners in Progress : (2) Connecting Federal Work Study to campus community service programs to increase and enhance student participation in community work.
Federal law requires 7% of Federal Work Study funds received by a postsecondary institution be allocated to fund community service activities. However, practitioners cited a need for better support in expanding Community Service Federal Work Study.
By providing funding to our member institutions, CACC hopes to strengthen relationships between various campus departments, as well as between campuses and community organizations.
Grant Recipients
Azusa Pacific University
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Northridge
California State University, San Bernardino
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
Principles of Best Practice in Community Service Work-Study
Erin Bowley and Marsha Adler of Campus Compact came up with these 10 principles of best practice for combining work-study with community service:
- Integrate community service work-study into the institution's overall civic engagement mission and programs.
- Create program goals for community service work-study and an evaluation plan to measure progress.
- Formalize a structured institutional system to provide oversight, coordination and optimal use of resources and capacity.
- Offer a range of community service positions that are challenging, developmentally appropriate, and contribute to the common good.
- Actively and effectively market the opportunities to students and community partners.
- Ensure students receive a thorough orientation, are properly trained for their positions, and have opportunities for reflection and connections to academic study.
- Contribute to student success through effective monitoring, ongoing supervision and recognition of student contributions.
- Create partnerships with community organizations built on open communication, trusting relationships, joint design and evaluation of program objectives.
- Prepare community partner supervisors to be effective in their role through a clear orientation, training as needed, and recognition of their contributions.
- Adhere to the spirit and rules of U.S. Department of Education Federal Work-Study legal requirements.
To download the full report, please  click here (202kb), or go to our download page.
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