AmeriCorps*State Program Directory Program Direc… · Spenser Morrissey, CPA, Fiscal Officer Scott McFarland, Executive Director Michelle Hanneken, Volunteer Program Coordinator

Program Year 2017-18

AmeriCorps*State

Program Directory

Department of Public Health

www.Serve.Illinois.gov

State of Illinois

"Getting Things Done in Illinois"

Spenser Morrissey, CPA, Fiscal Officer

Scott McFarland, Executive Director

Michelle Hanneken, Volunteer Program Coordinator

About Us

AmeriCorps*State programs are administered by the Serve Illinois Commission on

Volunteerism and Community Service. The mission of Serve Illinois is to improve Illinois

communities by supporting and enhancing volunteerism and community service. Serve Illinois

strives to realize its mission through the engagement of communities, schools, businesses,

governmental entities, and faith and community-based organizations in the implementation of

volunteerism, national service, and community service goals. As a Governor-appointed

commission of the State of Illinois housed within the Illinois Department of Public Health, the

staff and commissioners of Serve Illinois seek to maintain a high level of statewide

engagement, promotion, and successful completion of the volunteerism and community

service priorities identified and approved annually by Serve Illinois.

TTY: (888) 261-2713

Serve Illinois Commission

AmeriCorps is a national service program that involves people in "getting things done" in

communities. AmeriCorps Members develop an ethic of service while strengthening local

communities. Illinois has 38 AmeriCorps*State programs in operation for the 2017-2018

program year and over 1600 Members committing to a year of service. These Members

serve over 72 counties in 411 host sites.The charges of individual AmeriCorps programs are

determined by the local needs of communities with many focusing on education, human

service and supports, environmental quality, public health, or public safety.

Contact Information:

422 S. Fifth Street

Springfield, IL 62701

Phone: (800) 592-9896

Melissa Turley, AmeriCorps Program Manager

Mike Esper, AmeriCorps Program Officer

Fax: (217) 557-0515

Web: www.Serve.Illinois.gov

Staff:

Joshua Street, Program Coordinator

Jaime Stevenson, Program Coordinator

Mike Stehlin, Training Coordinator

Our AmeriCorps Programs

Program Description:

American Red Cross of Adams County American Red Cross of Bloomington

3000 N 23rd Street 1 Westport Court

Quincy, IL 62305 Bloomington, IL 61704

County: Adams County: McLean

American Red Cross of Chicago American Red Cross of Peoria

2200 W Harrison Street 405 W John H Gwynn Jr. Avenue

Chicago, IL 60612 Peoria, IL 61605

County: Cook County: Peoria

American Red Cross of American Red Cross of Rockford

The Quad Cities 727 N Church Street

1100 River Drive Rockford, IL 61103

Moline, IL 61266 County: Winnebago

County: Rock Island

American Red Cross of Springfield

1045 Outer Park Drive


County: Sangamon

Chicago, IL 60612

Safe Families AmeriCorps Program

American Red Cross - Chicago

Illinois AmeriCorps*State Programs

Safe Families AmeriCorps members will serve to organize community members across Illinois in

making their cities, schools, organizations and households more resilient to emergencies. The

member’s primary responsibility will be to teach, coordinate and lead emergency preparedness,

planning and recovery activities in their assigned territories in support of the American Red Cross.

Primary Contact:

Michelle Bush

2200 W. Harrison Street

Host Sites

County: Cook

Phone: (312) 485-7379

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.redcross.org/il/chicago/volunteer/americorps


Family Health Center LEAF Program

2424 W Peterson Ave 2838 W Peterson Ave

Chicago, IL 60659 Chicago, IL 60659

County: Cook County: Cook

Mental Health Passages Charter School

4753 N Broadway STSTE 700 1643 W Bryn Mawr Ave



Workforce Development

4820 N Broadway StFl 3

Chicago, IL 60640

County: Cook


Asian Human Services exists to provide quality, compassionate, and culturally competent

services to low-income and immigrant and refugee communities in metropolitan Chicago.

AmeriCorps members at AHS fill supportive roles in our Adult Education and Family Literacy

Program (LEAF), Passages Charter School, Family Health Center, Community Health Program,

and Employment Program. Members engage in a variety of activities to improve the clients’

education level, health, and employment situation, including teaching ESL and Basic Computer

classes to adults, tutoring in After School programs, assisting in elementary school classrooms,

presenting health education workshops, and assisting individuals create resumes and research

job opportunities.

Primary Contact:

Asian Human Services AmeriCorps

Sarah Trowbridge

Host Sites

County: Cook

Phone: (773) 564-4956

Fax: (773) 338-7946


Website: www.ahschicago.org

2838 W. Peterson Avenue

Chicago, IL 60659


Abraham Lincoln Elementary Douglas Elementary

820 Royal Heights Road 125 Carlyle Ave

Belleville, IL 62226 Belleville, IL 62220

County: St. Clair County: St. Clair

Franklin Elementary Franklin Neighborhood

301 N. 2nd Street Association (FNCA)

Belleville, IL 62220 308 N. 2nd Street

County: St. Clair Belleville, IL 62220

County: St. Clair


Belleville AmeriCorps program, established in 1995, is a partnership between Southwestern

Illinois College, Belleville School District #118, Belleville School District #175, the city of

Belleville, Franklin Neighborhood Association, 17th Street Neighborhood Association. The

program supports neighborhood and school initiatives that strengthen the community through

service. AmeriCorps members serve as tutors, computer coaches, volunteer coordinators,

mentors, and summer camp counselors. Through service, AmeriCorps members: increase

youth academic success through tutoring; provide positive recreational and enrichment

activities for youth after school and during the summer; recruit, support and train volunteers to

serve organizations in the Belleville area; and develop leadership skills by participating in

team-building and service learning activities.

Primary Contact:

Belleville AmeriCorps

Southwestern Illinois College

Kellie Conlee-Amaral

2500 Carlyle Ave

Belleville, IL 62221

Host Sites

County: St. Clair

Phone: (618) 641-5713

Website: www.swic.edu/americorps

Fax: (618) 641-6675


Harmony Neighborhood Henry Raab Elementary

Association 1120 Union Avenue

7401 Westchester Dr Belleville, IL 62220

Belleville, IL 62223 County: St. Clair

County: St. Clair

Jefferson Elementary Roosevelt Elementary

1400 North Charles 700 West Cleveland Avenue



Union Elementary School West Junior High

20 South 27th Street 840 Royal Heights Road



Westhaven Elementary

118 Westhaven School Road

Belleville, IL 62220

County: St. Clair


Belleville AmeriCorps

Southwestern Illinois College

Host Sites Continued


Harold Washington Library Highland Park

400 S State St 1350 Old Skokie RdSte 205

Chicago, IL 60605 Highland Park, IL 60035

County: Cook County: Lake

Max McCook Field House

4750 Vernon St

McCook, IL 60525

County: Cook


Host Sites

1350 Old Skokie Valley Road, #205

Highland Park, IL 60035

County: Madison

Phone: (847) 748-8190

Fax: (618) 641-6675



Beyond Sports

Beyond Sports Foundation uses the power of sport to transform lives by turning athletic ability

into life opportunity. Our student-athletes typically come from under-resourced families in

under-served communities and will need financial assistance in order to attend college. Many

of our student-athletes are from populations that are under-represented on college campuses.

