AmeriCorps has long sought to address climate-related issues by funding national service programs that specifically target extreme weather events and other disasters, sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives, and disaster recovery programming. To learn more about AmeriCorps-supported climate change programs, the AmeriCorps Office of Research and Evaluation contracted a research firm to synthetize information about climate change approaches and models across funding streams, while at the same time, providing peer-learning and networking opportunities through evaluation capacity building workshops

 

The AmeriCorps Climate Change Bundled Evaluation and Capacity Building Project will provide insights on a range of program activities related to education and training, disaster response, conservation, wildfire mitigation, and energy efficiency. Other areas to be explored include the ways in which the programs influence community resilience, changes in attitudes and behaviors toward civic engagement among national service members, and the development of job skills, including skills for green jobs. The final report will be available in Fall 2024. 

Materials and Resources

Fact Sheet

Logic Model

Literature Reviewed

Voices from the Field – Climate

Survey Highlights from AmeriCorps Members in Climate Change

 

Full report

Further information

Program/Intervention
Climate-change related interventions
Intermediary(s)

AmeriCorps Office of Research and Evaluation Commissioned Report

AmeriCorps Program(s)
AmeriCorps State and National
AmeriCorps VISTA
Age(s) Studied
18-25 (Young adult)
26-55 (Adult)
Focus Population(s)/Community(s)
Rural
Suburban
Urban
Low-income
Outcome Category
Environmental Stewardship
At-risk ecosystems
Awareness of environmental issues
Green jobs
Benefit to national service members/volunteers
Improving AmeriCorps
Nonprofit development
Study Type(s)
Other
Study Design(s)
Quasi-experimental (QED)
Researcher/Evaluator
ICF International
Published Year
2024
Study Site Location (State)
California
Colorado
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Minnesota
Missouri
North Carolina
Virginia
Washington