RSVP Directors' Resources

This section of the Volunteer Iowa website is provided to help organize the materials used to manage RSVP state funded grants. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Jody Benz by e-mail or by phone: 515.725.3094 (1.800.308.5987). Feel free to make suggestions for other helpful items we could include here.

Annual Volunteer Management Survey (to share with recipients of training, technical assistance, and resources from RSVP programs).  Do not distribute a "hard copy", but the link to share is included in this document.

State Program Resources

• RSVP Volunteer Management Toolkit
• Volunteer Management Reporting webinar
• State RSVP Training Fund Reimbursement Guidelines
• Training Fund Request Form (Excel document: must be completed, signed, and returned with appropriate documentation).

CNCS Resources

• General RSVP information
• Managing a Senior Corps Grant
• Budget Guidelines

IowaGrants information

• IowaGrants.gov website
• Registering for an IowaGrants.gov account

Miscellaneous

• Service Enterprise Initiative (SEI) overview video
• Idealist
• Energize, Inc.

RSVP State Funding Deadlines

The links included below will open step-by-step instructions for completing that task.

Due July 30 each year

• For fiscal year grant that ends June 30:
  • Semi-annual status report, which includes # of volunteers and the number of persons your program provided with volunteer management resources for the entire grant period (July-June).  This report is also used as the close-out report at the end of a grant year.
  • Return of any unspent state funds
• For new fiscal year that starts on July 1
  • Grant “application” in IowaGrants for new fiscal year, which includes:
    • Amount of federal funding approved by CNCS, if any
    • Budget for state funds
    • Most recent CNCS PPR, project narrative, and budget narrative
    • GAX and claim for first half of funding (for July 1 to Dec. 31)

Due August 15 each year

• Two signed original copies of new fiscal year contract

Due January 31 each year 

• Semi-annual status report, which includes: # of volunteers for the entire past calendar year (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31) and the number of persons your program provided with volunteer management resources for the first half of the current grant year (July 1 to Dec. 31) 
• GAX and claim for second half of funding (for Jan. 1 to June 30)