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Hello, I am interested to know, how many agencies charge for their volunteer training. We do not charge for our 65 hour training. I would like to hear from those centers that do. My question would be, do y...

Connie Rodrigue

09/28/2007

In CA many agencies do charge for volunteers to attend their...

Alexis Moore

10/03/2007

Do you have suggestions for "seed" money to start or expand a volunteer program?

Michael Bowen

09/27/2007

Thank you for inviting me today. This was so much fun. I hope I was at least a little helpful. I wanted to list a couple additional resources for you to think of, such as: • Your local Volu...

dan g

09/26/2007

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OVCRC

09/26/2007

I am hearing from our grant Program Staff as well as some of the information today we are not the only agency experiencing a major decrease in people interested in volunteering. I am curious what your the...

Carole McDonald

09/26/2007

In our town of 65,000+, we have not had a major decrease in ...

Ken the PDV

10/02/2007

For over 20 years we operated primarily with volunteers (interns, concerned citizens, previous victims etc.). Now, we are having difficulty even locating interested people to volunteer. We deal with homi...

Carole McDonald

09/26/2007

How do you hold volunteers to the same expectations as staff regarding accountability and commitment to the program?

cathy

09/26/2007

We ask volunteers to sign a commitment statement that talks ...

dan g

09/26/2007

Thanks for your response. My sense about what turns our volunteers off is the process that they have to go through before they can start the work i.e. interview, background, training and getting up to spe...

Adam Fortune

09/26/2007

Our trainees go through at least 50 hours through a LE agenc...

Debbie

09/28/2007

What community resources could we use to recuit committed, long term volunteers?

Lory Miller

09/26/2007

Look for your local volunter center or united way...maybe a ...

dan g

09/26/2007

As the coordinator of a large law enforcement victim assistance program, I am always looking for new innovative (free) training opportunities for my volunteer staff. We have monthly training meetings and ...

Kathleen

09/26/2007

Maybe do some collaboration trainings with the agencies your...

dan g

09/26/2007

Are you aware of any standards or best practices regarding teen volunteers, especially working with children in a shelter environment? Thanks.

Dave McKeown

09/26/2007

We have a minimum age of 16 to volunteer in our shelter for ...

dan g

09/26/2007

What are the pros and cons of volunteers working in the Law Enforcement Community. Particularly, with a local police agency?

Jimmy Render

09/26/2007

Another point to remember is that law enforcement based advo...

Debbie

09/28/2007

Well in my experience, I would watch out for the Cop Groupie...

dan g

09/26/2007

I have been the volunteer coordinator for almost three years and am getting fewer and fewer responses to our ads for training sessions. I live in a small community and feel that we may have tapped out tho...

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Judy Helms

09/26/2007

Yes, we have had the same issues. The days of the long term...

dan g

09/26/2007

Where to begin with using volunteers? We have volunteers and want to increase their use but some commanders seem hesitant to "think outside the box."

Curtis

09/26/2007

Talk to the Pima County Attorney Victim Witness Program. Th...

dan g

09/26/2007

How do you get volunteers to trainings when they all have full time jobs and work different schedules?

Debbie

09/26/2007

We try to do two trainings a year. One we'll offer twice a ...

Michelle

09/26/2007

Break down barriers..offer the same trainings at different t...

dan g

09/26/2007

What do you think are the best techniques for recruiting volunteers in the 18-25 age bracket?

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Michelle S.

09/26/2007

I would go to your local university, or even better, comunit...

dan g

09/26/2007

If you have a tiny budget, how do you reward volunteers, or keep them feeling appreciated?

Debbie

09/26/2007

Start by making sure everyone knows their name. That just s...

dan g

09/26/2007

What is the current estimated dollar value per hour of a volunteers time?

Margaret

09/26/2007

for 2006 it was $18.66 per hour. You can look at this link ...

dan g

09/26/2007

Our volunteers will work in a police station. This means that they will need to go through a background check and particpate in a 6 hour training; this seems to turn people off, I was wondering if you cou...

Adam Fortune

09/26/2007

What is it that turns people off, the training time or the b...

dan g

09/26/2007

How do you suggest we recruit and keep volunteers in a very small rural area?

Erika/DJ

09/26/2007

Maybe try local Schools, or if you have clubs that focus on ...

Julie

09/26/2007

That is a struggle...maybe start with the faith based commun...

dan g

09/26/2007

Do you have any suggestions on how to recruit volunteers for a children's organization?

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Ashley

09/26/2007

I am at one, and honestly for us it is easy. People love to...

dan g

09/26/2007

I feel like our volunteers would be more excited and motivated to continue offering their time if we were able to recognize them in some way. With funding being so tight though, we aren't able to purchase...

Michelle

09/26/2007

We have had MUCH success with donations of movie tickets, pi...

Margo Schaefer

09/26/2007

Could you go to the community and ask for donations? Maybe ...

dan g

09/26/2007

At our agency, we do tokens with our employees. Basically, t...

Jean

09/26/2007

I am the Coordinator for the Pro Bono program at the SC Attorney General's Office. We have about 100 trained attorneys and 50 that are active. What advice do you have for attracting attorneys to take cas...

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Megan

09/26/2007

Again I would start by going to the source...ask your curren...

dan g

09/26/2007

I work for a DV shelter and I recently went to a workshop about advertising by using MySpace and youtube.com. Have you had any experience with these websites and, if so, have you had any success?

janae

09/26/2007

There are several of our local agencies that have posted on ...

Julie

09/26/2007

We have, but with limited success. What is the hardest part ...

regine

09/26/2007

No, we have not used them at our agency and I do not know an...

dan g

09/26/2007