ERIC Number: ED578159
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 2
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AmeriCorps: Getting Things Done for America. Fact Sheet
Corporation for National and Community Service
AmeriCorps engages more than 80,000 men and women in intensive service each year at more than 21,000 locations including nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. AmeriCorps members help communities tackle pressing problems while mobilizing millions of volunteers for the organizations they serve. Members gain valuable professional, educational, and life benefits, and the experience has a lasting impact on the members and the communities they serve. This fact sheet provides information on AmeriCorps, including the three main programs.
Descriptors: Volunteers, Nonprofit Organizations, State Programs, National Programs, Community Programs, Poverty, Social Problems, Intervention, Residential Programs, Young Adults, Safety, Conservation (Environment), Youth Programs, Emergency Programs, Natural Disasters, Educational Opportunities, Job Skills, Leadership Training
Corporation for National and Community Service. 1201 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20525. Tel: 202-606-5000; e-mail: info@cns.gov; Web site: http://www.nationalservice.gov
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Corporation for National and Community Service
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