AmeriCorps Programs
AmeriCorps programs in the state of Wisconsin focus on a wide variety of issues, including educational achievement, economic opportunity, environmental protection, addiction recovery, community health and homelessness. If you are interested in joining or learning more about AmeriCorps programs in Wisconsin, please contact us by email at servewisconsin@wisconsin.gov or call (608) 576-5373. A team member will answer your questions and help you explore which program is the best fit for you!
View an interactive map of national service program locations in Wisconsin.
To learn what it is like to serve as an AmeriCorps member in Wisconsin, read about our members who are Making An Impact!
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Beloit Fresh Start
AmeriCorps members construct affordable houses for families in their community while participating in an education and job-training program for at-risk youth. When not completing construction projects, members work on programming to complete their high school diploma/HSED, community service, leadership development, employability and various life skills classes.
** AmeriCorps National Program (funded through national grant outside of Serve Wisconsin)
PROGRAM CONTACT
608-313-1328
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Rock
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee - ClubCorps
AmeriCorps members provide youth with in-school or afterschool academic enrichment, early literacy instruction, arts programming, social-emotional instruction, community service programming, and afterschool sports programming at local Boys and Girls Clubs and environmental education activities at Camp Whitcomb-Mason.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Josephine Yang 414-267-8130 and Joe Schmidlkofer 608-225-8976
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee & Waukesha
City Year - Milwaukee
AmeriCorps members focus on helping students get and/or remain on track to graduate by providing academic support, delivering behavior and attendance coaching and encouraging student engagement to promote a positive school climate.
** AmeriCorps National Program (funded through national grant outside of Serve Wisconsin)
PROGRAM CONTACT
Recruitment Team 414-223-0150
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee
College Possible Milwaukee
AmeriCorps members provide intensive coaching and support to low-income high school and college students in order to make college admission and success possible.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Kevin Curley Program Director
414-220-9450
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee, Portage, Racine (future)
Dane Co. Dept. of Human Services - Partners for After School Success (PASS)
AmeriCorps members are placed in predominately low-income or resource scarce communities in order to enhance the academic achievement and school engagement of middle and high school youth through positive relationships, academic coaching and tutoring, extended learning programs, and volunteer service.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Bonnie Erickson Program Manager
608-242-6285
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Dane
Easterseals Wisconsin
AmeriCorps members provide intensive personal care and lead or facilitate therapeutic recreation activities for individuals with disabilities and their families at Camp Wawbeek and Respite Camp. AmeriCorps members also provide therapeutic recreation activities for veterans and their family members at Veteran Family Camps.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Cally Ehle Director, Grants Management
608-237-1484
SERVICE AREA
Statewide (camps located in Wisconsin Dells)
Green Bay Conservation Corps
AmeriCorps members complete conservation projects and engage the public in educational programming and volunteer service. Members will address areas such as habitat restoration and preservation, trail maintenance and expansion, invasive species removal and native plant establishment, community garden upkeep, and access improvements in the city’s parks and other outdoor spaces.
PROGRAM CONTACT
920-448-3386
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Brown
LibraryCorps - Milwaukee Public Library
AmeriCorps members will increase K-12 student access to library resources and literacy-based activities by providing support to students at local schools during the day, provide after-school programming and support at the library branch closest to these school, and summer reading outreach programming.
PROGRAM CONTACT
414-712-4115
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee
Marquette University - 414 Fellows
AmeriCorps members are Marquette University students that serve in partnership with Next Door, engaging low-income children ages 0-3 in one-on-one language-building Serve and Return Activities to increase school readiness through gains in language skills.
PROGRAM CONTACT
414-288-7774
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee
Marshfield Clinic - Community Corps
AmeriCorps members are placed in nonprofits and public health organizations across the state to increase their capacity to address local health needs, focusing in rural areas.
PROGRAM CONTACT
715-221-8400
SERVICE AREA
Statewide
Marshfield Clinic - Recovery Corps
AmeriCorps members are trained in the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) model of recovery coaching and serve as recovery coaches. Their focus is to reduce prescription drug, opioid, and other substance use disorders through one-on-one contact, outreach phone calls, and community education in the northcentral Wisconsin region served by the HOPE Consortium.
PROGRAM CONTACT
715-221-8413
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Clark, Forest, Florence, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln. Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Portage, Price, Shawano, Vilas, Washburn, and Wood
Tribal Nations: Forest County Potawatomi, Lac Du Flambeau Chippewa, Menominee, Sokaogon Chippewa
Milwaukee Christian Center - YouthBuild
AmeriCorps members make a tangible impact on their community through the construction of affordable, energy-efficient housing and accessible home modifications, while gaining job and leadership skills, improving their education, and developing community through service.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Maya Marion YouthBuild Program Manager
414-902-5394
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee
Milwaukee Justice Center
AmeriCorps members provide assistance to members of the public accessing the Milwaukee County Courthouse by providing information and helping individuals navigate the processes of filing documents at the courthouse.
PROGRAM CONTACT
414-278-4397
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee
North Central Community Action Program
AmeriCorps members serve elementary, middle school, high school and adult learners at local schools and nonprofit organizations. They provide direct services to youth and their families as mentors and tutors during and after school, while building up their own professional and human services skills and capacities.
