The five AmeriCorps NCCC regions – Atlantic, North Central, Pacific, Southern, and Southwest – routinely collect feedback from their regional sponsors to learn about their perspectives and experiences with the NCCC program and teams working at sponsor organizations’ service projects. These findings are used to make evidence-informed program improvements.

This report describes initial findings from a national evaluation of how AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) seeks to promote leadership skills and qualities among members. With data from a baseline survey administered between January 2020 and April 2021, this report details characteristics of a sample of NCCC members at the time they began their service. Data were also collected from a matched comparison group of candidates who applied and were later invited to serve with NCCC, but who did not accept.

Key Findings Include:

America Reads – Mississippi (ARM) is an AmeriCorps national service program that aims to help improve the reading skills of students, encourage public awareness and support of literacy, and increase the number of certified teachers in Mississippi. ARM AmeriCorps members provide one-on-one and small-group tutoring in reading to students from kindergarten to 3rd-grade during school and extended-day/year programs.

Study Goals: