Form 1 2016 NCCC Project Sponsor Survey

AmeriCorps NCCC Sponsor Survey
Introductory Page

Thank you for your partnership with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC).
Below are a series of questions regarding your interactions and experiences with the team and on
the project. It should take between 20 and 25 minutes to complete.
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* 1. What was the primary community need addressed by this project?

[Response Options Include:]
Energy Conservation
Environmental Stewardship and Conservation
Infrastructure Improvement
Natural and Other Disasters
Urban and Rural Development

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Project Objective - Energy Conservation

* 2. What was the project's primary objective area?

[Response Options Include:]
Awareness and Stewardship
Housing
Energy Efficiency
Other (Please specify)

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Project Objective - Environmental Stewardship and Conservation

* 3. What was the project's primary objective area?

[Response Options Include:]
At-Risk Ecosystems
Awareness and Stewardship
Environmental Conservation
Other (Please specify)

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Project Objective - Infrastructure Improvement

* 4. What was the project's primary objective area?

[Response Options Include:]
Community Support
Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Infrastructure Improvement
Other (Please specify)

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Project Objective - Natural and Other Disasters

* 5. What was the project's primary objective area?

[Response Options Include:]
Disaster Assistance Provided
At-Risk Ecosystems
Capacity Building and Leverage
Housing
Access to Care
Public Safety
Other (Please specify)

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Project Objective - Urban and Rural Development

* 6. What was the project's primary objective area?

[Response Options Include:]
Community Support
Financial Literacy
Housing
Access to Care
Other Healthy Futures
Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Public Safety
Education Support
Other (Please specify)

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Project Outcomes - Energy Conservation

7. What was the intended outcome that this project was working toward?

[Response Options Include:]
Improved Knowledge and Understanding of
Sustainable Energy Practices
Increased Community Energy Efficiency
Increased Use and Application of Sustainable
Energy Technology
Other (Please specify)

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Project Outcomes - Environmental Stewardship and Conservation

8. What was the intended outcome that this project was working toward?

[Response Options Include:]
Parks, Natural Habitats, and At-Risk
Ecosystems Enhanced
Parks, Natural Habitats, and At-Risk
Ecosystems Preserved or Protected
Improved Knowledge and Understanding of
Environmental Conservation Practices
Other (Please specify)

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Project Outcomes - Natural and Other Disasters

9. What was the intended outcome that this project was working toward? (Natural and Other Disasters)

[Response Options Include:]
Communities or Habitats Protected from
Potential Disaster Damage
Strengthened Communities' Ability to Prepare
for or Mitigate Disasters
Communities More Thoroughly or Quickly
Rebuilt After Disasters
Strengthened Communities' Ability to Respond
to and Recover from Disasters
Communities or Habitats Protected from
Potential Fire Damage
Enhanced Organization Capacity or Capability
to Provide Disaster Services
Medical or Basic Human Needs Met More
Thoroughly or Efficiently
Improved or Restored Housing
Other (Please specify)

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Project Outcomes - Urban and Rural Development

10. What was the intended outcome that this project was working toward?

[Response Options Include:]
Improved Community Food Security or
Nutritional Practices
Improved Access to Housing
Improved Access to Economic Opportunities
Improved Student Academic Engagement or
Performance
Expanded Public Engagement in Local
Communities
Enhanced Public Spaces
Improved Public Safety
Improved Community Resilience
Medical or Basic Human Needs Met More
Thoroughly or Efficiently
Other (Please specify)

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Project Outcomes - Infrastructure Improvement

11. What was the intended outcome that this project was working toward?

[Response Options Include:]
Improved Quality of Public Infrastructure
Improved Accessibility of Public Infrastructure
Preserved Cultural or Historic Integrity of
Communities
Other (Please specify)

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Community Need and Impact

* 12. To what extent did the AmeriCorps NCCC team meet the primary community need through its service?
Not at all
To a small extent
To a moderate extent
To a large extent
Completely

* 13. To what extent did the AmeriCorps NCCC team contribute to the achievement of the project's primary
objective?
Not at all
To a small extent
To a moderate extent
To a large extent
Completely

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Community Need and Impact

* 14. Please note the reasons why the AmeriCorps NCCC team contributed to a small extent or not all all to
the achievement of the project's primary objective. Please select all that apply.
Team pulled away from the project for disaster response
Project performance of the team
Behavior of the team's members
Inclement weather
Other unanticipated factors effecting the project (please specify)

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Community Need and Impact

* 15. Was the project's primary objective met by your organization? This should include both the AmeriCorps
NCCC team and any independent contributions by your organization toward that objective.
Project primary objective was met and exceeded
Project primary objective were met
Project primary objectives was partially met
Project primary objective was not met

* 16. To what extent will your organization be able to sustain the project's outcomes?
Completely
To a large extent
To a moderate extent
To a small extent
Not at all

* 17. To what extent did the AmeriCorps NCCC team's efforts on this project empower citizens in local
communities to be able to meet their own needs?
To a large extent
To a moderate extent
To a small extent
Not at all

* 18. To what extent did the AmeriCorps NCCC team's efforts on this project strengthen the community in
which the team served?
To a large extent
To a moderate extent
To a small extent
Not at all

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* 19. Today, what would you say is the most significant area of need in your local community?