Beyond Sports Foundation prepares student-athletes to succeed in life through our four pillars

of engagement: academic development, athletic development, social responsibility, and

mentorship & professional development. AmeriCorps Members will provide: academic

tutoring, mentoring, facilitate ACT/SAT test prep, implement a health and wellness program,

lead professional development workshops, and offer athletic support. Members will also assist

with financial literacy so that student-athletes and their families will be prepared to navigate

the college scholarship process.

Primary Contact:

Erica Dorantes


Burke Elementary Chicago Academy High School

5356 South King Dr 3400 North Austin Ave



Civic Engagement Dulles Elementary

36 S Wabash Ave Ste 6311 South Calumet Ave



Fuller Elementary Funston Elementary

4214 South Sain Lawrence Ave 2010 North Central



Sagar Gokhale

36 S. Wabash, Suite 1300

Chicago, IL 60603

County: Cook

Phone: (212) 404-3072

Fax: (312) 464-1736

Email:[email protected]

Host Sites

Website: www.cityyear.org/chicago


City Year Chicago

City Year is an education-focused nonprofit organization that partners with public schools to help

keep students in school and on track to graduate. City Year AmeriCorps members commit to a

year of full-time service in schools, where they work as tutors, mentors and role models. Founded

in Boston in 1988, City Year works in 25 cities across the United States and has international

affiliates in London and Johannesburg, South Africa.

Primary Contact:

Gage Park High School Gale Elementary Community

5630 S Rockwell St. 1631 West Jonquil Ter



Gregory Math & Sci Johnson School

Elementary Academy 1420 S Albany Ave.

3715 West Polk St Chicago, IL 60623

Chicago, IL 60624 County: Cook

County: Cook

Jordan Elementary Langford A Elementary

Community School 6010 South Throop St

7414 North Wolcott Ave Chicago, IL 60636


County: Cook

Lovett Elementary McNair Elementary

6333 West Bloomingdale Ave 4820 W Walton St.



O'Keefe Elementary Pershing Elementary

6940 S Merrill Ave. 3200 South Calumet Ave



Piccolo Elementary Spencer Technology Academy

1040 North Keeler Ave 214 North Lavergne Ave



Stagg Elementary Sullivan High School

7424 South Morgan St 6631 North Bosworth



Woodson South Sullivan High School

4414 south Evans Ave 6631 N Bosworth Ave.





City Year Chicago


Chicago HOPES for Kids

641 W Lake StSte 200

Chicago, IL 60661

County: Cook

Website: www.chicagohopesforkids.org/

Host Sites

641 W. Lake St., #200

Chicago, IL 60641

County: Cook

Phone: 312-690-4240


Patricia Rivera


Chicago HOPES

Chicago HOPES for Kids was incorporated in 2010 to provide academic support for children

living in Chicago’s homeless shelters. Chicago HOPES for Kids will host 20 AmeriCorps

members who will focus on services to children at homeless and domestic violence shelters,

primarily on Chicago’s south and west sides. They will work to improve the children’s

academic performance in literacy and math, while providing them with fun enrichment

activities that focus on STEM, nutrition, culture, and art.

Primary Contact:


Amundsen High School Bowen Highg School

5110 North Damen Ave 2710 East 89th St




College Possible

College Possible is a national nonprofit organization that helps low-income students earn

admission to college, as well as earn their bachelor’s degrees. College Possible is successful

due to its near-peer model, where our AmeriCorps members, who are recent college

graduates, develop close mentoring relationships with students as role models. We hold high

expectations for our team members, which carries over to high expectations in order for our

students to attain success. We have partnered with five high schools in CPS, with high

schools strategically choosing to bring our program as a resource to students in order to

increase college access and persistence rates for those enrolled at their buildings. In our third

year in Chicago, we are slated to support about 600 students at the high school and college

level.

Primary Contact:

Aileen Aragones


Host Sites

215 W. Superior Street, Suite 300

Chicago, IL 60654

County: Cool

Phone: 312-638-3503


College Possible Office Kelly High School

215 W Superior StSte 4136 South California Ave



Lake View High School Mather High School

4015 North Ashland Ave 5835 North Lincoln Ave




College Possible

Host Sites


East St. Louis Senior East ST. Louis Middle School

High School 12 South 10th St

4901 State St East St. Louis, IL 62207-0000

East St. Louis, IL 62205-1356 County: St. Clair

County: St. Clair

Mason/Clark Middle School SIU Edwardsville

5510 State St E St. Louis Center

East St. Louis, IL 62203-1345 101 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Circle

County: St. Clair East St. Louis, IL 62204

County: St. Clair

1005 State Street

Website: www.estl189.com

Host Sites


East St. Louis Public Schools

East St. Louis, IL 62201

County: St. Clair

Phone: (618) 646-3338

Sarah Ryder


Operation AmeriCorps

East St. Louis School District #189

85 AmeriCorps members will provide academic support and in- and out-of-school summer services to

children in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. AmeriCorps members will also recruit volunteers to serve as mentors

and career coaches. In addition, six AmeriCorps VISTA members will implement a city-wide College and

Career Pathways program, focused on improving academic achievement and college and career

planning. A team of 20 AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) will participate in a

program that will include academic, recreation, and service learning projects for three months over the

summer.

Primary Contact:


Imagine Englewood If…

730 W 69th Street

Chicago, IL 60621

County: Cook


First Defense Legal Aid

First Defense Legal Aid (First Defense) will host 9 AmeriCorps members who will lead a peer-

education Know Your Rights initiative with youth in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago,

IL. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for

building a sustainable Know Your Rights youth education and outreach campaign. In addition,

the AmeriCorps members will leverage an additional 100 volunteers who will be engaged in

conducting outreach and workshops and producing educational multimedia on what to do

when stopped by police, how to follow the law, and the power of Constitutional rights.

Primary Contact:

Eliza Solowiej

Host Site

5100 W. Harrison

Chicago, IL 60644County: Cook

Phone: (773) 354-8581


Website: www.first-defense.org


Gardeneers Office

3414 W Roosevelt Rd# 2

Chicago, IL 60624

County: Cook

Website: gardeneers.org/

Host Sites

3414 W Roosevelt Rd, #2

Chicago, IL 60624

County: Cook

Phone: 847-421-7074

Fax: (618) 641-6675



Gardeneers

Gardeneers is a non-profit that launched in 2014 as a way to give Chicago students in food

desert communities equal access to healthy fruits and vegetables--and in the last three and a

half years, we have been dedicated to putting Gardeneers at the forefront of school garden

education in Chicago. The mission of Gardeneers is to empower students to connect with

healthy food through experiential, garden-based education. Currently we are working with 26

schools in some of Chicago's most underserved neighborhoods, teaching and gardening with

over 1,600 students on a weekly basis.

AmeriCorps Members will work in a full-time position alongside Gardeneers’ Garden

Educators, teaching students hands-on garden based nutrition lessons, growing edible school

gardens, and strengthening communities.

