AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps Cape Cod

Darlene Johnson Morris, Program Director
3195 Main Street
Barnstable, MA 02630
508.375.6974
 

AmeriCorps Cape Cod is a full-time residential program dedicated to providing high quality environmental and disaster preparedness and response service activities to the 15 towns of Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Its members partner with local non-profit and government agencies to provide service in the areas of Natural Resource Management, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Environmental Education, and Volunteer Engagement.

Boston Teacher Residency

Cassandra Pagan, AmeriCorps Program Director
6 Beacon Street, Suite 615
Boston, MA 02108
617.227.8055

Boston Teacher Residency  places individuals 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.

Healthy Aging Program

Alexandra Depalo, Program Director
35 Harvard Street, Suite 300
Worcester, MA 01609
508.756.6676

Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center recruits 45 quarter-time members to serve in various Councils on Aging in the Worcester area.   Members implement and support healthy aging programs for seniors.  The three healthy aging programs consist of; Chronic Disease Self-Management, a falls prevention program, and Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults.

City Year Boston

Chris Plummer, Corps Director
287 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 01760
617.927.2342

YouthServe AmeriCorps Program    

Kate Allen, Program Director
21 Abbot Street
Greenfield, MA 01301
413.774.7054 x109

Franklin County DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services 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 their community.

Generations Incorporated AmeriCorps Program

Tory Soutiere, Business and Compliance Manager
25 Kingston Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
617.423.5545

Generations Incorporated unites older adults and youth in partnership to strengthen individuals and communities.  The Generations Inc. AmeriCorps Program trains and supports AmeriCorps members to lead older adult volunteers to provide literacy and mentoring assistance to more than 3,000 local students in Dorchester, Roxbury and South Boston.

Jumpstart Massachusetts

Kristin Stites, Senior Program Director
308 Congress Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
617.542.5867

Jumpstart engages college students in one-on-one relationships with preschool students to improve their literacy, language, social and initiative skills that will prepare them for future school success.  Jumpstart members serve throughout the low-income communities in Boston.  Members are also dedicated to increasing family and community involvement in the preschool.

Youth Build/Just A Start AmeriCorps Program

John Bengel, YouthBuild Project Director
1035 Cambridge Street, #12
Cambridge, MA 02141
617.494.0444

YouthBuild Just A Start mission is to stabilize working class neighborhoods against gentrification by empowering people to do for themselves through education, training and other resources.  Youth Build/Just A Start AmeriCorps members repair and renovate low-income homes in the Chelsea and Cambridge areas, both of which are experiencing a shortage of acceptable and affordable housing for their low-income residents.  The program provides teams of members who upgrade housing units while maintaining their affordability.

Ambassadors Of Mentoring Program, Inc.

Mallory St. Brice, Program Manager
105 Chauncy Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02111
617.695.2440

Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) is the statewide umbrella organization dedicated to the expansion of high-quality mentoring in Massachusetts.  MMP Ambassadors are placed with mentoring organizations statewide.  Ambassadors 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 also spend two weeks on projects benefiting the mentoring field in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts AmeriCorps New American Integration Project

Carol Chandler, Director of Programs and Partnerships
18 Tremont Street, Suite 1020
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
617.727.7888

Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants will recruit 25 full-time and 10 half-time AmeriCorps members who will serve at organizations throughout Boston, Chelsea, Lynn and New Bedford.  Members will improve capacity to support refugee and immigrant populations by providing ESOL instruction, civic education, citizenship assistance and other community services.

MATCH Teacher Residency Corps

Sarah Higgins
1001 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
617.232.0300

The MATCH Teacher Residency Corps will engage 39 full-time AmeriCorps members in intensive one-on-one tutoring at the MATCH Middle and High Schools to reduce the achievement gap between Boston students and their suburban peers.  In addition, members will operate a summer tutoring program for students from a partner district school.  Members live together while serving in the program and simultaneously complete training that prepares them for a career in urban teaching.

Massachusetts Land Initiative for Tomorrow (MassLIFT)

Dee Robbins, Program Manager
1461 Old Keane Road
Athol, MA 01331
978.248.2043

The Massachusetts Land Initiative for Tomorrow, (MassLIFT), is a collaborative effort of regional land trusts and conservation groups to meet critical community needs for land protection. AmeriCorps members participating in this program strengthen the capacity of MassLIFT partners and the 200 + communities we serve to initiate new land conservation projects, monitor and manage protected lands, expand local interest in conservation, and engage young people in conservation-based service learning.

