AmeriCorps strives to make a lasting impact on its participants, partners, partners, communities served, and the civic health of society as it fosters the powerful synergies between these interconnected domains.
Each of these domains can be defined as:
- Participants: The individuals who join AmeriCorps as members and volunteers to serve local communities through AmeriCorps programs.
- Partners: AmeriCorps grantees and sponsoring organizations receiving AmeriCorps program funding to implement service projects.
- Communities: The individuals, groups, and local areas that experience services from AmeriCorps-funded grantees or sponsors delivered by AmeriCorps members and volunteers.
- Society: National service, volunteering, and civic engagement in the United States.
View evidence of impact in each of these domains:
Featured News
AmeriCorps Releases Report on Volunteer Generation Fund Evaluation and Capacity Building Project
Participants
Participants Toolbox
Participants Resources
Member Attrition Analysis
An Analysis of Factors Related to Early Program Exit
Alumni Issue Brief
Highlights from Studies of Alumni and Long-Serving Participants
Partners
Partners Resources
ROI Research Poster
Foster Grandparent/Senior Companion Return on Investment (ROI) Research
Recovery Coaching Research Poster
Recovery Coaching Programs Bundled Research
Communities
Society
Society Resources
Definition Series
Constructive Collective Action: A new lens for understanding how to achieve lasting social change
CEV External Directory
Directory for Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering Supplement (CEV) Data, Derivative Products, and More