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1 | Organization Name | Choose the various types of positions available (check all that apply) | Please provide a 1-2 sentence description of your program | Name one aspect of your program that makes it unique as compared to others | Total number of volunteers in your program | Does your program offer domestic and/or international service opportunities? (check all that apply) | What geographical regions are served by your program? | Is your program faith-based? | If your program is faith-based, do you accept applicants who are not Catholic? Not Christian? | What is the length of service? | What financial arrangements do you offer? (e.g. room, board, stipend, insurance, Americorps education award, graduate degree, loan deferment, etc)? | Website/social media links for your organization | Name of person(s) attending service fair (if known) |
2 | ACE Teaching Fellows | Teaching/Education | ACE Teaching Fellows is more than graduate studies, more than service, and more than vocational discernment; it is a fully integrated formation program. Animated by our three pillars - teaching, community, and spirituality - our model consists of graduate coursework, student teaching experience, and supervision from expert faculty, all nested in peer community living and continual spiritual growth. | Our program prioritizes holistic support in the spirit of the Congregation of Holy Cross by fostering spiritual, communal, and professional development in the model of Christ the Teacher. | 180 | Domestic | Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Great Plains, Mountain, West Coast | Yes | Yes to both | More than one year | Room and board during the summers, Stipend, health insurance, AmeriCorps Segal Award, Master of Education, Loan Deferment, Travel Stipends | ace.nd.edu/teach | Joe DiSipio |
3 | ACESJU | Teaching/Education | The Alliance for Catholic Education at Saint Joseph’s University (ACESJU) is a two-year fellowship program that provides recent college graduates the opportunity to serve as full-time teachers and administrators in under-resourced Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Diocese of Camden while pursuing a master’s degree at Saint Joseph’s University. | Offer Masters in Education, Management, Social Work, and Counseling | 19 | Domestic | Philadelphia | Yes | Yes | More than one year | Receive a monthly Stipend of 1200 before taxes | https://www.sju.edu/acesju | Jake Diehl |
4 | Amate House | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Capacity Building, Health Care, Parish Work, Social Services, Immigrant & Refugee services | Amate House is a year of intensive leadership development in Chicago. Fellows are young adults ages 21-29 who commit to living in intentional community & serving under-resourced communities in Chicago through full time community service. Fellows engage thoughtfully throughout their experience with the Amate House tenets of community, social justice, stewardship, faith, & service. With a network of over 50 Chicago area non-profits, Amate House works diligently to place fellows in professional jobs geared toward their skills & interests, including positions at legal aid centers, low-income community health clinics, schools, parishes, & social service organizations. | Personalized site placement and added support throughout service year | 20 | Domestic | Chicago | Yes | Yes | Less than one year | Housing, Food, Monthly Stipend, Health Insurance, Transporation to & from service site, Education Award, Professional Mentorship, Spiritual mentor/companionship, and financial assistance for mental health. | https://amatehouse.org/ | Unity Ostercamp |
5 | Assumption Mission Associates | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Environmental Justice, | Assumption Mission Associates is the lay volunteer program sponsored by the Religious of the Assumption. Domestically our volunteers serve in Worcester, MA, and on the border in Chaparral, NM. Internationally, we have sites in Newcastle, England, the Philippines, and a L'Arche project in Cork, Ireland. | Unique volunteer sites | 7 | Domestic, International | Northeast, on the border, Europe and Asia | Yes | yes | One year | monthly stipend of $400.00, room, healthcare if needed, $2000.00 end of service award | assumptionvolunteers.org | Sandra Piwko |
6 | Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Health Care, Environmental Justice | Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry (BSVM), sponsored by the Sisters of Bon Secours, provides the opportunity for young adults to participate in the Sisters’ commitment to justice in radical solidarity with the poor, the suffering, and those most in need. The ministry volunteers carry this spirit forward in Baltimore, MD and Richmond, VA, where they live as neighbors and serve in ministry placements (Education, Social Services, and Healthcare) that improve the public health of their communities. | 12 | Domestic | Baltimore, MD and Richmond, VA | Yes | Yes | One year | room, board, shared car, stipend, health insurance, loan deferment | https://bonsecours.us/volunteers/ | Ann Schwartz | |
