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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 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 ]
Public Allies continues to develop the leadership practice (i.e., their skills, career and network) and impact of the Alumni of its AmeriCorps Apprenticeship Program (#PAAlum) and those who've worked at Public Allies (#StaffAlum). As of October 2022, there are nearly 9,000 that comprise this network. [citation needed]
City Year AmeriCorps members commit to 11 months of service, leadership development and civic engagement, serving as tutors, mentors and role models in high-need schools. It provides extended-day activities: after-school programming, homework assistance, enrichment curricula and civic projects that build and serve communities.
Service Year Alliance launched the Service + Tech initiative on December 11, 2018. [11] with funding provided by Schmidt Futures, SAP, and Cisco. [12]The founding corporations were the Corporation for National and Community Service, AmeriCorps, Teach For America, City Year, Reading & Math Inc., Public Allies, the National Peace Corps Association, and Citizen Schools.
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. The program engages volunteers aged 55 and older to serve their communities.
On June 24 and 25, 2013, the project hosted the 21st Century National Service Summit in Aspen, Colorado, as a lead-in event to the Aspen Ideas Festival.The summit sought to "present bold new ideas to make national service a common expectation and opportunity for all young Americans" and inspire participants to "make specific commitments to fulfill the vision of the Franklin Project."