Many thanks to all who responded to me email concerning federal work study and community service... and my apologies for taking so long to share the responses with the list. If you'd like me to fax you a copy of the University of Vermont contracts, please email me off-list and I'll send them out. Paula Bozoian ===== I am the Work-Study Coordinator at UVM, and in that position work out of the Career Services Office. (which makes my position somewhat different from many of my peers at other universities) We also have a Coordinator for Service Learning in our office. At UVM the work-Study Program has 194 employers/departments on-campus and 111 off-campus not-for-profit employers/organizations. A total of 1799 students work on-campus and 144 work off-campus. So we have a significant number of students working in not-for-profit organizations in the Burlington community. (Actually, as of the 2000-2001 financial aid award year schools are being required to expend a minimum of 7% of their work-study monies in community service placements) We have an agreement that the organizations sign (same for off-campus and on-campus) We also have a "contract for services" that off-campus organizations must sign. they also must provide federal documentation of their non profit status. Those documents are processed through UVM's Office of Sponsored Programs. I also attempt to promote that there is an option for expansion of opportunities in not-for-profit off-campus organizations. (some of the best ones are actually brought to my attention by students who are interested in career-related positions.) I will fax copies of those documents for you. Any other help I can provide, just let me know. >From: Glenna Copeland <gcopelan@zoo.uvm.edu> Glenna Copeland Work-Study Coordinator Career Services Living/Learning Bldg.E University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 (802)656-3450 FAX 656-0126 ===== When this opportunity arose years ago, my office was given the "heads up" through our affiliation with Campus Compact. I simply contacted our Financial Aid Office and offered to coordinate the program. They were actually relieved to have me do it. The money (currently 7% of our FWS funds) is allocated to my budget. Students turn their time sheets into me and I submit them monthly. I designed a program which modeled our academic internships, and requested job descriptions from the non-profit agencies with whom I already had relationships through volunteer placements. The agencies are thrilled to have "free" workers and I demand very little from the agencies. I try to keep their paperwork at a minimum, so they continue to request students and are very supportive. The way I run this program is probably a bit more casual than other larger institutions, but it works for us. I currently have a student worker who helps to coordinate it for me. Good luck. AmyEilert Coordinator of Community Service Center Grinnell College Grinnell, IA 50112 ===== Brown has a great program that manages this relationship well (I used to run the Public Service end of it). I think Jamie Egan is facilitating the program right now. You can contact him at james_e_egan@brown.edu or call him at the Swearer Center for Public Service. He might be a good resource since y'all are neighbors. Good luck, Scott Scott Hummel Service Learning Coordinator Volunteer and Public Service Center Georgetown University B-01 St. Mary's Hall Washington, D.C. 20057 202.687.3573 ph; 202.687.8980 fx ===== I oversee the 7% of the University's FWS funds that are federally mandated to be used for community service. I enclose a brocure with the summer mailing to students who are eligible for FWS encouraging them to work in the community. I am attaching the three documents that I use for the agencies. Call me if you have any questions. (my address and phone number are at the bottom). Irwin Nussbaum University of Hartford ===== You may want to address your question to the America Reads listserv at: americareads@lyris.etr.org The federal government has been supporting America Reads initiatives at colleges around the country by waiving the 25% of wages that schools usually pay towards FWS work -- thus, the people on that listserv have had lots of experience engaging their financial aid officers in service activities. You may also be interested in the teleconference that the University of Vermont produced with the US Dept of Education, office of the America Reads Challenge, "Building Sustainable Community Partnerships." The program aired live last October, and is available at no cost from the US Dept of Ed by calling 1-800-USA-LEARN. Best, Andrea Andrea L. Grayson, M.A. tel: 802.656.0415 Continuing Education fax: 802.656.8816 The University of Vermont email: agrayson@zoo.uvm.edu 234 Rowell Building Burlington, VT 05405 ===== The only partnership we have is that our Work Study employee knows about our web site and can send students there for information about the various agencies. It's a very simple connection, but a valuable one.... -Lori -- Lori Deana Salter Coordinator, Volunteer Services Center Texas A&M University 979/845-1133 mailto:lori-s@tamu.edu http://givem.tamu.edu/ ===== You might be interested in our 28 year old service-learning program that has spread to other colleges and universities (called the National Network for Intergenerational Health). See our web page: www.inform.umd.edu/HLHP/AHDP. We have funds to train faculty to serve as directors of their AHDP due to a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation of NY. Dan Dr. Daniel Leviton Center on Aging College of Health & Human Performance University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-2611, Phone: (301) 405-2528 ===== Our work-study office sends out a letter with the freshpeople packet that describes the DC Reads work-study opportunity. This is really all the new recruiting we have to do so we're very pleased they do that. Our community partners each sign an agreement but that's very informal and sometimes doesn't even seem to get done. More important is that we have a rule that staff select community partners rather than students. Otherwise they'd be all over the place. We do have 20 some communtiy partners which is quite enough. They were selected the first year through existing relationships and their ability to receive and support tutors. I've attached a site contract which I haven't looked at in a long time (I was the first DC Reads coordinator but no longer hold that position.) Let me know if you have other questions. Sharon Morgenthaler, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Volunteer and Public Service Center ------- Paula M. Bozoian, PhD Assistant to the President for Government Relations Director, Center for Social Concern Stonehill College, Box D149 Easton, MA 02357-6120 PH: 508-230-7220 FX: 508-238-9633 pbozoian@stonehill.edu
Off campus FWS job description.doc
Off campus FWS agreement part 1.doc
Off campus FWS agreement part 2 for 2000.doc