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www.americorps.gov
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Lifes most persistent and urgent question
is, What are you doing for others? Martin
Luther King Jr.
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After This Presentation, You Will Understand

• What AmeriCorps is
• Where members serve
• Why someone would choose to serve
• Who can become an AmeriCorps volunteer
• How to apply for an AmeriCorps position

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What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and
national service programs that engages more than
70,000 Americans each year in service to meet our
countrys critical needs.
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What Do Members Do?

• Organize projects and activities that serve the
  community
• Recruit volunteers to help with projects
• Help where they are needed
• Bring communities together
• Put plans into action
• GET THINGS DONE!

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What Do Members Do?
We help our communities in the following key
areas
Health Education Environment Public Safety
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Health
AmeriCorps members provide healthy activities for
local youth.
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Education
AmeriCorps members tutor children.
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Environment
AmeriCorps members lead neighborhood clean-up
projects.
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Public Safety
AmeriCorps members work to ensure public
safety.
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Meeting Other Needs
AmeriCorps members work to meet housing needs.
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Structure
The Corporation for National and Community
Service, a federal agency established in 1993,
strives to engage Americans of all ages and
backgrounds in voluntary service opportunities to
their communities and country.
AmeriCorps National provides grants directly to
national public and nonprofit organizations that
sponsor service programs, Indian tribes, and
consortia formed across two or more states that
assist in recruiting, training and placing
AmeriCorps members to meet critical community
needs in education, public safety, health, and
the environment.
NCCC strengthens communities and develops leaders
through direct, team-based national and community
service.
Volunteers In Service To America provides
full-time members to nonprofit, faith-based and
other community organizations and public agencies
to create and expand programs that ultimately
bring low-income individuals and communities out
of poverty.
AmeriCorps State works with Governor-appointed
State Service Commissions to provide grants to
public and nonprofit organizations to meet
critical community needs in education, public
safety, health, and the environment.
The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC)
builds a culture of service by providing vision
and resources to strengthen communities through
volunteerism.
State Service Commissions provide Corporation
funding to AmeriCorps programs in their states
through annual grant competitions. In addition,
the Commissions monitor and evaluate these
AmeriCorps programs.
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Where are AmeriCorps Programs in Michigan?
Across the state, there are 21 programs with
nearly 1000 members.
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Why Join?
A year of AmeriCorps service provides

• A chance to make a difference!
• An unforgettable experience
• An education award
• A modest living allowance
• Health insurance coverage
• Deferred student loans
• Child care for parents

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Who Can Join?
Anyone who

• Is 17 years of age or older
• Has a high school diploma, a GED, or is working
  towards one

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How Do I Join?
In Michigan, each program selects its own
members. Apply Online at
www.americorps.gov Or Call Call
1-800-942-2677 TDD 1-800-833-3722
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Far and away the best prize that life offers is
the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
-Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United
States of America
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Questions?
www.americorps.gov