AmeriCorps

1. AmeriCorps IINJ –International Institute of NJ

2. Corporation for National and Community ServiceAmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency whose mission is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering. In addition to AmeriCorps, the Corporation also administers Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America. Together these programs engage more than 2 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year. Welcome and thank you for making the choice to serve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. Program Name: “ Bringing New Jersey Together” Type: AmeriCorps State 300 Hour Minimum Time $456.00/Bi-weekly Stipend FT $241.40 PT $4,725 FT/ $2,362.50 PT Eli Segal Education Award

4. Timesheets (i.e. ts) Reflection Sessions Loan Forbearance Interest Accrual MyAmeriCorps registration Responsibilities

5. AmeriCorps.gov/AmeriCorps.org You Need: 1- to be enrolled in a program 2- Username 3-Password 4- Register to create a new Member/Alum account

6. Institutions that Match the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award There are currently 78 colleges and universities that match the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award for their students. View the list

7. Help with College Costs and Student Loans Congress established the National Service Trust to provide an AmeriCorps Education Award for members who successfully complete service in AmeriCorps. You can use your AmeriCorps Education Award to pay educational expenses at qualified institutions of higher education, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans. The award - recently renamed the Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards after Eli Segal, one of the pioneers of the national service movement and the first CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service - is $4,725 for a year of full-time service, and is prorated for part-time. You have up to seven years after your term of service has ended to claim the award. At the time you use the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, you must have received a high school diploma, or the equivalent of such a diploma. If you successfully completed a term of service with AmeriCorps*VISTA in an approved national service position, you are eligible to receive either a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award or an end-of-service stipend of $1,200. The Segal AmeriCorps Education Award option is subject to available National Service Trust allocations to AmeriCorps*VISTA and must have been selected prior to the start of service

8. Learn More About the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award: • Amount, Eligibility, and Limitations • How to Use the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award • View a list of colleges and universities that match the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award • Loan Postponement, Interest Repayment, and Financial Aid • Tax Implications • Frequently Asked Questions

9. CONTRACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! • Let’s go over them page by page!!! Yeah!!!! Fun!!!! • Prohibited Activities

10. IMPORTANT!! • Pins/Signs on working space • You clients know you are AmeriCorps • On time, professional, proactive • Sign-in/out • Do you know the prohibited activities?????????

11. The Big 5 Attend AmeriCorps Meetings Wear your pin/Business Casual Attire Notify myself & your direct supervisor if you will be out/late before the time you are scheduled to be here… or be on time Hand in Time Sheets/Monthly Reports (Completed properly) Comply with your Contract

12. White out is wrong Mistakes crossed out and initialed by you AND your supervisor - .5 hour for lunch every day (if you work more than 5 hours) Two signatures & date MMBR and WBRS is for me…don’t worry about those IF you can’t get it to me before Monday at noon I need…… If you don’t get it to me, and don’t call/email me as to why you cannot get it to me I will assume you have not worked = no pay (I will not submit names for payment of those who have not given my time sheets) Sample Time Sheets

14. IINJ Departments • Counseling Center • Law Center • Interpreting and Translation (L.L.) • Admin • Resettlement (Case Management) • Employment • ESL

15. MEET THE SUPERVISORS • All staff meeting Monday (if you are in the building, you must attend) • Program Heads • E. Delano Cooper (Resettlement) • James Arnold (Employment) • Robert Santiago (Cuban Resettlement) • Rupa Khetarpal (CCCC- Counseling) • Sophia Rossovsky (Interpreting Services) • Ruth Campbell (CATS) • Jovanna Minaya (ESL) • Julie Castner (AmeriCorps) • Jose Saud (Immigration Law Center)

16. Evaluations • Attendance: follows a regular schedule: • 2. Reliability: Calls you to tell you he/she is running late or can’t come in: • Communication: Gives you reasonable time to review and sign time sheets and monthly report forms: • Is pro-active: finds work to do: • Professionalism: Treats clients with • courtesy & respect: • Communicates important information to you concerning clients and/or member responsibilities: . • Responsibility: Uses his/her time responsibly according to the tasks assigned by his/her job description: • Understands mission of program: Encourages clients to access services on their own: • Conducts his/herself in a professional manner • *see folder for example and Supervisor evaluation

17. CITIZENSHIP PROJECTS • Any time throughout the year • Work alone or collaborate with someone • Mandatory project days for AmeriCorps Make-A-Difference Day (Oct) MLK Day (Jan) Global Youth Service Day (Mar/Apr)

18. Office stuff… Do you know how to: 1- Print 2-sided? 2- Print on Recycled Paper? 3- Use the fax machine? 4- Power down your work station? 5- Refill the Printers? Letterhead/Recycled 6- Page someone on the phone? 7- Check your voice mails? 8- Leave me a voice mail (x???) 9-Print on Letterhead/ o drive letterhead?

19. Boundaries/Confidentiality • Open up the IINJ Volunteer Training Packet • Any questions???