AmeriCorps & AmeriCorps*VISTA are federally funded National Service programs that provide individuals of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to address some of the most pressing problems facing our country today. In return for providing a year of service, AmeriCorps and VISTA Members receive a monthly living allowance, training opportunities, and an educational award to help finance college education or vocational training — or pay back student loans. Solid Ground sponsors three unique National Service programs focusing on domestic and youth violence prevention, elementary school literacy, and support for anti-poverty organizations. With over 130 Members, Solid Ground is the largest National Service sponsor in the Seattle/King County area.
AmeriCorps & VISTA programs at Solid Ground
We will begin accepting new JustServe AmeriCorps and Washington Reading Corps applications for the 2011-12 program year beginning in May 2011; MLK VISTA will begin accepting applications in June 2011.
Our program Listing ID’s on the My AmeriCorps website began receiving applications in mid-April. You can find a sample of typical project sites for each program by clicking through to the individual corps pages here:
- JustServe*AmeriCorps: Places Members at Seattle Police Department and other local criminal justice system agencies, middle and high schools, and community- and faith-based organizations to provide prevention and intervention for youth at risk of violence and incarceration, advocacy to domestic violence victims/survivors, alternatives to incarceration, support to people coming out of incarceration, and mobilizing volunteers of all ages and backgrounds to get involved in anti-violence work. Listing ID #: 3124
- MLK VISTA Corps: Works with community and public agencies throughout King County on housing development and homelessness, welfare to work, low-income access to technology, and family support issues. Listing ID #: 4383
- Washington Reading Corps: Places Members in elementary schools in Seattle, Kent, Renton, Highline and Tukwila School Districts to recruit and train community volunteers and provide one-on-one and small group tutoring to increase reading skills. Seattle WRC Listing ID #: 5006; South King County WRC Listing ID#: 5007
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- Governor's Proclamation: AmeriCorps Week in Washington State, May 14-21, 2011 (signed by Governor Christine O. Gregoire, 5/5/11)
- Finding a second calling: RSVP helps seniors to volunteer (by Katherine Luck, Journal Newspaper Group, 7/5/10)
- Stimulus Funds New AmeriCorps Jobs in Washington (by Liz Jones, KUOW News, 7/8/09)
- United We Serve Initiative 2009: In partnership with the White House, the Corporation for National and Community Service has been directly involved in the coordination of this initiative initiated by President Obama. United We Serve calls for all Americans to contribute to our country’s recovery and renewal by participating in service.
- Nation needs youthful idealism more than ever (by Michelle Obama, USA Today, 4/14/09)
- The Moment for National Service (Editorial, Times, 1/26/09)
- Volunteer to Save the Economy (by Bruce Reed & John Bridgeland, Times, 1/23/09)
- In Obama Era, National Service’s Time Has Come (by Morton M. Kondracke, Roll Call Executive Editor, 1/22/09)
- Service After Service Day (by E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, 1/19/09)
- Strengthening Our Future (by Sen. Sam Nunn & Michelle Nunn, Huffington Post, 1/18/09)
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Phone: 206.926.9000
Email: americorpsinfo@solid-ground.org
FAX: 206.957.2677
Mailing AmeriCorps Programs
Address: Solid Ground
1501 North 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103-6708
Physical Solid Ground
Address: Volunteer Resources
464 12th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122