What is AmeriCorps?

AmeriCorps is a national program that provides human and financial resources to help tackle some of our country’s toughest problems. In general, AmeriCorps projects improve our schools and other education programs, environment, public safety and homeland security, and help meet our basic human needs (food, shelter, employment, etc.). AmeriCorps is a resource for both nonprofit organizations and individual citizens who want to make a real difference in our world.

Are you ready to make a difference?

For nonprofit organizations, AmeriCorps offers funding to recruit, train, and supervise part-time or full-time adults, called AmeriCorps members, to work on local community issues and projects. AmeriCorps members are funded through AmeriCorps program operating grants, available to nonprofits, government agencies, and schools. Competitively awarded, AmeriCorps grants are designed to target this resource in the most effective ways possible for our citizens.

To learn more about bringing AmeriCorps to your community, click here.

For individuals who want to make a big difference through personal service in their communities, AmeriCorps offers the opportunity of a lifetime. Asked to commit to one-year of service, AmeriCorps members receive powerful professional training, work with dedicated and smart teams of service leaders, and help change the life of a community. In exchange for their commitment, members receive a living stipend and an educational benefit along with a transformational life experience. There are 75,000 opportunities available each year across the country.

Are you ready to serve?

“I have never had such a rewarding experience. I have never made as many fundamental changes for the better with as little false pride and ego involved. My personal goal was to shift my focus from defending my way of doing things—no matter what—to giving my all to the organizational goal and changing my attitudes in the face of new truths. I have become much more of the human being I want to be.”

Elizabeth, AmeriCorps Alumna

Apply to be an AmeriCorps member here.

Stats Flash: AmeriCorps in Maryland

More than 1,600 citizens serve as AmeriCorps members in Maryland each year.
There are 115 national service projects across the state each year.
Since 1994, more that 11,000 Marylanders have completed an AmeriCorps year of national service.

For more information on AmeriCorps, visit www.americorps.org.