AmeriCorp Program List
Barnstable County’s AmeriCorps Cape Cod
Boston Teacher Residency, a program of the Boston Plan for Excellence
City Year
Citywide Board of Boston Community Centers, Inc
Citizen Schools, Inc.
DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services – YouthServe
Friends of the Children - Boston
Generations Incorporated
Jumpstart
Just A Start Corporation – YouthBuild Just a Start
MassMentoring Partnership
MATCH Corps, a program of MATCH School
New Sector Alliance
Northeastern University
Old Colony Y – City Pride Leaps in Literacy
ROCA, INC, Youth STAR
Social Capital Inc. (SCI)
Springfield College AmeriCorps Program
South Coast Counties Legal Services
The Student Conservation Association, Inc. – SCA Mass Parks
Tenacity
United Teen Equality Center
Barnstable County’s AmeriCorps Cape Cod
Legal Applicant: Barnstable County
Program Name: AmeriCorps Cape Cod
Contact Person: Mary Lawrence; Darlene Johnson Morris
Program Address: 3195 Main Street, Barnstable, MA 02630
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 508-375-6869 F: 508-375-0140
Email Address: mlawrence@barnstablecounty.org; darlene@barnstablecounty.org
Summary:
AmeriCorps Cape Cod is a full-time residential program where members serve in teams to meet the environmental and disaster preparedness and response needs of the Cape.
Boston Teacher Residency, a program of the Boston Plan for Excellence
Legal Applicant: Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools
Program Name: Boston Teacher Residency
Contact Person: Felicia Estrada
Program Address: 6 Beacon Street #615, Boston, MA 02108
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 617-227-8055 F: 617-227-8446
Email Address: festrada@bpe.org
Summary:
Boston Teacher Residency places members in K-12 classrooms of the Boston Public School System for a year, preparing them to become effective teachers for urban schools. During the year, members earn their Initial Teaching License as well as a master’s degree in education from UMass/Boston.
City Year
Legal Applicant: City Year, Inc.
Program Name: City Year Boston
Contact Person: Chris Plummer, Lindsay Noecker
Program Address: 287 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 617-927-2500 F: 617-927-2560
Email Address:cplummer@cityyear.org; lnoecker@cityyear.org
Summary:
City Year provides in-school and after-school programming and literacy tutoring in Boston Public Schools. They will field 160 young adults in 13 teams to serve full-time in under-resourced neighborhoods in Boston.
Citywide Board of Boston Community Centers, Inc
Legal Applicant: Citywide Board of Boston Community Centers, Inc
Program Name: Boston Urban Youth Leadership Corps
Contact Person: Michal Shapiro, Christopher Byner
Program Address: 1483 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120
Phone/Fax Number: P: 617-635-4920, Michal x 2246 or Chris x 2215 F: 617-635-1241
Email Address: peacefellows@gmail.com (Michal), chrisby@cityofboston.gov
Summary:
The UYLC is working to enhance the quality of life for Boston residents by supporting children, youth and families through a wide range of comprehensive programs and services. UYLC teaches community organizing, mentoring, leadership, and teaching skills in order to spread this knowledge to the community at large and create positive role models for younger children.
Citizen Schools, Inc.
Legal Applicant: Citizen Schools, Inc.
Program Name: Citizen Schools Massachusetts
Contact Person: Paula Coyle
Program Address: 308 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
Phone Number: 617.695.2300 x175
Email Address: paulacoyle@citizenschools.org
Summary:
Citizen Schools’ mission is to educate children and strengthen communites. AmeriCorps members will teach academic and leadership skills through hands-on projects, engage volunteers from all walks of life to teach apprenticeship courses, teach study skills to help students “navigate” their school experience, develop trusting relationships with students and their families, build bridges to civic and cultural institutions and teach students to access them and instill and celebrate the values of courage, respect, motivation and team work. Members will work in Lowell, Malden, Springfield and Worcester.
DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services – YouthServe
Legal Applicant: Franklin County DIAL/SELF Inc.
Program Name: YouthServe AmeriCorps Program
Contact Person: Kate Allen
Program Address: 196 Federal Street, Greenfield, MA 01301
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 413 834-2430 F: 413-773-3335
Email Address: americorps@dialself.org
Summary:
Franklin County DIAL/SELF’s mission is to develop and manage programs and services that contribute to the positive development of youth. Members are placed with youth serving site partners and enhance the programs through mentoring, case coordination, skill development, volunteer recruitment, fostering community service opportunities, and recognizing youth for their accomplishments in school and community.
Friends of the Children - Boston
Legal Applicant: Friends of the Children - Boston
Program Name: Positive Peers AmeriCorps Program
Contact Person: Emily York, Director – Positive Peers Program, Abby Ames, Director of Programs
Program Address: 555 Amory Street, Boston, MA 02130
Phone Number: 617.983.3682
Email Address: emily@friendsboston.org, abby@friendsboston.org
Summary:
Friends of the children operates a mentoring program that connects Greater Boston’s most vulnerable children with mentors from the time they enter the program until their high school graduation. The goal is to help at risk children develop the relationships, goals and skills necessary to avoid cycles of poverty, abuse and violence in order to become contributing members of society. Members would serve as mentors to groups of 1st and 2nd graders in the communities of Roxbury, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain.
