Corporation for National and Community Service
AmeriCorps is a network of more than 2,100 (two thousand one hundred) non-profit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. It was created in 1993 by Bill Clinton. More than 50,000 (fifty thousand) individuals join AmeriCorps each year. There have been more than 250,000 (two hundred fifty thousand) members since 1994. The work done by these groups ranges from public education to environmental clean-up.
Americorps is a division of the Corporation for National and Community Service, along with Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America, with a total of more than 2,000,000 (two million) members in service each year. AmeriCorps itself is split into three main divisions: AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps VISTA, and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps).
AmeriCorps organizations
- Arkansas
- California
- Ambassadors Mentoring Project of Sacramento
- Ambassadors Mentoring Project of San Bernardino
- Ambassadors Mentoring Project of San Diego County
- AmeriCorps Environmental Restoration Program
- AmeriCorps Leader/MarinTeam Leader
- AmeriCorps Mentors of San Luis Obispo County
- AmeriCorps - Grossmont College
- AmeriCorps/Monterey County United for Literacy
- Anaheim Achieves AmeriCorps Program
- BAYAC AmeriCorps
- BAYAC/ BACR Tutor Coord. - Marin Co.
- Bellflower Unified S. D. Projects REACH & APPPLE
- California Safe CORPS (CSC)
- Central Valley Communities for Children AmeriCorps
- City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley
- Community Volunteer Center/RSVP
- Destination: College
- Everyone Reads
- Fresno Safe and Proud Neighborhoods (FSPN)
- MCFA/YCUP
- Mission Community Financial Assistance/YCUP
- Public Allies Los Angeles & SiliconValley
- Redwood Community Action Agency Straight Up AmeriCorps
- Shelter Outreach Services
- Sonoma State University Service Collaborative
- Tahoe Women's Services
- The Volunteer Center of Marin
- The Volunteer Center of Silicon Valley
- Together for a Better Community
- Valley Partnership/MOM-AmeriCorps
- Volunteer Center of Fresno County, Inc.
- Volunteer Center of Los Angeles
- Volunteer Center of Monterey County
- Volunteer Center of San Gabriel Valley
- Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
- Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach
- Volunteer Connections of Yolo County
- YCUP
- YouthServe AmeriCorps
- Colorado
- Big Literacy Corps
- CARENET (Com Action on Reading and Education Network)
- CO-Community Partnerships for Youth in Transition
- Colorado I Have A Dream Foundation-Denver
- Community Action on Reading and Education Network
- Mile High Youth Corps
- Operation Jump Start
- Partners Recruitment Campaign
- Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - Conservation Mentor
- Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - School Based Mentors
- Rocky Mountain Youth Corps / Conservation Mentor
- Massachusetts
- AmeriCorps Vista
- Children / Youth Services
Eternal Links
AmeriCorps official web site
AmeriCorps Vista
AmeriCorps NCCC