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AmeriCorps (/ ə ˈ m ɛr ɪ k ɔːr / ə-MERR-ih-kor [citation needed]; officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work programs in many sectors.
An AmeriCorps NCCC team on deployment in 2024 at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in California.. The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), or AmeriCorps NCCC [a], is an AmeriCorps program founded in 1993 that engages young adults, aged 18 to 26, in team-based, residential community service projects across the United States.
AmeriCorps Seniors is a United States government program run by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The program engages volunteers aged 55 and older to serve their communities. There are over 200,000 volunteers nationwide. [1]
AmeriCorps VISTA is a national service program designed to alleviate poverty. President John F. Kennedy originated the idea for VISTA, which was founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. [ 1 ]
City Year, along with thousands of other nonprofit organizations, is a member of the AmeriCorps network, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service. [ citation needed ] In early 2005, City Year opened its first international site in South Africa . [ 2 ]
The AmeriCorps Education Award is granted to members who are serving, part-time or full-time, in participating programs through AmeriCorps.After completing a term of service, AmeriCorps members are eligible to receive the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award to pay education costs at qualified institutions of higher education, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans. [1]
Pages in category "AmeriCorps organizations" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
NDMV's International Program is a more recent addition to the service work completed by the organization. The international work is entirely separate from the AmeriCorps grant, thus making it a much smaller program. NDMV initially set its sights on serving communities in Africa and South America along with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.