Serveminnesota

Serveminnesota, in Partnership With Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (MAVA) and Handson Twin Cities (hotc), Proposes to Continue Its Successful Service Enterprise Initiative to Minnesota Organizations, This Time Providing Targeted Outreach to Organizations Serving a Culturally Diverse Client Base. in Addition, Hotc and Mava Will Be Creating a New Delivery System for the Service Enterprise Initiative (sei), Expanding Its Reach to Rural Areas of Minnesota. This New Delivery System Will Include Transforming the Current Curriculum Into a Web-based Training, While Retaining the Experiential Nature of the Current Curriculum. It Also Maintains the Cohort Model (made Up of 3-7 Organizations), Which Includes Training Organizations Together in Order to Network and Glean Best Practices From Each Other. This Research-based Practice Expands Volunteerism and Will Support the Engagement of 500 Skill-based Volunteers Annually Who Will Contribute 4,000 Hours of Service to Increase Organizational Effectiveness. in Year Four, 120 Organizations Will Be Trained; Increasing Their Capacity to Recruit, Connect and Retain 39,500 Volunteers Who Will Contribute 316,000 Service Hours. Combining Community and Skills-based Volunteer Efforts, This Project Will Result in an Estimated Value of Nearly $7.7 Million Over Three Years.