Build Capacity with an NYC Service AmeriCorps Member
Are you an NYC nonprofit or City agency looking to expand your impact? Become an AmeriCorps host site with NYC Service and receive capacity-building support to achieve your mission and reach more New Yorkers.
AmeriCorps members #GetThingsDone across New York City -- helping nonprofits and City agencies build programs, mobilize volunteers, and engage communities. Our host site partners play a critical role in addressing NYC's most pressing needs -- all while developing the next generation of civic leaders.
** Application Opens February 2025 **
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What Do AmeriCorps Members Do?
Hosting an AmeriCorps member can help your organization develop new initiatives, reach new communities, and gain fresh perspectives to achieve your agency's most ambitious goals.
NYC Service AmeriCorps members specifically support in the areas below:
- Community Outreach & Engagement
- Data & Evaluation
- Program Development
- Volunteer Management & Recruitment
Members serve at their host sites full-time (~35 hours per week) 10-month terms, from September 2025 through June 2026.
Is Your Agency Eligible?
To be eligible, host sites must:
- Be an NYC City agency or 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
- Designate a full-time staff member to supervise and support the member on-site
- Provide space and technology access to the member
- Ensure proposed activities fall within allowed AmeriCorps guidelines
- Commit to paying a participation fee per member, dependent on organization type and budget
Host site supervisors commit to attending a full-day orientation in July/August 2025, as well as quarterly virtual training sessions throughout the program year.
How To Apply
- Confirm Your Eligibility & Gather Application Materials.
You'll need the following to apply:
- Online Application (coming soon)
- Position Description
- Most Recent Form 990 (nonprofits only)
- EEO/Sexual Harassment Policy
- Submit Your Application & Position Description.
- Complete a Supervisor Interview.
New host sites, projects, and/or supervisors are required to interview; returning sites and supervisors may be asked to interview depending on project details
2025-2026 host sites will be notified of their acceptance in late March 2025.
AmeriCorps members will begin service in September 2025.
Want to Learn More?
We'll be hosting information sessions in the coming weeks; stay tuned for more info. In the meantime, schedule time to chat with our team at servicerecruitment@cityhall.nyc.gov.
The council mobilizes more than twenty National Service programs from within the five boroughs to strengthen AmeriCorps programs and enhance the member experience, focusing on partnerships to increase recruitment and retention, bolster professional development opportunities, and collaborate on member engagement.
Any NYC-based AmeriCorps program is eligible to participate. If you're interested in joining or attending an upcoming meeting, please email nationalservice@cityhall.nyc.gov.
Current Council Partners Include:
ArtistYear |
Notre Dame Mission Volunteers |
Center for Employment Opportunities |
NYC Aging |
Children's Aid |
PowerPlay NYC |
City Year New York |
Public Health Solutions |
Community Health Care Association of New York State |
Reading Partners NYC |
Community Service Society |
Ronald McDonald House New York |
GO Foundation |
St. Nick's Alliance |
Grand Street Settlement |
Sunset Park Health Council NYU |
Green City Force |
SUNY System |
Hunger Free America |
The Felix Organization |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation |
Up2Us Sports |
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) |
YouthBuild USA |
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