PASS AmeriCorps

PASS members spend their year of service doing these activities and more!

• Provide school engagement activities & tutoring to middle and high school youth
• Provide academic coaching to middle and high school youth
• Engage youth in volunteer service using a service-learning model
• Facilitate extended learning programs during after school hours to enhance social skills and promote school engagement
• Support host site adult volunteer recruitment and management efforts
• Be a mentor and serve as a positive influence in the lives of young people
• Provide local or regional disaster relief in short-term deployments
• Play a significant role in national service efforts to benefit the community and country
• Have fun, learn, and grow while Getting Things Done!

80,000 AmeriCorps members make a powerful impact on the most critical issues facing the country serving in three Corps branches including:

• AmeriCorps Vista whose members fight poverty;
• AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps whose members are often the first to respond to natural disasters;
• AmeriCorps State & National whose members serve with nonprofit and community groups. PASS is a State & National program.

Since its inception in 1994, over 1,000,000 people have served in AmeriCorps and the numbers continue to grow!

Every year, AmeriCorps members:

• Mobilize 3 million community volunteers
• Tutor, mentor, and provide enrichment programming for 2.5 million youth
• Expand the capacity of over 14,000 nonprofit and community organizations

AmeriCorps invests in those who serve by creating future leaders, advancing educational opportunities through Education Awards, and building a sense of civic engagement.

Additional information on AmeriCorps is available here.

PASS is committed to providing members the opportunity, support, and skills needed to improve youth literacy, create & facilitate extended learning programs and lead service-learning projects while developing the confidence and professional skill set needed to launch a successful career.

Not sure how to provide academic support, run youth programs, or engage youth in service-learning? No problem! PASS provides extensive training in September and October to prepare members to confidently and effectively deliver its core activities! We cover youth work topics including how to build relationships, re-direct behavior, and how to develop and facilitate after-school clubs to build social-emotional skills. We teach you the basics of academic coaching and provide specific strategies to use with students during classroom learning. We teach a modified service-learning model so members can successfully introduce youth to the rewards of volunteer service.

In addition to the foundational training, we provide members with over 100 hours of professional development including workshops on youth-related topics such as homelessness and student mobility, mental health and trauma, bullying response, LGBTQ+ issues, immigration, citizenship, and how to provide culturally-informed youth work. We also provide members with on-going peer and supervisory support as every member has a dedicated supervisor trained in AmeriCorps and PASS responsibilities at their host site. Many of our supervisors are PASS alumni! Finally, members have the opportunity to develop and present a workshop with and for their peers, lead service events, develop clubs at their host site and participate in the annual Alternative Spring Break service trip.

Employers are taking notice of AmeriCorps, with many joining the Employers of National Service Initiative—a concerted effort to connect AmeriCorps alumni to employers who understand the value alumni bring to their organization. Check it out!