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:ortunately, implementing Citizen Corps in your <br />:ommunity can be accomplished with resources <br /> you may already have available. Volunteer <br /> in your community and your Volunteer <br /> if you have one, can help you better direct <br /> :eer interest to Citizen Corps activities. There <br /> many low-cost ways fbr local businesses to <br /> )ate; by donating the cost of a publication, <br /> a Citizen Corps volunteer fair, by <br /> training for employees or neighborhood <br /> and by practicing emergency preparedness <br /> for the business. The federal and state <br /> ents will provide training materials and <br /> ical assistance to help you get started and to <br /> you sustain the momentum. <br /> <br />~Corporation for National and Community <br /> (CNCS), a federal agency that operates <br /> service programs, may make available to <br /> Corps Councils volunteers that participate <br /> ps, Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve <br /> programs. Many of these participants are <br /> active in disaster-related programs with <br /> agencies. Volunteers could serve to <br /> · 'es establish a training and <br /> delivery system in neighborhoods, <br /> and businesses, and could help with family <br /> and crime prevention initiatives in the <br /> or across a region. <br /> <br />Volunteer support and participation in Citizen <br />Corps can come from a variety of sources. <br />Encourage your council members to be creative <br />when thinking about potential resources that exist <br />throughout the community. Appendix A is a list of <br />government, emergency management, and first <br />responder community websites that may be helpful <br />to you as you expand your volunteer base. Appendix <br />B includes a list of questions to help your council <br />identify possible resources, including people, <br />materials, and financial. <br /> <br />President Bush has requested more than $230 <br />million from Congress in Fiscal Year 2003 to <br />support and expand Citizen Corps initiatives. This <br />amount includes funds for FEMA, DOJ, and HHS <br />to support the five national Citizen Corps programs, <br />including nationwide CERT training, and grants to <br />communities through the state to support local <br />activities that foster preparedness programs and <br />partnerships between the first responder <br />organizations and the volunteers. · <br /> <br /> <br />