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Operation AmeriCorps: Expanding Opportunity for All
Posted by on December 9, 2014 at 4:52 PM ESTWith this exciting new initiative from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), AmeriCorps members will expand their efforts to support tribes and localities in growing opportunity for all.
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Pay for Success: Spreading What Works and Sharing What We Know Across the U.S.
Posted by on December 4, 2014 at 4:36 PM ESTIn 2012, President Obama prioritized Pay for Success (PFS) as one of the key strategies in his second-term social innovation agenda. PFS is a rapidly expanding approach to funding social services that is making great progress around the country.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Community Foundations
Posted by on December 2, 2014 at 10:35 AM ESTAmerica has led the world in developing a national culture of civic participation, but one of the most enduring institutions that we created has been the community foundation.
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#GivingTuesday 2014: Individual Action, Worldwide Impact
Posted by on November 26, 2014 at 4:14 PM ESTSpecial Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation Jonathan Greenblatt explains how Americans participate in #GivingTuesday.
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White House Student Film Festival: The Sequel!
Posted by on November 12, 2014 at 4:31 PM ESTSubmissions are open for the second-ever White House Student Film Festival, open to U.S. students, grades K-12.
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Investing in What Works: Federal Agency Awards Inaugural Pay for Success Grants
Posted by on October 3, 2014 at 5:23 PM ESTThe Corporation for National and Community Service’s Social Innovation Fund (SIF) announces the federal government’s most robust action to date in support of Pay for Success (PFS), a promising model for expanding innovative, highly effective social programs that achieve better results and can save tax payer dollars.
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Enabling Business, Expanding Impact
Posted by on October 2, 2014 at 2:50 PM ESTThe U.S. Small Business Administration announces a series of important new measures to expand its landmark Impact Investment Fund. Inspired by the President’s vision of a more inclusive and sustainable economy, the Impact Fund was launched in 2011 as one of several federal initiatives designed to support America’s impact investment industry.
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Kicking Off the Fourth Annual Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge
Posted by on September 26, 2014 at 3:22 PM ESTThe White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Education, and Corporation for National and Community Service hosted a gathering to kick off the President’s Fourth Annual Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge.
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Demonstrating What Works at the White House
Posted by on September 23, 2014 at 3:22 PM ESTThe White House hosts the first-ever “What Works Showcase” -- a live, interactive event featuring a diverse selection of SIF investments, including social entrepreneurs leading innovative nonprofits and social enterprises transforming lives and strengthening communities across the country.
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Celebrating 20 Years of AmeriCorps
Posted by on September 12, 2014 at 5:52 PM ESTPresident Obama joins former President Bill Clinton in celebrating the 20th anniversary of AmeriCorps, and welcoming some of the national service program's newest members.
