Share Our Impact | AmeriCorps

At CNCS, we Get Things Done for America. Here are a few examples of the lives we improve and communities we strengthen. These facts, stories, and videos demonstrate the impact we make. We hope you will download and share them on your own social media channels with #GetThingsDone.

Share 8 Reasons to Love AmeriCorps on social media. Learn more at AmeriCorps.gov/join.

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AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers make an impact across the county.

AmeriCorps members get things done for America. Apply at AmeriCorps.gov/join

More than 1 million members since 1994. Join the network of skilled alumni by applying at AmeriCorps.gov/join

200,000+ Senior Corps volunteers in 23,000 locations

365,000 frail elderly receiving independent living services, 49 million hours served, 150,000 children tutored and mentored.

Senior Corp and AmeriCorps members assist nearly 12,000 public, parochial, and charter schools

Senior Corps and AmeriCorps support students in nearly 12,000 public, parochial, and charter schools across the country.

Approximately 20,000 veterans serve in national service programs across the country

Approximately 20,000 veterans serve in national service programs across the country.

Senior Corps and AmeriCorps assist nearly 500,000 veterans and military families.

Learn how AmeriCorps and Senior Corps are taking action to combat the nation's opioid crisis with efforts including prevention, education, reduction, and recovery: nationalservice.gov/opioids

42% of alumni employed within six months of service found a job through a connection made in AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps service provides key networking opportunities for future careers. Just ask our alumni.

80% of alumni say AmeriCorps benefited their career path

8 out of 10 alumni say that AmeriCorps benefited their career path.

This year, AmeriCorps members served projects encompassing 250,000+ acres of public land

AmeriCorps members serve on projects encompassing more than 250,000+ acres of public lands across America - including many with the National Park Service.

During #NationalVolunteerWeek, we celebrate how AmeriCorps members help recruit, train, and manage volunteers for organizations like Habitat for Humanity. #NVW #IVOLUNTEER #AmeriCorpsWorks #NationalServiceWorks #HabitatForHumanity

AmeriCorps members help recruit, train, and manage volunteers for organizations like Habitat for Humanity.

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Since 1994, 11,300 AmeriCorps alums have used their AmeriCorps Education Award to pay $33M+ to historically black colleges & universities.

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Every AmeriCorps alum earns an Education Award - to date that's over $3 billion earned in scholarship funds and $1 billion specifically used to pay off student loans. The award is approximately $6,000 and matched by 180+ institutions of higher education.

Impact Videos

AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers are working all over the country to Get Things Done. View our impact videos to see how they make considerable impacts for communities every day.

AmeriCorps Fast Facts

1 MILLION

Individuals who have served as AmeriCorps members since 1994

1.4 BILLION

Hours served by AmeriCorps members

$3.6 BILLION

Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards earned by AmeriCorps members

$1 BILLION

Resources from private, philanthropic, and other sources leveraged by AmeriCorps programs each year

75,000

AmeriCorps members this year

1.9 MILLION

Community volunteers managed or mobilized by AmeriCorps members in 2017

21,600

Unique sites that AmeriCorps members served last year