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.
| Organization Name | Organization Description | Program Focus | Counties Served | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brother Big Sisters of St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee Counties | AmeriCorps members provide reading tutoring services to students in grades K-3 in St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee Counties. Members also participate in community events to promote, encourage, and support family and adult literacy. The goal of the program is to increase reading skills of students through individual and small group reading tutoring. | Education | Indian River, St. Lucie, Okeechobee | Samantha Taylor 108 N Depot Dr., Suite 102 Fort Pierce, FL 34950 samantha.taylor@bbbsbigs.org 772-466-8535 ext 204 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County | AmeriCorps members assist low income students with STEM project based learning activities at four Taylor County club sites. Members introduce hands-on STEM concepts and projects resulting in increased scores in math and science. Members will assist students to increase academic performance in science, technology, engineering, and math. | Education | Martin | Jackie Price 11500 SE Lares Ave. Hobe Sound, FL 33455 jprice@bgcmartin.org 772-545-0054 |
| Boys and Girls Club of North Central Florida | AmeriCorps members assist low income students with STEM project based learning activities at four Taylor County club sites. Members introduce hands-on STEM concepts and projects resulting in increased scores in math and science. Members will assist students to increase academic performance in science, technology, engineering, and math | Education | Taylor, Lafayette | Emily Ketring 918 N. Washington St. Perry, FL 32347 emily@bgcperry.com 850-371-1651 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County | The Great Futures AmeriCorps members provide out-of-school education support and service-learning activities to high school age youth at 9 clubs across Palm Beach County, Florida. Through CareerBound programing AmeriCorps members will actively engage youth by providing tutoring, mentoring, college or career readiness, soft skills training and other service-learning activities. | Education | Palm Beach | Jada Diogostine 800 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 204 West Palm Beach, FL 33407-1946 AmeriCorps@bgcpbc.org 561-360-2654 |
| 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 | Clodwige Meginord 11500 NW 12th Ave. Miami, FL 33168 cmeginord@branchesfl.org 305-442-8306 ext 2009 |
| 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 |
| Broward College | Broward College AmeriCorps members provide peer mentoring to all students, with a special focus on first-generation college students. Their mentoring works to develop student competencies around study skills, FAFSA and scholarship applications, and adaptation to college life. | Education | Broward | Farah Pierre 111 E Las Olas Blvd. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301-2206 fpierre1@broward.edu 954-201-8412 |
| Broward College Unlimited Potential | Broward College AmeriCorps members serve as AmeriCorps Navigators to economically disadvantaged individuals leading to their job readiness for entry or advancement into high demand post-COVID industries. | Economic Opportunity | Broward | Kareen Torres 111 E Las Olas Blvd. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301-2206 ktorres1@broward.edu 954-201-7488 |
| Centro Campesino | AmeriCorps members provide after-school tutoring at community centers in Florida City. Members also serve as counselors at summer camp programs and assist in the development of parent training programs. | Education | Miami-Dade | Barbara Cesar 35801 SW 186 Ave PO Box 343449 Florida City, FL 33034 bcesar@ccfcfl.org 305-245-7738 ext 237 |
| City of Orlando | Operation AmeriCorps members provide academic and career services to high school juniors and seniors in five Orlando neighborhoods. Members will ensure that every high school senior has a career or educational opportunity upon high school graduation. | Education | Orange | Danielle Thompson 595 N Primrose Dr. Orlando, FL 32803 Danielle.Thompson@orlando.gov 407-246-3302 |
| City of Tampa | AmeriCorps Tampa: Urban Environmental Stewardship members deliver environmental stewardship service focused on education and action designed to mitigate the effects of urbanization and improve the lives of residents and ecosystems. | 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. AmeriCorps members provide academic services that support students in staying in school and on track to graduation. The AmeriCorps members provide in-class and school climate support to students and targeted tutoring and mentoring to students that improves drop out risk indicators in attendance, behavior, English, and/or math. | 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 | Ashley Zenzel 201 S. Orange Ave, Suite 600 Orlando, FL 32801 azenzel@cityyear.org 407-581-7587 |
