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Americorps
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ACE AMERICORPS Overview
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AMERICORPS Member Description of Duties |
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AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve through more than 2,100 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. They tutor and mentor youth, teach computer skills, clean neighborhoods.
The AmeriCorps Enrichment Program (ACE) members serve within the local community as mentors and tutors for youths, and community event coordinators. ACE AmeriCorps Members help to strengthen the communities in which they serve through volunteering at site assigned sites.
Goals
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Youth Education and Development |
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Strengthening Communities |
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ACE Americorps Participants Development |
Full-time Member (1700 hours)
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Living Allowance - $11,100 |
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Education Scholarship - $4,725 |
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Health Insurance |
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Child Care Assistance |
Part-time Member (900 hours)
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Part-time Living Allowance - $ 5,500 |
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Education Scholarship - $2,362.50 |
Quarter-time Member (450 hours)
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Living Allowance - $2,700 |
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Education Scholarship - $1,250 | |
| For specific questions about the AmeriCorps Enrichment Program (ACE) call (217) 557-0053 or e-mail tanya.brawner@illinois.gov. |
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The education scholarship can be used to pay back qualified student loans or to attend an institution of higher education.
For more information and or Application on AmeriCorps, visit www.americorps.org or call 800-942-2677.
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