10 Years of National Service

In 1994, the Corporation for National and Community Service awarded its first grants. Since then, its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America volunteers have provided more than 1.5 billion hours of service, meeting local needs in education, public safety, health, and disaster relief in thousands of communities across the U.S. National service began its second decade with significant accomplishments, record funding, new reforms, and strong bipartisan support. In this address, Mr. Eisner talked about the lessons learned and future directions for national service, and unveil a major longitudinal study on AmeriCorps. He also responded to comments and questions from the audience.