CivicSpark’s Impact
CivicSpark Fellows assist in building local capacity to respond to community resilience needs such as natural disaster preparedness, energy, transportation, economic development, water management, and public health. Fellows work for up to 11 months and complete research, planning and implementation projects for their communities and lead volunteer engagement activities. CivicSpark Fellows have provided over 1,250,000 hours of service to communities in three states (California, Colorado, and Washington) with expansion planned for 2025. Fellows have succeeded in providing a wide range local community resilience actions including:
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community members engaged, including residents and business owners
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Volunteers Hours Supported
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community events held
Program Evaluation Reports
CivicWell contracted with LPC Consulting Associates, Inc. (LPC) to evaluate aspects of CivicSpark program to inform program implementation in 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2024. These evaluations examined aspects of CivicSpark’s impacts on government and community capacity building and Fellow professional and workforce development.