AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)
Contact the appropriate NCCC regional campus.
AmeriCorps NCCC program allows local communities to engage diverse teams of 8-12 AmeriCorps members for services projects designed to strengthen local communities. Teams are placed with sponsoring organizations working to meet a critical community need that would not be fully addressed without additional assistance.
During their 10-month service commitment, NCCC teams will complete a variety of projects, generally 3 to 13 weeks in duration, in one of four regions across the U.S. Project focus areas include:
- Natural and other disasters - projects that can span the entire disaster cycle from preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation to help communities affected by floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and other disaster
- Environmental stewardship and conservation - projects to preserve, protect, and enhance parks, natural habitats, and at-risk ecosystems as well as improve knowledge and understanding of environmental conservation practices
- Infrastructure improvement - projects to improve quality, safety, and accessibility of public infrastructure, preserve cultural and historic integrity of communities, and enhance public spaces
- Energy conservation - projects to increase community energy efficiency, increase use and application of sustainable energy technology, and improve knowledge and understanding of sustainable energy practices
- Urban and rural development - projects to improve community food security and nutritional practices, more thoroughly or efficiently meet medical and basic human needs, improve public safety and community resilience, alleviate poverty and advance racial equity, improve access to housing, and expand educational and economic opportunity.
Eligible applicants include
- Nonprofits, secular, and faith-based organizations
- Local municipalities or city government
- State governments
- Federal government
- Native American and Alaska Native tribes
- National or state parks, forests, and other public lands
- Schools
AmeriCorps will provide communities with an 8-12 member NCCC team and 1 team leader to help carry out the approved project
Project sponsors may receive AmeriCorps resources for up to 60 weeks, contingent upon application approval. Exceptions can be granted for strategic, mission critical projects and disaster response and recovery projects.
Sponsor organizations are expected to provide:
- On-site technical oversight and direction with the team each day
- At least 40 hours of enriching service per week, per member
- Project supplies, equipment, materials, and any necessary building permits
- Schedule of work, training plan, and inclement-weather work plan
- Lodging with showers, such as churches, community centers, dorms, campsites, cabins
- Cooking facilities, unless meals are provided
- Service-learning support and opportunities to understand community impact
Application process:
- Contact your regional campus to determine the appropriate AmeriCorps NCCC region for your point of contact
- Download application instructions and complete the concept form by the appropriate regional deadline
- Selected applicants will be invited to complete a full project application
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