AmeriCorps 
Each year, more than 50,000 Americans over the age of 17 provide intensive service to their communities to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health and the environment through AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps is made up of three programs: AmeriCorps*State and National, AmeriCorps*VISTA, and AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). In Washington, DC, 1,000 AmeriCorps members serve in various programs. Learn more* about the national service programs operating in the District of Columbia. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions.
Serve DC awards grants to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and schools in the District of Columbia to operate AmeriCorps programs. The AmeriCorps programs currently funded by Serve DC include:
- City Year Washington, DC: City Year unites a diverse group of 17 to 24 year-olds for a year of full-time, team-based national service and leadership development. In Washington, DC, 85 corps members provide critically needed services to some of DC’s most underserved children and youth, focusing on literacy tutoring, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention education, and youth leadership development. Corps members also improve communities by leading children and adults in transformative service projects at schools, parks, and community centers throughout the District.
- Heads Up: University Neighborhood Initiative: Corps members serve first- to sixth-graders in DC elementary schools and neighborhoods through a summer academic enhancement program and an after-school tutoring and homework assistance program.
- Latin American Youth Center: Corp member goals include; increasing academic achievement for elementary and middle school students through the development of an individualized tutoring plan, developing and implement after-school programs for elementary and middle school students delivering homework assistance and recreational activities, providing abstinence and self-esteem workshops in elementary and middle schools, sponsoring community building events such as community service fair, college fair, family night, etc, coordinate a neighborhood advisory committee, conducting community service projects such as community cleanups, parks cleanups, etc.
- US Vets-DC: Corps members serve veterans through a case management process in helping them overcome barriers, build skills, and find employment.
Serve DC also sponsors the DC InterCorps Council, which comprises member ambassadors from AmeriCorps programs in Washington, DC. The group supports AmeriCorps members by organizing member trainings, joint service projects and networking opportunities.
Do you know an individual or group who has shown exemplary service to the District? Submit your nomination now for the Mayor's Community Service Award!
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