ADVISORY: Agency Investments in National Service Advance Program Goals and Create Jobs

February 11, 2013

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Contact: Madeline Meth
Phone: 202.741.6277
Email: mmeth@americanprogress.org

Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, February 13, the Center for American Progress and Voices for National Service will host a panel discussion on how agencies can invest in national service to advance program goals and create jobs. At the event, CAP Visiting Fellow Shirley Sagawa will moderate the panel of experts as they discuss established and emerging models of agency partnerships, including the successful efforts by FEMA Corps in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the City of Baltimore’s innovative approach to substance-abuse recovery.

Budgets at every level of government are stretched, and the need for services—particularly in communities hit hard by the recession—is growing. At the same time, many government programs struggle to identify and retain quality “talent”—the human capital that is often the deciding factor in their success or failure. National service is a critical strategy in solving these challenges.

When agencies and individual programs invest in national service, they create opportunities to do much more with existing resources, as well as integrate resources across government agencies. Furthermore, service has been shown to draw high-quality talent to public-service fields; these individuals add immediate value to the programs of which they are a part, and they represent next-generation leaders and innovators. Service is a tool to improve program outcomes and meet national goals in such areas as helping students succeed, reducing poverty, emergency preparedness, and conservation.

WHO:

Introduction:
Joy Moses, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for American Progress

Panel:
AnnMaura Connolly, President, Voices for National Service
Vu Dang, Chief Service Officer, Baltimore City
Alex Amparo, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Moderator:
Shirley Sagawa, Visiting Fellow, Center for American Progress

Closing remarks:
Wendy Spencer, CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service

WHEN:
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET

WHERE:
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005

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For more information, please contact Madeline Meth at mmeth@americanprogress.org or 202.741.6277.

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