Primary Contact:

Alex Rosen


Elgin Service Center Sugar Grove Service Center

12N124 Coombs Road 200 New Bond Street

Elgin, IL 60124 Sugar Grove, IL 60554

County: Kane County: Kane

Joselyn Taylor


Project Opportunity

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois will host 19 AmeriCorps members who will deliver Girl Scout

Leadership Experience programming and its developmental and academic benefits to

underserved populations of girls in the cities of Aurora, Carpentersville, DeKalb, Elgin,

Freeport, and Sterling, and areas in Boone County, McHenry County and Winnebago County.

At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for helping

850 girls develop a strong sense of self and improve academic engagement in both attitudes

and behaviors, as well as identifying 20 new outof- school time outreach partners and sites. In

addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage an additional 30 volunteers who will be

engaged in delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to underserved girls.

Primary Contact:


Website: www.girlscoutsni.org

Host Sites

12N124 Coombs Road

Elgin, IL 60124County: Kane

Phone: (844) 476-4463


Greater Chicago Hines VA Hospital

Food Depository 5000 South 5th Avenue

4100 West Ann Lurie Place Hines, IL 60141


County: Cook

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

820 South Damen Avenue 1414 W Oakdale Ave



Lakeview Pantry


The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago's food bank, is a non-profit food distribution and training

center providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community. The Food

Depository distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 650 pantries, soup kitchens,

shelters and programs in Cook County. AmeriCorps Members will fulfill four different roles addressing

the root causes of hunger in our community. Members will work with the Food Depository’s SNAP (Food

Stamp) outreach team to help pantry clients apply for and navigate the application process, work with the

Food Depository’s Programs team to support children’s programs through Healthy Kids Markets, Kids

Café and summer meal programs, participate in capacity-building initiatives at two pantries located at

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and Hines VA Hospital supporting the programs’ daily operations, and

providing outreach to the Veteran community in Cook County about available resources.

Primary Contact:

Jaqi Panizzo

4100 West Ann Lurie Place

Chicago, IL 60632

Greater Chicago Food Depository

Host Sites

County: Cook

Phone: (773) 843-6801

Fax: (773) 247-9349


Website: www.chicagosfoodbank.org


BEDS Plus Care Oak Park River Forest

PO Box 2035 Food Pantry

LaGrange, IL 60525 848 Lake St.

County: Cook Oak Park, IL 60301

County: Cook

Prevail West Suburban PADS

848 Lake St. 1851 S. 9th Avenue

Oak Park, IL 60301 Maywood, IL 60153


Host Sites

Website: www.housingforward.org


The mission of Housing Forward is to transition people from housing crisis to housing stability.

Since 2009, AmeriCorps members have played an integral role in transitioning hundreds of

persons from economic and housing crisis to stability and self-sufficiency. In the coming year,

AmeriCorps members will directly 1.) reduce homelessness by improving access to services,

employment counseling and housing opportunities in west Cook County, and 2.) improve

linkage to nutritious food. Members will accomplish this by serving at Housing Forward, and

on-site with two partner agencies (BEDS Plus Care and Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry).

At the end of the grant period, it is anticipated that members will directly contribute to a

measurable reduction in homelessness, hunger and poverty in the communities served.

Primary Contact:

Tonisha Daniel

1851 S. 9th Avenue

Maywood, IL 60153County: Cook

Phone: (708) 338-1724 Ext. 222

Fax: (708) 338-1745


Housing Forward AmeriCorps


Bloomington Champaign-Urbana

104 W Front St 101 E Main St

Bloomington, IL 61701 Urbana, IL 61801

County: Monroe County: Champaign

Chicago Edwardsville

50 W Washington ST 157 N Main St

Chicago, IL 60602 Edwardsville, IL 62025

County: Knox County: Lake

Stacey Jonas Weiler


Illinois JusticeCorps

Illinois Bar Foundation

Illinois JusticeCorps is an innovative program that enhances access to justice for the growing

number of unrepresented people in the courts by empowering and training student volunteers

who help people without lawyers navigate the court system by providing legal information and

procedural guidance.

People coming to court without lawyers often do not know where to go, what to ask for or who

to see for documents. They often are confused, intimidated and scared. JusticeCorps

members serve as guides to make the courts more welcoming and less intimidating for people

who are navigating this complex and daunting system. JusticeCorps assistance allows people

to accomplish the purpose of their visit more efficiently. Members receive thorough training,

including learning about the activities in the courthouse, available resources and the

difference between legal information and advice.

Primary Contact:

20 South Clark Street, Suite 910

Chicago, IL 60603

County: Cook

Phone: (312) 920-4693

Fax: (312) 726-6073


Website: www.illinoisbarfoundation.org/illinois-justicecorps

Host Sites

Galesburg Joliet

200 S Cherry ST 14 W Jefferson St

Galesburg, IL 61401 Joliet, IL 60432

County: Knox County: Will

Kankakee Markham, IL 60428

450 E Court St 16501 Kedzie Ave

Kankakee, IL 60901 Markham, IL 60428

County: Kankakee County: Cook

Rockford Waukegan

400 W State St 18 N County St

Rockford, IL 61101 Waukegan, IL 60085

County: Winnebago County: Lake



Illinois JusticeCorps

Illinois Bar Foundation


AIDS Foundation of Chicago Alexian Brothers Housing and

200 W Jackson Blvd, Ste. 2100 Health Alliance - Bonaventure

Chicago, IL 60606 825 W Wellington Ave

County: Cook Chicago, IL 60657

County: Cook

Common Threads Erie Family Health Center -

222 Merchandise Mart Plz., Ste. 1212 Evanston

Chicago, IL 60654 1285 Hartrey Ave

County: Cook Evanston, IL 60202

County: Cook

Jennifer Hopper

223 S. Third Street


Illinois Public Health Association


The mission of the Illinois Public Health Association AmeriCorps Program is to strengthen the

field of public health through the development of skilled and committed leaders. It accomplishes

this mission by having its’ members help meet locally identified needs at health agencies across

the state through community service in the following focus areas: health promotion, education,

and outreach; volunteer coordination; and assistance with community emergency preparedness.

Primary Contact:

IPHA AmeriCorps Program

Host Sites

County: Sangamon

Phone: (217) 522-5687

Fax: (217) 522-5689


Website: americorps.ipha.com

Erie Family Health Center - Illinois Eye Institute

Waukegan 5125 S Princston Ave

2323 Grand Ave Chicago, IL 60609

Waukegan, IL 60085 County: Cook

County: Lake

Kane County McLean County

Health Department Health Department

1240 N. Highland Ave 200 W. Front Street

Aurora, IL 60506 Bloomington, IL 61701

County: Kane County: McLean



Illinois Public Health Association

IPHA AmeriCorps Program


Leave No Veterans Behind

19 S. LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60603

County: Cook

Website: www.leavenoveteranbehind.org/

Host Sites

19 S. LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60603

County: Cook

Phone: (312)-485-3617



Founded in 2008, Leave No Veteran Behind invests in Veterans to build better communities

through employment training, transitional jobs, and its Veteran educational debt relief

scholarship. The organization proudly serves heroes who have served their country honorably

and who seek to continue their service as assets in communities across America.

