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 Washington Reading Corps WRC applications for the 2012-13 program year beginning in May 2012; MLK VISTA will begin accepting applications in June 2012.
Our program Listing IDs 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:
- 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: 206.694.6700
TTY: 7.1.1
Email: americorpsinfo@solid-ground.org
FAX: 206.694.6777
Mailing AmeriCorps Programs
Address: Solid Ground
1501 North 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103-6708