PROGRAM CONTACT
715-424-2581
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Marathon and neighboring counties
Operation Fresh Start
AmeriCorps members serve on crews constructing affordable new homes for income-eligible families in the local community and crews completing conservation projects while working on achieving high school diplomas/HSEDs and developing career goals and skills to build the foundation for their future careers.
** AmeriCorps National Program (funded through national grant outside of Serve Wisconsin)
PROGRAM CONTACT
Bill Kean 608-212-8728 or Greg Miller 608-576-9068
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Dane
Public Allies Wisconsin
AmeriCorps members work on service projects that enhance and expand the capacity of nonprofit organizations to deliver critical direct services to Wisconsin residents, primarily in Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Nanis Rodriguez 414-273-0533 and Matthew Lewis 414-791-3136
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha
Racine Zoo AmeriCorps Program
AmeriCorps members provide environmental education programming to elementary, middle school, and high school students to reinforce grade-level science curriculum through inquiry and research activities, environmental presentations, and programming for participating classes at the zoo.
PROGRAM CONTACT
262-635-7959
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Racine
Renewal Unlimited, Inc. - Fresh Start Program
AmeriCorps members construct two single-family homes that are sold to low-income and moderate-income families. While working on the houses, members develop educational, pre-employment, job, independent living, and leadership skills.
PROGRAM CONTACT
608-742-5329
SERVICE AREA
Portage, WI and surrounding communites
Sixteenth Street Community HealthCorps Program
AmeriCorps members expand the delivery of medical, behavioral, environmental health, and social services programming to individuals from low-income families and areas with shortages of medical professional care. AmeriCorps members serve as health resource navigators and enhance educational programming for women’s health, obesity, chronic illness, inclusive care for the elderly, and other medical needs.
PROGRAM CONTACT
414-897-5609
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee
United Way Fox Cities - Be Well Fox Valley
AmeriCorps members provide capacity building services to improve health and/or well-being and to address social determinants of health at public agencies and nonprofit organizations throughout Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago, and neighboring Wisconsin counties.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Amanda Ross Program Director
920-735-5479
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Milwaukee
United Way of Dane County - Achievement Connections
AmeriCorps members tutor high school students in math and leverage additional volunteers to provide tutoring with the goal of increasing the number of students who pass Algebra by 10th grade.
PROGRAM CONTACT
608-441-7895
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Dane
United Way of Dane County - Schools of Hope
AmeriCorps members serve as literacy tutors and tutor coordinators in high-need elementary schools where they work with staff to increase the literacy skills of students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
PROGRAM CONTACT
608-441-1507
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Dane
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - ECLIPSE
AmeriCorps members provide one-on-one interventions to 3-5 year old children who are at risk and/or from low income families in order to help them grow in the areas of language, literacy, social interaction, and initiative skills.
PROGRAM CONTACT
715-836-6011
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin System - Wisconsin 4-H Expanding Access
AmeriCorps members are placed throughout the state in partnership with county-based youth development professionals to design and implement community-based, highly effective, and evidenced-based youth development programming to assist youth in underrepresented and underserved communities.
PROGRAM CONTACT
920-391-4613
SERVICE AREA
Statewide
Western Dairyland EOC, Inc. - Chippewa Fresh Start
AmeriCorps members construct new homes for income-eligible families in the local community while working on achieving high school diplomas/HSEDs, developing career goals, improving self-esteem and alleviating barriers to economic self-sufficiency.
PROGRAM CONTACT
715-836-7511 x1130
SERVICE AREA
Counties: Eau Claire
Wisconsin Association for Homeless and Runaway Services
AmeriCorps members meet the immediate needs of youth experiencing homelessness in their community by connecting them with supportive services, shelter, and basic needs. Activities include outreach, shelter support, crisis management, and response to community referrals.
PROGRAM CONTACT
608-239-5430
SERVICE AREA
Statewide
Wisconsin Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (WAFCC)
AmeriCorps members help build capacity and support Free and Charitable Clinics and Community Health Departments throughout Wisconsin. Through this program, members increase access to healthcare services to low-income and uninsured patients by creating new resources, programs, and opportunities in their communities.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Connor Doppler AmeriCorps Supervisor
763-567-9572
SERVICE AREA
Statewide
Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction - Farm to School
AmeriCorps members build healthy communities by improving child nutrition through educational farm to school activities for students and families, connecting schools with local farmers and food businesses, and increasing the capacity of communities to support sustainable programs to encourage healthy behaviors and improve the school food environment.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Kara Ignasiak Program Director
715-214-6080
SERVICE AREA
Statewide
Wisconsin Reading Corps
AmeriCorps members provide K-3 students with supplemental reading practice so they can become successful readers. Wisconsin Reading Corps is an evidence-based, 1-1 tutoring program to intervene with students at-risk of not reading proficiently by the end of 3rd grade.
** AmeriCorps National Program (funded through national grant outside of Serve Wisconsin)
PROGRAM CONTACT
Eric Hoffman Director of Wisconsin Programs
SERVICE AREA
Statewide
Wisconsin Conservation Corps (WisCorps)
AmeriCorps members complete high priority conservation projects across the state of Wisconsin. Members are responsible for improving public land, planting trees, establishing firebreaks at homes, establishing or maintaining trails, installing or restoring rain gardens, and engaging individuals in environmental education programs.
PROGRAM CONTACT
Matt Brantner Executive Director
608-782-2494
SERVICE AREA
Statewide