AmeriCorps in Washington

AmeriCorps Habitat for Humanity National Direct
Habitat For Humanity Seattle/South King County
Margie Law
mlaw@seattle-habitat.org
206-292-5240 Ext. 111
http://www.seattle-habitat.org
Counties: King
Members: 6 FT

We are looking for energetic, flexible socially-minded individuals to fill positions as Construction Site Crew Leads, a 21st Century Housing Challenge Crew Lead and a Family Resource Assistant. The Crew Leads will assist with construction and renovation projects, ensure the safety and proper utilization of volunteers on the worksite, and help to manage materials on the construction site. The Family Resource Assistant coordinates the family selection process and supports the Family Resources Manager in a variety of ways relating to family support and training.

Blue Mountain Action Council AmeriCorps
Blue Mountain Action Council
Luis Rosales
luisr@bmacww.org
509-529-4980 Ext. 130
http://bmacww.org/programs.htm
Counties: Walla Walla
Members: 21 FT

The BMAC AmeriCorps program offers several exciting projects to choose from: tutoring academically at risk students, horticulture/garden school project, recruiting mentors for children at risk, after school art and music project, and youth and family advocates and recruiters. Come join our team and help create positive change in the lives of children, youth, and families by serving with BMAC AmeriCorps. Be the change you want to see!

Building Bridges
Washington Service Corps
Robert Brader
Rbrader@esd.wa.gov
360-438-3119
http://www.wa.gov/esd/wsc/
Counties: Clark, King, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Spokane, Whatcom and Yakima.
Members: 10 FT

Building Bridges is comprehensive dropout prevention, intervention, and retrieval system signed into Law during the 2007 legislation under House Bill 1573. The intent of the project is to create and fund local partnerships of schools, families, and communities supporting the goal to increase academic success and graduation rates for students who are at risk of dropping out of middle or high school including youth in foster care, the juvenile justice system, special education and dropouts.

Cispus AmeriCorps
Cispus Learning Center
Richard Cromwell
Cromwell@cispus.org
360-497-7131
http://www.cispus.org
Counties: Lewis
Members: 12 FT

This team of full-time volunteers serves as tutors and mentors in the small, rural school districts of White Pass, Morton, and Mossyrock, located in eastern Lewis County. Members also serve at an alternative high school completion program for pregnant and parenting teens. Two positions are focused on developing and delivering youth programs in the small town of Packwood while two other positions are coordinators for a drop-in teen center in Morton.

City Year Seattle/King County
Petaki Cobell
pcobell@cityyear.org
206-219-5010
http://www.cityyear.org/seattle
Counties: King
Members: 53 FT

City Year corps members, ages 17-24, serve 10 months September through June as full-time tutors and mentors, running after-school programs, and leading youth leadership programs.

Clallam AmeriCorps
Clallam County Family YMCA
Jacques Livingston
jlivingston@portangelesschools.org
360-417-3697
http://www.clallamamericorps.org
Counties: Clallam and Jefferson
Members: 19 FT 6 PT

AmeriCorps members serve to meet the critical needs of at-risk youth in Clallam County. Members will provide tutoring and mentoring for youth (K-12) in schools and community centers. Members spend direct one-to-one time with 12-18 youth, providing a positive adult mentorship in their lives.

CLEARCorps Washington
American Lung Association of Washington
Aileen Gagney and Casey Coulombe
agagney@alaw.org and ccoulombe@alaw.org
206-441-5100
http://www.alaw.org/mhe
Counties: King, Yakima, and Spokane
Members: 2 FT 4 PT

In conjunction with the American Lung Association of Washington’s Master Home Environmentalist© Program’s CLEARCorps of Washington recruits and trains its members to conduct in-home air quality assessments which utilize the Home Environmental Assessment List© (HEAL©). The corpsmembers use the HEAL to guide them through the process of identifying issues such as asthma and allergy triggers, lead, asbestos, mold, et cetera that are specific to the resident’s home then recommend low-cost and no-cost solutions to identified problems. Corpsmembers are intimately involved in all aspects of the Master Home Environmentalist© Program, training volunteers in indoor air quality issues, performing home assessments, entering resident’s information into the database, tracking volunteer activities and hours, answering environmental health questions from the public, updating fact sheets, attending health fairs and making presentations.

Cowlitz AmeriCorps Network
United Way of Cowlitz County
Carole Eby
ceby@residentialresources.org
(360) 577-9093
www.residentialresources.org
Counties: Cowlitz
Members: 26 FT & 4 PT

Positions on the Cowlitz team address a wide range of educational, health, safety, and social service needs for a rural county whose largest city, Longview, struggles with high unemployment, methamphetamine use, and domestic violence despite its small size. Over 20 host partners offer meaningful service, a variety of training opportunities, and resume building experience. Our team of dedicated volunteers include teenagers and retirees, those with a GED and those working on advanced degrees, and a diversity of experience united in a common desire to positively impact the most pressing needs in Cowlitz County.

Disability Navigator Project
Washington Service Corps
Robert Brader
Rbrader@esd.wa.gov
360-438-3119
http://www.wa.gov/esd/wsc/
Counties: Benton, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whatcom and Yakima.
Members: 12 FT

The Washington Disability Navigator Project project aims to develop, sustain and improve access, services and outcomes for people with disabilities within Washington’s WorkSource system. WorkSource is a network of organizations and "one-stop" Career Centers that offer employment and training services to businesses and job seekers.

EarthCorps
Washington Service Corps
Elizabeth Moseley
moseley@earthcorps.org
206-322-9296 Ext. 102
http://www.earthcorps.org
Counties: King
Members: 12 FT

Get Dirty! EarthCorps delivers an intensive training program that combines hands-on fieldwork with a broad, cross-cultural education in environmental restoration while building global community.

EarthCorps
Linsey Blake
Linsey@earthcorps.org
206-730-3823 Ext. 223
http://www.earthcorps.org
Counties: King
Members: 12 FT

EarthCorps is a non-profit organization founded in 1993. It is dedicated to building global community through local environmental restoration service. As an AmeriCorps affiliate, EarthCorps provides one-year intensive programs for young adults (18-25) to learn best practices in conservation techniques and develop skills in leading volunteers (ages 8-80).

Federal Way Public Schools AmeriCorps
Federal Way Public Schools
Elise Bales
ebales@fwps.org
253-945-2271
http://www.fwps.org/dept/volunteer
Counties: King
Members: 50 FT

Federal Way Public Schools AmeriCorps members serve full time for 10.5 months. The member’s time is spent in assigned school settings tutoring students one-on-one, in small groups and in before and/or after school programs. Members receive ongoing training throughout their service experience, and meet weekly with the 50 member Federal Way Public Schools AmeriCorps team. Additionally, members will facilitate and promote Civic Engagement. AmeriCorps members plan and participate in community service projects and events. Each member is Community Emergency Response Trained (CERT).

Ferry County Counseling Services AmeriCorps
Ferry County Counseling Services
Julie O’Neal
Julie@fccs1.org
509-775-3311
Counties: Ferry
Members: 15 FT

Members serve throughout rural Ferry County in projects that address education, human needs, and the environment. You can serve in a school tutoring and mentoring struggling students, as well as providing after school and summer programs. Or you may choose to provide prevention activities for youth and parenting classes at Ferry County Counseling Services, or serve with the Conservation District working on environmental issues.

HealthCorps
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Jennifer Tee
americoordinator@seamarchc.org
206-764-8045
http://www.seamar.org/volunteers/Americorps/Home.htm
Counties: All of Western Washington
Members: 10 FT 8 PT

Sea Mar Community Health Centers is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health and human services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos. Sea Mar HealthCorps members are committed to improving access, increasing utilization, and providing health education for the medically underserved of western Washington, with a focus on South Park, Seattle. The Community HealthCorps experience includes daily service in a specific department of SEA MAR CHC or a partner site/health center, and participation in team-led outreach projects and regular team trainings.

Intermountain AmeriCorps
Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council
Anwen Cartwright
anwenc@intermountainac.com
509-662-6156 Ext. 251
http://www.intermountainac.com
Counties: Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan, Grant
Members: 44 FT

Everyone has witnessed a child falling through the cracks of the education system, something that happens throughout rural North Central Washington due to poverty, family circumstances, and Spanish-English language barriers. Intermountain AmeriCorps seeks to improve these students’ basic and essential education skills through tutoring, mentoring, and networking communities with schools. Join our diverse and engaged group of volunteers from all over the United States who serve with Intermountain to make a difference while gaining valuable experience and skills.

JustServe AmeriCorps
Solid Ground
Tera Oglesby
justserve@solid-ground.org
206-957-4779 Ext. 110
http://www.solid-ground.org/AmeriCorps/JustServe
Counties: King
Members: 34 FT

JustServe AmeriCorps is a collaboration between Solid Ground, the Corporation for National and Community Service, Seattle Police Department and more than a dozen other local criminal justice system agencies, middle and high schools, community-based organizations and faith-based organizations to create a just and safe community. In the upcoming national service year, JustServe AmeriCorps Members will work with youth at risk of violence, victims of domestic violence, adults caught up in the criminal justice system and community volunteers of all ages to prevent violence in our community

KCHA AmeriCorps
King County Housing Authority
Pat Porter
patp@kcha.org
206-574-1354
http://www.kcha.org/home/home.aspx
Counties: King
Members: 14 FT

KCHA team members focus on youth leadership development,development of community gardens, community building and environmental stewardship.

L'Arche Seattle
L'Arche USA
Abbey Piner
(202) 543-0630
www.larcheseattle.org
Counties: King
Members: 5 FT

This is a live-in placement, in an intentional faith-based community, wherein volunteers provide direct care for adults with disabilities. This includes physical and emotional care, as well as helping them participate in social and recreational activities. Volunteers fulfill specific tasks that help "create home," such as cooking, and light household maintenance. Volunteers help plan and/or participate in community events and celebrations.

L'Arche Spokane
L'Arche USA
Abbey Piner
(202) 543-0630
www.volunteersolutions.org/unitedwayspokane/org/219961.html
Counties: Spokane
Members: 5 FT

L'Arche Tacoma
L'Arche USA
Abbey Piner
(202) 543-0630
www.larchetahomahope.org
Counties: Pierce
Members: 10 FT

Literacy AmeriCorps Seattle/King County
King County Library System
Leeta Scott
ljscott@kcls.org
425-369-3455
http://www.kcls.org/
Counties: King
Members: 25 FT

AmeriCorps members teach fundamental literacy skills to adults through GED, ABE, and ESL services.

Mentoring Children of Promise
Educational Service District 101
Kristy Stender-Bratcher
kbratcher@esd101.net
509-789-3535
http://mcp.esd101.net
Counties: Spokane
Members: 3 FT

Mentoring Children of Promise (MCP) is a community-based mentoring program sponsored by Educational Service District 101 (ESD 101) and implemented by Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest (GIIN). Children of Promise are children experiencing life with a parent(s) who is incarcerated. MCP provides eligible young people support through valuable, ongoing, one-on-one relationships with screened and qualified mentors.

MLK VISTA
Solid Ground
MLKVISTA@solid-ground.org
206-926-9000
http://www.solid-ground.org/AmeriCorps
Counties: King
Members: 30 FT

Martin Luther King VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) are placed as full-time volunteers at non-profit agencies in the Seattle/King County area. Members serve for one year as part of a national movement, Volunteers in Service to America, similar to a "domestic peace corps". Typically VISTAs serve at an agency to develop, implement and/or manage new projects. The MLK Corps has an anti-poverty focus, and we work primarily in the areas of housing and homelessness; technology access for low-income populations; family support (including domestic violence prevention); and employment and training.

Northwest Leadership Foundation
Noah Baskett
nbaskett@northwestleadership.org
253-272-0771 Ext. 30
http://www.northwestleadership.org
Counties: Pierce
Members: 15 FT

The NLF AmeriCorps Team consists of 15 young adults serving in Tacoma, Washington. Interns work in schools, after-school programs and community centers to provide mentoring, tutoring and community organizing resources to Tacoma's historically underserved populations. AmeriCorps interns will be trained extensively throughout the year on topics related to urban and community development and education.

Northwest Service Academy
Educational Service District 112
Brandee Barnes
brandee.barnes@esd112.org
360-750-7500 x394
http://www.northwestserviceacademy.org
http://www.mtadamscenter.org
http://www.p2professional.org/blog/
http://www.esd112.org/links
Counties: Statewide
Members: 151 FT 256 PT

Operating since 1994, Northwest Service Academy (NWSA) provides valuable job experience in environmental service careers while meeting local community needs across the entire northwest. NWSA service locations and community agency partnerships are extremely diverse: from environmental service in vibrant, progressive urban communities with non-profits or municipal agencies; to field work in some of the world’s most pristine landscapes doing restoration and public land enhancement projects. NWSA’s Links Education Award-Only program connects local communities and individuals with one another to address critical local needs in the areas of education, public safety, the environment and other human needs.

Northwest Washington Reading Corps
Jennifer Rice, Quinn Slayton
Skagit County Community Action Agency
wrcrecruitment@skagitcap.org
(360) 416-7585
www.northwestwrc.org
Counties: Skagit, Whatcom, Island and Snohomish
Members: 80 FT

We are a group of 60 AmeriCorps*State and AmeriCorps*VISTA members dedicated to improving the reading abilities of young students across four counties in Northwest Washington: Whatcom, Skagit, Island and Snohomish. This is acheived through research-based tutoring of struggling readers and effective collaborations among schools, families, community members, national service, businesses and state partners.

Notre Dame AmeriCorps & Sound Youth VISTA
Notre Dame Mission Volunteers & The Church Council of Greater Seattle
Elaina Ellis or Lyle Canceko
soundyouth@thechurchcouncil.org
206-525-1213 Ex. 3933
www.soundyouth.org
County: King
Members: 20 FT

Sound Youth VISTA and Notre Dame AmeriCorps -- in partnership for youth! We place AmeriCorps Direct and VISTA members in youth-serving organizations through-out Seattle. You can tutor, mentor, coach, fundraise, organize, advocate, and generally support youth and their communities! We are a team-based program, rooted in social justice and working toward youth empowerment.

Pierce County Alliance
Washington State Service Corps
Kathy Cannon
bannonka@p-c-a.org
(253) 502-5491
Pcayouthservices.org
County: Pierce
Members: 1 FT

Advance the well being of children in foster care by providing a continuum of services for youth who are in and aging out of the foster care system. AmeriCorps members will primarily recruit adults to serve as Foster Care to College (FCTC) mentors for youth in the Alliances foster care program.

QUEST Program (Quaker Experiential Service and Training)
University Friends Meeting
Julian O'Reilley
questprogramufm@yahoo.com
206-734-4300
http://www.scn.org/friends/quest.html
Counties: King
Members: 6 FT

QUEST is an internship program sponsored by the University Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Located in Seattle, Washington, QUEST seeks to build a peaceful, just, sustainable world by empowering interns to act as agents of social change and social service during their year with QUEST and throughout their lives. The program provides Quaker and non-Quaker interns with: quality, year-long positions at local social change and social service organizations that can benefit from an intern's service; supplemental training to empower interns in their work for social change and social service; and a community house in the U District where interns can receive support, practice community-building skills, and live simply.

Ready*Corps
Washington Service Corps
Terri Jack
tjack@esd.wa.gov
360-438-4012
http://www.wa.gov/esd/wsc
Counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Clark, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Pacific, Pend Orielle, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, Yakima
Members: 45FT

Ready*Corps focuses on homeland security issues relating to disaster preparedness, emergency planning and community outreach activities. Medical Reserve Corps is a new component of the Ready*Corps program that brings together local health professionals and others with relevant health-related skills to volunteer in their local community. They assist local, existing community emergency medical response systems as well as provide a group of readily trained and available resources to help communities deal with pressing public health needs and improvements.

Regional Service Corps-AmeriCorps
Pasco School District #1
Stephæn Harrell or Jenifer Munson
rysc@owt.com or rysc2@owt.com
509-546-0180
http://www.owt.com/rysc
Counties: Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla
Members: 21 FT

RSC manages a regional network of projects, which address the areas of school success, youth development and public safety. It offers a strong leadership development component., with training is high caliber, team-based, and largely experiential; many graduates say it was a challenge that they never regret having met. Beyond training, members are encouraged to develop educational presentations and signature projects that inform and engage others, and to get involved in a variety of other community projects that address various human needs and environmental concerns. The program seeks applications from those who are 18 or older and have a strong desire to make a difference in the lives of others while enhancing their own ability to lead in the future.

Seattle Youth Garden Works
Seattle Youth Garden Works/ Church Council of Greater Seattle
Julie Krippner
americorps@sygw.org
206-632-0352 Ext. 18
http://www.sygw.org
Counties: King
Members: 10 FT

Seattle Youth Garden Works is a ten-member AmeriCorps team in Seattle, Washington that serves low-income and/or homeless youth and young adults. Members serve at the following agencies: YouthCare’s Orion Center, ROOTS Young Adult Shelter, and Seattle Youth Garden Works. Make a difference in the lives of young people in a variety of ways including teaching employment skills in an organic farm to market setting, planning self-esteem building activities, and providing meals and a safe shelter.

Students in Service AmeriCorps Program
Washington Campus Compact
Patrick McGinty
Patrick.Mcginty@wwu.edu
360-650-7257
www.studentsinservice.org
Counties: All Counties eligible; however student member must be from participating campus
Members: 900 PT

Students from participating Washington colleges and universities can sign up for the Students in Service (SIS) AmeriCorps program and serve in any county in Washington state. The Students in Service program is a part-time AmeriCorps program that encourages and supports college and university students to enroll as part-time AmeriCorps members who provide valuable service in their communities. SIS members make a difference in their communities, gain valuable civic and workforce skills, and upon completion of their term of service, earn an education award.

Tacoma Housing Authority AmeriCorps
Tacoma Housing Authority
Kim Anderson
kanderson@tacomahousing.org
253-274-5580
www.tacomahousing.org
Counties: Pierce
Members: 12 FT

Free Housing for Members, Extensive Trainings, and service in Human Needs are all a part of the Tacoma Housing Authority AmeriCorps team. Varied sites serving high needs populations in positions that provide a supportive team environment, networking opportunities and a sense of personal satisfaction.

The Retention Project
Washington Campus Compact
Linda Schnee
Linda.schnee@wwu.edu
360-650-7263
http://www.wacampuscompact.org
Counties: Clark, King , Pierce, Snohomish , Spokane, Thurston, Whatcom, Grant and Yakima
Members: 26 FT

The Retention Project utilizes service-learning as a strategy to improve the retention of first-generation college students and the academic advancement of disadvantaged high school and other non-traditional students. Washington Campus Compact (WACC) directs the administration of the Retention Project in collaboration with colleges and universities, high schools, community leaders, and policy makers. WACC and its higher education host sites will provide training and professional development opportunities to 26 full-time AmeriCorps members, and with this training, members will recruit and train first-generation college service-learning students to serve as mentors.

Washington Conservation Corps
Washington Department of Ecology
Erin Curl
ercu461@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6706
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/wcc/
Counties: Statewide
Members: 135 FT

The Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) offers 18-25 year old men and women the opportunity to serve in AmeriCorps while completing environmental enhancement, habitat restoration, and natural resource management projects throughout Washington State. Members work in teams to support local community environmental initiatives while gaining skills and training to enhance future career goals. Projects include riparian and wetland planting and maintenance, woody debris placement, habitat and fish surveys, trail and fence construction, and emergency response activities including: flood response, hurricane and tornado relief efforts, wildland firefighting, and HAZMAT response as directed by Washington Department of Ecology.

Washington Reading Corps
Community Youth Services
Allen Stanton
astanton@communityyouthservices.org
360-943-0780 Ext.161 or 888-698-1816 Ext. 161
http://www.communityyouthservices.org/p_americorps_WRC.shtml
Counties: Pierce, Kitsap, Mason, Grays Harbor, Thurston and Lewis
Members: 58 FT

State and VISTA positions serving in a team based program promoting reading and literacy at elementary schools and non-profits. Members serve a variety of roles including tutor, mentor, and volunteer coordinator. Members also coordinate and participate in local community service projects with their team.

Washington Reading Corps
Solid Ground
americorpsinfo@solid-ground.org
206-926-9000
http://www.solid-ground.org/AmeriCorps
Counties: King
Members: 63 FT

The Achievement Gap is a social justice issue. Research demonstrates that if a child cannot read well by the end of third grade his or her chances for academic success is significantly diminished. Through the Washington Reading Corps, AmeriCorps members provide direct daily tutoring and full-time VISTA members help school communities to harness the talent and energies of parents and community members as volunteer tutors. Last school year WRC schools statewide recruited more than 11,000 volunteers who tutored over 25,000 students, contributing to impressive gains in statewide reading tests. WRC Members of all ages gain experience in direct tutoring, volunteer management, and strengthening community. WRC Members also develop their own leadership skills by participating in team trainings and state-wide Member Development Institutes, as well as by leading local service projects.

WorkSource Youth Project
Washington Service Corps
Robert Brader
Rbrader@esd.wa.gov
360-438-3119
http://www.wa.gov/esd/wsc/
Counties: Cowlitz, Grant, Lewis, Pierce, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Walla Walla and Yakima.
Members: 10 FT

The WorkSource Youth Project places ten AmeriCorps youth members, ages 18-25, in WorkSource Centers across the state of Washington to promote, support and enhance youth employment services. Project goals are to increase the number of youth accessing WorkSource centers, to increase the number of young people who understand and act on educational, career, and service opportunities available to them and to collaborate with workforce development youth partners in an effort to enhance employment and educational services to all youth.

Youth In Service
Community Youth Services
Allen Stanton
astanton@communityyouthservices.org
360-943-0780 Ext.161 or 888-698-1816 Ext. 161
http://www.communityyouthservices.org/p_americorps_YIS.shtml
Counties: Thurston
Members: 22 FT

The mission of AmeriCorps Youth in Service Program is to develop service leaders who address critical needs in the areas of education and human needs. Members mentor and support youth and families at-risk, as well as provide capacity building and volunteer recruitment and management for non-profit youth serving organizations. Members must have a high school diploma/GED, previous volunteer experience and be 18-25 at the start of the service year.

AmeriCorps in Washington

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