Unfortunately, RSVP directors received misinformation in writing and by word of mouth back when the PVSA project started in 2004. The award criteria set then is the same that applies today, and is the same that you will find on the website that is designed specifically for RSVP, FGP, and SCP directors to use: Again, that criteria states that volunteer hours for RSVP (and FGP, and SCP) volunteers for whom you are ordering President's Volunteer Service Awards should be calculated based on the cumulative hours a volunteer has served from the time he/she enrolled in your program until the date you are ordering the awards.
At that time, in recognition of the fact that FGP, RSVP and SCP volunteers are different from the average volunteer in the general public in that they frequently serve in the same program for years and give many hours of service, CNCS, NAFGPD, NARSVPD, and the SCP directors association worked together with the PVSA staff at the Points of Light Foundation to set different criteria for FGP, RSVP and SCP volunteers.
CNCS first awarded PVSA grants to the National FGP, RSVP, and SCP Associations in 2004. I served as the National PVSA Coordinator for the National Association of Foster Grandparent Program Directors (NAFGPD) from 2004 until the PVSA program ended in June 2006 and have served as the National PVSA Coordinator for the National Association of RSVP Directors (NARSVPD) since April 2005 if I make incorrect statements regarding awards for SCP volunteers, I hope someone from that association will correct me. PVSA AWARDS FOR RSVP (AND FGP AND SCP) VOLUNTEERS However, this is NOT the basis for calculating hours for RSVP volunteers.
In fact, if you visit the PVSA website for the general public (you will see this criteria listed. For volunteers in the general public, the hours to be submitted when applying for the PVSA awards are those served only in the previous 12 months. It's important to understand that the PVSA awards are available not only to RSVP programs and RSVP volunteers, but to all organizations and volunteers in the general public (these volunteers or organizations must pay for the awards themselves). The point of the awards is for every volunteer to progress from Bronze to Silver to Gold to a Lifetime award as they accumulate hours from year to year. At the point at which a volunteer accumulates 4,000 or more hours from the date he/she enrolled in the RSVP, he/she is eligible for the Lifetime (also called the "Call to Service") award. Volunteer hours for RSVP volunteers for whom you are ordering President's Volunteer Service Awards (PVSA) should be calculated based on the cumulative hours a volunteer has served from the time he/she enrolled in your program until the date you are ordering the awards. Please visit the PVSA website specifically for RSVP, FGP, and SCP volunteers and directors at for the correct information." "This is the information for volunteers and organizations in the general public. The web site states accumulative over a 12 month period. Each year a volunteer may qualify for a another award level, for example if they received a bronze this year, next year they may have accumulated enough additional hours to qualify for a silver or gold award. The difference between this and the lifetime award is that the total hours must be 4000 hours or more to qualify for lifetime. These totals are what qualify for bronze, silver, and gold awards. Service hours are counted from date of enrollment to the present. Pamela Donald on nssctalk wrote: This is how Mary Louise Schweikert explained the process to me:
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