AmeriCorps Tool for Counting Volunteer Days Needs OMB Nod Again
Published Date: 3/25/2025
Notice
Summary
AmeriCorps is asking for approval to keep using their Days of Service Project Collection Tool, which helps track volunteer projects. This affects businesses and organizations that report their service activities. They want your feedback by April 24, 2025, to make sure the tool is useful and easy to use, with no extra hassle or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
AmeriCorps tool renewal keeps registrations open
AmeriCorps is asking OMB to renew the Days of Service Project Collection Tool so organizers can keep registering volunteer events tied to Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Day, September 11th Day of Service, and other volunteer events. The agency says no changes are being requested and the current application expires on March 31, 2025.
Reporting workload: 100,000 responses, 16,667 hours
AmeriCorps estimates the Days of Service Project Collection will receive 100,000 responses per year and create a total of 16,667 annual burden hours for respondents. That averages to about 10 minutes of respondent time per submission.
Submission is voluntary and not used for funding
AmeriCorps states that providing information to the Days of Service Project Collection Tool is purely voluntary and that the information will not be used for any grant or funding support. Respondents include national service grantees, corporations, volunteer organizations, government entities, and individuals.
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