AmeriCorps:  Building a stronger America through service

AmeriCorps is a national service program that provides thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds with an opportunity to give back to their communities and country.  AmeriCorps members serve where it is needed most through nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations.  They help build a culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility.

AmeriCorps is part of a tradition of service that represents America at its best: making a lasting difference while promoting the values of community, responsibility, and opportunity. HHCK AmeriCorps members make a long-term difference in Kentucky as evidenced by their accomplishments in 2008:
 
▪ Members and the volunteers they recruited and managed contributed over 90,000 hours of service.
 
▪ Members built 27 homes for low-income families and completed renovation and weatherization projects on 157 homes.
 
▪ Members helped secure housing, services, and resources for over 4,500 Kentuckians.     

To learn more about AmeriCorps, visit www.americorps.gov

HHCK currently operates an AmeriCorps program called Getting Things Done for Kentucky's Homeless (GTD4KY) which is an AmeriCorps *State program funded by a federal grant from the Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS) and the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service (KCCVS). The GTD4KY program will end in August.  HHCK has received grant funding to begin a new AmeriCorps program Sept 1, 2009 called Build Corps.

Build Corps: Building Homes, Building Opportunities

Build Corps members will help satisfy unmet needs in the area of housing and homelessness throughout the state of Kentucky.  We partner with homeless and housing organizations who act as host sites for AmeriCorps members.  Build Corps members provide direct service to men, women, and children who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless or inadequately housed. Each spring the Build Corps looks for community-based organizations to act as service sites and each summer searches for individuals interested in becoming an AmeriCorps member.  The term of service for the program is September 1 through August 31.