AmeriCorps
 AmeriCorps, sometimes called the domestic Peace Corps, engages more than 40,000 Americans in intensive, results-driven service each year, teaching children to read, making neighborhoods safer, building affordable homes and responding to natural disasters through more than 1,000 projects.
Most AmeriCorps members are selected by and serve with projects like Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, Boys and Girls Clubs and many more local and national organizations. Others serve in AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) and AmeriCorps*NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps). After their terms of service, AmeriCorps members receive education awards to help finance college or pay back student loans.
AmeriCorps members train volunteers, tutor and mentor at-risk youth, build housing, clean up rivers and streams, help seniors live independently, provide emergency and long-term assistance to victims of natural disasters and meet other community needs.
To learn more, visit the AmeriCorps Web site. (External Link) THIS IS A NAMED ANCHOR
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AmeriCorps in Kentucky |
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To learn more about AmeriCorps*State programs in Kentucky, contact the KCCVS.
To learn more about AmeriCorps*VISTA programs in Kentucky, contact:
Betsy Wells
Kentucky State Office
600 Martin Luther King Jr. Place
Room 190
Louisville, KY 40202-2230
(502) 582-6384
To learn more about AmeriCorps*NCCC efforts in Kentucky, contact the regional campus:
Jeffery Biel
Southeast Region
2231 South Hobson Avenue
Charleston, SC 29405-2430
(843) 743-8600, ext. 3008
Kentucky National Service Contacts (PDF)
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AmeriCorps*VISTA |
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 Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) members have served economically challenged communities for more than 35 years. The program is dedicated to helping people develop skills and confidence to improve the conditions of their own lives.
Members of AmeriCorps*VISTA serve full-time and live in the communities they serve, creating programs that can continue after they complete their service.
To learn more, visit the AmeriCorps*VISTA Web site. (External Link)
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AmeriCorps*NCCC |
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 The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is a 10-month, full-time residential service program for men and women ages 18 to 24. Members help meet the nation's critical needs in the areas of education, public safety, the environment and other human needs. AmeriCorps*NCCC combines the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military service, including leadership and team building.
To learn more, visit the AmeriCorps*NCCC Web site. (External Link)
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AmeriCorps*State |
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AmeriCorps*State works with governor-appointed state service commissions to provide grants to public and nonprofit organizations that sponsor service programs, including faith-based and community organizations, higher education institutions and public agencies. Grants assist these groups in recruiting, training and placing AmeriCorps members to meet critical community needs in education, public safety, health and the environment.
To learn more, visit the AmeriCorps*State Web site. (External Link)
Learn about the 2007-08 AmeriCorps*State Programs.
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AmeriCorps*National |
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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, including faith-based and community organizations, higher education institutions and public agencies. Grants assist these groups in recruiting, training and placing AmeriCorps members to meet critical community needs in education, public safety, health and the environment.
To learn more, visit the AmeriCorps*National Web site. (External Link)
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