Generations Incorporated
Legal Applicant: Generations Incorporated
Program Name: Generations Incorporated AmeriCorps Program
Contact Person: Gina Hey
Program Address: 25 Kingston Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 617-482-4664 F: 617-422-0626
Email Address: ghey@generationsinc.org
Summary:
Generations Incorporated trains and supports 24 AmeriCorps members to lead 400 older adult volunteers to provide literacy and mentoring assistance to more than 3,000 local students in Dorchester, Roxbury, and South Boston
Jumpstart
Legal Applicant: Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.
Program Name: Jumpstart Massachusetts
Contact Person: Katy Sawyer
Program Address: 308 Congress Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 617-542-5867x525 F: 617-542-2557
Email Address: katy.sawyer@jstart.org
Summary:
Jumpstart corps members are paired with preschool children from low-income backgrounds in the classroom to work together on language, literacy, social, and initiative skills for one year in Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, the South End, Dorchester, East Boston, South Boston, Somerville, Taunton, and Brockton. The program aims to grow to reach 1200 children in 23 preschools.
Just A Start Corporation – YouthBuild Just a Start
Legal Applicant: Just A Start Corporation
Program Name: Youth Build/Just A Start AmeriCorps Program
Contact Person: Robbie Sanders
Program Address: 1175 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone Number: 617-492-1460
Email Address: robbiesanders@justastart.org
Summary:
Just A Start Corporation works on repairing and renovating low-income homes in the Chelsea and Cambridge areas. Both of these areas are experiencing a shortage of acceptable and affordable housing for its low-income residents. The program will provide teams of members who will upgrade housing units while maintaining their affordability. Just A Start’s mission is to stabilize working class neighborhoods against gentrification by empowering people to do for themselves through education, training and other resources.
MassMentoring Partnership
Legal Applicant: Mass Mentoring Partnership
Program Name: Ambassadors Of Mentoring Program Inc.
Contact Person: Mallory Chery
Program Address: 105 Chauncy Street,Suite 300, Boston, MA 02111
Phone Number: 617.695.2440
Email Address: mchery@massmentors.org
Summary:
Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) is the statewide umbrella organization dedicated to the expansion of high-quality mentoring in Massachusetts. MMP Ambassadors will be placed with 18 mentoring organizations statewide. Ambassadors will provide service focused on service-delivery and capacity building in the areas of: Program Development, Mentor/Mentee Training, Match Support, and Volunteer Recruitment & Marketing. Ambassadors will also spend two weeks on projects benefiting the mentoring field in Massachusetts.
MATCH Corps, a program of MATCH School
Legal Applicant: MATCH Charter Public High School
Program Name: MATCH Corps
Contact Person: Alia Smith and Danny Clark
Program Address: 1001 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Phone Number: 617-232-0300
Email Address: asmith@matchschool.org; danny.clark@matchschool.org
Summary:
The MATCH Corps program provides a community service opportunity for 35 AmeriCorps members to help more than 550 Boston teenagers each year to escape poverty through education. MATCH tries to take students from academically competent to academically strong – equal to suburban peers – by requiring AP courses and actual college classes, supported with high doses of Corps tutoring.
New Sector Alliance
Legal Applicant: New Sector Alliance, Inc
Program Name: The New Sector Residency in Social Enterprise
Contact Person: Hollis Van Inwagen
Program Address: 99 Chauncy Street, Suite 914, Boston, MA 02111
Phone Number: 617-488-4973
Email Address: hvaninwagen@newsector.org
Summary:
The goal of New Sector Alliance is to train and support students and recent graduates in the planning and management of non-profit organizations. This is in order to educate the next generation of non-profit leaders and foster a life-long dedication to service. The volunteers will be connected with projects that will help Boston-area nonprofits launch new programs, improve operations and assess community impact.
Northeastern University
Legal Applicant: Northeastern University
Program Name: Massachusetts Promise Fellowship
Contact Person: Kori Redepenning
Program Address: 360 Huntington Avenue, 304 CP - Boston, MA 02115-5000
Phone Number: 617.353.7881
Email Address: k.redepenning@neu.edu
Summary:
The Massachusetts Promise Fellowship places full-time dedicated AmeriCorps members into partnering community, non-profit, faith based and government agencies to meet the needs of youth in Massachusetts. The MA Promise Fellowship focuses on bringing holistic youth development resources to communities, organizations and agencies that normally would not have access to them.