| Communities In Schools of Jacksonville | AmeriCorps members provide reading tutoring services to students in grades K-8th grade. Members also participate in community events to promote, encourage, and support families throughout the community. The goal of the program is to increase reading skills of students through individual and small group reading tutoring. | Education | Duval | Sharneka Rollings 6261 Dupont Station Court E. Jacksonville, FL 32217 srollins@cisjax.org 904-469-3045 |
| Community Training Works | AmeriCorps members engage in environmental stewardship of public lands. Service activities include tree and brush removal, trail construction, trail maintenance, debris removal and habitat restoration. | Environmental Stewardship | Hillsborough, Palm Beach, St. Johns, Wakulla, Franklin, Leon, Liberty, Jefferson, Taylor | Susan Murphy 3295 Crawfordville Hwy, Ste C1 Crawfordville, FL 32327 susanmurphy@ctwfl.com 321-956-3940 |
| Earn to Learn FL | AmeriCorps Near Peer Success Coaches support students as they make the transition from high school to a postsecondary education institution. Members focus on advising students, especially those from low-income backgrounds, through the complex steps toward college enrollment, including the admission and financial aid processes. | Education; Economic Opportunity | Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Pinellas | Ashley Gastel 9160 Forum Corporate Parkway Suite 321 Fort Myers, FL 33905 ashley.gastel@earntolearnfl.org 704-351-5498 |
| Firewall Centers | AmeriCorps members provide daily, after-school tutoring, mentoring, and attendance/behavior coaching services to economically disadvantaged students in 9 Broward County elementary, middle, and high schools. Services also include STEAM-based instruction and project-based learning, a life skills and drug/alcohol prevention curriculum, and career/college preparation. Program services are designed to help students achieve academic success, build character, and transform into servant leaders. | Education | Broward | Keannie Rosado 13451 SW 7th Place Davie, FL 33325 Keannie@FirewallCenters.org 954-292-0028 |
| Florida Department of Environmental Protection | The Florida Conservation Corps AmeriCorps members commit their service terms to exotic plant management and trail improvement in Florida State Parks, as well as serving as an AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team. Member are responsible for treating infested acres of invasive exotic plants, assessing and improving recreational use trails for user accessibility and environmental safety. Members also leverage hundreds of volunteers who engage in invasive exotic plant management, trail improvement, and disaster mitigation. | Environmental Stewardship | Statewide | Adriana Betancourt Buereau of Operational Services 4801 Camp Ranch Rd. Gainseville, FL 32641 Adriana.M.Bentacourt@dep.state.fl.us 850-766-3327 |
| Goodwill Industries of the Big Bend | Goodwill’s GoodWorks AmeriCorps Program works to end the negative impacts of poverty on Northwest Florida. AmeriCorps members provide job skills training and job assistance services to individuals who have disabilities, live in poverty or who face other barriers to a prosperous, self-sufficient life. | Economic Opportunity | Bay, Leon | Robyn Howell 300 Mabry St. Tallahassee, FL 32304 rhowell@goodwillbigbend.com 850-625-7080 |
| Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratories | AmeriCorps members provide experiential environmental stewardship learning opportunities and enhance environmental education exhibits. | Environmental Stewardship | Wakulla | Diana Poe 222 Clark Dr Panacea, FL 32346 dianapoe@gulfspecimen.org 850-984-5297 |
| His House | AmeriCorps members provide mentoring and skills training supporting youth in residential foster care. Members provide services to increase health knowledge and support behavior changes for improved health of foster youth. | Healthy Futures | Miami-Dade, Broward | Nyeisha Rainey 20000 NW 47th Ave, Bldg 2 Miami Gardens, FL 33055 NRainey@hhch.org 305-430-0085 |
| Hispanic Unity of Florida | AmeriCorps members help families affected by the coronavirus pandemic move from crisis to stability to sustainability by providing job readiness coaching, trainings and skill building opportunities. | 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 |
| Lotus House Women’s Shelter | AmeriCorps members provide resources for women, youth and children experiencing homelessness and individuals at high risk for homelessness. Services include provision of basic needs, resource navigation and access to employment, housing, health services and mental health supports to improve economic opportunity. | Economic Opportunity | Miami-Dade | Beatrice Gonzalez 217 NW 15th St Miami, FL 33136 beatrice@lotushouse.org 305-438-0556 |