[Response Options Include:]
Knowledge and understanding of sustainable
energy practices
Community resource efficiency
Use and application of sustainable energy
technology
Enhancements of parks, natural habitats, and
at-risk ecosystems
Preservation or protection of parks, natural
habitats, and at-risk ecosystems
Knowledge and understanding of
environmental conservation practices
Quality of public infrastructure
Accessibility of public infrastructure
Preservation of cultural or historical integrity
Enhancement of public spaces
Medical or Basic Needs
Protection from disaster damage
Protection from fire damage
Ability to rebuild after disasters
Organization capacity or capability to provide
disaster services
Improved or restored housing
Ability to prepare for or mitigate disasters
Ability to respond to and recovery from
disasters
Food security or nutritional practices
Access to housing
Access to economic opportunities
Student academic engagement or performance
Public engagement in local communities
Public safety and community resilience
Other (Please specify)

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Project Quality and Engagement

* 20. How would you rate the overall quality of the work that the AmeriCorps NCCC team performed on this
project?
Exceptional
High
Average
Low
Unsatisfactory

* 21. How did the overall quality of the work that this AmeriCorps NCCC team performed compare to that of
other team-based support that your organization has received?
Significantly better
Somewhat better
No difference
Somewhat worse
Significantly worse
No previous, similar team-based support experience

* 22. To what extent do you believe the AmeriCorps NCCC team was engaged while serving on the project?
Engagement is being committed to an organization’s goals and values, motivated to contribute to
organizational success, and feeling able to enhance one’s own sense of well-being by being a part of that
organization.
The team was fully engaged
The team was moderately engaged
The team was minimally engaged
The team was not engaged

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Team Training

* 23. To what extent did the AmeriCorps NCCC team come trained as a cohesive, functioning team?
To a large extent
To a moderate extent
To a small extent
Not at all

* 24. If your organization provided additional training to the AmeriCorps NCCC team, to what extent were the
members able to acquire the skills demonstrated in that training?
The team fully acquired all additional skills that it was trained on
The team partially acquired the additional skills it was trained on
The team did not acquire the skills that it was trained on
Not applicable

* 25. What types of additional training did your organization provide to the AmeriCorps NCCC team? Please
select all that apply.
Equipment or tools training

Cultural training

Safety or security training

Project-specific skills and abilities training

Communication training

Did not provide additional training

Other (please specify)

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Team Member Skills and Abilities

* 26. To what extent do you believe that the following skill-sets of the AmeriCorps NCCC team
members were challenged throughout the course of this project?
To a moderate
To a large extent

extent

To a small extent

Not at all

Do not know

Decision-making
Team-building
Cross-cultural
communication
Conflict management

* 27. How would you rate the changes in the following skill-sets of the AmeriCorps NCCC team members
while they were serving with your organization?
Large positive

Moderate

Small positive

No notable

Negative

change

positive change

change

change

change

Do not know

Building trust
Enlisting others in a
common vision
Aligning actions with
shared values
Facilitating relationships
Identifying innovative
ways to improve
Fostering collaboration
Creating a spirit of
community
Demonstrating
compassion
Showing appreciation

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* 28. To what extent did the AmeriCorps NCCC team develop a clear understanding of the roles and
responsibilities of all the organizations they were serving alongside, including your organization?
To a large extent
To a moderate extent
To a small extent
Not at all
Not applicable

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Team Attitude, Responsibility, and Inclusion

* 29. How would you describe the AmeriCorps NCCC team's attitude toward the project's work?
Very positive
Positive
Neither positive nor negative
Negative
Very negative
Do not know

* 30. Please note how often the AmeriCorps NCCC team was:
Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

Do not know

On-time to the project
site
Prepared to serve on the
project
Flexible to changing
workloads on the project
site
Adaptable to changing
situations on the project
site

* 31. To what degree do you agree or disagree with the following statements:
Inclusion is the equal and full acceptance of all persons with respect to race, ethnicity, age, sex, disability,
religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity/expression, that leads to a sense of belonging.
Neither
Strongly
agree

agree nor
Agree

disagree

Disagree

Strongly

Not

disagree

applicable

The members of the AmeriCorps NCCC team were
inclusive of those within my organization
The members of the AmeriCorps NCCC team were
inclusive of those within the communities they
served.