7 | Boston College School of Theology and Ministry | Graduate School for Theology and Ministry | The School of Theology and Ministry is a world-class center of theological study, committed to the Jesuit, Catholic ideal of cura personalis—care for the whole person. Through curricula, one-on-one interactions with faculty mentors, daily liturgies, and other formation-based experiences, we cultivate students’ intellectual, spiritual, professional, and social growth. | An intentional study of Theology AND Ministry | 400 | Domestic, International | Global | Yes | Yes | More than one year | 100% of our students receive scholarships to help fund their program. | www.bc.edu/stm | Anna Ryan-Bender |
8 | Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps (Cap Corps) | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Health Care, Immigration & Refugee Services, Housing, and Community Outreach | The Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps (Cap Corps) is a year-long service program in Cleveland, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; and Washington, DC that offers men and women the opportunity to work in direct service with the poor while living a simple lifestyle in community with other volunteers. The program is sponsored by the Capuchin Franciscan Friars who provide support to the volunteers through weekly community nights, spiritual direction, retreats, and fellowship. | Fellowship with our Capuchin friars. Our volunteers have the unique opportunity to build genuine relationships with the friar who serves as their local house director and the community that the friar lives in. Volunteers are invited into the Capuchin family and treated as such. | 7 | Domestic | East Coast | Yes | Yes but an openness to Catholicism/Christianity is needed | One year | room & board, personal & community stipends, work commute costs, health insurance, end of year award, and loan deferment support | https://www.capcorps.org/ https://www.instagram.com/capcorpseast/ https://www.facebook.com/CapCorps/ | Skye Diego |
9 | Catholic Theological Union | multiple ministry sites in a variety of areas | Catholic Theological Union has been preparing people for a career in ministry for 55 years. Our Pathways program provides a full-tuition scholarship, housing, a stipend with a graduate assistantship, and placement in a ministry program in Chicago. | CTU's Pathways program provides service opportunities with a graduate education in preparation for a career in ministry. | 5 | Domestic | Chicago and Suburbs | Yes | Yes | One year | Pathways program provides for room and stipend | https://ctu.edu/academics/pathwaysctu/ | Jay Nawrocki |
10 | Christian Appalachian Project | Teaching/Education, Direct Service | For 60 years, Christian Appalachian Project has come alongside people living in poverty in Eastern Kentucky. We have programs in education, poverty relief, elderly services, and home repair. | We welcome volunteers of all ages from across the United States. You may be serving with someone your age, or someone in their seventies. | 870 | Domestic | Rural Eastern Kentucky | Yes | Absolutely. | One year | Bi-weekly stipend, AmeriCorps education award, loan deferment, health insurance, and travel reimbursement at the beginning and end of term. | christianappalachianproject.org | Sarabeth Brownrobie |
11 | City Year | Teaching/Education, Direct Service | City Year AmeriCorps members serve as student success coaches, helping students build on their strengths and cultivate social, emotional and academic skills that are important in school and life. | City Year provides a powerful double bottom line: improved outcomes for students in systemically under-resourced schools and the cultivation of the next generation of leaders through our alum. | 100 | Domestic | In our 30-plus years of helping educate and empower America's youth, City Year has grown to more than 29 cities. - https://www.cityyear.org/about/locations/ | No | One year | Bi weekly stipend, Monthly transportation covered while enrolled in our program, Americorps Education award - 6800, Loan deferment while enrolled in the program, optional insurance plan. | https://www.cityyear.org/ | Isaiah Gonzalez | |
12 | College Possible | Teaching/Education, Direct Service | College Possible Philadelphia hires recent college graduates to serve as College Access and Success Coaches for high school and college students in the Philadelphia area. Our model matches eligible students with a near-peer coach and an evidence-based curriculum designed to help them overcome the most common barriers to getting into college and completing their degree. | Benefits for full time AmeriCorps state and national service positions with College Possible include a biweekly living allowance, healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision), and an education award that can be used to repay federal student loans or pay future education expenses. | 12 | Domestic | Philadelphia | No | Less than one year | Benefits for full time AmeriCorps state and national service positions with College Possible include a biweekly living allowance, healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision), and an education award that can be used to repay federal student loans or pay future education expenses. | https://www.americorps.collegepossible.org/ | Meg Graham, DiLiesha Bryant | |
