What Is AmeriCorps?

• AmeriCorps is a program funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal organization in Washington, D.C.
• AmeriCorps engages people to serve their communities.
• AmeriCorps offers several different programs. Each program is designed to meet critical needs in education, public safety, human needs, homeland security, and the environment.
• AmeriCorps members in our program can do almost any kind of volunteer work to meet one of the critical needs.