Program Officer for Volunteer Initiatives: March 2022

Major Projects Underway:

•    GSA/Roll of Honor open for nominations closed and winner were selected and notified. 
•    Roll of Honor Recipients get tickets to the Sea Dogs game on April 20 – Kelsey and Bryan will be tabling there. 
•    Service Learning training was completed – organizations are receiving coaching and planning for projects. 
•    Service Enterprise cohort will finished this month. We will be starting a network for organizations to join to help with the certification process after training.
•    CMV course has some issues with links and downloading. Kelsey is working to correct those. 
•    Maine Service Fellows advisory committee meeting: will be meeting this month to look at the complete overview of requirements and application process. 
•    Kelsey will be taking the CVA test in April. 
•    VGF continuation came out this month and will be due April 20. 

Upcoming Project Focus:
•    Need to get training for CERT programs, and recruiting youth organizations for CERT, Kelsey is in talks with FEMA to give an informational and instructional meeting about CERTS.
•    Volunteer Generation Fund’s ARP funding has not been announced yet – however we are beginning to strategize how we would apply these funds and which organizations to partner with. 
•    E&E task force has started planning for Maine Volunteer Leadership Conference in the fall. 

Ongoing:
•    E&E Task Force
•    Maine Volunteer Mangers Network: April will be youth engagement in volunteer programs.