13 | Con-solatio | Direct Service, | Walking with those whose hearts are wearied by loneliness, we seek to offer the comfort, consolation and hope of God’s abiding Presence through personal life-transforming relationships that reveal the beauty and dignity of each person. We live an intense prayer life, international community, and an apostolate of compassion and friendship. | Like Mary at the foot of the Cross, we serve others not by necessarily "doing" for them, but by being with them, offering simply and fully our abiding presence. | 15 | International | Asia, Europe, Africa, South/Central America | Yes | We have had non-Catholic volunteers in the past, but it is a matter if our way of life is something a person is wanting to live. | More than one year | Volunteers fundraise for their mission, which is to cover all training, travel, living, and health insurance expenses for the duration of the mission. Loan deferment papers are also available. | con-solatio.org https://www.instagram.com/consolatio.ministryofpresence/ https://www.facebook.com/consolatio.ministryofpresence | Molly Link, Nhi Nguyen |
14 | Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | Teaching/Education | Service Corps members at Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School will commit to an educational immersion experience, working to bring about the school's mission of providing a college-prep education to students with financial limited resources. Service Corps members will serve in a number of roles in and outside of the classroom - positions include Admissions, Academics, Student Life, and Work Study. | There is a great amount of agency while being in Service Corps to make the position all that each participant wants it to be. The program is structured with certain responsibilities for each position, but there is always a focus on "next steps" beyond the year-of-service and how the Service Corps program can support individuals into discovering their vocation. | 3 | Domestic | Philadelphia | Yes | Yes. Cristo Rey is a Catholic school for students of all faiths, so we accept applicants from all faith backgrounds. | One year | Service Corps members will receive generous stipends and housing provided by Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School. | Website: www.cristoreyphiladelhia.org Instagram: @cristoreyphiladelphia @bluepride_athletics @studentlifecrphs | Alexa Bannon, Rich Pugh |
15 | Franciscan Volunteer Ministry | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Soup Kitchen/Food Insecurity | Franciscan Volunteer Ministry (FVM) is a post-graduate year of service and faith formation program in collaboration with the Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province. FVMs grow in faith, become witnesses to the world and to their faith communities, and gain professional skills for the future through service at soup kitchens, parishes, schools, and other social service organizations. | Close connection and mentorship of volunteers by Franciscan Friars in direct service. Community and Service are equally important; communities are discerned as a whole and not solely on work placement. In some sites, volunteers are invited to build their own schedule of ministries that play to their strengths, interests, and the needs of the year. | 4 | Domestic | East Coast- this year Philadelphia, PA | Yes | Yes- we are a Catholic organization but have had many different faith expressions represented in our volunteers. | Less than one year | Room & Board, Community household budget, monthly personal stipend, monthly loan assistance, health insurance, counseling/spiritual direction, transportation | www.franciscanvolunteerministry.org ; @franciscanvolunteerministry | Emma Edwards |
16 | FrancisCorps | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Health Care, Soup kitchen and food distribution, housing issues, maternal and infant care, refugee resettlement, and emergency housing and assistance | Inspired by the lives of Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, FrancisCorps volunteers do not simply do a “year of service” but instead participate in an experience of Gospel living, the foundation of which is the volunteers’ relationship with God. The FrancisCorps experience is brought to life through comprehensive and balanced service, intentional community and faith formation rooted in the Franciscan charism. | FrancisCorps volunteers participate in 5 retreats and 4 discernment series throughout the year and journey on a free pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy in the month of May. | 8 | Domestic | Syracuse, New York | Yes | Yes, we accept applicants who are not Catholic, and we accept applicants who are not Christian. | One year | Room (with wifi), board, monthly stipend for personal expenses, monthly community stipend for food and supplies, transportation to and from service site, insurance, help navigating the loan deferment process, no fundraising requirement, pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy. | Website: FrancisCorps.org Instagram and Facebook: FrancisCorps Twitter: FrancisCorps_ | Jenny Rose Anacan |