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* 32. If there was any project-specific equipment or tools that the team utilized while serving, how often
was it consistently used in a safe and proper manner?
All of the time
Most of the time
Some of the time
None of the time
Not applicable, the team did not use equipment or tools

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Benefits to Your Organization

* 33. To what extent did your personal involvement with the AmeriCorps NCCC team help you to develop as
a leader?
To a large extent
To a moderate extent
To a minimal extent
Not at all

* 34. To what degree do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "The AmeriCorps NCCC team
we sponsored supported the mission of our organization."
Strongly agree
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Disagree
Strongly disagree

* 35. How did the AmeriCorps NCCC team you worked with enhance the services your organization provides
the community? Please check all that apply.
We were able to provide similar services to a greater number of individuals
We were able to extend the amount of services provided to the same number of individuals
We were able to provide similar services to people more quickly
We were able to offer new or higher quality services to individuals
None of the above

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* 36. How much longer or shorter would your organization have taken to accomplish the team's work if the
AmeriCorps NCCC team had not been available to collaborate with your organization on it?
Significantly longer to accomplish (in double the time or more)
Longer to accomplish
Not longer or shorter to accomplish (in the same amount of time)
Shorter to accomplish
Significantly shorter to accomplish (in less than the double the time or more)

* 37. Do you think that the community became more aware of your organization and its mission as a result
of your collaboration with AmeriCorps NCCC?
No, there was no noticeable change in community's level of awareness
Yes, the community showed somewhat more awareness
Yes, the community showed a great deal more awareness
Do not know

* 38. If the AmeriCorps NCCC team assisted your organization with volunteers during its service, what were
the roles that members played in that capacity? Select all that apply.
Trained volunteers
Coordinated volunteers
Recruited volunteers
Supervised volunteers
Not applicable

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Involvement and Satisfaction

* 39. How frequently did you personally work with the AmeriCorps NCCC team that your organization
sponsored?
Very Frequently (21 or more hours per week)
Fairly Frequently (16 to 20 hours per week)
Occasionally (11 to 15 hours per week)
Rarely (6 to 10 hours per week)
Very Rarely or Never (0 to 5 hours per week)

* 40. How satisfied were you with the level of communication with AmeriCorps NCCC staff...
Neither satisfied nor
Very satisfied

Satisfied

dissatisfied

Dissatisfied

Very dissatisfied

During application
review and project
development
During project
implementation

* 41. Overall, how satisfied was your organization with the AmeriCorps NCCC team?
Very satisfied
Satisfied
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied

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Involvement and Satisfaction

* 42. If given the opportunity, would your organization sponsor another AmeriCorps NCCC team in the
future? Please explain why or why not.
Yes, because...
No, because...

* 43. Do you have any other organizations that you would like to refer that you believe could better serve
your community with an AmeriCorps NCCC team?
Yes
No
Please get in touch with us

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Organization Referral

44. Organization Referral #1
Organization Contact:
Organization Name:
Address:
Address Line 2:
City/Town:
State/Province:

-- select state --

ZIP/Postal Code:
Organization Contact
Email Address
Organization Contact
Phone Number

45. Organization Referral #2
Organization Contact:
Organization Name:
Address:
Address Line 2:
City/Town:
State/Province:

-- select state --

ZIP/Postal Code:
Organization Contact
Email Address
Organization Contact
Phone Number

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Final Page

* 46. Based on this experience with AmeriCorps NCCC, what would you consider the greatest strength of the
program?

[Response Options Include:]
Flexibility and Adaptability
Travel Logistics
Lodging or Housing Logistics
Supervisor Support from NCCC Staff
Supervisor Opportunities for Leadership
Growth
Level of Team Engagement
Team Support from NCCC Staff
Team Building or Dynamics
Team Work Ethic or Dedication
* 47. Based on this experience with AmeriCorps NCCC, what would you consider the greatest area for
improvement for the program?

[Response Options Include:]
Flexibility and Adaptability
Travel Logistics
Lodging or Housing Logistics
Supervisor Support from NCCC Staff
Supervisor Opportunities for Leadership
Growth
Level of Team Engagement
Team Support from NCCC Staff
Team Building or Dynamics
Team Work Ethic or Dedication
48. What other comments about your experience with AmeriCorps NCCC would you like to share?

48. Would your organization be interested in becoming an Employer of National Service? See here for
more information about what it means to be one.
[Response Options Include:]
Yes
No
49. What other comments about your experience with AmeriCorps NCCC would you like to share?

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