Benefits

AmeriCorps Volunteer Benefits

  • Receive a living stipend (distributed bi-weekly)

  • Earn a Segal Education Award upon completion of your service term, which can be used to:

    • Help pay for college, graduate school, or vocational training

    • Repay qualified student loans.

      • Note: Some student loans may also qualify for forbearance and/or interest forgiveness during the term of service.

  • Have access to Service Year Alliance: an online network of resources that provide job opportunities and continued professional development to AmeriCorps alumni.

  • Receive a work boot stipend for outdoor work

  • Mileage reimbursement as applicable

  • Receive extensive professional development and training related to environmental sustainability and the green job network.

  • Gain valuable, transferrable skills and real-world experience that can lead to other employment opportunities.

  • Contribute to positive change in your community.

  • Join a team with other people in the community who are also committed to public service.

  • Connect to career opportunities with leading employers from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.

Service Term Lengths & Benefits

  • People shoveling dirt into a dump truck, wearing gloves and jackets, outdoors on a clear day.

    Quarter-Time

    Receive a living stipend of $5,400 (distributed bi-weekly) and information about supplemental resources. 

    Earn a Segal Education Award of $1,956 upon completion of your service term, which can be used to help pay for college, graduate school, or vocational training, or to repay qualified student loans. Some student loans may also qualify for forbearance during the term of service.

    Note: the quarter-time service term is 450 hours served over a 4-month period of time.

  • Group of people planting a rain garden in a backyard, with some digging in dark soil while others hold gardening tools and soil, wearing gloves.

    Half-Time

    Receive a living stipend of $10,800 (distributed bi-weekly) and information about supplemental resources. 

    Earn a Segal Education Award of $3,697.50 upon completion of your service term, which can be used to help pay for college, graduate school, or vocational training, or to repay qualified student loans. Some student loans may also qualify for forbearance during the term of service. 

    Note: the half-time service term is 900 hours served over a 8-month period of time.

  • People placing their hands together in a circle, wearing gloves, on grass.

    Three-Quarter Time

    Receive a living stipend of $14,400 (distributed bi-weekly), and information about supplemental resources.

    Earn a Segal Education Award of $5,176.50 upon completion of your service term, which can be used to help pay for college, graduate school, or vocational training, or to repay qualified student loans. Some student loans may also qualify for forbearance during the term of service.

    Note: the three-quarter-time service term is 1200 hours served over a 10-month period of time.

  • People planting a rain garden outside a brick house, with some wearing jackets and gloves.

    Full-Time

    Receive a living stipend of $20,400 (distributed bi-weekly), and information about supplemental resources.

    Earn a Segal Education Award of $7,395 upon completion of your service term, which can be used to help pay for college, graduate school, or vocational training, or to repay qualified student loans. Some student loans may also qualify for forbearance during the term of service.

    Note: the full-time service term is 1700 hours served over a 12-month period of time.

Service hours are completed within a specific timeframe. Most AmeriCorps Volunteers serve 18-37.5 hours per week, 3-5 days per week to fulfill the total time requirement. For more information, please feel free to reach out to us at AmeriCorpsREADY@wayne.edu

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