17 | Good Shepherd Volunteers | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Capacity Building | Good Shepherd Volunteers offers year-long opportunities to serve women, teens, and children in a variety of social service agencies. Volunteers live in community with other volunteers, receive housing, health insurance, a small stipend, mentorship, and learn about the 4 Tenets of GSV: social justice, community, spirituality, and simplicity. | Ability for volunteers to select their placement prior to starting | 8 | Domestic | New York City, New Jersey, Washington DC | Yes | Yes, we accept applicants of all faith backgrounds | One year | Housing, Health Insurance, Stipend, loan deferment | gsvolunteers.org | Austin Applebach, Cheryl Tiberio |
18 | Jesuit Volunteer Corps | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Capacity Building, Health Care, Environmental Justice, Houseless Services | The Jesuit Volunteer Corps is a justice-driven, faith-inspires, and relationship-centered year of service program where graduating seniors have the opportunity to accompany marginalized communities across the country in bettering the community on their own terms, while living in intentional community and receiving a small support stipend. We offer over 300 different service locations in over 30 locations. | Jesuit Volunteers recieve the | 300 | Domestic | Continental United States and Alaska | Yes | Yes | One year | Room, board, stipend, health insurance, Americorps education award, loan deferment, discounted applications to grad school, discounted grad school tuition. | https://www.jesuitvolunteers.org/become-a-jv | Connor Feliu |
19 | Joyful Readers | Teaching/Education | We’re an AmeriCorps program that does high dosage reading tutoring in elementary schools in Philadelphia | Our members earn 3 transferable graduate credits through our training program that we pay for. | 44 | Domestic | Philadelphia, PA | No | One year | AmeriCorps education award, loan deferment, monthly stipend | Www.joyfulreaders.org | Aurora M Pomales | |
20 | Launch of Philadelphia, Inc. | Advocacy and/or legal, Capacity Building | A small multi-service non-profit that serves youth, teen parents and a workforce development serving Philadelphia. | We are a non-profit that serves students and families with love and compassion. | 12 | Domestic | Philadelphia | No | One year | AmeriCorps Education Award | www.launchphilly.org | Nyne Sellers, Alontae Adams | |
21 | Maggie's Place | Direct Service, Community- based non-profit | Maggie’s Place welcomes pregnant and parenting women into a safe and loving community, providing life-changing programs and ongoing services to help them become self-sufficient. | We use a trauma-informed care approach when tending to our mother's needs. | 22 | Domestic | West Region - Arizona | No | One year | Room, Board, monthly Stipends, AmeriCorps education Award, and Insurance | https://www.maggiesplace.org/americorps/ | ||
22 | Maȟpíya Lúta | Red Cloud Volunteer Program | Teaching/Education, Direct Service | Work as teachers, bus drivers, coaches, librarians, etc. at Maȟpíya Lúta School, a Jesuit school that serves indigenous people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. | Direct work and encounter of Native American Culture, specifically the Sioux tribe. | 10 | Domestic | Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota | Yes | Yes. Catholicism, and more broadly spirituality, is a pillar of our program. However, one does not need to be Catholic or Christian. We look for people open to religious and spiritual conversation. | One year | Room and board, monthly stipend, monthly food stipend, Americorps education award, loan deferment, opportunity to get Master's degree in teaching, and health insurance. | https://www.redcloudschool.org/page.aspx?pid=376; https://www.facebook.com/redcloudvolunteers/; | Jonathon Wojtkowiak |
23 | Mennonite Central Committee | Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Sustainable agriculture | As a non-profit organization, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) shares God’s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. MCC envisions communities worldwide in right relationship with God, one another and creation. | We are involved in relief, development and peace projects and work with national partners in our international settings. | 50 | Domestic, International | We are present in over 45 countries. | Yes | We accept Christians of any denominational background and have faith questions as part of our application process. | One year | Participants receive a monthly stipend for their basic needs. All other expenses (room, board, insurance, loan deferment, etc.) are covered. | https://mcc.org/get-involved/serve/gsl | |
24 | Mercy Volunteer Corps | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Capacity Building, Health Care, Environmental Justice, Migration, Housing | Mercy Volunteer promote social change through one year or six weeks of compassionate service with people experiencing injustice in education, healthcare, and social services. While serving in the spirit of mutuality, Mercy Volunteers engage in spiritual growth and a simple lifestyle in community throughout the United States and Guyana, South America. | Our connection with the Sisters of Mercy is such a gift! The Sisters of Mercy engage with volunteers in their advocacy and work with the Critical Concerns of Racism, Immigration, Women, Non-Violence, and Care for Earth. Volunteers not only serve at their ministry sites, they participate in justice initiatives and Mercy Global Action (Sisters of Mercy presence at the United Nations). | 17 | Domestic, International | Guyana, South America; Baltimore, MD; Cincinnati, OH; Detroit, MI; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Sacramento, CA; Savannah, GA; Benson, VT | Yes | Yes, we accept volunteers of all or no faiths. | One year | Housing, transportation, personal and community stipends, health insurance, and loan deferment | www.mercyvolunteers.org; instagram @mercyvolunteers | |
