Image for spinner
 

National Service


Jump to: Serve in AmeriCorps | Alumni Information


AmeriCorpsPowered by NYC Service nyc.gov/service

Watch the AmeriCorps Member Information Session

NYC Service administers four AmeriCorps programs with members serving 10-12 months with community-based organizations or City agencies. In an NYC Service program, expect to make an impact on your community through meaningful projects and grow as a civic leader.

Resources & Related Links


Serve a Year in NYC

Serve a year in NYC as an AmeriCorps member in one of our programs. You will receive city government or nonprofit exposure, professional experience, Eli Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, MetroCard, health coverage, living allowance, and more! Which program is right for you?

 

NYC Civic CorpsNYC Civic Corps 

NYC Civic Corps, an AmeriCorps program launched in 2009 by NYC Service, recruits and places AmeriCorps members to serve full-time from September 1, 2023 to June 2024 at select nonprofit organizations. NYC Civic Corps members build, develop, and grow volunteer programs by recruiting, managing, and engaging volunteers to address impact areas that are priorities of New York City.

Learn More

 

City Service CorpsCity Service Corps 

City Service Corps, an AmeriCorps program launched in 2015 by NYC Service, a division of the Mayor’s office, recruits individuals to serve full-time from September 1, 2023 to June 2024 at City agency host sites. City Service Corps is comprised of high-impact service projects led by city agencies in impact areas addressing critical capacity and community-related issues.

Learn More

 

Young Adult Success Corps

Young Adult Success Corps is under the branch of City Service Corps. Young Adult Success Corps recruits young adults under probation supervision to serve part-time from September 1, 2023 to June 2024 at City agencies and CBOs. Young Adult Success Corps serves as both an important strategy for solving local challenges, but also a workforce development program for members and the City.

Learn More

 

NYC VISTANYC VISTA

VISTA members serve at New York City government agencies full-time from July 31, 2023 to August 2, 2024 to address critical city issues related to poverty by engaging in capacity-building work. Capacity building refers to tasks and activities that create, expand or strengthen the systems and processes that help an organization carry out its anti-poverty work.

Learn More

 

AmeriCorpsNYCHA Health Corps 

NYCHA Health Corps is a new and exciting Public Health AmeriCorps program administered by NYC Service in close partnership with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), in which NYCHA residents are recruited to serve full-time at community-based nonprofits and public agencies for nine months from September 1, 2023 to June 2024.

Learn More


NYC Service is proud to be an Impact Community with Service Year Alliance. The Impact Communities are a network of programs and champions committed to local collaboration in the pursuit of expanding national service opportunities across the country.

Learn More


Alumni

Alumni News

NYC Service AmeriCorps Alumni Study

NYC Service has launched our first-ever alumni study for all of our program alumni from 2009-present! Participate and enter/update your contact information.

Participate

If you are an alum and have not yet received an email link to the survey, click below to enter your contact information.

Update Your Contact 

 

NYC Service ALUMS

AmeriCorps alums who served in one of NYC Service's AmeriCorps programs (City Service Corps, Community Schools Corps, NYC Civic Corps, NYC VISTA, NYC VISTA Summer Associates, Peer Corps)

  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF): If you would like to receive authorization from NYC Service for your PSLF form, please email corps@cityhall.nyc.gov for instructions on filling it out and getting it signed by our team.

  • If you need a Certification of Service Letter that certifies that you were serving in an AmeriCorps program for the period you actually served, please visit my.americorps.gov.

  • Network and connect to NYC National Service Alumni on social media

Connect on Social

 

Alumni Resources

Employers of National Service

Are you an alum looking for opportunities or an organization interested in becoming an employer of national service?

Learn More

Contact

253 Broadway, 8th floor, New York, NY 10007
212-788-7550

Organization Newsletter

Volunteer Newsletter

 


Language Access


 

 

Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy NYC.gov


Copyright © 2023 The City of New York. The inclusion of any organization or person in this database does not constitute a representation, warranty or endorsement with respect to the competence, suitability or reliability of such organization or person by NYC Service; nor does NYC Service sponsor or endorse any third-party website.