AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engages more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve through more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. Created in 1993, AmeriCorps is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which also oversees Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America. Together these programs engage more than 1.5 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year.

What is AmeriCorps*State and National Direct?

AmeriCorps members are sponsored by national, state, and local nonprofit organizations. In order to meet the specific needs of the communities they serve, local AmeriCorps sponsors recruit and train AmeriCorps members themselves. The Corporation for National Service oversees AmeriCorps.

What do LEAP-AmeriCorps Members Do?

LEAP-AmeriCorps members addresses community needs by serving as Academic Coaches and Senior Counselors for LEAP's afterschool and summer programs. Here are some of the types of service AmeriCorps members perform:

• Managing and mentoring a group of 10-12 children
• Planning and implementing reading-based curricula
• Planning and accompanying children on field trips and workshops
• Providing social and recreational activities that promote LEAP's Mission
• Communicating weekly with children¹s parents/guardians

What are the benefits of being a LEAP-AmeriCorps member?

LEAP-AmeriCorps members receive a bi-weekly stipend.

 Senior Counselor members who serve during our Summer Program also receive free housing for ten weeks in the New Haven neighborhood where they work.

In addition, upon successful completion of their term, members receive a Segal American Education Award worth between $1,000 and $1,800, depending on the length of their service. These education awards can be used either as scholarship money towards tuition at any college or University, or used to repay existing student loans. Many colleges and Universities across the country will “match” the award by doubling its value when applied at their school, and/or also provide opportunities such application fee waivers and additional scholarships and assistantships reserved especially for AmeriCorps alumni.

View a list of colleges and universities that match the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award

How can I become a LEAP-AmeriCorps member?

LEAP-AmeriCorps members are recruited three times a year for our Fall, Spring and Summer Components. For more information, please contact Amy Bombace, AmeriCorps Program Manager, at abombace@leapforkids.org or 203 773-0770 ext.129.

Applications for the 2010 Summer Component are due September 3, 2010.

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For AmeriCorps Enrollment and Exit Forms, please click here.

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