Serve a Year in NYC
Join a network of motivated New Yorkers working to address the City's most pressing issues. In an NYC Service AmeriCorps program, expect to make an impact on your community and grow as a civic leader.
NYC Service AmeriCorps members serve at City agencies or NYC nonprofits, dedicating 10-month terms (September to June) to meaningful capacity-building projects. Whether conducting outreach, developing awareness campaigns, or recruiting new volunteers, AmeriCorps members contribute their time and skills to effecting positive change within New York City neighborhoods.
AmeriCorps Applications Are Now Closed.
Sign Up for Updates Here
NYC Service AmeriCorps members earn valuable resume-building professional experience while building connections within and gaining exposure to City government or the NYC nonprofit sector. Members also receive the following benefits during their service term:
- Living allowance (up to $21,250 - $23,800, pre-tax)
- Monthly 30-Day Unlimited MetroCards
- 15 days PTO, plus recognized calendar holidays
- Loan forbearance
- Healthcare coverage
- Childcare assistance, if eligible
- Eligible for SNAP benefits
- Monthly training and networking opportunities
Individuals who complete their service term are also eligible to receive an Eli Segal AmeriCorps Education Award (valued at $5,176) upon completion, to put toward existing student loans or future education opportunities.
Which Program Is Right for You?
Serve a year in NYC as an AmeriCorps member in one of our programs. You will receive city government or nonprofit exposure, professional experience, Eli Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, MetroCard, health coverage, living allowance, and more! Which program is right for you?
Mobilize Volunteers - NYC Civic Corps
NYC Civic Corps recruits and places AmeriCorps members to serve full-time from September 2024 to June 2025 at select nonprofit organizations. NYC Civic Corps members build, develop, and grow volunteer programs by recruiting, managing, and engaging volunteers to address priority issues in New York City.
Engage Communities - City Service Corps
City Service Corps recruits individuals to serve full-time from September 2024 to June 2025 at City agency host sites. City Service Corps is comprised of high-impact service projects led by city agencies in impact areas addressing critical capacity and community-related issues.
Improve Health Outcomes - NYCHA Health Corps
NYCHA Health Corps is a new and exciting Public Health AmeriCorps program administered by NYC Service in close partnership with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), in which NYCHA residents are recruited to serve full-time at community-based nonprofits and public agencies for 10 months from September 2024 to June 2025.
Learn More
.png)
Build Capacity to Allieviate Poverty - NYC VISTA
VISTA members serve at New York City government agencies full-time from July 2024 to August 2025 to address critical city issues related to poverty by engaging in capacity-building work. Capacity building refers to tasks and activities that create, expand or strengthen the systems and processes that help an organization carry out its anti-poverty work.
Young Adult Success CorpsYoung Adult Success Corps is under the branch of City Service Corps. Young Adult Success Corps recruits young adults under probation supervision to serve part-time from September 2024 to June 2025 at City agencies and CBOs. Young Adult Success Corps serves as both an important strategy for solving local challenges, but also a workforce development program for members and the City.
NYC Service Host Site Partners for 2024 - 2025 Program Year
-
Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park
-
American Red Cross - Greater NY Region
-
Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC
-
Boys Hope Girls Hope
-
Bronx is Blooming
-
Brownsville Partnership
-
Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health at Beford Stuyvesant , DOHMH
-
Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health at Brownsville, DOHMH
-
Bureau of Public Health Clinics , DOHMH
-
Center for Community Alternatives
-
Center for the Integration and Advancement of New Americans, Inc. (CIANA)
-
Children of Promise NYC
-
City Parks Foundation
-
Community Help in Park Slope
-
Community Meditation Center
-
Council on American-Islamic Relations - New York
-
Counseling in Schools
-
Sanitation Foundation, DSNY
-
Every Day is a Miracle
-
Extreme Kids & Crew
-
Family Health Centers at NYU Langone
-
Family Reentry, NYCHA
-
Food Bank for NYC
-
Futures & Options
-
GallopNYC
-
Graham Windham
-
Grassroots Grocery
-
Haitian-American Alliance of New York
-
International Rescue Committee
-
Knowledge House Fellowship
-
Lighthouse Guild
-
Lincoln Hospital, NYC Health + Hospitals
-
Little Sisters of the Assumption
-
Make the Road New York
-
Mary Mitchell Family & Youth Center
-
Maternity Hospital Quality Improvement Network (MHQIN) , DOHMH
-
Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
-
New York Academy of Sciences
-
North Brooklyn Parks Alliance
-
Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation
-
NYC Children
-
NYC Civic Engagement Commission
-
NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
-
NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
-
NYC Department of Records & Information Services
-
NYC Department of Sanitation
-
NYC Emergency Management
-
NYC Human Resources Administration
-
NYC Mayor's Public Engagement Unit
-
NYC Parks
-
Office of Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals
-
One Community
-
Osborne Association
-
Petey Greene Program
-
PowerPlay NYC
-
Private-Public Partnerships, NYCHA
-
Raising Health
-
Read718
-
Resident Health Initiatives , NYCHA
-
Resident Relocation Services , NYCHA
-
RETI Center
-
Ronald McDonald House New York
-
Scan Harbor
-
Seeds of Fortune
-
Services for the Underserved
-
South Bronx United
-
Take The Pressure Off, DOHMH
-
Team Kids
-
The Lower East Side Girls Club
-
Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
-
Uptown Stories
-
Urban Debate League
Stories of Service
Discover the untold stories and transformative experiences of our 2023-2024 AmeriCorps members as they embark on their service journeys.
Read Our Articles
Are You an NYC Service Alum? Learn more about upcoming events and available resources here.
Hoping to Host an AmeriCorps Member? If you're a City agency or NYC nonprofit looking to build capacity and engage more New Yorkers, learn how to host an NYC Service AmeriCorps member here.
Terms & Conditions • Privacy Policy • NYC.gov
Copyright © 2023 The City of New York. The inclusion of any organization or person in this database does not constitute a representation, warranty or endorsement with respect to the competence, suitability or reliability of such organization or person by NYC Service; nor does NYC Service sponsor or endorse any third-party website.
Stay Connected!