2025-27 South Carolina State Service Plan Questionnaire

2025-27 South Carolina State Service Plan Questionnaire

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ABOUT THIS SURVEY

This survey is intended to gather feedback that will inform the development of the 2025-27 South Carolina State Service Plan.

The South Carolina Commission on National and Community Service, commonly known as "AmeriCorps SC", serves as the state's lead agency on volunteerism, civic engagement, and national service programming. The Commission acts as a convener, collaborator, and grantmaker in this space.

The State Service Plan acts as the 'north star' for the Commission, guiding our philosophy, goals, funding, and efforts in our next chapter. Learn more about the SC Service Commission at AmeriCorpsSC.org

The State Service Plan can only be as relevant as the collective effort of those who contribute to it, which includes you! Your response, insight, and testimony is encouraged to help us chart out our next steps.

This survey is open to the public! Please know that you are welcome to forward this survey along to others who may provide valuable insight into our planning.

NOTE: RESPONSES TO THIS SURVEY MUST BE PROVIDED BY END OF DAY ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 11, 2024

Would you like to expand on your input through a live zoom interview?
If you would like to provide further feedback or testimonial in a live interview, then please schedule a zoom session with Jocelyn and Mallory using the link below.

LINK - Book a Zoom Interview w/ Jocelyn and Mallory - SC State Service Plan

If you have any questions, please contact either or both:
Jocelyn Broughton (jocelyn.broughton@uwasc.org)
Mallory Panuelo (mallory.panuelo@uwasc.org).

Note that all questions aside from participant identification consent are OPTIONAL.
Please know you are welcome to skip any questions you do not wish to respond to, however you are encouraged to respond to all provided questions!

Please plan to take approximately 10 to 20 minutes to complete this survey.

PARTICIPANT CONSENT (Response Required)

We highly encourage respondents who are willing to identify themselves for this survey (it will help us to gather your testimony and to follow up with you later if needed!). Please indicate if you are willing to share your contact information or if you wish to remain anonymous.

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PARTICIPANT CONTACT INFORMATION

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(A) QUESTIONS FOR: SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM (at-large)

(A1) How do you believe that service and volunteerism (in any and all forms) contribute to changing the community that you live in?

(limit 75 words)

(A2) How do you believe that exposure to service and volunteering can change the life of a young person ages 16-25? (either or both: as a beneficiary of or as a participant of)

(limit 75 words)

(A3) How do you believe that exposure to service and volunteering can change the life of a senior age 55+? (either or both: as a beneficiary of or as a participant of)

(limit 75 words)

(A4) In your opinion, what are the particular strengths today in your local community in terms of your community's culture and infrastructure for service and volunteer-led efforts?

(limit 75 words)

(A5) In your opinion, what are the issues that your community could be better addressing through service and volunteer-led efforts? What, do you believe, are the current barriers or challenges to doing so?

(limit 75 words)

(A6) In your opinion, how could the Commission as a statewide champion help to improve the effectiveness and impact of service and volunteer efforts in South Carolina?

(limit 75 words)

(C) QUESTIONS FOR: AMERICORPS NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMMING (at-large)

(C1) AmeriCorps has been around now for 30 years. What do you hope the AmeriCorps movement can achieve in the next generation (in the next 30 years?).

(limit 75 words)

(C2) What aspects of the AmeriCorps program you have experienced it thus far have you found to be most effective? i.e. What would you want to see AmeriCorps keep doing in the future?

(limit 75 words)

(C3) What aspects of the AmeriCorps program do you believe need particular attention toward improvement? i.e. What would you want to see AmeriCorps change course on in the future?

(limit 75 words)

(C4) In what ways do you believe AmeriCorps has had its most profound and positive impact in South Carolina?

(limit 75 words)

(C5) Are there issue areas / regions / populations / focal points that you feel AmeriCorps should direct more attention and resources to in South Carolina? Please identify and describe why:

(limit 100 words)

(C6) AmeriCorps efforts broadly fit within six 'National Service Focus Areas'. (external link - learn more here). In your opinion, please rank the following focus areas based on which you believe need more or less emphasis from national service resources in South Carolina over the next 3 years. (1 = highest) to (6 = lowest)

Disaster Services	Economic Opportunity
Education	Environmental Stewardship
Healthy Futures	Veterans and Military Families

(D) QUESTIONS FOR: AMERICORPS ALUMS

(D1) Who and/or What motivated you to join AmeriCorps? (select all that apply - focus on what mattered most to you when you first chose to serve)

I was encouraged to join by a mentor of mineI knew someone who had previously served in AmeriCorps, who inspired me to serveI was particularly interested in serving with the organization/program I applied toI was specifically looking for a service and volunteering opportunityI wanted to develop career skillsI was drawn to the living allowance and/or Education AwardI chose AmeriCorps as an alternative to seeking a paid jobI wanted to contribute my lived experience to serve othersI wanted to get more connected within my community

(D2) Can you describe a moment or experience during your service term in which you felt profoundly moved by your service experience?

(limit 75 words)

(D3) Were there particular challenges that you faced or low points in your term of service with AmeriCorps? In what ways would you have hoped the program would change or better support you in your service term?

(limit 75 words)

(E)QUESTIONS FOR: AMERICORPS PROGRAM PARTNERS

(E1) What kinds of network connections have you formed with other AmeriCorps partners within and outside of South Carolina? How has that broader network (or lack thereof) contributed to your experience with AmeriCorps?

(limit 75 words)

(E2) How has your organization's connection to AmeriCorps positively advanced your efforts? What is the unique difference that AmeriCorps has provided?

(limit 75 words)

(E3) Are there particular areas where you see the AmeriCorps program having great untapped potential or fixable problems? What would you recommend to reach that potential or solve fixable problems?

(limit 75 words)

(F) QUESTIONS FOR: STATE SERVICE COMMISSIONER OR COMMISSION STAFF

(F1) Recognizing that the Commission is preparing for our next 3-year plan, what do you hope (big or small) that the Commission can achieve in the next 3 years?

(limit 100 words)

(F2) Recognizing that the Commission is an intermediate agency funded by AmeriCorps federal and in turn funding local AmeriCorps efforts: Where and how do you see the Commission being most relevant in our championship and support for AmeriCorps efforts in South Carolina?

(limit 100 words)

(F3) Recognizing that the Commission has a charge to be our state's lead agency on service and volunteerism at-large: Where and how do you see the Commission being most relevant in championing service and volunteerism at-large in South Carolina?

(limit 100 words)

(F4) Where do you believe that our Service Commission in South Carolina could benefit from a change of practice, change of focus, or other improvement?

(limit 75 words)

(F5) What do you believe are the particular strengths of our Service Commission in South Carolina and why?

(limit 75 words)

(G) Reminder - Optional! We encourage you to send us a photo of you volunteering in your community or performing service through AmeriCorps - we may include it in the State Service Plan!

Note: By uploading and sending us a photo you are (1) providing your consent for this photo to be published on the Commission (United Way Association of South Carolina) social media, reports and other media publications, as well as (2) confirming that you are authorized to share this photo and consent to the above without royalty nor copyright.

(G1) Upload Photo of you volunteering in your community or serving in AmeriCorps

(G2) (if you uploaded a photo above) please provide basic context on this photo - who's in it? What's going on?

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