25 | Operation TEACH | Teaching/Education | Operation TEACH is an innovative two-year post-graduate service program that seeks to develop a corps of highly committed educators to meet the needs of children in Baltimore area Catholic elementary and secondary schools. Participants commit to the two-year service program while they are enrolled in a graduate program at Notre Dame of Maryland University and complete a Master of Arts in education. | choice of teaching placement based on principal interviews | 7 | Baltimore, MD | Yes | we accept applicants of all faiths | More than one year | graduate degree, stipend, loan deferment, subsidized housing | https://www.ndm.edu/colleges-schools/school-education/operation-teach instagram: @operation_teach | Grace McCarthy Lindstrom | |
26 | Peace Corps | Teaching/Education, Health Care, Environmental Justice, Agriculture, Youth in Development and Community Economic Development | Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and make a lasting impact. | Peace Corps Volunteers work at the grassroots level to create change that lasts long after their service. | 7000 | International | Inter-America and Pacific, Africa, Europ, Mediterranean and Asia and Asiaand | No | More than one year | https://www.peacecorps.gov/volunteer/ | Ayu Golema | ||
27 | PHENND Fellows VISTA Program | Capacity Building | PHENND Fellows is an AmeriCorps VISTA program that places passionate change makers at Philadelphia nonprofit organizations and public schools for a year of capacity building projects to fight poverty. | We have a diverse cohort of members who are working on a variety of different projects around the city. | 30 | Domestic | Greater Philadelphia | No | One year | Stipend, AmeriCorps Education award, Loan deferment, transit pass, professional development allowance, eligibility for benefits, relocation assistance | https://phennd.org/grant/phennd-fellows/, https://www.instagram.com/phennd_vistas/ | Joy Johnson and Eden Kainer | |
28 | Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers | Teaching/Education | Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers is a distinctive opportunity for recent college graduates to earn a tuition-free master’s degree and teacher certification. Called to teach in Catholic schools, PACT members commit to two summers and two academic years of coursework and full-time teaching in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or Connecticut Catholic schools. With a personalized approach and supportive cohort, PACT members teach a variety of subjects ranging from language arts, history, biology, and theology. They also coach sports teams, act as advisors, and lead campus ministry programs, retreats, performing arts, and academic clubs. PACT members make a positive impact as Catholic school educators. | See above | 22 | Domestic | New England | Yes | Yes | More than one year | tuition free Graduate Degree, stipend, loan deferment, tuition free | pact@providence.edu | Christopher Keavy |
29 | Serve Philadelphia VISTA Corps | Capacity Building | Serve Philadelphia VISTA Corps is an AmeriCorps program in which members are embedded in city departments to focus on capacity building that will work to address and minimize poverty in the city. | The VISTA program embeds members to be directly inside city departments and city government, giving them the ability to make change and work on the foundational processes and strategies that will impact Philadelphia civilians directly. | 30 | Philadelphia | No | One year | Transportation costs supplemented or covered, Segal education award at the completion of service, medical coverage | https://www.phila.gov/programs/serve-philadelphia-vista-corps/ | Sarah Chalmin | ||
30 | St. Joseph Worker Program | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Advocacy and/or legal, Capacity Building, Homeboy Industries | Rooted in the charism and mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph, we are a year of service opportunity for women based in Los Angeles, CA. We value Spirituality, Social Justice, Community with Simplicity and Women’s Leadership. | We are a year of service opportunity for women. We focus on women’s leadership and empowerment! | 9 | Domestic | Los Ángeles, CA, St.Paul, MN, Orange, CA | Yes | Yes | One year | Room, board, stipend, insurance, Americorps Education Award, loan deferment | @sjw.losangeles, @stjosephworkerprogramwest stjosephworkerwest.org | Sr. Julie Fertsch |
