In addition to the work of the national Campus Compact organization, a number of Campus Compact’s state affiliates have worked on FWS intitiatives as a service to their member organizations. Two of these affiliates, California Campus Compact and Campus Compact for New Hampshire, received grants from Learn and Serve America to provide models, training, and resources for community service FWS. Following are models from campuses in these states that have found effective ways to combine community service and FWS.

California Campus Compact

In 2003-2005, through a grant from Learn and Serve America, California Campus Compact presented eight workshops to train institutional representatives and community partners to apply principles of best practice in administering their community service Federal Work-Study programs. Participants in the workshops were eligible to apply for grants to help them create or expand community service FWS programs, and grants were awarded to the following institutions:

• California College of the Arts
• CSU Fresno
• Glendale Community College
• Stanford University
• University of Redlands
• University of San Diego

More information on this initiative is available at California Campus Compact’s website.

Campus Compact for New Hampshire

In 2003, Campus Compact for New Hampshire was awarded funding through Learn and Serve America to explore best practices related to combining community service and Federal Work-Study. The NH Serve Study initiative sought to increase the breadth and depth of campuses participating in community service FWS; enhance the ability of college students to foster an understanding of the connections between democratic practice and service; and assist colleges in meeting the 7% mandate for community service FWS placements.

Project goals were 1) to provide students with a wider range of community service work-study positions that are challenging and developmentally appropriate and that contribute to the common good; and 2) to build collaborative capacity between financial aid and community service staff.

Profiled institutions include:

• Keene State College
• New Hampshire Technical Institute
• Southern New Hampshire University
• University of New Hampshire’“Manchester

See The Appendices for forms and other materials used on these campuses.

After providing subgrants and training and technical assistance to campuses in New Hampshire, key stakeholders from New Hampshire campuses and community partners were profiled in the online publication NH Serve Study Imitative: Insights for Community Service Federal Work-Study .