Information on National Service

• Serving America: A National Service Agenda for the Next Decade by Shirley Sagawa (September 2007)

• CRS Report on the Corporation for National and Community Service and FY07 funding

• Click here to download an AmeriCorps fact sheet prepared for AmeriCorps Week, May 13-17, 2007

• What is AmeriCorps

• About the Corporation for National and Community Service

• The full text of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993

• Corporation for National and Community Service funding opportunities and guidelines

• Issue brief on the Public-Private Partnership fostered by national service

• The post-service AmeriCorps Education Award

• Overview of Federal Support for National Service from 1930s to the Present

• Summary of National Service Programs by State

• SERVEnet.org

• Connect with AmeriCorps Alums

Program Impact Studies

• Click here to access all research commissioned by the Corporation for National and Community Service, including the AmeriCorps longitudinal study, a rigorous evaluation which demonstrates that AmeriCorps has long-term positive impacts on members’ years after they serve.

• Click here to access a continually updated Catalog of National Service Research. You can submit additional research to be cataloged by sending an email to info@voicesforservice.org.

Exemplary AmeriCorps Members
Share Their Stories

• Thaddeus Claiborne, Jumpstart

• Katherine Clements, Jumpstart

• Peter Dieser, Washington Conservation Corps

• Greg Heinrich, AmeriCorps Alums

• Patricia Jarnot, West Seneca AmeriCorps Emergency Response Team

• Peter Ostroske, AmeriCorps* NCCC

• Patrice Pennington, Public Allies (link to document named Patrice Pennington testimony)

• Amanda Reese, AmeriCorps* NCCC (posthumously)

• Carrie Smith, West Seneca AmeriCorps Response Team

• Kristina Smith, City Year Louisiana

• Neale Smith, Habitat for Humanity

• Pete Salazar, US Veterans Initiative

• Kimberly Walker, on behalf of the entire Mississippi HealthCorps