1. The Bonner Program:
Bonner AmeriCorps
“Access to Education,
Opportunity to Serve”
A program of:
The Corella & Bertram Bonner Foundation
10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-6663 • (609) 683-4626 fax
For more information, please visit our website at www.bonner.org

2. What is
AmeriCorps?

3. Bonner AmeriCorps:
What is AmeriCorps?
• National service program that
provides Education Awards
• Federally-funded, locally
implemented
• Managed by the Corporation for
National and Community
Service
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4. Why Bonner
AmeriCorps?

5. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Education Awards
2 Year,
Term Minimum Quarter
Half-time
Hours 300 450 900
Ed Award $1,000 25%$1,250 $2,362.50
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6. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Financial Assistance
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
25%
$0
4 Year Total
Ed Award ($4,725)
Typical Education Loans ($19,000)
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7. Implementation

8. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 1: Evaluate Placements
What makes an AmeriCorps eligible placement?
✓ Direct service
✓ Benefits local community
✓ Does not include activities prohibited by
AmeriCorps regulations
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9. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 1: Evaluate Placements
What makes a Bonner Placement ineligible
for AmeriCorps?
✓ Influences legislation
✓ Focuses on international service
✓ Benefits campus community instead of local
community
✓ Indirect service (placement is primarily fundraising
or administrative or clerical)
✓ Religious or evangelical component
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10. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 2 — Offer to Eligible Students
What makes a Student eligible?
✓ An AmeriCorps Member must be a U.S. Citizen or
Legal Permanent Resident
‣ Documentation is required
✓ Other questions to consider:
‣ Do they have a strong interest in serving at
an AmeriCorps-eligible site?
‣ Does the student want to go abroad soon?
Eligible Placement + Eligible Person = AmeriCorps
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11. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 3 — Enroll Members
• Every prospective member
✓ fills out an Bonner AmeriCorps
Enrollment Workbook
✓ provides citizen documentation
✓ passes a background check
completed by Foundation
✓ must have an account on
BWBRS
• Treat enrollment booklet
like a binding legal contract
✓ Complete in pen (no wite-out)
✓ Be aware of signature dates
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12. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 4 — Member Reporting
• Members complete
same forms required of
every Bonner:
✓ CLAs
✓ Hours Log Reports
✓ Service Accomplishments
• Campus staff submits
approved originals of the
following for each
AmeriCorps member:
✓ Monthly hours logs
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13. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Approving Hour Logs
Campus Staff
checks these
boxes!
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14. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Tracking Enrollment Status
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15. Bonner AmeriCorps:
Step 5 — Exit Members
After Member completes
hours, campus staff...
✓ reviews submitted hours
and hours logged on BWBRS to
confirm required number of Complete
hours has been completed Page 1
✓ resolves open cases Only
✓ submits Exit Form to Bonner
Foundation within 15 days of
Member’s last day of service
✓ completes End-of-Term
Evaluation in BWBRS
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16. Where Do I Find Resources?
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