| Metropolitan Ministries | Metropolitan Ministries AmeriCorps provides street outreach services to individuals experiencing homelessness in Hillsborough and Pasco Counties. AmeriCorps members provide concrete goods like food and clothing, system navigation services, and connection to housing, health, employment, and transportation resources. The program’s overall goal is to provide resources and services that help people improve health and access safe shelter or permanent housing. | Economic Opportunity Healthy Futures | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | Gordana Krone 2002 N Florida Avenue Tampa, FL 33602 Gordana.Krone@metromin.org 813-209-1256 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services | AmeriCorps members co-lead financial capability and literacy workshops, conduct community outreach and connect clients to financial support services. This program represents the Economic Mobility Corps, a joint initiative of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CDFI) and AmeriCorps. | Economic Opportunity | Miami-Dade, Broward | Kimberly Henderson 300 NW 12th Ave. Miami, FL 33128 kimh@nhssf.org 305-751-5511 |
| 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 and volunteerism in distressed communities 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 | Lorie Graham 3651 Quantum Blvd Boynton Beach, FL 33426 lgraham@literacypbc.org 561-767-3360 |
| Peacemakers Family Center | AmeriCorps members provide academic support, mentoring, FCAT preparation and peer leadership training through after school and summer school programs. Members also provide food and nutrition assistance through the program’s garden and food distribution programs. The goals of the program are to provide safe and supportive communities and school success. | Education, Environmental Stewardship | Miami-Dade | Grace Low 17801 NW 2nd Ave. Miami, FL 33169 Glow@peacemakers.com 912-399-8602 |
| Polk Education Foundation | AmeriCorps members provide reading tutoring services to elementary students in grades K-3. The goal of the program is to significantly increase reading skills of low-achieving students. | Education | Polk | Steve Chapman 1530 Shumate Dr. Bartow, FL 33831 Steve.Chapman@polk-fl.net 863-534-0519 x 608 |
| Senior Resource Alliance | AmeriCorps members conduct planned and structured activities (Wellness Checks, Technology for seniors and Walk-n-Talks) focused on combatting social isolation and loneliness in seniors. These activities will take place at senior and community centers in Brevard, Orange, Seminole, and Osceola Counties. | Healthy Futures | Orange, Brevard, Osceola, Seminole | Juan Salgado 3319 Maguire Blvd, Suite 100 Orlando, FL 32803 juan.salgado@sraflorida.org 407-514-1813 |
| Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay | Seniors in Service AmeriCorps members provide services and support to Veterans and their families 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 by assisting them with wellness plans, helping them to gain access to healthcare services and engage them in volunteerism. | 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 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. Members are paid a salary by the school system and receive a financial education award upon successful completion of service. | Education | Duval, Miami-Dade | 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 | Noah Hendricks 4401 Wesconnett Blvd. Jacksonville, FL 32210 nhendricks@arcjacksonville.org 904-355-9616 |
| The Arc of Palm Beach County | The Arc of Palm Beach County’s AmeriCorps members engage in a year of service as mentors to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As mentors, AmeriCorps members promote independent living skills and provide community inclusion opportunities and promote self-advocacy skills. Members will also provide pre-employment and job readiness, employment soft skills, explore job opportunities, and health education services. | Healthy Futures, Economic Opportunity | Palm Beach | Kristen Guerrise 1201 Australian Ave Riviera Beach, FL 33404 kguerrise@arcpbc.org 561-445-6120 |
| University of Florida – Florida 4-H | AmeriCorps members deliver environmental education programs to students in grades K-8 at three residential 4-H camps. Services include environmental education outreach activities as well as on site environmental stewardship curriculum. | Environmental Stewardship | Statewide | Erin Mugge 1523 Union Rd, Rm 207 Gainesville, FL 32611 erin.mugge@ufl.edu 352-294-2924 |
| University of North Florida | AmeriCorps members serve in the Jacksonville Teacher Residency (JTR) program to prepare for long-term careers as teachers in urban schools. The goal of the program is to enhance student engagement in Duval County Public Schools. Members will be responsible for enriching student learning in mathematics, science, and literacy. | Education | Duval | Dr. Wanda Lastrapes 1 UNF Drive Jacksonville, FL 32224 w.lastrapes@unf.edu 904-620-1621 |
