Maya Severson, STICH AmeriCorps Program Manager

Last week, the Service to Improve Community Health (STICH) program staff attended the National Service Training Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Over 400 AmeriCorps program staff attended the conference from states across New England and the South. In addition to the Atlantic/Southern Region conference, national service program staff attended conferences in the Central Region and the Pacific/Southwest Region. The training conferences provided nearly 1,000 program staff with the tools to effectively manage AmeriCorps and other state service programs.

Workshops were offered over three days and focused on topics including grants management, budget management, financial monitoring, performance measurement, national service criminal history checks and many other topics to support program and fiscal staff in the effective management of national service grants.

Attendees had the opportunity to hear from a panel of local leaders, Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS) CEO Barbara Stewart, and Director of CNCS Chester Spellman, as well as currently serving AmeriCorps members. Before the conference closed, attendees heard from Ann Mei Chang, author of “Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good.” Ann encouraged attendees to “fall in love with the problem” just as much as the solution while striving for radically greater social good. The training was highly educational and inspiring!

Lastly, we are recruiting for our next cohort of STICH Members to start in September! Please get in touch to learn more about the application process or with any questions about STICH!

Have a great week!

-Maya