Primary Contact:

Michael Harris

Through its AmeriCorps program, the organization will host 18 AmeriCorps members,

comprised of Veterans and young adults, and create one-to-one Veteran-youth pairs, training

them in the areas of Civilian Emergency Response Training (CERT), psychological first aid,

CPR/First Aid, Peer Support, and the Fundamentals of Risk Management (FoRM). Members

will work together in the community in a variety of safety capacities, and will engage with Cook

County's and the City of Chicago's offices of emergency management to identify, assess,

train, and connect community organizations to the city of Chicago’s safety and resiliency plan.

This project not only fills employment gaps for two populations with notoriously high

unemployment and underemployment rates, but also creates a pipeline for skilled workers

who specialize in community engagement, risk management, and emergency management

jobs.


Avant Elementary Cahokia

1915 North 55th Street 1700 Jerome Ln

East St. Louis, IL 62204 Cahokia, IL 62206


Phone: (618) 482-4246

Fax: (618) 874-0511


Website: www.lessiebatesdavis.org

Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House


AmeriCorps East St. Louis/Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House (the Neighborhood

House) is designed to improve the academic skills of the students in District 189 by all means

possible. AmeriCorps East St. Louis is designed to address a broad range of community

needs by addressing the following: 1) Education: understanding that children must obtain a

good education, graduate from high school, and pursue post-secondary education programs;

2) Fighting Hunger: In the St. Clair County alone, research demonstrates that food insecurity

leads to poor academic performance; therefore we seek alternatives by means of providing

food through our food pantry to those in need--which is approximately 15,800 persons who

live in extreme poverty throughout the county and 3) Building Capacity: in this focus area we

are working to build character among Corps Members and youth in our community and

aligning them on a positive trajectory to becoming self-sufficient while grooming our future

leaders. In addition, our Corps Members are actively engaged in District 189 students’

academic assistance, also our Corps Members actively operate a food pantry in the

community and complete a variety of other community service projects that will lead to

positive and meaningful outcomes.

Primary Contact:

Project ADVANCE

Kwanzaa Wright

1274 N 37th Street


Host Sites

County: St. Clair

Dunbar Elementary School John DeShields Community

1835 Tudor Ave Center

East St. Louis, IL 62207 1235 McCasland Ave

County: St. Clair East St. Louis, IL 62201

County: St. Clair

Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House Land of Lincoln

Seasoned Circle Café 1274 N 37th St

1274 N 37th St East Saint Louis, IL 62204

East St. Louis, IL 62204 County: St. Clair

County:St. Clair

Lansdowne Washington Park Lessie Bates Davis Fmaily

Food Pantry Development Center

1274 N 37th St 1045 State St

East Saint Louis, IL 62204 East Saint Louis, IL 62201


Mary Brown Center (Teen REACH) SIUE FWS

606 S 15th St 636 Hairpin Dr

East St. Louis, IL 62205 Edwardsville, IL 62026

County:St. Clair County: Madison

Unity Lutheran School

1600 N 40th Street


County: St. Clair



Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House

Project ADVANCE


Marion Rockford

103 E DeYoung St Ste B 2233 12th Ave

Marion , IL 62959 Rockford, IL 61104

County: Williamson County: Winnebago

Sparta

431 Hillcrest Dr

Sparta, Il 62286

County: Randolph

103 E DeYoung St Ste B

Marion, IL 62959

Host Sites

County: Williamson

Phone: (618) 997-9076 ext. 104

Fax: (618) 997-0604


Website: www.lssi.org

Michael Davis


Through the program, AmeriCorps members help returning citizens create their life plans and

prepare for employment. AmeriCorps members also expand community awareness and

involvement by contacting potential employers

Primary Contact:

AmeriCorps Prisoner and Family Ministries

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois


Anixter Center Association House

2032 N Clybourn Ave 1116 N. Kedzie Ave



Centro Romero Centro Sin Fronteras

6216 N. Clark Street Community Service

Chicago, IL 60660 2009 W 22nd Pl


County: Cook


Thirty-one AmeriCorps members (22.12 MSYs) will leverage 500 volunteers to provide increased

economic and educational opportunities to two underserved populations – low literate

economically disadvantaged adults residing in various communities in the greater Chicago area

and teens incarcerated in the Illinois Youth Centers. Through the members and the volunteers

they recruit, it is anticipated that 1400 low literate economically disadvantaged adults will receive

one-to-one, small group or classroom instruction in basic literacy skills, ESL, or GED preparation

and another 250 will receive job search assistance. Among the incarcerated youth, 300 will

receive individualized tutorial instruction in math, reading and GED preparation.

Primary Contact:

Project VOCAL

Literacy Volunteers of Illinois

Dorothy Miaso

641 W. Lake Street, Suite 600

Chicago, IL 60661

Host Sites

County: Cook

Phone: (312) 857-1582

Fax: (312) 857-1586

Website: www.lvillinois.org


Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition Howard Area

641 W Lake StSte 200 Community Center

Chicago, IL 60661 7647 N. Paulina


County: Cook

IYC-Chicago IYC-Harrisburg

136 N Western Ave 1201 W Poplar St

Chicago, IL 60612 Harrisburg, IL

County: Cook County: Saline

IYC-Kewanee IYC-Warrenville

2021 Kentville Rd 30 W 200 Ferry Road

Kewanee, IL 61443 Wareenville, IL 60555

County: Henry County: DuPage

Instituto Del Progreso Latino Literacy Volunteers of Illinois

2570 S. Blue Island 641 W Lake StSte 200


County: Cook County: Henry

Midwest Asian American Center Sunshine Community Services

2534 W Devon AveSte Center

Chicago, IL 60659 128 N. County Street

County: Kane Waukegan, IL 60085

County: Lake

Waubonsee Community College

18 S River St Waukegan Public Library

Aurora, Il 60506 128 N County St

County: Kane Waukegan, IL 60085

County: Lake

World Relief- Chicago

3507 W. Lawrence Ave 2nd Floor

Chicago, IL 60625

County: Cook


Project VOCAL

Literacy Volunteers of Illinois



Noble Street College Prep Northwestern Settlement

1010 N. Noble Street 1400 W. Augusta Blvd.



Pritzker College Preg Rowe Elementary Charter School

4131 W Cortland Ave 1424 N. Cleaver Street



1400 W. Augusta Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60642

Host Sites

County: Cook

Phone: (773) 278-7471 ext. 1178

Fax: (773) 278-2621


Website: www.nush.org

Yasmin Rodriguez

Project YES!


Project YES! connects caring adults with youth in and around the West Town Community.

Members will be assigned to one site for the program year to have the opportunity to build

lasting relationships with students and teachers. While at the site members will be partnered

with classroom teachers to assist in all aspects of the academic curriculum. Members will also

implement after-school programming based on the needs of the school. Regular training

sessions will help members to better serve their schools and community, and give the

members the opportunity to plan quality service events. Trainings will include: classroom

management, community awareness, planning effective volunteer projects, and civic

engagement. Project YES! is a team based corporative environment that encourages

members to work together to increase understanding in the schools as well as increasing

volunteerism in the community.

