AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps

AHS’ second AmeriCorps Program started in 2006, and we currently have ten full-time AmeriCorps members. Our members are assigned to five programs at AHS: Passages Charter School, the Family Health Center, the LEAF Program, Community Health, and WIA Youth Program.

Members are engaged in a wide variety of education and health-related services. They tutor children and youth in three different after-school programs (WIA, Passages Charter School and the LEAF Program), work with special needs children at Passages, help adult immigrants acquire English and computer skills and preschoolers acquire school-readiness skills, do HIV prevention workshops, and enroll clients in WIC, a program that gives low income mothers access to nutrition classes and healthy food.

AHS AmeriCorps members also work as a team to accomplish projects and participate in trainings. Since August, 2007, members have catalogued books for the library at Passages Charter School, volunteered at a local shelter, and most recently helped organize a health fair at our Community Health Program. Thus far, members have undergone three trainings including CPR, AmeriCorps Opening Day, and Justice Talking, a discussion series funded by the Illinois Humanities Council that uses literature to reflect upon civic engagement.

APPLY TO JOIN THE AMERICORPS TEAM AT ASIAN HUMAN SERVICES

Are you a community-minded person interested in making a one-year commitment to social service in the Chicago area? Asian Human Services will be accepting applications between May and August, 2008 for its AmeriCorps Program which will begin in late August, 2008. This is an opportunity for a recent college graduate or other community member to gain a year of experience in volunteering, receive a stipend of $14,000, health insurance and other benefits, and at the end of the term of service, receive an educational award of $4,725 that can be used to help pay for educational expenses.

Asian Human Services serves more than 7,000 low-income clients per year. Our largest ethnic population is Asian, but we also serve many Hispanics, Eastern Europeans, Africans and native-born Americans. We are seeking AmeriCorps members for five different programs at AHS: Passages Charter School, the AHS Family Health Center, the Literacy Education for Adults and Families (LEAF) Program, Community Health, and Youth Services.

We anticipate filling ten full-time positions starting in August, 2008. Below are the job titles we expect to have open.

Media/Library Instructor, Primary Grades, Passages Charter School
Instructional Support Staff, Passages Charter School (2)
Adult Education Teaching Assistant, LEAF Program
Child Care Assistant, LEAF Program
WIA Youth Program Site Supervisor, Employment Program
Public Health Educator/Research Assistant, AHS Family Health Clinic
Office Suite Support Technician & Computer Assistant, IT
After School Youth Tutor & Assistant, LEAF Program
Community Outreach Worker, Community Health Program

If you would like more information about the AHS AmeriCorps Program, or to request an application, please contact Julie Crow, Volunteer Coordinator, by email at jcrow@ahschicago.org.