AmeriCorps Grantees
AmeriCorps is a national service program providing opportunities for individuals to serve their communities. In exchange for a living stipend, educational award and valuable on-the-job experience, members work for one year in nonprofit organizations, educational foundations and government agencies, helping mentor at-risk students, train job-seekers, conserve public land, and much more.
Below is a list of current AmeriCorps programs in Florida. Please contact the organization directly to learn more about current service opportunities or click here to find a service opportunity.
| Organization Name | Organization Description | Program Focus | Counties Served | Contact Information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County | AmeriCorps members improve educational outcomes for elementary and middle school students in Martin County. Members will provide mentoring to increase academic achievement and student attendance. | Education | Martin | Jackie Price 11500 SE Lares Ave. Hobe Sound, FL 33455 jprice@bgcmartin.org 772-545-0054 | |
| Branches | The AmeriCorps Branches program provides after school tutoring and mentoring to K-12 at risk youth throughout Miami-Dade. AmeriCorps members increase the reading and literacy skills of students through after school and summer programming. | Education | Miami-Dade | Matt Hill 11500 NW 12th Ave. Miami, FL 33168 mhill@branchesfl.org 305-442-8306 | |
| Breakthrough Miami | Breakthrough Miami AmeriCorps members will provide academic, social and life skills mentoring for 5th to 9th grade under-resourced students at independent school sites in Miami-Dade County. Members will increase academic improvement of students served. | Education | Miami-Dade | Liz Augustin 3250 SW 3rd Ave, 6th Floor Miami, FL 33129 liz@breakthroughmiami.org 305-646-7210 | |
| City of Orlando | Operation AmeriCorps members provide academic and career counseling program services to high school juniors and seniors in three Orlando neighborhoods. Members provide workforce readiness training and ensure that every high school senior has a career or educational opportunity upon high school graduation. | Education, Economic Opportunity | Orange | Danielle Thompson 595 N Primrose Dr. Orlando, FL 32803 Danielle.Thompson@orlando.gov 407-246-3302 | |
| City of Tampa | Members deliver conservation and natural resources services focused on education and service designed to improve lives of residents in Tampa, Florida. Members are responsible for improving parks or public land and providing individuals with increased knowledge of conservation practices. | Environmental Stewardship | Hillsborough | Whit Remer 306 E Jackson St Tampa, FL 33602 Whit.Remer@tampagov.net 813-274-3290 | |
| City Year Jacksonville | City Year is a nationally recognized program that engages youth ages 17-24 in a year of service. The City Year model includes placing AmeriCorps members in low performing schools to keep students in school and on track. AmeriCorps members support students by focusing on attendance, behavior, and course performance through in-class tutoring, mentoring, and after school programs. | Education | Duval | Veronika McDougald 6 East Bay Street Jacksonville, FL 32202 VMcDougald@cityyear.org 904-423-2108 | |
| City Year Miami | City Year is a nationally recognized program that engages youth ages 17-24 in a year of service. The City Year model includes placing AmeriCorps members in low performing schools to keep students in school and on track. AmeriCorps members support students by focusing on attendance, behavior, and course performance through in-class tutoring, mentoring, and after school programs. | Education | Miami-Dade | Erica Jones 44 W Flagler Street Miami, FL 33130 ejones2@cityyear.org 786-406-7900 | |
| City Year Orlando | City Year is a nationally recognized program that engages youth ages 17-24 in a year of service. The City Year model includes placing AmeriCorps members in low performing schools to keep students in school and on track. AmeriCorps members support students by focusing on attendance, behavior, and course performance through in-class tutoring, mentoring, and after school programs. | Education | Orange | Ali Murbe 201 S. Orange Ave, Suite 600 Orlando, FL 32801 amurbe@cityyear.org 321-320-4340 | |
| Firewall Centers | AmeriCorps members provide in school and after school support to economically disadvantaged students in Broward County elementary, middle and high schools. Services include STEM-based instruction and life skills curriculum to improve attendance, behavior and course performance. | Education | Broward | Bibi Singh 3363 W Commercial Blvd. Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 Bibi@FirewallCenters.org 954-882-0552 | |