Primary Contact:

Northwestern University Settlement Association


PeoriaCorps

3505 N Dries Ln

Peoria, IL 61604

County: Peoria

Website: www.peoriacorps.wordpress.com/

Host Sites

456 Fulton Street, Suite 420B

Peoria, IL 61602

County: St. Clair

Phone: (309)-494-8815



PeoriaCorps

Crews of 10 participants each serve 24-week terms of service and will gain experience and

skills that prepare them to pursue career pathways in the construction trades, conservation

and related fields. Participants receive the necessary support to complete the program

successfully and continue into full-time employment or full-time, post-secondary education or

training after graduating from PeoriaCorps.

Primary Contact:

Jamila Wilson


Alternative Schools Network Calumet Collaberative

1807 W Sunnyside Ave 224 N Michigan AveFl 22



Chicago Commons Chicago Low Income Housing

1653 W 43rd St Trust Fund

Chicago, IL 60609 121 N La Salle StRm 1006


County: Cook

Host Sites

Website: www.publicallies.org


Stephen Bauer


For 23 years, Public Allies’ signature AmeriCorps program has been a vital bridge to

employment and education opportunities for our AmeriCorps Allies. We are a leadership

development organization that recruits diverse young adults with a passion for community

service and places them into intensive non-profit apprenticeships. With AmeriCorps, Public

Allies provides capacity building to roughly 40 community based agencies that are working to

improve education, economic development, and community safety. Our model utilizes hands on

experience, community building, and leadership development training to give our Members a

well-rounded non-profit experience. We focus on recruiting Members from the Chicago region

and each year work to build a cohort that represents the diversity of our great city. The

apprenticeships are as diverse in responsibility as the Allies that fill them. Members play vital

roles in project management, community outreach, and program support for non-profits, schools,

and government agencies.

Our Allies also complete a separate Team Service Project during their term of service that is

focused on collaborating with a local non-profit to deliver a specific result. This service project

allows Allies to apply their learning, solve problems in a team-based setting, and expand their

experience and networks into multiple communities around Chicago. Each Ally is assigned a

Program Manager to ensure their development and performance objectives stay on track

throughout the year. Ally apprenticeships traditionally lay the groundwork for a lifetime of service

– over 80% of our alumni move on into careers in non-profit and government work.

“If you can do it by yourself, it’s not big enough.” Our organization was founded on the idea that

our nation is stronger when we harness the ingenuity and can-do spirit of entire communities --

when everyone leads. We know that to successfully improve outcomes for our Allies, our

community partner organizations, and our communities, we need strong and healthy

partnerships! Join us as we expand the power of national service!

Primary Contact:

Public Allies Chicago

180 N. Michigan, Suite 1016

Chicago, IL 60601

County: Cook

Phone: (414) 831-0973

Chicagoe Public Schools Chinese Mutual Aid Association

42 W Madison St 1016 W Argyle St



Community Activism Law Alliance FLAP

17th N State, 13th Floor, Suite #1380 33 N La Salle StSte 900



First Defense Legal Aid Gary Comer Youth Center

5100 W Harrison Street 7200 S Ingleside Ave



Greater Auburn Gresham Development Greater Southwest

Corporation Development Center Corporation

1159 W 79th St 2601 W 63rd St


County: Cook County: Chicago

Howard Brown Health/Broadway Inner-City Muslim

Youth Center Action Network

4025 N Sheridan Rd 2744 W 63rd Street



Institute of Cultural Affairs Kovler Center Heartland Alliance

4750 N Sheridan Rd 1331 W Albion Ave



Kuumba Lynx LINK Unlimited

4501 N Clarendon Ave 2221 S State Street






Lost Boyz, Inc Namaste Elem Charter School

7601 S Phillips Ave 3737 South Paulina St



North Lawndale Charter HS NeighborScapes

1313 South Sacramento Dr 815 W 63rd St



ONE Northside One Million Degrees

4648 N Racine Ave 226 W Jackson Blvd #528



Openlands Polished Pebbles

25 E Washington StSte 1650 1442 W Belmont Ave



Public Allies Chicago Sarah's Circle

180 N Michigan AveSte 1016 4838 N Sheridan Rd

Chicago, IL 60601 Chicago, IL 60640County: Cook County: Cook

School of the Art Institute Sinai Health System

36 S Wabash Ave 1500 S Fairfield Ave

Chicago, IL 60608 Chicago, IL 60608County: Cook County: Cook




Southwest Organizing Project Spark Chicago

2558 W 63rd St 223 W Jackson BlvdSte 520



Teen Living Program The Night Ministry

162 W Hubbard St 4711 N Revenswood Ave



The Y of the USA Wells Community

101 N wacker DrSte 1400 Academy HS

Chicago, IL 60606 936 North Ashland Ave


County: Cook

Walt Disney Magnet School Working Bikes

4104 N Marine Drive 2434 S Western Ave







Chiacgo Collegiate Charter School Chicago International Charter

11816 South Indiana Ave 11 East Adams St



Kilmer Elementary School Noble Street Charter Schools

6700 North Greenview Ave 1 North State ST Fl 7th



Southside Occupatinoal Acad HS

7342 South Hoyne Ave

Chicago, IL 60636

County: Cook

Website:www.relay.edu/

Host Sites

1 North State Street, 6M

Chicago, IL 60602

County: Cook

Phone: (646)-604-9515



Relay Graduate School of Education

Relay Graduate School of Education will have 30 AmeriCorps Members who will participate in

the innovative teacher residency program, the Relay Teaching Residency Chicago (RTRC), in

Chicago, IL. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps Members will be prepared

and certified to serve as full-time teachers of record and the K-12 students they teach will

demonstrate improved academic performance. In addition, the AmeriCorps Members will

leverage an additional 30 volunteers, who will be engaged in mentoring members, helping

build capacity for new teacher preparation across service sites, and supporting members'

community- and school-based service.

Primary Contact:

Allison Moore


Adams School Bethel Grade School

400 Line St 1201 Bethel Rd

Creal Springs, IL 62922 Mount Vernon, IL 62864

County: Williamson County: Jefferson

Boys and Girls Crab Orchard Elementary School

Club of Carbondale 19189 Bailey St.

PO Box 3092 Marion, IL 62959

Carbondale, IL 62902 County: Williamson

County: Jackson

Rend Lake College


The Land of Lincoln AmeriCorps Statewide program is part of the national service initiative

signed into law by President Bill Clinton and administered through state governments. The Illinois

Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism serves as the state’s lead agency to

administer AmeriCorps. The Commission operates under the Illinois Department of Public

Health. Through AmeriCorps, individuals of all ages and backgrounds address the state’s

education, public safety, human, and environmental needs through service. Rend Lake College

members provide literacy tutoring for pre-K through grade 8 students in local schools. In return,

members receive a living allowance and education award to help finance their college education

or vocational training, or pay back student loans after successful completion of service.

