If you are interested in giving back to your community, you're bound to find one that's right for you. Download a PDF version of the latest Ohio AmeriCorps Program Directory . The program offers friendly visitation for older adults who need companionship, socialization, and integration into community activities.
Participation helps build a strong community support system for otherwise isolated older adults.
The project will join members with older adults for an inter-generational link between community and its resources. Members develop family health and well being plans, work with adults with mental retardation, work with local law enforcement, work with female victims of violent crimes, serve youth with severe behavioral disabilities, work with City of Toledo departments of youth and neighborhoods, work with families on environmental housing issues, and participate in numerous community service activities. AmeriCorps Staying Home Program is a project of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals committed to ending homelessness and to promoting decent, safe, fair, affordable housing for all, with focus on assisting low-income people and those with special needs. AmeriCorps members work in various project sites, in both urban and rural locations, throughout the state. The specific work duties vary from site to site, but the overall focus is to assist homeless youth and build or rehabilitate affordable housing units, and prevent homelessness.