Introduction

This publication — a joint effort between Service Year Alliance, America’s Service Commissions, and AmeriCorps — is a new edition to a previous toolkit published in 2017, Expanding Service Years in States. The new edition adds critical local level guidance and examples as local and state ecosystems build off of one another. As such, this toolkit provides strategies that can be used by governors, mayors, state legislators, county executives, and other government officials to address the needs of their communities through national service. We hope this toolkit will serve as an inspiration and guide for state and local leaders to expand national service opportunities through diverse funding sources to meet pressing economic and social needs.