Primary Contact:

Land of Lincoln AmeriCorps

Megan Rounds

468 N. Ken Gray Pkwy.

Ina, IL 62846

Host Sites

County: Jefferson

Phone: (618) 437-5321 ext. 1351

Fax: (618) 437-5677


Website: www.rlc.edu/student-services/americorps

Crab Orchard National Cypress Creek Nat'l

Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Refuge

15470 Lake of Egypt Rd. 1 Rustic Campus Buld G

Creal Springs, IL 62922 Ullin, IL 62992

County: Williamson County: Pulaski

DeSoto CC School East Side Elementary

District #86 501 E Randolph Street

311 Hurst Road McLeansboro, IL 62859

DeSoto, IL 62924 County: Hamilton

County: Jackson

Field CCSD #3 Field Kindergarten Center

21075 N. Hails Lane 1101 South Locust St

Texico, IL 62889 Centralia, IL 62801

County: Jefferson County: Clinton

Irvington CCSD #11 J.L. Buford Elementary

500 Superior Street 623 S. 34th St.

Irvington, IL 62848 Mt. Vernon, IL 62864

County: Marion County: Jefferson

Jefferson Elementary Jordan Elem School

700 E Boulevard 311 Airport Rd

Marion, IL 62959 Centralia, IL 62801

County: Williamson County: Clinton

Lewis Elementary Lincoln Elementary

801 S. Lewis Ln 400 Morningside Dr.

Carbondale, IL 62901 Marion, IL 62959

County: Jackson County: Williamson

Longfellow Elementary LifeBoat Alliance

1400 W. Hendrickson 1717 Jefferson Ave

Marion, IL 62959 Mount Vernon, IL 62864

County: Williamson County: Jefferson



Rend Lake College


Light the Way, Inc. Marion Comm School

306D W. 8th Street Dist #2 Jr. High School

Metropolis, IL 62930 1609 W. Main St

County: Massac Marion, IL 62959

County: Williamson

McClellan Elementary School Mt. Vernon School District #80

9475 North IL Hwy Primary Center School

Mount Vernon, IL 62864 401 N 30th St.

County: Williamson Mt. Vernon, IL 62864

County: Jefferson

Massac County Mental Health Nashville CCSD #49

206 W 5th St 750 E Gorman

Metropolis, IL 62960 Nashville, IL 62263

County: Massac County: Washington

North Wamac Comm Opdyke-Belle Rive

Unit Dist #186 Elementary CCSD #5

1500 Case St 19830 East Fourth St

Centralia, IL 62801 Opdyke, IL 62872

County: Marion County: Jefferson

Patoka Comm Unit Raccoon Cons Elem School

School Dist #100 3601 State Route 161

1220 Kinoka Rd Centralia, IL 62801

Patoka, IL 62875 County: Marion

County: Marion

Rome Comm Cons Schiller School

Elem School 800 W. 4th St.

233 West South St Centralia, IL 62803

Dix, IL 62803 County: Marion

County: Jefferson

Rend Lake College




St. Mary Grade School Spring Garden Elementary School

424 E Broadway 13650 N Manito Rd

Centralia, IL 62801 Manito, IL 61546

County: Marion County: Mason

Thompsonville Grade School Touch of Nature

21165 Shawneetown Rd 1206 Touch of Nature Rd

Thompsonville, IL 62890 Makanda, IL 62958

County: Franklin County: Jackson

Unity Point Unit Washington Elementary

School Dist # 140 402 E. Main Street

4033 S Illinois Ave Marion, IL 62959

Carbondale, IL 62903 County: Williamson

County: Jackson

Willow Grove Elementary Zadok Casey Middle School

815 W Seventh St 1829 Broadway St

Centralia, IL 62801 Mount Vernon, IL 62864

County: Clinton County: Jefferson



Rend Lake College



Rincon Family Services

3710 N. Kedzie Ave

Chicago, IL 60618

County: Cook

Website: www.rinconfamilyservices.org/

Host Sites

3710 N. Kedzie Ave.

Chicago, IL 60618

County: Cook

Phone: (773)-564-9070


DeBorah Al-waraqi


Rincon Family Services

AmeriCorps members will support and augment an already robust youth prevention team. The

program's focus is reducing the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs among youth in the

Chicago community areas of Avondale, Irving Park, and Albany Park, in addition to the City of

Waukegan in Lake County. AmeriCorps members will be tasked with supporting efforts to

implement evidence-based drug prevention curricula in our neighborhood schools, providing

outreach and recruitment for youth involvement in a number of diversion activities, and

organizing a number of community events.

Primary Contact:


Dillon Elementary East Coloma Elementary

1901 Eighth Avenue 1602 Dixon Road

Rock Falls, IL 61071 Rock Falls, IL 61071

County: Whiteside County: Whiteside

Hammond-Henry Hospital Kreider Services

600 N College Ave 500 Anchor Road

Geneseo, IL 61254 Dixon, IL 61021

County: Henry County: Lee

North Central Illinois Artworks Open Sesame Child

408 5th Street Learning Center

Peru, IL 61354 1101 Middle Rd.

County: LaSalle Dixon, IL 61021

County: Lee

173 Illinois Route 2

Dixon, IL 61021

Host Sites

County: Lee

Phone: (815) 835-6313

Fax: (815) 835-5213

Website: www.svcc.edu/americorps


Lisa Peck


AmeriCorps Benefits the Community (ABC AmeriCorps) of Sauk Valley Community College

(SVCC) is a community benefiting service, growing, changing and responding to the needs of

6 counties in northwest Illinois, by expanding the ability of schools and organizations to provide

services addressing educational and human needs, thus improving the quality of life in the

Sauk Valley.

Primary Contact:

AmeriCorps Benefits the Community

Sauk Valley Community College

Sauk Valley College-Resource Sauk Valley College-Adult Ed

Volunteer Volunteer

173 IL Route 2 173 IL Route 2

Dixon, IL 61021 Dixon, IL 61021

County: Lee County: Lee

Sauk Valley Sterling YMCA

College-Student Support 2505 YMCA Way

173 IL Route 2 Sterling, IL 61081

Dixon, IL 61021 County: Whiteside

County: Lee

Teen Turf Trio/SSS Program

235 West Main 173 IL Route 2

Amboy, IL 61310 Dixon, IL 61021

County: Lee County: Lee

University of Illinois Extension YWCA of the Sauk Valley

173 IL Route 2 412 1st Ave.

Dixon, IL 61021 Sterling, IL 61081

County: Lee County: Whiteside


AmeriCorps Benefits the Community

Sauk Valley Community College



Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep. George Westinghouse

501 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue College Prep.

Waukegan, IL 60085 3233 W Franklin Blvd

County: Lake Chicago, IL 60624

County: Cook

Highland Park High School Lindblom Math and

433 Vine Avenue Science Academy

Highland Park, IL 60035 6130 S Wolcott Ave.

County: Lake Chicago, IL 60636

County: Cook

Amanda Marshall

100 N Field Dr., Suite 360

Lake Forest, IL 60045

Host Sites

County: Lake

Phone: (847) 942-6056


Website: www.schulerprogram.org

Schuler Scholar Coach Program


Since 2001, the Schuler Scholar Program (SSP) has helped over 840 Lake and Cook County

students prepare for, attend and graduate from the most selective colleges and universities in the

United States. The SSP works with motivated yet underserved students beginning in the summer

after 8th grade and continues to support them with professional development and personal growth

opportunities throughout college and after graduation. Schuler Scholars come from populations

that are under-represented on college campuses: Scholars are typically first-generation college-

bound, are students of color or come from low-income families and communities.