AmeriCorps Job Ready Program

Fagan Forhan, Director
444 Green Street
Gardner, MA 01440
978.630.9595

Mount Wachusett Community College, in partnership with Framingham State University, oversees full-time AmeriCorps members who will serve to address joblessness and job retraining in Central Massachusetts.  Members will serve at schools and community organizations to build capacity and engage volunteers in addressing employment issues while also receiving job training to prepare them for life after AmeriCorps.

Massachusetts Promise Fellowship

Kori Redepenning
360 Huntington Ave 304CP
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.7881

The Massachusetts Promise Fellowship places 36 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.

Phoenix Urban Fellowship AmeriCorps Program

Mistie Parsons
59 Nichols Street
Chelsea, MA 02150
617.889.3100

Phoenix Charter Academy seeks to close the achievement gap between academically underperforming adolescents in Chelsea and the surrounding cities and their academically successful peers.  AmeriCorps members live on campus serving as tutors, performing activities that will bolster three areas critical in the school: dropout recovery and retention, academic improvement, and college readiness.

Youth Star

Victor Jose Santana
101 Park Street
Chelsea, MA 02150
617.889.5210

Roca's Youth Star program is an innovative, high-risk youth leadership and civic action corps, engaging young adults in a year of service and organizing around the most critical issues in our communities.  Members focus on leadership development and effective citizenry to promote violence prevention and health education/access through their service. Youth Star creates pathways for young adults to lead by getting them directly involved in addressing community's most vital issues.

SCI AmeriCorps Program

David Crowley
165-M New Boston Street, Suite 233
Woburn, MA 01801
781.935.2244

The mission of SCI is to strengthen communities by connecting diverse individuals and organizations through civic engagement initiatives.  Members leverage volunteers and build social capital across the three communities in which they serve, with a focus on engaging youth, connecting citizens, and building bridges.

Massachusetts Legal Assistance for Self Sufficiency Project

Kathleen Marx
22 Bedford Street
Fall River, MA 02722-2507
508.676.5022, x2019

South Coastal Counties Legal Services (SCCLS) places 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 participate in a wide range of services, from initial client contact to case development to hearing and appeal.  

Springfield College AmeriCorps Program

Shannon Langone
263 Alden Street
Springfield, MA 01109
413.748.3403

The Springfield College AmeriCorps Program provides direct services in the targeted areas of education, youth leadership development, and health and human services.  Up to 85 graduate students are placed as half-time members serving in one of the following capacities: Academic Coaching, Health Counseling and Case Management, In-School Counseling and Case Management, Youth Leadership Development, and Capacity Building.

SCA Massachusetts Corps

Bryan Blankenstein
466 West Hawley Road
Plainfield, MA 01070
413.339.6631

SCA Massachusetts 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 to residents of rural Massachusetts to educate them about important ecological issues, as well as recruiting volunteers for service and conservation projects within the community.

TechMission Corps - Massachusetts

Miki Omori, Bil McCoy
31 Torrey Street #1
Dorchester, MA 02124
617.282.9798

TechMission is a non-profit faith-based organization that supports Christian organizations in using technology to transform vulnerable communities.  Full-time AmeriCorps members provide academic and tech activities to K-8 graders, and serve at-risk high school students through academic assistance and college prep and placement services.  Members also recruit volunteers, secure in-kind donations, and train community-based organization leaders on using technology

Tenacity Corps

Liz Barnes
38 Everett Street
Allston, MA 02134
617.562.0900, x42

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.

Quincy YouthBuild Development and Weatherization Program

Barbora Hazukova
390 Main Street, Suite 806
Quincy, MA 01608
617.773.1470

The primary mission of Training Resources of America (TRA) is to help educationally and economically disadvantaged, disconnected youth and young adults who have not succeeded in traditional school settings get a second chance at improving their lives.  The Quincy YouthBuild Development and Weatherization Program addresses the service areas of energy conservation, GED/dropouts, and youth leadership development.

UTEC's Youth Power Corps

Melany Levesque
34 Hurd Street, Lowell, MA 01852
978.856.3936

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 Empowerment offers job and career training for youth in their Alternative Diploma Program, and also provides youth with opportunities to engage in their communities through service. 

Educator Mentor Corps

Jacob Murray
200 The Riverway
Boston, MA 02215
617.879.4255
 

Wheelock College will engage 38 retired teachers/educators as half- and quarter-time members to serve as mentors to second- and third-year teachers in Boston and Chelsea Public Schools.  The program intends to enhance the skills and improve retention of new teachers, ultimately sustaining quality teachers to influence student learning.