Vision
The Connecticut Commission on Community Service is the premier vehicle of volunteerism and civic engagement that address the needs of those in our neighborhoods in Connecticut.
Mission
The mission of the Connecticut Commission on Community Service is to cultivate and foster a vibrant culture of community service through volunteerism.
CCCS State Service
The Connecticut Commission on Community Service (CCCS) is dedicated to incorporating volunteerism into positive personal experiences to strengthen communities. The CCCS was established by Executive Order in 1993, pursuant to the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, to administer service programs in the state and to promote citizenship and service throughout the state. People of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through national service in Connecticut.
Impact in Connecticut
Federal National Service funding comes from Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations and is administered by AmeriCorps, the agency. Serve Connecticut, the Connecticut Commission on Community Service, and service commissions in 51 other US states and territories deploy some of this federal funding to eligible agencies, nonprofits, municipalities and/or tribes in the form of AmeriCorps State grants. AmeriCorps Connecticut funds are used to provide planning and operational support to projects that leverage a corps-based approach to community problem-solving in Connecticut by engaging AmeriCorps National Service participants and community volunteers. Serve Connecticut works with local partners to provide communities throughout the state with access to National Service resources of all kinds – AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps Seniors, AmeriCorps VISTA, and AmeriCorps NCCC – and provides oversight, monitoring, training and technical assistance to awarded AmeriCorps State projects.