Primary Contact:

Schuler Family Foundation

Fax: (888) 482-2741

Maine East High School Mundelein High School

2601 Dempster St. 1350 W Hawley Street

Park Ridge, IL 60068 Mundelein, IL 60060

County: Cook County: Lake

North Chicago Community Richard T. Crane Medical Prep.

High School 2245 W Jackson Boulevard

1717 Seventeenth St. Chicago IL 60612

North Chicago, IL 60064 County: Cook

County: Lake

Round Lake High School Warren Township High School

800 N. High School Drive 500 North O'Plaine Road

Round Lake, IL 60073 Gurnee, IL 60031

County: Lake County: Lake

Waukegan High School Zion-Benton Township

2325 Brookside Avenue High School

Waukegan, IL 60085 3901 W 21st Street

County: Lake Zion IL 60099

County: Lake



Schuler Scholar Coach Program

Schuler Family Foundation


Brandon Outreach Center Calvary Academy

#9 Brandon Drive 1730 W Jefferson St

Springfield, IL 62703 Springfield, IL 62702

County: Sangamon County: Sangamon

Elizabeth Graham Elem School Feitshans Academy

900 West Edards St 1101 South 15th Street



Grow Springfield Jefferson Middle School

230 Broadway 3001 South Allis St



100 N. 11th Street


Host Sites

County: Sangamon

Phone: (217) 789-0830 Ext. 1801

Website: www.springfieldul.org

Fax: (217)789-9838


Springfield Urban League


The Springfield Urban League’s AmeriCorps Program is designed to engage AmeriCorps

members in direct service and capacity-building to address unmet needs. Activities may

include tutoring and mentoring youth, assisting disaster victims, helping with community

gardens, assisting with the organization of community programs (i.e. job preparedness,

healthy lifestyles, financial literacy, etc.) and also mobilize community volunteers and

strengthen the capacity of the organizations where they serve.

Primary Contact:

Lazell Logan

Laketown Elementary Lee Elementary School

1825 Lee Street 1201 Bunn Ave



Livingston Center Springfield High School

700 S Livingston Street 101 Lewis



SUL Health Initiatives SUL Main Office

1551 Madison PL 100 N 11th Street



Sangamon County 4H Southern View School

700 S Airport Dr 3338 S 5th St



St. John's Breadline The Outlet

430 N 5th Street 2525 S 12th St




Springfield Urban League



Amandla Charter School Austin Polytechnical

6800 South Stewart Ave Academy HS

Chicago, IL 60621 231 North Pine Ave


County: Cook

Ada S. McKinley-Ersula Bogan High School

Howard CC 3939 West 79th St

7222 S Exchange Ave Chicago, IL 60652


County: Cook

300 W. Adams Street, Suite 1000

Chicago, IL 60606

County: Cook

Phone: (312) 254-1000 ext.19107

Kris Niemuth


Teach For America

Teach For America helps eliminate the academic opportunity gap by recruiting, selecting, preparing,

supporting and developing the leadership talent committed to ending education inequity in our

community. Teach For America corps members (first- and second-year teachers) are path-changing

teachers. After their initial two-year commitment, alumni are life-long leaders and advocates for

fundamental change in education, with the majority continuing their careers as veteran teachers,

school leaders, or leaders within education reform organizations.

Primary Contact:

