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 Five Decades of AmeriCorps Senior RSVP
    

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Mon, 08/22/2022 - 08:23Read moreabout Five Decades of AmeriCorps Senior RSVP


                    This year, we celebrate AmeriCorps Seniors Retired & Senior Volunteer Program’s 50th Anniversary. Over the past five decades, millions of RSVP volunteers improved communities across the United States. The older adults serving in RSVP are dedicated to solving problems in their local communities. Our volunteers provide more than $1 billion worth of service to the nation each year, driven by motivation to give back, improve their communities and leave a legacy.
 AmeriCorps helps tackle the nation’s public health needs
    

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Fri, 04/15/2022 - 13:22Read moreabout AmeriCorps helps tackle the nation’s public health needs


                    On April 6, 2022, AmeriCorps announced its inaugural Public Health AmeriCorps grantees as part of their historic partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Public Health AmeriCorps supports recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of leaders. AmeriCorps members will help address the nation’s public health needs andhealth inequities.
 Funding Opportunity: Help AmeriCorps Build a New Generation of Leaders with Public Health AmeriCorps
    

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Tue, 09/28/2021 - 10:01Read moreabout Funding Opportunity: Help AmeriCorps Build a New Generation of Leaders with Public Health AmeriCorps


                    *Calling on organizations to invest in COVID-19 recovery and create a pipeline of public health leaders*

AmeriCorps recently launched Public Health AmeriCorps, a new partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support the recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders who will be ready to respond to the nation’s public health needs.
 National Vaccine Month of Action Needs You
    

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Mon, 06/28/2021 - 09:12Read moreabout National Vaccine Month of Action Needs You


                    *Join those wearing the AmeriCorps "A" and help your community recover from the pandemic*

Free childcare. Free shared services rides. Lots of incentives. And a month dedicated to vaccine action.

The Biden Administration, in partnership with many federal agencies—including AmeriCorps— corporations, and nonprofit organizations are pulling out the stops to encourage people to complete their COVID-19 vaccinations.
 Join the Covid-19 Community Corps National Vaccine Month of Action
    

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eschneider
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Thu, 06/03/2021 - 16:43Read moreabout Join the Covid-19 Community Corps National Vaccine Month of Action


                    Dear AmeriCorps Community,
 What’s at your core? Put your values into action and serve.
    

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Wed, 06/02/2021 - 17:36Read moreabout What’s at your core? Put your values into action and serve.
 AmeriCorps Partners with MTV Entertainment
    

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Wed, 05/19/2021 - 16:07Read moreabout AmeriCorps Partners with MTV Entertainment


                    ***Help Eliminate the Space Between Awareness & Action in Mental Healthcare***

As we have learned in the last year, an unprecedented challenge requires an out-of-the-box approach.

That is why AmeriCorps has joined with MTV Entertainment and more than 1,000 partner organizations in the first-ever Mental Health Action Day on Thursday, May 20.
 Communities of Strength through Service
    

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Wed, 05/19/2021 - 15:47Read moreabout Communities of Strength through Service


                    COVID-19 has changed so much of how we live, work, and connect with each other. We have had to adjust in unprecedented ways to protect ourselves and those around us. The pandemic has had a tremendous impact on older adults, who found themselves distanced from family, friends, services, and other supports. Despite these extraordinary challenges, older adults throughout the nationwide aging services network have found ways to safely volunteer and serve, providing invaluable support to their communities.
 Heather Baily Named an Honorary AmeriCorps Member
    

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Thu, 05/13/2021 - 15:21Read moreabout Heather Baily Named an Honorary AmeriCorps Member


                    Using her experience as a service alumna and expertise in public health to answer Governor Jared Polis (Colo.) call for service-based contact tracing program, Heather Baily was instrumental in leading the public health needs for the Colorado COVID Containment Corps. To date, her efforts have reached 900 members and volunteers from all four AmeriCorps signature programs (State and National, VISTA, NCCC, and AmeriCorps Seniors) and served more than 50,000 Coloradans.
 Vice President, Second Gentleman Visit Sites Where AmeriCorps is ‘Here to Help’
    

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Tue, 03/23/2021 - 18:48Read moreabout Vice President, Second Gentleman Visit Sites Where AmeriCorps is ‘Here to Help’


                    On March 22, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff continued the Biden Administration’s ‘Help is Here’ tour with stops in Jacksonville, Fla. and Des Moines, Iowa.

In each of these locations, AmeriCorps members stand alongside neighbors and community leaders responding to COVID-19, just as they are across the country. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers are on the ground, delivering aid where it’s needed, and helping vaccinate thousands throughout Florida.
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