AmeriCorps Programs

AmeriCorps programs in the state of Wisconsin focus on a wide variety of issues, including educational achievement, economic opportunity, environmental protection, addiction recovery, community health and homelessness. If you are interested in joining or learning more about AmeriCorps programs in Wisconsin, please contact us by email at servewisconsin@wisconsin.gov or call (608) 576-5373. A team member will answer your questions and help you explore which program is the best fit for you!

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Beloit Fresh Start

AmeriCorps members construct affordable houses for families in their community while participating in an education and job-training program for at-risk youth. When not completing construction projects, members work on programming to complete their high school diploma/HSED, community service, leadership development, employability and various life skills classes.

** AmeriCorps National Program (funded through national grant outside of Serve Wisconsin)

PROGRAM CONTACT

Kaelyb Lokrantz

608-313-1328

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Rock


 

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee - ClubCorps

AmeriCorps members provide youth with in-school or afterschool academic enrichment, early literacy instruction, arts programming, social-emotional instruction, community service programming, and afterschool sports programming at local Boys and Girls Clubs and environmental education activities at Camp Whitcomb-Mason.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Joe Schmidlkofer 608-225-8976

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee & Waukesha


 

City Year Milwaukee

AmeriCorps members provide intensive coaching and support to high school and college students from underserved backgrounds in order to make college admission and success possible.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Recruitment Team

414-223-0150

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee


 

College Possible Wisconsin

AmeriCorps members provide intensive coaching and support to high school and college students from underserved backgrounds in order to make college admission and success possible.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Lauren McDuffie Recruitment & Operations Manager

414-727-5273

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee, Portage, Racine


 

Dane Co. Dept. of Human Services - Partners for After School Success (PASS)

AmeriCorps members are placed in predominately low-income or resource-scarce communities to enhance the academic achievement and school engagement of middle and high school youth through positive relationships, school engagement activities, tutoring, extended learning programs, and volunteer service.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Bonnie Erickson Program Manager

608-242-6285

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Dane


 

Easterseals Wisconsin

AmeriCorps members provide intensive personal care and lead or facilitate therapeutic recreation activities for individuals with disabilities and their families at Camp Wawbeek and Respite Camp. AmeriCorps members also provide therapeutic recreation activities for veterans and their family members at Veteran Family Camps.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Cally Ehle Director, Grants Management

608-237-1484

SERVICE AREA

Statewide (camps located in Wisconsin Dells)


 

Green Bay Conservation Corps

AmeriCorps members complete conservation projects and engage the public in educational programming and volunteer service. Members will address areas such as habitat restoration and preservation, trail maintenance and expansion, invasive species removal and native plant establishment, and species inventorying/mapping in the City's parks and outdoor spaces.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Maria Otto

920-448-3386

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Brown


 

LibraryCorps - Milwaukee Public Library

AmeriCorps members help young people develop a love of reading, increase information literacy skills, and establish positive relationships. Members lead dynamic activities in local schools during the day, provide homework help and after-school programming at library branches after school, and bring the library out into the community through summer reading outreach programming.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Aisha Coursen

414-286-3019

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee


 

Marquette University - 414 Fellows

AmeriCorps members are Marquette University students that serve in partnership with Next Door, engaging low-income children ages 0-3 in one-on-one language-building Serve and Return Activities to increase school readiness through gains in language skills.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Nhi Le

414-288-0101

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee


 

Marshfield Clinic - Community Corps

AmeriCorps members are placed in nonprofits and public health organizations across the state to increase their capacity to address local health needs, focusing in rural areas.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Shelly Kaiser

715-221-8400

SERVICE AREA

Statewide


 

Marshfield Clinic - Recovery Corps

AmeriCorps members are trained in the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) model of recovery coaching and serve as recovery coaches. Their focus is to reduce prescription drug, opioid, and other substance use disorders through one-on-one contact, outreach phone calls, and community education in the northcentral Wisconsin region served by the HOPE Consortium.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Christina Garcia

715-221-8413

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Clark, Forest, Florence, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln. Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Portage, Price, Shawano, Vilas, Washburn, and Wood

Tribal Nations: Forest County Potawatomi, Lac Du Flambeau Chippewa, Menominee, Sokaogon Chippewa


 

Milwaukee Christian Center - YouthBuild

AmeriCorps members make a tangible impact on their community through the construction of affordable, energy-efficient housing and accessible home modifications, while gaining job and leadership skills, improving their education, and developing community through service.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Maya Marion YouthBuild Program Manager

414-902-5394

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee


 

Milwaukee Justice Center

AmeriCorps members provide assistance to members of the public accessing the Milwaukee County Courthouse by providing information and helping individuals navigate the processes of filing documents at the courthouse.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Mark Guzman

414-278-4397

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee


 

Operation Fresh Start

AmeriCorps members serve on crews constructing affordable new homes for income-eligible families in the local community and crews completing conservation projects while working on achieving high school diplomas/HSEDs and developing career goals and skills to build the foundation for their future careers.