31 | The Shalom Project | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Environmental Justice | The Shalom Project is a post-college gap year in Lancaster city, Pennsylvania. Join us to surround yourself with supportive peers and mentors, use your skills to benefit others, and grow in love of God, neighbor, and self. | Our small size allows us to really focus on building community among the participants and in the neighborhood community, to have a meaningful support system while you serve. | 6 | Domestic | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | Yes | Yes, we accept applicants who are not Catholic and/or who are not Christian. | One year | We cover all living costs for our participants, including housing, food, and transportation, in addition to a small monthly stipend and a variety of other perks such as free counseling or spiritual direction sessions. We also help defer student loans and there is no cost to join the program. | https://shalomlancaster.org/ https://www.facebook.com/theshalomprojectlancaster https://www.instagram.com/theshalomproject/ | |
32 | Urban Servant Corps | Teaching/Education, Direct Service, Health Care, Environmental Justice, Women's Empowerment | This is a one year opportunity in Denver, CO to live in a supportive intentional community, be matched with a nonprofit organization for direct service experience and professional development and explore simplicity and spirituality through a social justice lens. | We have only ever served in Denver, CO and therefore have a great alumni community in the area and well-established relationships with our nonprofit partners. As a faith community, we have been welcoming and affirming since 1999 and see this as an act of love and faithfulness towards one another. | 10 | Domestic | Denver Metro area | Yes | Yes! | One year | Members are provided housing, food and personal stipends, health care as well as a medical stipend for co-pays, prescriptions, etc., spiritual direction upon request, professional growth and development stipend for each member, travel reimbursement to/from service when over one mile distance from home, $1,000.00 readjustment allowance at the end of the year, majority of members are able to defer student loans for this year of service and upon successful completion of the program, $2,000.00 towards student loan debt with an option to qualify for up to a total of $7,000.00 towards student loan debt. | www.urbanservantcorps.org @urbanservantcorps | Carolyn Sautter |
33 | Urban Technology Project | Communications | The Urban Technology Project (UTP) is the School District of Philadelphia’s I.T. Apprenticeship Program in partnership with Launch of Philadelphia. Since 2002, UTP has been preparing underrepresented individuals for careers in technology. Our mission is to increase diversity in tech by removing the barriers to entry. UTP is a paid training program (apprenticeship) that provides on-the-job work experience, industry certifications, and professional mentorship to individuals interested in pursuing a career in technology. | Urban Technology Project is the only Computer Tech Apprenticeship in Philadelphia | Domestic | Philadelphia County | No | n/a | One year | Vista position gets an Education Award, Living Allowance, Rent Assistance, and Grocery Assistance | UTP-Philly.org | Shana Savage | |
34 | West Philadelphia Promise Corps | Teaching/Education, Direct Service | The West Philadelphia Promise Corps utilizes AmeriCorps members as College and Career Coaches (CCCs) to help students across 4 different high schools map out and achieve their post-secondary goals. Through one-on-one and small group coaching, CCCs help students set 2 goals and carry out regular check-ins with students to help them stay on track with graduation requirements and gain a pathway to college, trade school, or employment. | We are a hyperlocal program that focuses on the "Promise Zone," a designation made by the federal government under the Obama Administration to ensure that the zip code one was born in does not determine their future. | Domestic | West Philadelphia | No | One year | Stipend, insurance, Segal Ed Award, loan deferment | Instagram: promisecorps X: promisecorpsphl | Taryn Painter | ||
35 | Young Adults in Global Mission | Teaching/Education, Capacity Building, Health Care, Development, Congregational Ministry, Human Rights, Women’s Issues | A year-long transformative experience in international service. Volunteers share in the journeys of companion churches and organizations in one of six country programs worldwide. As they offer themselves in service they are shaped by the witness of our global neighbors by confronting issues of wealth and poverty, racial privilege, economic disparity, and globalization, all through the lens of faith. | Volunteers serve in the spirit of accompaniment. This means that they walk alongside global companions in a manner that practices mutuality, interdependence, and solidarity. In other words, they are there to be rather than to do. | 30 | International | Mexico, Argentina/Uruguay, United Kingdom, Central Europe, Senegal, Jerusalem/West Bank | Yes | It is based on Lutheran tradition but other faiths are welcome and even volunteers with no religious affiliation. | One year | Room, Board, Travelers Medical Insurance, Travel/Transportation, Visa Documentation, Stipend and Loan Deferment | website: https://www.elca.org/YAGM?_ga=2.159570237.1299834885.1698678596-1931765351.1698120126 social media: elcayagm | Sol Namir Nadal-Díaz |