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The following is a general overview of each AmeriCorps program. Each program title is a link to their website. For further details and contact information, please check our Program Service Directory.
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The Court Youth Center’s (CYC) philosophy of arts-integration and positive youth development provides students the opportunity to extend creative learning and boost achievement in a safe, drug free environment.
CYC offers programs both in-school and after school throughout the year in partnership with the Alma d’arte Charter High School that is housed at CYC and the Gadsden School District’s Middle School. All program activities weave positive youth development into an arts-integrated, career-focused curriculum that incorporates hands on meaningful applications of literacy, visual, performing, and culinary arts.
The program educates AmeriCorps Member Artists in the practice of arts integration to instruct middle and high school age youth in a number of arts endeavors throughout the year in after-school and in-school programs.
Currently serving the communities Las Cruces and Anthony, New Mexico.
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EcoServants exists to engage and employ youth to serve and restore the community and its resources. Through AmeriCorps we operate an Eco-Mentors program which places four young college graduates in four 7-12 grade schools to provide positive mentoring, create environmental service learning projects, lead after school clubs, provide college and career preparedness as well as homework help. During the summer we offer a Youth Conservation Corps project that employs 20 youth to perform cave stewardship, cut trails, beautify parks, and otherwise steward public lands for recreational and environmental health. Youth also receive college credit as part of the program. This year we will also have pilot projects with the Ruidoso High School and the Mescalero Apache Fisheries department to improve environmental education and service for these organizations.
Currently serving the communities of Southern Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Reservation, New Mexico.
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The mission of the FYI/AmeriCorps Program is to increase academic success and improve student wellness among children/youth placed-at-risk, and to have positive and sustained community impact, through a holistic approach providing safe creative learning environments, tutoring services, enrichment activities, guidance, service awareness and service engagement, social service support, and by engaging multi-generational community volunteers.
Currently serving the communities of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
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Public Allies' mission is to advance diverse young leaders to strengthen communities, non-profits and civic participation. Our AmeriCorps program meets the needs of young adults concerned about their communities, by providing the support, training and hands-on service opportunities to become the next generation of engaged, equipped and empowered community and nonprofit leaders. We meet community needs by providing enthusiastic young adults that serve full-time at community and faith-based organizations that identify how we can best help them meet educational, community, economic, and health outcomes.
Currently serving the community of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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The mission of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps is to recognize and engage the strengths and potential of youth through team service in schools, the environment and communities of north central New Mexico. RMYC is a stepping stone to new opportunities. RMYC AmeriCorps activities fall into three program components: Education Crews, Field Crews and Corps member Learning.
In the Education Program, youth in grades K-8 are beneficiaries of mentoring facilitated by RMYC AmeriCorps Members. The target population is students in schools throughout Taos County.
Field Crews complete community service projects in the areas of public safety and environmental restoration, focusing on trail and recreation facility development and wildfire prevention.
All RMYC AmeriCorps Members are involved in their own growth and development, and participate in community service events throughout the year. Service days encourage Members and volunteers to broaden their background in citizenship and community engagement.
Currently serving the communities of Taos, Rio Arriba, Coalfax and Mora Counties.
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The San Juan County Partnership addresses the many social indicators facing youth and adult populations. Priority areas include; the alarming rate of alcohol, tobacco, and other substance abuse in thefamilies of SJC, more than 10% of SJC residents have less than a ninth grade education, SJC literacy ratings indicate that nearly one quarter of residents fall within the lowest literary rate of level 1 – level 5 being the highest and the lack of after-school youth services due to the rural nature of the community.
Members will be placed across San Juan County offering After School programming, youth and adult education outreach.
Currently serving the communities of San Juan County, New Mexico.
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Teach For America is the national teacher corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools. Teach For America provide this country's most disadvantaged students with excellent teachers who will go beyond traditional expectations to ensure that their students achieve academically. Teach for America also tries to influence the career direction and civic commitment of our corps members, building an ever-expanding force of leaders and citizens who are committed to making the changes needed to ensure that all children in this nation have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.
Currently serving the communities of Grants/Cibola, San Juan and McKinley Counties, New Mexico.
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The Wellness Coalition (TWC) AmeriCorps Health Corps program will address needs in the four-county area by facilitating access to health and social services for under-served populations and mobilize volunteer resources. Members will be instrumental in conducting community needs assessments, establishing networks of collaboration, and repositioning services between agencies. TWC AmeriCorps program will focus on mobilizing volunteer resources and building agency capacity for volunteer management. Youth Corps members serve in TWC's Youth Service Corps crews. These members participate in seasonal, project driven activities that fulfill three needs at once: First, they connect young people with a service need in the community that they can address and thereby grow into community leaders and assets.
Currently serving the communities of Carton, Grant, Hildago and Luna Counties, New Mexico.
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The VSA AmeriCorps Program supports collaborations between people with and without disabilities in service to their community. Members offer a range of arts education and culture-based classes, activities, and entrepreneurial support in the visual, performing, literary, and media arts to adults with developmental disabilities, children and adults with a range of special needs including autism and other disabilities, and mental illness, under served youth at City Community Centers, the Juvenile Detention Center and the Native American Community Academy.
Currently serving the community of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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