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Evaluation of the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Program


Open Recommendations

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Limit types of projects undertaken by NCCC for activities that can be performed by other CNCS programs and track the time devoted thereto.

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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.

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Identify the support that would increase retention and provide it. Engage Foster Grandparents and other local community groups to provide support.

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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.

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Right-size NCCC and grow the program only after enrollment and retention have improved above a predetermined level