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FOIA Number: 2013-0661-F
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This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the William J. Clinton
Presidential Library Staff.
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Clinton Presidential Records
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Americorps
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General Files
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USDA [Department of Agriculture]/AmeriCorps-Recruitment Plan
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
RECRUITMENT PLAN FOR 1995
Recruitment strategy
Recruitment is primarily a local function implemented at each AmeriCorps/USDA
project site to ensure that programs are community-based and that the Member profile reflects
the demographics of the general area. Diversity -- economic, ethnic, gender, and age -- is the
underlying philosophy of all AmeriCorps/USDA programs and is primarily achieved through
recruitment.
The USDA Center for National Service provides a Recruitment Strategy which includes
recruitment materials, media support, and assistance in assuring diversity.
The goal of the Recruitment Strategy is to obtain as many filled-out applications as
possible in order to be able to select a socio-economic mix of quality participants.
The National Office will offer the following resources:
1) Information about how to work with the Corporation for National Service's
recruitment office to obtain their database for your region or when local projects need
additional applications for any reason;
IMPLEMENTATION: By the last day of February each year, each site will receive
information through the national newsletter about how to work with the Corporation for
National Service's Recruitment Office to obtain their recruitment database and the name of the
recruitment staff person for the region in which the USDA project is located. The USDA
Recruitment Coordinator will serve as a liaison for project sites with the Corporation as needed
throughout the year.
2) The development and printing of brochures, and an OMB-approved application;
IMPLEMENTATION: By March 1, of each year, the Recruitment Coordinator will
provide a recruitment packet to each agency's national coordinator for immediate distribution to
that agency's sites nationwide. The packet should contain copies of the brochure, the OMB-
approved application, the Recruitment Strategy, a sample press release, a factsheet of the 20 most-
asked questions about the USDA/AmeriCorps, and a member assessment form to submit to the
national office before the selection of members;
3) Special assistance with diversity issues.
IMPLEMENTATION: The National Office will send out an information packet each
year, as soon as sites are approved, to the following specialized organizations: By July 30, letters
announcing recruitment with flyers will be sent to 1890s/land grant institutions, members of the
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Native American organizations, and disabled
organizations.minority (African-American, Asian, Native American, Disabled) organizations and
the following groups: The National Association of County Extension Agents, the National
Association of County Extension Home Economists, the National Association of Extension 4-H
Agents, the National 4-H Council, the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant
Colleges, Youth Service America, Campus Compact, the National Collegiate 4-H Organization,
the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Future Farmers of America, the
American Association of Vocational Educators, the National Association of Conservation
Districts, the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, the American Association
of Foresters, the National Association of Towns and Townships, the National Association of State
Foresters, the National Farmers Union, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Urban League, and La Raza.
Other partners will include major American Indian organizations such as the Intertribal Agriculture
Council, the National Congress of American Indians, the American Indian Science and
Engineering Society, and the Northwest Intertribal Council.