| Hispanic Unity of Florida | AmeriCorps members provide job readiness coaching, trainings and skill building opportunities in addition to nutrition access and education. Members services result in improved job readiness and food security. | Economic Opportunity | Broward | Carolina Urrechaga 5840 Johnson St. Hollywood, FL 33021-5636 currechaga@hispanicunity.org 754-226-3035 | |
| Literacy Alliance of Northeast Florida | The Adult Literacy AmeriCorps members expand adult education and literacy instruction for adult learners in Duval County. Members provide reading and math instruction to adults through one-on-one tutoring, small group instruction, and topic focused workshops. Members services include financial, health, family and digital literacy. | Economic Opportunity | Duval | Marcus Haile 40 E Adams St, Suite 30 Jacksonville, FL 32202-3358 marcus@literacyallnefl.org 904-238-9000 | |
| Overtown Youth Center | The Overtown Youth Center AmeriCorps members mentor students as part of the Inspire. Engage. Employ program, which supports K-12 youth in developing their career readiness. Members mentor program participants at the Overtown Youth Center and at Booker T. Washington Senior High School in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, as they develop workforce employability and financial literacy skills. | Economic Opportunity | Miami-Dade | Clinique Smith PO Box 16940 Miami, FL 33101 clinique.smith@overtownyouth.org 305-349-1204 x228 | |
| Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition | Literacy AmeriCorps Palm Beach County members promote literacy services in Palm Beach County. Members serve as tutors in family literacy and adult education programs to assist adults to learn English and employability skills, mentors as Graduation Coaches in local high schools with at-risk youth and reading tutors to children in both elementary schools and afterschool programs. | Education, Economic Opportunity | Palm Beach | Megan Wiston 3651 Quantum Blvd Boynton Beach, FL 33426 mwiston@literacypbc.org 561-767-3360 | |
| ReDefiners World Languages | AmeriCorps members serve as part-time K-5 Literacy Tutors at four sites in Hillsborough County. AmeriCorps members deliver literacy services to K-5 students to increase academic achievement. | Education | Hillsborough, Pinellas | Ingrid Holguin 8056 N 56th St Tampa, FL 33617 ingrid@redefinerswl.org 813-530-2313 | |
| Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay | Operation Veteran Connect AmeriCorps members provide services and support to Veterans and their families in the community and at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Hillsborough County and the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in Pinellas County. AmeriCorps members serve veterans, active military, and military family members to access community resources, increase health knowledge, independent living skills and transition into permanent housing. | Veterans and Military Services | Hillsborough, Pinellas | Pam Plager 1306 W Sligh Ave. Tampa, FL 33604 pplager@seniorsinservice.org 813-838-5565 | |
| Teach for America – Florida | AmeriCorps members serve as full-time teachers in K-12 classrooms in Duval, Hillsborough, and Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The program recruits college graduates to serve two-year terms as public school teachers. The intent of the program is to place crucially needed highly qualified teachers in schools with significant numbers of high-risk students. | Education | Duval, Miami-Dade, Hillsborough | Emily Mayeda 1951 NW 7th Ave, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33136 emily.mayeda@teachforamerica.org 352.658.1119 | |
| The Arc Jacksonville | AmeriCorps members mentor adult individuals with intellectual and developmental differences at the various sites of The Arc: Downtown, Westside, University of North Florida, and the Village. Members provide academic, work readiness, health/wellness, financial literacy, and independent living mentoring services. | Economic Opportunity, Healthy Futures | Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau, St. Johns | Bree Poole 4401 Wesconnett Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32210 ppoole@arcjacksonville.org 904-573-2805 x614 | |
| University of Florida – GatorCorps | AmeriCorps members serve through science education, resilience tools and techniques training, and capacity building in Jacksonville, Gainesville and Cedar Key, Florida. AmeriCorps members are responsible for increasing levels of knowledge in disaster risk/resilience/adaptation among both residents and host organizations. | Disaster Services | Gulf, Duval, Levy, Lee | Dr. Jason von Meding UF College of Design Construction and Planning PO Box 115701 Gainesville, FL 32611-5701 jason.vonmeding@ufl.edu 352-213-5130 | |