AmeriCorps and Service-Learning | National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

AmeriCorps members (including AmeriCorps State & National, AmeriCorps*VISTA, and AmeriCorps NCCC) are working in schools, universities, and community-based organizations across the country implementing, facilitating, and coordinating service-learning. Below are some examples of how AmeriCorps and service-learning interconnect and resources to help support AmeriCorps members involved with service-learning.

AmeriCorps Grant Opportunities
View current grant opportunities from the Corporation for National and Community Service.

AmeriCorps Fact Sheets

Education Award Match
Many colleges and universities match the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award for their students.
View a map and list of the institutions.

Models of Service-Learning in AmeriCorps Programs

The FLCC AmeriCorps*VISTA Initiative
FL|CC VISTA members are successfully building bridges between the classrooms and communities by connecting educators, students, and community partners to improve education and address societal needs through campus-community partnerships, applied civic education, and engaged citizenship. Students are learning from being engaged in meaningful service opportunities that create positive change in communities.
Harmony/VISTA Service-Learning Demonstration Project
The Harmony/VISTA Service-Learning Demonstration Project is part of an innovative group of programs exploring the nexus between service-learning and anti-poverty work.
MCC AmeriCorps*VISTA Program
Michigan Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA members Participate in service-learning and co-curricular service
Work with and support Service-Learning Faculty members
Service Learning for Family Health AmeriCorps Program
Over a three-year period, over 180 AmeriCorps members, primarily CSU students, provided service to community-based health organizations by coordinating service learners and volunteers from universities.

AmeriCorps Members Stories of Service

"One of my tasks during my VISTA year was to start a service-learning youth council for high school students in Saint Paul. I attended a service-learning networking event and heard a presentation by STLF. My supervisor nudged me and suggested that we think about planning a Pay It Forward Tour for Saint Paul high school students as a kick-off and recruiting event for the youth council…"
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"My name is Monica Cano; I began my service as a FASS VISTA member in February 2008 at the Human Services Coalition, a non-profit agency in Miami, FL… To build the capacity of the Prosperity Campaign, I train service-learning students from local colleges who serve as volunteers. These students are giving back to the community through utilizing the skills they have learned in the classroom…"
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"Ross Meyer did more than get a bachelor's degree while a student at Miami University of Ohio. He also participated in alternative spring break programs, tutored GED classes, mentored young people, led housing construction crews, and coordinated after-school and summer youth programs. And he created a service-learning program, Over-the-Rhine Weekend Experience: an Introduction to Urban American…"
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NSLC Library Resources

AmeriCorps Service-Learning Training Modules (2005), Alameda County Office of Education
AmeriCorps and the Delivery System for Service-Learning (1996), Kathy A. Dunn Turner
Building Bridges Across Multiple Streams of Service: An Initial Look at Collaboration Efforts in National Service Programs (2003), Ashley Cash
On Facilitating Service-Learning (1995), Anne Wysocki

See more items from the National Service Knowledge Network.