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Getting Things Done for America
The AmeriCorps Story
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AmeriCorps Rooted in America’s Tradition of Service
1933: Civilian Conservation Corps
1961: Peace Corps
1964: VISTA
1994: AmeriCorps
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AmeriCorps Part of a Larger National Service Family
• AmeriCorps is one of three programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
• Senior Corps: 500,000 Americans 55+
• AmeriCorps: 75,000 members
• Learn and Serve America:1.4 million students inservice-learning
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AmeriCorps Fast Facts
75,000 # of AmeriCorps members annually
15,000 # of AmeriCorps locations nationally
900,000 AmeriCorps members since 1994
1 Billion Hours Served by AmeriCorps members
$2.43 Billion Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards earned by AmeriCorps members
70,000 Locations where AmeriCorps Members serve
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AmeriCorps TodayMeeting critical needs across America
AmeriCorps members:• Teach and tutor students• Mentor at-risk youth• Build homes• Fight poverty• Conserve the environment• Provide health services• Respond to disasters• Recruit and manage
volunteers• Much, much, more…
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AmeriCorps TodayThree Programs
AmeriCorpsState andNational
AmeriCorpsVISTA
AmeriCorpsNCCC
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AmeriCorps State and National
• Largest branch of AmeriCorps• About 67,000 positions each year• Members serve with more than
2,600 organizations• Positions in education, environment,
health, housing, disaster response, and more
• Sponsors include Habitat for Humanity, Teach for America, City Year, American Red Cross, Boys and Girls Clubs, and thousands of other nonprofits
• Full-time and part-time positions
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AmeriCorps VISTA• AmeriCorps’ poverty-fighting arm• Created in 1964 as part of
War on Poverty• 8,000 positions each year• VISTAs collaborate with low-income
individuals and communities to fight poverty
• Focus on capacity building: raising funds, recruiting volunteers, and designing sustainable programs
• More than 1,200 project sponsors • Full-time year-long service
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AmeriCorps NCCC (and FEMA Corps)
• Team-based residential service • Focus on disaster response,
environment, housing, and youth• Teams travel to projects in
neighboring states• Open to 18-24 year-olds• 1,100 positions each year• Members live on one of five
campuses: Baltimore MD, Denver CO, Vicksburg MS, Sacramento CA, Vinton IA, Full-time 10-month service
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Who Benefits from AmeriCorps?
• We all do.
• Youth, Seniors, and Others in Need benefit from the tutoring, mentoring, health, housing, and other services members provide.
• Communities benefit from having better schools, safer streets, more affordable housing, a cleaner environment, and more engaged citizens.
• Organizations gain from having more reach and impact: 92% of sponsoring groups say members helped increase how many people they served to a large or moderate extent.
• Members acquire leadership and career skills, earn money for college, and learn how to be active citizens.
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AmeriCorps AlumniContinuing Their Service and Commitment
Longitudinal studies show AmeriCorps alums:
• are more connected to their communities
• continue to participate in community activities
• choose public service careers in disproportionately high levels
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Why Join AmeriCorps?
• To help others
• Career skills
• Adventure
• Benefits
• Serve my community
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AmeriCorps benefits include:• Living allowance of $12,100• Health care • Student loan deferment • Training• Segal AmeriCorps Education
Award of $5,775 to pay for college or pay back student loans
• Benefits vary by program (relocation, etc.)
AmeriCorps Benefits
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HWS Colleges is one of only 100 institutions of higher education that matches the Education Stipend
($1,222 for currently enrolled students who volunteer for 300 hours)…
GREAT WAY TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SUMMER!
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For more information
AmeriCorps website: AmeriCorps.gov
Toll free: 800-942-2677 (TTY 800-833-3722)
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The AmeriCorps Pledge
Take the AmeriCorps PledgeAmeriCorps members take the following pledge:I will get things done for America - to make our people safer, smarter, and healthier.I will bring Americans together to strengthen our communities.Faced with apathy, I will take action.Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground.Faced with adversity, I will persevere.I will carry this commitment with me this year and beyond.I am an AmeriCorps member, and I will get things done.
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Thank you to AmeriCorps alumni and those currently serving!
• Please describe the program you’re representing • Please share the primary reason you felt this program would be a good fit for your
personal and career goals.• What skills are you acquiring (did you acquire) as an AmeriCorps member? (grant writing,
public speaking, problem solving, etc.) • Please share information about the application process (deadline? Apply through My
AmeriCorps website? Housing provided? Etc.)