Outreach & Education
Prevention and community awareness
- Community presentations and outreach events
- Senior-center and community engagement
- Educational materials and awareness campaigns
- Community listening and resource conversations
Get involved
Learn the work. Help carry the work. Leave something useful behind.
EASI’s volunteer and internship program is built around meaningful contribution: prevention, community listening, resource mapping, research, education, the Elder Story program, and helping EASI build the community capacity older adults need.
Three ways to contribute
Start with the kind of work you want to learn and support.
Advocacy & Response Learning
Learn the response system — not direct victim services
- Learn how reporting and referral work in Fresno and Madera Counties
- Practice safety-planning scenarios in training
- Map advocacy resources and existing response pathways
- Direct victim-support roles need separate training and authorization
Systems, Housing & Development
Build the infrastructure around the work
- Research housing and service partners
- Map community resources and service pathways
- Support data tracking, reporting, and grant research
- Research community capacity for partnership development
Clear boundaries matter.
Volunteers and interns do not independently provide counseling, legal advice, or crisis response. Role-specific training, supervision, confidentiality, and background checks when applicable come before sensitive assignments.
A project you can join
Elder Story Project
Students, interns, and community volunteers can learn a small set of interview skills and help older adults preserve stories about work, family, service, neighborhoods, culture, and change. EASI is preparing a proposed 90-day pilot for up to six trained volunteers and up to ten stories; EASI may begin with a smaller first cohort so the program can learn before scaling to future school and community cohorts.
Structured internship
120 hours with a beginning, real work, and a finish.
The existing EASI internship framework combines foundation training, a primary and secondary work lane, an applied project, and reflection. Each intern is expected to leave behind a usable asset for the organization.
20 hours
Foundation training
70 hours
Core lane experience
20 hours
Applied project
10 hours
Reflection & presentation
Foundation
Training before responsibility.
Elder abuse awareness and dynamics
Mandated reporting overview
Adult Protective Services systems and rights
Working with older survivors of abuse
Trauma-informed practice and boundaries
Introduction to restorative justice
EASI mission, goals, and operations
How onboarding works
One front door. Different paths after that.
Start with your interest. EASI will help clarify the right next step based on whether you want to volunteer, complete an internship, bring a project, or participate as an organization. Each path has preparation and expectations that fit the role.
Give time
Volunteer
Start with your interests and availability. Orientation, boundaries, training, and a real assignment come before sensitive work.
1
Share your interest
2
EASI reviews fit and next step
3
Receive My EASI access when invited
4
Complete orientation and required preparation
5
Choose or receive a project / assignment
Learn through practice
Intern
Bring your school, academic program, required hours, and semester timeline. The 120-hour framework gives the placement a beginning, real work, and a finish.
1
Share school, program, hours, and timeline
2
Confirm placement fit and supervision
3
Receive My EASI access when invited
4
Build the 120-hour learning plan
5
Complete a lane, applied project, and reflection
Build together
Organization / partner
Organizations can talk with EASI about the capacity they bring and the pathways being built. Partner interest is not partner approval; higher-trust pathways have their own readiness review.
1
Request or claim the organization space
2
Verify the representative and public profile
3
Choose how the organization wants to participate
4
Complete pathway-specific readiness when required
5
Stay responsible for keeping public information current
Interest is open. Assignments are authorized. Orientation, training, demonstrated readiness, supervision, and authorization may follow depending on the role. EASI makes those expectations clear before anyone takes on sensitive work.
Ready to talk?
Tell EASI what kind of work you want to be part of.
Start with interest. EASI will follow up about fit, orientation, preparation, projects, supervision, and the next step. Existing volunteers, interns, board members, and authorized partners use My EASI to continue their work.