Compact Service Corps AmeriCorps (CSC) is a federally-funded service-learning program dedicated to connecting students with community needs in areas of Education, Health, and Capacity Building. Members of CSC provide critical community services for 300, 450, 675, or 900 hours-worth of service for a minimum of one year. It is different than other volunteer programs because students are asked to focus on one-specific service project with one specific site. Students can join AmeriCorps if they meet specific service project requirements in a designated focus area and are serving at a non-profit or government agency that serves local communities. Service work must be unpaid.
The CSC AmeriCorps program is hosted by Colorado Campus Compact and has offices in Colorado and Montana. Your successful participation in AmeriCorps is contingent upon a commitment to service and completing service hours and the required paperwork. If the student does not complete his/her service hours and submit all the necessary paperwork, they jeopardize the future funding CSU receives for AmeriCorps.
The Compact Service Corps program partners with the following campus departments and community organizations: Social Work, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Liberal Arts, Community Literacy Center, Campus Corps, Human Development Family Studies, and LaFamilia The Family Center.
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The Compact Service Corps AmeriCorps program is a regional effort to engage student in meaningful service with local communities. Compact Service Corps strengthens campus and community partnerships by channeling student service into nonprofit and government agencies serving high need, community priority areas in Education, Healthy Futures, and Capacity Building.
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There are several steps to properly enroll in AmeriCorps. These include the following:
1) Verifying your service site placement and activities by reviewing criteria here
2) Contacting your Campus Coordinator to set up a mandatory FBI background check (Note, FBI machine is only available on scheduled times throughout the year and are conducted in the SLICE Office by the Campus Coordinator)
3) Completing a set of paperwork to submit at the time of your FBI scan (Contact your Campus Coordinator to complete the appropriate forms)
4) Three criminal history checks (state, NSOPR, and FBI) are proceed on all members. Once all three criminal history checks have cleared, that determines the member's "start date", that is, the date the member can begin to count their service hours. Note, all hours served prior to background checks being cleared cannot be counted toward the member's term of service.
5) Once the member is officially enrolled, the member must complete monthly time logs to document service hours. Once all hours are completed, members receive an educational scholarship to be used toward CSU tuition or any federally-backed student loans.
All new members must undergo an orientation session either in-person with the Campus Coordinator OR online. Online orientations require submission of a Quiz to your Campus Coordinator.
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Time logs are due monthly to the Campus Coordinator in the SLICE Office in order to document service hours. Failure to submit time logs in compliance with the program rules disqualifies members from receiving an education award scholarship.
If your start date is between 8/19/12 and 8/18/2013, use these time logs:
If your start date is between 8/19/11 and 8/18/2012, use these time logs:
If your start date is between 8/19/10 and 8/18/2011, use these time logs:
Angela Shugarts AmeriCorps Coordinator Compact Service Corps Lory Student Center (Main Level) 8033 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone: (970) 491-3802 Fax: (970) 491-2826
slice_americorps@ mail.colostate.edu
Spring 2013 Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9am-5pm (weekends by appointment only)