Serve Alaska Commission, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development

What is AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps brings people together to serve communities. AmeriCorps members serve directly with organizations and nonprofits to tackle our nation’s most pressing challenges.

Serve Alaska, in partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), brings AmeriCorps programs to Alaska. The Serve Alaska sub-grantees operate in almost every region of the state, bringing much needed support and training to rural and urban Alaska.

We invite individuals of all ages and backgrounds to serve with AmeriCorps.

AmeriCorps supports diversity and inclusion and encourages all eligible individuals to serve. Whether or not you’ve recently graduated, have had a job or two, or have retired from a long career — you can serve with AmeriCorps.

Find the Opportunity That’s Right For You - We offer opportunities with different time commitments and requirements, meaning that you can serve in whatever capacity works for your passion, goals, and lifestyle.
Receive Benefits For Your Service - Through our programs, we provide benefits for members, including education awards, housing stipends, living allowances, and supplemental health insurance. Benefits vary by program.
Develop a Network That Lasts a Lifetime - When you serve with AmeriCorps, you join a network of more than 1 million strong. AmeriCorps alumni continue to give back to their communities after their service. The connections you make and the network you build while serving with AmeriCorps is unlike any other.
What benefits are provided during and after AmeriCorps? - Living allowance, and education award to pay for college or trade school expenses, or to repay qualified student loans, loan deferment and interest forbearance on qualified student loans, while in service, professional development, alumni network, and more. Some of our programs provide health care benefits or a stipend to purchase healthcare. You may also be eligible to receive a childcare benefit if you have children under the age of 13 40.6% of residents volunteer, ranking Alaska 5th among states
Do I need a degree to serve in AmeriCorps? - You do not need a college degree to serve. If you don’t have a high school diploma, you may still be eligible to serve.

Current Programs

Program	Service Description	Contact Information
Alaska Public Defenders Agency's SAME Justice Program	Members provide direct assistance to low-income, justice-involved Alaskans to address non-legal barriers to success and access to services in their communities.	Amanda Hillberry AmeriCorps Program Coordinator (907) 322-6638 Email: amanda.hillberry@alaska.gov
Residential Youth Care INC. Ketchikan Afterschool Program	Members serve to reduce youth substance misuse and increase access to care. They provide structured out-of-school time activities, skill-based workshops, and social emotional learning among other services.	Dustin Larna AmeriCorps Program Supervisor Main: (907) 225-4664 Email: dustinl@rycalaska.com
Student Conservation Association	Members provide conservation stewardship to publicly accessible lands in Alaska.	Jason Croft Partnership Director, Alaska and Pacific Islands (907) 771-8491 Email: jcroft@thesca.org
Alaska Children's Trust, Alaska Afterschool Network	Members support students in after-school programing. Providing structured activities to meet their social emotional needs.	Lily Tegner AmeriCorps Program Specialist (907)248-7379 Email: ltegner@alaskachildrenstrust.org
RurAL CAP, Resilient Alaska Youth	Members engage Alaska Native youth using experiential-based learning and cultural activities in 15 rural communities across Alaska.	Liza Krauszer Community Development Manager (907) 865-7396 Email: lkrauszer@ruralcap.org
Sitka AmeriCorps	Members serve to increase children’s resilience to both the effects of COVID-19 and to reduce it's impact on high Adverse Childhood Experience scores in Sitka.	Sarah Joan Lawrie, MFA Sitka AmeriCorps Program Program Director (907) 966-6340 Email: lawries@sitkaschools.org
United Way of Southeast Alaska	Members provide targeted support to PreK to 12th grade students, youth residing in domestic violence shelters, or adults accessing services at an Adult Education Center.	Lisa Bogert AmeriCorps Program Director (907) 463-1293 Email: americorps@unitedwayseak.org

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