The AmeriCorps Volunteer Infrastructure Project (VIP) builds and strengthens volunteer programs at partner agencies across the state of California through the service of our members. Our ultimate purpose is to leave partner sites with a sustainable, effective volunteer program that allows them to better reach their mission and serve their community.

VIP Team

VIP began serving communities in California in 2009! VIP Fellows serve in nonprofits, schools, and community organizations.

VIP Fellows focus on these key areas to make an impact at their partner site:

Capacity Building

Capacity Building
Members help lay the groundwork for all of the elements that make a strong volunteer program. This includes but is not limited to developing trainings, creating tracking mechanisms, making volunteer handbooks, developing appreciation strategies, feedback surveys and more. With an individualized Member Service Plan from each partner site, AmeriCorps VIP members are given specific goals and projects that will help create sustainability for their agencies long after their service term.

Volunteer Recruitment

Volunteer Recruitment
AmeriCorps VIP members perform outreach efforts to help bring in caring, committed and highly skilled volunteers to community organizations. Members help recruit both one time and highly skilled ongoing volunteers, develop onboarding and training procedures for volunteers, and help improve the volunteer experience to ensure organizations keep the people power they need.

Fundraising

Fundraising/Partnership Building
AmeriCorps VIP members help solicit in kind and monetary donations in order to support volunteer programs obtain essential supplies, fund volunteer appreciation efforts, and cover the ongoing costs of managing a robust volunteer program.

Training

Training/Professional Development
We provide our members ongoing training in volunteer management and professional development skills throughout their year of service. Through mentorship at community organizations, support from Regional Coordinators, and our NCOE staff, members gain invaluable leadership experience in the public service sector. An AmeriCorps term is a powerful resume builder and “guided entrance” into the professional work environment; building skills and confidence that last a lifetime.

As an AmeriCorps VIP member, you will:

  • Gain experience in the nonprofit sector
  • Receive professional development training
  • Earn a certificate in Volunteer Management
  • Learn a wide variety of new skills
  • Serve alongside a cohort of AmeriCorps members
  • Attend statewide webinars with AmeriCorps members and staff
LindseyLindsey (VIP, CSUMB):
“Before AmeriCorps, I was really not one to want to do things like leading a group. AmeriCorps definitely challenged that and pushed boundaries that I had placed on myself, thinking that I was not capable of doing things. All those walls were broken down, and I’m leading a lot of things, especially this year [in my VIP service]. It’s been a very big change of direction.”

VIP’s Impact on the Community

Since 2009,

550 partnersOver 395,000 volunteers have been recruited across the state of California due to the efforts of AmeriCorps VIP Fellows.
VIP 1.6 million raisedWe have served over 600 partner agencies across 19 counties
VIP 3 million raisedOver $3 Million has been raised to support volunteer programs

Service Year at a Glance

  • August/September: The service year begins!
  • October: Make a Difference Day of Service
  • January: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
  • March: AmeriCorps Appreciation Week & Cesar Chavez Day of Service
  • June/July: End of service term

Application Timeline

  • March: Early Bird Enrollment begins
  • March-July: Applications accepted for full-time members —Applications are accepted on a rolling basis
  • August/September to June/July: 11-month, Service Term!
Andres HernandezAndres Hernandez
(VIP Fellow, Cal Poly):


“I really had no idea or sense of this whole nonprofit world, so it’s really been interesting and a growing experience to see how all of these organizations work and are built.”

If we do not fill all of our full-time positions, we offer 6-month positions beginning in January or February.
*Disclaimer: If you are interested in applying but the application deadline has past, please reach out to the VIP Program Coordinator.

Apply to VIP

Boost your agency’s volunteer program by hosting an AmeriCorps VIP member!

A well-designed volunteer program can make an agency stronger and more sustainable, increase the quality and quantity of services available to clients, reduce staff stress, usher in greater innovation, and increase capacity for impact.

VIP is right for your agency if:

  • You find yourself saying, “I wish we had a volunteer for that,” at every staff meeting
  • You want to find a way to keep your current volunteers coming back & bringing friends
  • You need volunteers to support a new program or expansion of your mission
  • You have a current volunteer program that needs more consistency, structure, and focused attention
VIP is designed for nonprofits, schools and government agencies looking to increase their capacity to serve the community through volunteerism. Whether you are a new agency with no current volunteer structure, or an experienced agency with a program that needs expansion, more focused support, or new life, VIP can help you get the volunteer program that best serves your mission and meets your organizational needs.

With over 15 years of experience supporting and managing AmeriCorps VIP members and partnering with local community organizations, we can help your program thrive.

VIP provides excellent resources, ongoing professional development for members, and volunteer management expertise so members can make a significant impact at your agency.

Want to Become a VIP Partner Agency?

Please fill out this application to apply.

Below is the list of Supervising Organizations across the state. Your application will be directed to the region nearest your organization.

Northern California:
Napa County Office of Education (NCOE), Napa/Sonoma/Solano/Yolo

Central California:
Hands On Central California(HOCC), Fresno/Kings
CSUMB Monterey Bay- Service Learning Institute, Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz
CalPoly Center for Service In Action, San Luis Obispo

Southern California:
Foothill Unity Center, Monrovia/ Pasadena
JoyJoy
(VIP, NCOE):


“I have found strength during my service year: strength in the community and strength in what we do as an organization.”

Sierra LoredoSierra Loredo
(VIP, JFSSD):


“[Service] definitely gave me direction and showed me that there’s a lot out there in the nonprofit world.”

Main Office Info.

Telephone
707-253-6810

 

eMail
info@napacoe.org

 

Hours
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 

Address
Napa County Office of Education (main)
2121 Imola Avenue
Napa, CA 94559


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Program Locations

Napa County Office of Education
2121 Imola Avenue
Napa, CA  94559

Research & Professional Development Center
1450 Technology Lane, Suite 200
Petaluma, CA  94954

Napa Infant Program
1511 Myrtle Avenue
Napa, CA  94558

Napa Preschool Program
74 Wintun Court
Napa, CA 94559

Camille Creek Community School
2097 Imola Avenue
Napa, CA 94559 

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