In addition to a full-time placement with an agency, participants receive extensive training and work with other young leaders in their community. Over 250 corps members work with individual public schools, enriching the school environment, working with parents, operating after school programs and building links between the school and community emphasizing the arts, literacy and community service. This site can link you to hundreds of corps programs across the country. City Year , an AmeriCorps program, is a service program of young adults, ages 17 to 23, who pursue a year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. If living in community is what you want, check out Innisfree Village, a community with adults with mental disabilities in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.
Volunteers receive room, board, health insurance and a living stipend.
Teaching Teach for America is a national teacher corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under-resourced urban and rural public schools. Corps members live a simple lifestyle in community residences. Summerbridge is a tuition-free academic program for motivated elementary and middle school students with limited educational opportunities with offices in 38 sites nationally. Summerbridge programs employ both summer and full-time staff. Jumpstart creates partnerships between early childhood providers and colleges in Boston, New Haven, New York and D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco.