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JOIN AMERICORPS!

AmeriCorps
 
Are you ready to make a difference in Arizona? AmeriCorps is looking for dedicated members who are interested in giving a year of service back to an Arizona Community
 
AmeriCorps and VISTA projects in Arizona currently have a number of positions immediately available. Perhaps the biggest benefit you will experience when you join AmeriCorps is the satisfaction of incorporating service into your life and making a difference in your community and your country. But there are other benefits as well…
 

AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps*VISTA are part of the national and community network of national service programs that engage thousands of people to meet critical needs in education, public safety, homeland security, health and the environment. To learn more about AmeriCorps, please visit www.americorps.gov.

Get an Education, Experience, and Skills
Becoming an AmeriCorps member enables you to do great things for your community while you grow as an individual and attain tangible benefits.

Put your idealism to work through AmeriCorps. Make a community safer. Help a child receive a meaningful education. Protect the environment. Whatever your interest, there is an AmeriCorps program that needs your courage, your skills, and your dedication.  You will learn teamwork, communication, responsibility, and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life. And you'll gain the personal satisfaction of taking on a challenge and seeing results.

AmeriCorps or AmeriCorps*VISTA members receive benefits for the term of their service. Benefits for full-time members include:

 

 

89% of former AmeriCorps*State and National Direct members accepted public service employment (including governmental and nonprofit work within three years after completing their service

86% of former AmeriCorps*State and National Direct members indicated that their service experience and training helped to a large or moderate extent in their job, educational pursuits, or community service activities.
 
 
Receive a Packet of AmeriCorps Information

To receive a packet of information on AmeriCorps in Arizona, please call the Governor’s Division for Community and Youth Development at (602) 542-3495 or email americorps@az.gov with your name and full address.

 
Click here for information on Arizona AmeriCorps Programs and Opportunities
 

QUESTIONS? Please contact:

Lindsay Ashmore
602-542-3482
lashmore@az.gov

 

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