Serve Your City, Shape Your Future - Join NYC Civic Corps!
As an NYC Civic Corps member, you’ll receive real-world professional experience at a City agency or nonprofit while tackling some of New York City’s most pressing challenges.
During your 10-month service term (October to July) you’ll get paid to serve your city, channel your passions, and jumpstart your career by practicing skills like project management, community outreach, or volunteer engagement at your host site.
NYC Service sets you up for success during and after your service term--connecting you to a cohort of future public leaders, providing you with trainings and career planning, and offering additional benefits.
Last year our AmeriCorps members made a difference in the lives of over 88,000 New Yorkers. Will you join the call to service?
Our members are managing volunteers in food pantries, cleaning up streets and local parks, mentoring youth, responding to city emergencies, and connecting low-income communities to health resources. Whatever your passion, NYC Civic Corps has a position for you!
NYC Civic Corps members earn valuable resume-building professional experience while building connections within and gaining exposure to City government or the NYC nonprofit sector. Members also receive the following benefits during their service term:
Living allowance (up to $24,500 pre-tax)
Transportation benefits (monthly 30-Day Unlimited MetroCards or OMNY benefits)
15 days PTO, plus recognized calendar holidays
Loan forbearance
Healthcare coverage
Childcare assistance, if eligible
Eligible for SNAP benefits
Monthly training and networking opportunities
Individuals who complete their service term are also eligible to receive an Eli Segal AmeriCorps Education Award(valued at $5,176) upon completion, to put toward existing student loans or future education opportunities.
Before submitting your application, make sure you meet all the eligibility requirements below. Individuals accepted into the program will need to share documentation confirming the following before being officially placed at a host site.
To serve in NYC Civic Corps, you must:
Be 18 years or older
Have received your high school diploma (or equivalent) by October 1, 2025
Be a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident
Find the role that's right for you! Apply for positions at one of our current nonprofit or city agency partners:
Nonprofits
City Agencies
ACT Care Foundation Inc. Actors Theatre Workshop, Inc. Advent Lutheran Church Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park The Bronx is Blooming, Inc. Brooklyn Book Bodega Council on American Islamic Relations - New York Counseling in Schools CIANA Children of Promise, NYC City Relief Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Dance Parade, Inc. Every Day is a Miracle Extreme Kids and Crew The Floating Hospital Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project Free Arts for Abused Children NYC FundaveNYC Futures and Options GlamourGals Foundation, Inc. Good Old Lower East Side, Inc. (GOLES) Governor's Committee on Scholastic Achievement (GCSA) Graham Windham Grow Brooklyn Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program (HJTEP) International Rescue Committee in New York The Knowledge House Lighthouse Guild Living Redemption Youth Opportunity HUB The Lower Eastside Girls Club
LSA Family Health Service Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center Maspeth Town Hall, Inc.
Neighborhood Association for Intercultural Affairs (NAICA) New York Academy of Sciences One Community The Opportunity Hub Petey Greene Program Project New Yorker Corporation RaisingHealth Partners Reti Center Riverstone Senior Life Services Inc. Services for the UnderServed, Inc.
South Bronx United Start Lighthouse Staten Island NFP Association StreetSquash Inc. Team Kids United Community Schools United for Brownsville United Methodist Center in Far Rockaway, Inc. Uptown & Boogie Healthy Project Uptown Stories Waterfront Alliance West Side Commons; Stryckers Bay Neighborhood Council Youth Action YouthBuild
Aging, Department of Aging
CCHR, Commission on Human Rights CEC, Civic Engagement Commission DCAS, Dept of Citywide Administrative Services (NYC Fleet) DCAS, Dept of Citywide Administrative Services (Workforce) DCWP, NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection DHS, Department of Homeless Services DOHMH, Brownsville Neighborhood Health Action Center
DOHMH, Public Health Nutrition and Research Science
DOHMH, Neighborhood Rat Mitigation
DOP, Department of Probation, YASC Young Adult Success Corps DORIS, NYC Department of Records and Information Services DOT, Department of Transportation DSNY, Department of Sanitation DSNY, Sanitation Foundation DVS, Dept of Veterans' Services HRA, Adults Protective Services (DSS) HRA, The Office of Child Support Services (with DSS) MFTA, Materials for the Arts; DCLA Department of Cultural Affairs MOCS, Mayor’s Office of Contract Services MOIA, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs NYC Parks, Forestry NYC Parks, Freshkills Park NYC Parks, Greenbelt Native Plant Center NYC Parks, Stewardship NYCEM, Emergency Management Department NYCPS, Community School District 13 NYCPS, DIAL Division of Inclusive and Accessible Learning NYCPS, Office of Multilingual Learners PEU, Public Engagement Unit; HRA
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