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Getting Things Done for America The AmeriCorps Story

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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.)