RSVP Chosen to Participate in Two Studies

RSVP of North Central Iowa has been chosen to participate in a new benchmarking study, RespectAbility’s Models of Significant Service, a program of the National Council on Aging funded by Atlantic Philanthropies. The purpose is to analyze return-on-investment and other data to build a powerful business case for nonprofits to increase their engagement of 55+ adults in leadership and professional roles.

Iowa has applied and been accepted as a site for Ready by 2010 Quality Counts Initiative, a national, three-year effort to improve the quality and reach of youth programs and policies in communities across the country. The Iowa Collaboration Youth Development is the grantee and has selected two urban areas - Cedar Rapids and Des Moines - and one rural area - North Central Iowa - to participate in this initiative. RSVP of North Central Iowa has been asked by the lead organization, United Way of North Central Iowa, to participate as one of the ten network providers to help gather initial data to be used in community-level planning for the Quality Counts initiative.