Civic Engagement

Reports

• Connecting and Giving: A Report on How Mid-life and Older Americans Spend Their Time, Make Connections and Build Communities (AARP; 2011)
  
• Age of Opportunity: Older People, Volunteering, and the Big Society (ResPublica; 2011)
  
• Modernizing the Older Americans Act (The Age4Action Network; 2011)
  
• The Age for Change: An E-Book for People 50+ (Coming of Age; 2011)
  
• Engaged as We Age: The End of Retirement as We Know It? (Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College; 2010)
• Trends in Volunteerism Among Older Adults (Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College; 2010)
• Connecting and Giving: A Report on How Mid-life and Older Americans Spend Their Time, Make Connections and Build Communities (AARP; 2010)
• Integration and Participation of Older Persons in Society (UNECE; 2009)
• America's Civic Health Index 2009 (National Conference on Citizenship; 2009)
• The Wisdom of Age: A Guide for Staff (Mentor; 2009)
• Boomers Are Ready for Nonprofits, But Are Nonprofits Ready for Them? (The Conference Board, Inc.; 2007)
• Boomers and National Service: Learning from the Success of Youth Service (Corporation for National & Community Service; 2007)
• Are You Experienced? How Boomers Can Help Our Government Meet Its Talent Needs (Civic Ventures; 2007)
• Sixty and More: Staying Involved and Making a Difference (Princeton Area Community Foundation; 2007)
• The Health Benefits of Volunteering (Corporation for National and Community Service; 2007)
• Building a Civic Nation Through Civic Engagement (Canada25; 2007)
• Citizens at the Center: A New Approach to Civic Engagement (The Case Foundation; 2006)
• Measuring Volunteering (Points of Light Foundation; 2006)
• Rewards of Giving: An In-Depth Study of Older Adults’ Volunteer Experiences in Urban Elementary Schools (Public/Private Ventures; 2006)
• Civic Engagement in an Older America: Focus Groups (Gerontological Society of America; 2005)
• Satisfaction and Engagement in Retirement (The Retirement Project; 2005)
• Expanding the Boundaries of Corporate Volunteerism: Retirees as a Valuable Resource (Volunteers of America and the Center of Corporate Citizenship at Boston College; 2005)
• Fostering a More Engaged Citizenry: Philanthropy’s Role in a Civic Reawakening (Civic Enterprises; 2005)
• Older Adults' Engagement Should Be Recognized (Urban Institute; 2005)
• Active Ageing in Active Communities: Volunteering and the Transition to Retirement (Joseph Rowntree Foundation; 2005)
• Baby Boomers and Volunteering: An Analysis of the Current Population Survey (Corporation for National & Community Service and USA Freedom Corps; 2005)
• New Face of Work Survey (MetLife Foundation and Civic Ventures; 2005)
• RespectAbility Web Survey Executive Summary (NCOA; 2005)
• Meaningful Service and Employment of Older Adults (AdvantAge Initiative; 2004)

News and Magazine Articles

• The Win-Win of Senior Volunteering (Serve.gov; 2011)
  
• Investing in National Service (Huffington Post; 2011)
  
• How Different Groups Spend Their Day (NY Times; 2008)
• New Federal Report Shows Volunteering Strong in America, But 1 in 3 Volunteers Dropped Out in 2006 (Corporation for National and Community Service; 2007)

Journal Articles

• Organizational Support and Volunteering Benefits for Older Adults (Tang, Choi, and Morrow-Howell; The Gerontologist; 2010)
• Who Benefits From Volunteering? Variations in Perceived Benefits (Morrow-Howell, Hong, and Tang; The Gerontologist; 2009)
• Volunteer Dynamics of Older Americans (Butrica, Johnson, and Zedlewski; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2009)
• Volunteering and Psychological Well-Being Among Young-Old Adults: How Much Is Too Much? (Windsor, Anstey, and Rodgers; The Gerontologist; 2008)
• Engaging Boomers: Hope or Hype? (Hudson; The Gerontologist; 2008)
• Civic Engagement as a Retirement Role for Aging Americans (Kaskie, Imhof, Cavanaugh, and Culp; The Gerontologist; 2007)
• Civic Engagement and Older Adults: A Critical Perspective (Martinson and Minkler; The Gerontologist; 2006)

Congressional Records

• Serve America Act (S. 3487)
  
• Encore Service Act (S. 3480)
  
• S. 26: Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2007 (110th Congress)
• H.R. 6036: Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2008 (110th Congress)
• New Innovations and Best Practices under the Workforce Investment Act (Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee Hearing 10:00 AM, May 29, 2009)
• Workforce Investment Act: Recommendations to Improve the Effectiveness of Job Training (Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Hearing  1:30 PM, June 28, 2007)
• Workforce Investment Act of 1998
  

Books

• Audacious Aging (Marohn; 2009)
• Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life (Freedman; 2008)
• Boomer Volunteer Engagement: Collaborate Today, Thrive Tomorrow (Fixler; 2008)
• Generation Ageless: How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We Live Today (Smith and Clurman; 2007)
• My Time: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life (Trafford; 2003)

Websites

• Administration on Aging's Civic Engagement Initiative
  
• Civic Ventures
• Volunteering in America
  
• Oasis
  
• Experience Corps
  
• Senior Corps
  
• Generations United
  
• Corporation for National and Community Service
  
• National Council for Workforce Education
  
• Encore
  
• The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
  
• Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)