** AmeriCorps National Program (funded through national grant outside of Serve Wisconsin)

PROGRAM CONTACT

Bill Kean  608-212-8728 or Greg Miller  608-576-9068

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Dane


 

Public Allies Wisconsin

AmeriCorps members work on service projects that enhance and expand the capacity of nonprofit organizations to deliver critical direct services to Wisconsin residents, primarily in Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Nanis Rodriguez 414-273-0533 and Matthew Lewis 414-791-3136

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha


 

Racine Zoo AmeriCorps Program

AmeriCorps members provide environmental education programming to elementary, middle school, and high school students to reinforce grade-level science curriculum through inquiry and research activities, environmental presentations, and programming for participating classes at the zoo.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Brooke Richardson

262-635-7959

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Racine


 

Teach For America - Milwaukee

AmeriCorps members lead classrooms across the City of Milwaukee while growing and strengthening the movement for educational equity and excellence.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Andréz Muñoz and Kelly (Kotarek) Marshall

414-273-1203

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Milwaukee


 

United Way Fox Cities - Be Well Fox Valley

AmeriCorps members provide capacity building services to improve health and/or well-being and to address social determinants of health at public agencies and nonprofit organizations throughout Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago, and neighboring Wisconsin counties.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Amanda Ross Program Director

920-735-5479

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago, and neighboring counties


 

United Way of Dane County - Achievement Connections

AmeriCorps members tutor high school students in math and leverage additional volunteers to provide tutoring with the goal of increasing the number of students who pass Algebra by 10th grade.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Karl Johnson

608-441-7895

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Dane


 

United Way of Dane County - Schools of Hope

AmeriCorps members serve as literacy tutors and tutor coordinators in high-need elementary schools where they work with staff to increase the literacy skills of students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Emily Greene

608-441-1507

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Dane


 

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - ECLIPSE

AmeriCorps members provide one-on-one interventions to 3-5 year old children who are at risk and/or from low income families in order to help them grow in the areas of language, literacy, social interaction, and initiative skills.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Jane Jaenke

715-836-6011

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Eau Claire


 

University of Wisconsin System - Wisconsin 4-H Expanding Access

AmeriCorps members are placed throughout the state in partnership with county-based youth development professionals to design and implement community-based, highly effective, and evidenced-based youth development programming to assist youth in underrepresented and underserved communities.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Melinda Pollen

920-391-4613

SERVICE AREA

Statewide


 

Western Dairyland EOC, Inc. - Fresh Start

AmeriCorps members construct new homes for income-eligible families in the local community while working on achieving high school diplomas/HSEDs, developing career goals, improving self-esteem and alleviating barriers to economic self-sufficiency.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Shayne Gerberding

715-836-7511 x1130

SERVICE AREA

Counties: Eau Claire


 

Wisconsin Association for Homeless and Runaway Services

AmeriCorps members meet the immediate needs of youth experiencing homelessness in their community by connecting them with supportive services, shelter, and basic needs. Activities include outreach, shelter support, crisis management, and response to community referrals.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Shana Dumbleton 

608-445-6645

SERVICE AREA

Statewide


 

Wisconsin Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (WAFCC)

AmeriCorps members help build capacity and support Free and Charitable Clinics and Community Health Departments throughout Wisconsin. Through this program, members increase access to healthcare services to low-income and uninsured patients by creating new resources, programs, and opportunities in their communities.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Domonique Barley

262-693-7259

SERVICE AREA

Statewide


 

Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction - Farm to School

AmeriCorps members build healthy communities by improving child nutrition through educational farm to school activities for students and families, connecting schools with local farmers and food businesses, and increasing the capacity of communities to support sustainable programs to encourage healthy behaviors and improve the school food environment.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Kara Ignasiak Program Director

715-214-6080

SERVICE AREA

Statewide


 

Wisconsin Math Corps

AmeriCorps members provide math tutoring to kindergarten through 8th grade students to help them build their math skills to become algebra-ready by the end of 8th grade..

PROGRAM CONTACT

Itzel Galindo Director of Wisconsin Programs

SERVICE AREA

Statewide


 

Wisconsin Reading Corps

AmeriCorps members provide K-3 students with supplemental reading practice so they can become successful readers. Wisconsin Reading Corps is an evidence-based, 1-1 tutoring program to intervene with students at-risk of not reading proficiently by the end of 3rd grade.

** AmeriCorps National Program (funded through national grant outside of Serve Wisconsin)

PROGRAM CONTACT

Itzel Galindo Director of Wisconsin Programs

SERVICE AREA

Statewide


 

Wisconsin Conservation Corps (WisCorps)

AmeriCorps members complete high priority conservation projects across the state of Wisconsin. Members are responsible for improving public land, planting trees, establishing firebreaks at homes, establishing or maintaining trails, installing or restoring rain gardens, and engaging individuals in environmental education programs.

PROGRAM CONTACT

Matt Brantner Executive Director

608-782-2494

SERVICE AREA

Statewide