Evaluation of the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Program
Open Recommendations
Limit types of projects undertaken by NCCC for activities that can be performed by other CNCS programs and track the time devoted thereto.
Develop comprehensive risk-based enrollment and retention strategy that includes identifying the characteristics that make individuals, including those from disadvantaged circumstances, successful; develop interview and application questions to identify those individuals.
Identify the support that would increase retention and provide it. Engage Foster Grandparents and other local community groups to provide support.
Develop granular information regarding root causes of attrition with better exit interviews of members and interviews of peers, sponsors and campus leaders; use the information for recruiting, selection and support.
Right-size NCCC and grow the program only after enrollment and retention have improved above a predetermined level