Service Tree

The Service Tree lists all services in "branched" groups, starting with the very general and moving to the very specific. Click on the name of any group name to see the sub-groups available within it. Click on a service code to see its details and the providers who offer that service.

Volunteer Orientation and Training Development

Programs that help nonprofit organizations and other groups that want to establish a volunteer program develop and implement effective orientation and in-service training programs to meet the initial and ongoing needs of volunteer personnel. Included are assistance in conducting training needs assessment activities, establishing training objectives, designing a training curriculum, assembling human and material resources required for training delivery, evaluating the effectiveness of the training and trainers and utilizing evaluation results to improve future training.

Volunteer Program Recruitment Assistance

Programs that help nonprofit organizations and other groups that want to establish a volunteer program develop and implement a volunteer recruitment plan. Sources that may be appropriate for recruiting volunteers for a particular position might include high schools, colleges and university graduate and undergraduate programs; alumni groups representative of a particular discipline; professional associations; local service clubs; Volunteer Centers which provide volunteer matching services; Internet-based volunteer matching programs; involvement sections of local newspapers; key leader interviews; local corporations and businesses; and word of mouth advertising among existing volunteers, staff and board members.

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