Old Colony Y – City Pride Leaps in Literacy
Legal Applicant: Old Colony Y
Program Name: City Pride Leaps in Literacy
Contact Person: Mark Showan
Program Address: 60 Skinner Street, Brockton, MA 02301
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 508-894-2816 F: 508-894-8906
Email Address: mshowan@oldcolonyymca.org
Summary:
City Pride Leaps in Literacy program develops the reading readiness and literacy skills of pre-K and elementary school children in Brockton. Members serve as tutors and reading coaches in preschool and after-school settings.
ROCA, INC, Youth STAR
Legal Applicant: ROCA, Inc.
Program Name: Youth STAR
Contact Person: Lissette Gil-Sanchez, Meg MacPherson
Program Address: 101 Park Street, Chelsea, MA 02150
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 617-889-5210 x232 F: 617-889-2145
Email Address: lissette@rocainc.com; Meg_MacPherson@rocainc.com
Summary:
Youth Star seeks to build community capacity and promote anti-violence efforts. They identify appropriate community projects related to public safety and critical community needs. Anticipated project outcomes include the reduction of risky behaviors for 250 youth and young adults engaged in the alternative to violence activities.
Social Capital Inc. (SCI)
Legal Applicant: Social Capital Inc.
Program Name: SCI AmeriCorps Program
Contact Person: Crystal Johnson
Program Address: 165 M New Boston Street, Suite 233, Woburn, MA 01801
Phone Number: 781-935-2244
Email Address: cjohnson@socialcapitalinc.org
Summary:
The mission of Social Capital Inc. (SCI) is to strengthen communities by connecting diverse individuals and organizations through civic engagement initiatives. The SCI AmeriCorps members requested will help build social capital across our three communities – Woburn, Dorchester, and Lynn – and will focus on engaging youth, connecting citizens, leveraging volunteers, and building bridges.
Springfield College AmeriCorps Program
Legal Applicant: Springfield College
Program Name: Springfield College AmeriCorps Program
Contact Person: Shannon Langone
Program Address: 263 Alden Street, Babson Library, Springfield, MA 01109
Phone/Fax Numbers: P: 413-748-3610 F: 413-784-3904
Email Address: slangone@spfldcol.edu
Summaries:
The Springfield College program provides direct service in the targeted areas of education, youth leadership development, health and human needs. Up to 100 graduate students will be placed as half-time Members serving in one of the following capacities: Academic Coaching, Counseling and Case Management, Youth Leadership Development, and Capacity Building.
South Coast Counties Legal Services
Legal Applicant: South Coastal Counties Legal Services
Program Name: Legal Assistance for Self Sufficiency
Contact Person: Kathy Marx
Program Address: P.O. Box 2507, Fall River, MA 02772-2507
Phone Number: 508.676.5022
Email Address: kmarx@sccls.org
Summary:
South Coastal Counties Legal Services (SCCLS) places 28 recent college or law school graduates with legal service organizations that provide assistance to low-income people in civil (non-criminal) matters. Due to the demand, these organizations focus their priorities in areas of domestic violence, homelessness, immigration status, debt and finance, education, social security and health insurance. Members will participate in a wide range of services from initial client contact to case development through to hearing and appeal under direct supervision of a legal professional.
The Student Conservation Association, Inc. – SCA Mass Parks
Legal Applicant: The Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Program Name: SCA Massachusetts Parks AmeriCorps
Contact Person: Jonah Keane
Program Address: 466 West Hawley Road, Plainfield, MA 01070
Phone Number: 413-339-6631
Email Address: jkeane@thesca.org
Summary:
The SCA Mass Parks program is focused on bringing a broader awareness of conservation and ecological issues to the commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is accomplished through conservation service-projects with related place-based education and service learning programs. SCA members reach out, in particular, to residents of rural Massachusetts and educate them about important ecological issues and recruit for service and conservation projects within the community.
Tenacity
Legal Applicant: Tenacity
Program Name: Tenacity Corps
Contact Person: Liz Barnes
Program Address: 367 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02135
Phone Number: 617.562.0902
Email Address: lizbarnes@tenacity.org
Summary:
Tenacity was founded in 1999 to serve children who otherwise would lack a safe, productive and healthy out-of-school-time (after-school and summer) environment. Tenacity’s fundamental mission is to improve the scholastic, character, and physical development of urban youth through a combination of academic support and tennis instruction/competition with a focus on life-skills.
United Teen Equality Center
Legal Applicant: United Teen Equality Center
Program Name: UTEC's Youth Power Corps
Contact Person: Jessica Wilson
Program Address: 34 Hurd Street, Lowell, MA 01852
Phone Number: 978.677.6102
Email Address: jwilson@utec-lowell.org
Summary:
The United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) provides a youth-led safe-haven for peacemaking, education and grassroots organizing. The purpose of UTEC’s Youth Power AmeriCorps program is to decrease Lowell’s drop-out rate and the feeling of disenfranchisement among young people. Youth Power will offer job and career training for youth in their Alternative Diploma Program, outreach to gang and system involved youth and opportunities to engage in their community through service.
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