Snohomish County AmeriCorps Program
About AmeriCorps: Snohomish County
The Workforce Development Council is excited to announce the Snohomish County Recovery Act AmeriCorps Program! Starting in July 2009, 15 members will serve throughout Snohomish County addressing critical needs in energy efficiency and regional low income service refferals.
The Workforce Development Council Snohomish County has had the privilege of hosting the Snohomish County AmeriCorps program from August 2003 through July 2009. In those six years, The Snohomish County AmeriCorps Program served over 20,000 youth with job preparedness, service-learning, and enrichment activities through the service of 105 AmeriCorps Members who collectively donated over 150,000 hours to our community.
About AmeriCorps: Nationwide
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 75,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.
AmeriCorps members serve with more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based and community organizations. Since 1994, more than 500,000 men and women have provided needed assistance to millions of Americans across the nation through their AmeriCorps service.
AmeriCorps opens the door for citizens to serve in a variety of ways. Through their service and the volunteers they mobilize, AmeriCorps members address critical needs in communities throughout America.
AmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency created to connect Americans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities and their nation. AmeriCorps is made up of three programs: AmeriCorps*State and National; AmeriCorps*VISTA; and AmeriCorps*NCCC. The Corporation also oversees Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America. Together these programs engage more than 1.5 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year.