Minnesota
Programs
Educational Achievement
AmeriCorps Learning Early Achieves Potential
(LEAP)
Be an advocate, coach and champion for young children. Provide
support for early childhood school readiness. Location: Southern
Minnesota.
Minnesota College Success
Corps
Help new and returning learners make the grade. Provide tutoring
and mentoring to enhance college student success. Location: Anoka Ramsey
Community College – Cambridge/Coon Rapids.
City of Lakes AmeriCorps
Help students in an urban setting gain the skills they need to
succeed. Provide tutoring, mentoring, afterschool activities and
service learning opportunities to children K-12. Location: Minneapolis
Public Schools.
Minnesota Math Corps
Apply your skills to help children succeed in math. Provide math
tutoring for students in grades 4-8. Locations: Saint Cloud, Saint Paul
and the Saint Croix River Education District.
Minnesota Reading Corps
Be part of a proven program that helps children learn to read.
Provide targeted literacy tutoring support to struggling readers, age 3
to grade 3. Locations: More than 400 preschool and elementary school
sites throughout Minnesota.
Minnesota Alliance with Youth
Promise Fellows
Help young people access the resources they need to be successful.
Provide tutoring, mentoring and service learning opportunities to
connect youth to their communities. Locations: Multiple sites throughout
Minnesota.
Multicultural Communities in
Action
Give children the boost they need to succeed. Provide tutoring
and after-school activities. Location: Twin Cities Metropolitan area.
True North AmeriCorps
Make a real difference in the life of a child. Provide tutoring,
mentoring and after-school activities. Locations: Duluth and throughout
Northeastern Minnesota.
Economic Opportunity
Bridges to Self-Sufficiency
Help job seekers connect to needed services and learn vital skills.
Provide customized career planning and identify eligible benefits and
community resources for people with disabilities and other barriers.
Location: Twin Cities Metropolitan area.
Community Technology Empowerment
Project
Provide technology outreach to bridge the digital divide for
underserved community members. Help youth and adults use technology
to access civic, educational and economic opportunities. Location: Twin
Cities Metropolitan area.
City Skills
Help people enter the workforce. Provide intensive support and
placement services to remove barriers to employment for ex-offenders and
new immigrants. Location: North Minneapolis.
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
AmeriCorps
Build, rehab and repair homes in partnership with community
volunteers and low-income families. Provide education and supportive
services for children, youth and their families. Location: Twin Cities
Metropolitan area.
Environmental Protection
Conservation Corps Minnesota
Engage young adults in natural resource management and renewable
energy activities. Provide youth development activities through
environmental conversation projects. Locations: Multiple sites
throughout Minnesota.
Minnesota GreenCorps
Improve the environment through green projects. Provide education
and promotion of “green living” strategies including community gardens,
composting at schools, and energy reduction. Locations: Multiple sites
throughout Minnesota.
Green and Healthy Home Corps
Help prevent lead exposure for children and weatherize homes for
greater energy efficiency. Provide outreach, education and
interventions to low-income families regarding green, healthy homes.
Location: Twin Cities Metropolitan area. |