Fax: (312) 254-1015


Website: chicago.teachforamerica.org

Host Sites

Casals Elem School Catalyst Charter-Maria ES

3501 West Potomac Ave 6727 South California Ave



Chalmers Elem Specialty School Chicago Collegiate

2745 West Roosevelt Rd Charter School

Chicago, IL 60608 11816 South Indiana Ave


County: Cook

CICS Avalon/South Shore CICS Basil

1501 E 83rd Pl 1816 W Garfield Blvd



CICS Chicago Quest CICS Prairie Town

1443 N Ogden Ave 11530 S Prairie Ave



CICS Ralph Ellison CICS Wrightwood

1817 W 80th St 8130 S Califrnia Ave



Clark Acad Prep Magnet High School Crane Medical Prep HS

5101 West Harrison St 2245 West Jackson Blvd



Curtis Elem School Catalyst-Maria

32 East 115th St Charter School HS

Chicago, IL 60628 6727 S California Ave


County: Cook

Teach For America


Host Sites

Chicago Commons Nia Center Chicago Math & Science Acad

744 N Monticello Ave 7212 N Clark St

Chicago, IL 60624 Chiago, IL 60626


Children's Home and Aid Englewood Christopher House Belmont

1701 W 63rd St Cragin

Chicago, IL 60636 5235 W Belden St


County: Cook

Christopher House Chirstopher House Uptown

Logan Square 4701 N Winthrop Ave

3255 W Altgeld St Chicago, IL 60640


County: Cook

Davis N Elem School Dewey Elem

3014 West 39th Academy of Fine Arts

Chicago, IL 60632 5415 South Union Ave


County: Cook

Dyett Arts High School Earle Elem School

555 E 51st 6121 South Hermitage Ave



Epic Academy High School El Hogar del Nino

8255 South Houston Ave 1718 S Loomis St



Fairfield Elem Academy Frazier Prep Acad Charter Es

6201 South Fairfield Ave 4027 West Grenshaw St



Teach For America

Host Sites


Foundations College Prep Gage Park High School

2651 W Algonquin Rd 5630 S Rockwell St

Algonquin, IL 60102 Chicago, IL 60629

County: McHenry County: Cook

Great Lakes Academy Hamline Elem School

8401 S Saginaw Ave 4747 S Bishop St

Chicago, IL 60617 Chiacgo, IL 60609


Harvard Elem School Henderson Elem School

7525 S Harvard Ave 5650 S Wolcott Ave

Chicago, IL 60620 Chiago, IL 60636


Herzl Elem School Hurley Elem School

3711 West Doglas Blvd 2929 S Wabash Ave



Henry Booth House-Near South Horizon Science

2929 S Wabash Ave Academy SouthWest

Chicago, IL 60616 5401 S Western Blvd


County: Cook

Intrinsic Cahrter High School KIPP Ascend Primary

17 N State St 1440 S Chirstiana Ave



Lee Elem School Legal Prep Academy

6448 S Tripp Ave Charter HS

Chicago, IL 60629 1901 West Carroll Ave


County: Cook

Locke A Elem Charter Acadmey Madison Elem School

3141 W Jackson Blvd 7433 S Dorchester Ave

Chiacgo, IL 60612 Chicago, IL 60619


Marquette Elem School McNair Elem School

6550 S Richmond St 4820 W Walton St



Mary Carne Austin Mary Crance Leavitt

1120 N Lamaon Ave 2905 N Leavitt St




Teach For America

Host Sites

Mary Crane Rogers Park Metropolitan Family Services

1545 W Morse Ave 3062 E 91st St



Montessori School of Englewood Noble Baker College Prep

6550 S Seeley Ave 2710 E 89th St



Noble Butler College Prep Noble DRW Trading

821 E 103rd St College Prep

Chicago, IL 60628 931 S Homan Ave


County: Cook

Noble Gary Comer College Prep Noble Johnson College Prep

7131 S Chicago Ave 6350 S Steart Ave



Okeeffe Elem School Orozco Elem

6940 S Merrill Ave Fine Arts & Sciences

Chicago, IL 60649 1940 West 18th St


County: Cook

Otoole Elem School One Hope United Bridgeport

6550 S Seeley Ave 3053 S Normal Ave



Piccolo Elem Specialty School Pilsen Elem Community Academy

1040 N Keeler Ave 1420 W 17th St



Perspectives Charter School Perspectives Leadership

Math & Science Acadmey

8131 S May St 8131 S May St

Chicago, IL 60620 Chiacgo, IL 60621


Robeson High School Stagg Elem School

6835 S Normal Blvd 7424 S Morgan St



Sullivan High School St. Vincent de Paul Center

6631 N Bosworth Ave 2145 N Halsted St



Host Sites


Teach For America

Team Englewood Comm Acad HS Trinity United Church of Christ

6201 S Stewart Ave 1947 W 95th St



UCSN Brighton Park UCSN Major Hector Garcia

4420 S FarifieldAve 4248 W 47th St



UCSN Octavio Paz University of Chicago Woodlawn

2651 W 23rd St 6420 S Universtiy Ave



West Austin Development Center Young Scholars Developmental

4920 W Madison St Institute




Teach For America

Host Sites


UIC RVPP Parent UIC Family Start Learning

Resource Program Centers Ed - ESL/SPGED

1640 W Roosevelt Road, #611 4800 S Paulina St.



Family Start Learning Centers Family Start Learning Centers

(FAST) GED West (FAST) GED South

Garfield Center for Parents King Center for Parents

10 S. Kedzie 4314 S. Cottage Grove



FAST Parent Outreach Office

1640 W. Roosevelt Road

Room # 619

Chicago, IL 60608

County: Cook

Ruby Camacho

1640 W. Roosevelt Rd. (M/C 148) Room 651

Chicago, IL 60608

Host Sites

County: Cook

Phone: (312) 413-8085

Website: cfl.uic.edu/programs/americorps/

Fax: (312) 413-8083


University of Illinois at Chicago


Project MORE focuses on economic opportunity by providing critically needed support services for

Head Start parents. Through a research-based curriculum and adult education services, MORE is

committed to developing lifelong learning and economic self-sufficiency for Head Start and child care

families. MORE provides: tutoring for parents in GED, English as a Second Language classes,

employment readiness, as well as financial literacy workshops. In addition, MORE members provide

Volunteer Management training to Head Start staff. The program helps AmeriCorps members gain

the knowledge and skills to successfully work with families, increase access to resources for families

and professionals, recruit volunteers and community members to sustain MORE for families

accomplishments.

Primary Contact:

Project MORE: Making Opportunities for Reading Enrichment


Brighton Park Claretian Associates

Neighborhood Council 9108 S Brandon Ave

4477 S Archer Ave Chicago, IL 60617


County: Cook

Evanston Cradle to Career Greater Auburn Gresham

2010 Dewey Ave Development Corporation

Evanston, IL 60201 1159 W 79th Street


County: Cook


United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

The United Way of Metropolitan Chicago will host 12 AmeriCorps Members who will design

and conduct a variety of community engagement programs and provide direct services in ten

Chicago area economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. At the end of the first program

year, the AmeriCorps Members will be responsible for outcomes in school readiness,

improved academic performance in literacy and math, engagement of youth in after-school

physical recreation, and improved employment and financial literacy. AmeriCorps Members

will leverage an additional 40 ongoing volunteers who will help to plan and staff activities and

events. This program targets the CNCS focus areas of Education, Economic Opportunity,

Healthy Futures and Multi-Focus Intermediaries.

Primary Contact:

Bianca Cotton

333 S. Wabash, 30th Floor


Phone: (312) 906-2240


Website: www.uw-mc.org

Host Sites

Latinos Progresando Metropolitan Family Services

3047 W Cermak Road 13136 Western Avenue

Chicago, IL 60623 Blue Island, IL 60406


Youth Crossroads

3401 Gunderson Ave

Berwyn, IL 60402

County: Cook

United Way of Metropolitan Chicago




America SCORES Chicago Beyond the Ball

600 W Cermak Rd., Suite 204 PO Box 23089



Chicago Run Chicago Youth

3611 N Kedzie Ave. Boxing Club

Chicago, IL 60618 2300 S Millard Ave


County: Cook

Girls in the Game MetroSquash

1501 W Randolph St. 5655 S University Ave



Host Sites

Website: www.up2us.org


Up2Us Sport Coaches

Up2Us Sports is a coalition of more than 1,200 nonprofit organizations that believe in the

power of sports to fight childhood obesity, end academic failure, and reduce gang participation.

Up2Us Sports’ flagship program is Coach Across America (CAA), identifies, trains and

supports the nation’s best and brightest role models to serve as coach mentors and bring

sports-based youth development to the most underserved communities. Our Coaches receive

40 hours of training in youth development and mentoring strategies-including sports-based

youth development (SBYD) foundation, the brain and trauma, behavior management and

culture-to help them cultivate caring, trust-based relationships with youth, and to foster SBYD

outcomes. CAA coaches understand that every program session, practice or game is a

chance to positively impact a child’s future. A year of service through CAA provides our

Coaches with skills that help them succeed in future career opportunities where many alumni

of the program pursue careers in sports-based youth development or higher educational

opportunities.

Primary Contact:

Jessica Lopez

1700 W. 18th Street, 3rd Floor


Phone: (312) 994-8381


Triple Threat Mentoring

100 S River St.

Aurora, IL 60506

County: Kane


Up2Us Sport Coaches



Beu Health Center Bloomington-Normal EDC

1 University Cir9A Health Center 200 W College AveSte 402

Macomb, IL 61455 Normal, IL 61761

County: McDonough County: McLean

City of Macomb East Central IL Area

232 E Jackson St Agency on Aging

Macomb, IL 61455 1003 Maple Hill Rd

County: McDonough Bloomington, IL 61705

County: McLean


The Peace Corps Prep Program is essentially a pre-professional corps of rural community and

economic developers. The program recruits recently returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs)

into a two-year graduate program at WIU. Fellows receive specialized training in community and

economic development during the first year in the program, in order to prepare them for an

eleven-month, community-based internship and full-time AmeriCorps assignment the second

year of the program. During their AmeriCorps service, Fellows lead community and economic

development projects and are responsible for mobilizing local volunteers to assist with the

implementation of projects such as: downtown revitalization, business retention and expansion,

entrepreneurship development, tourism development, community housing, health education and

outreach, volunteer management, and organizational capacity building.

Primary Contact:

Peace Corps Fellows Program

Website: www.peacecorpsfellows-wiu.org


Western Illinois University

Karen Mauldin-Curtis

503 Currens Hall / WIU

Macomb, IL 61455

Host Sites

County: McDonough

Phone: (309) 298-2706

ISU Leadership and Illiinois Instutue for

Comm Connections Rural Affairs

Campus Box 3090 1 University Cir

Normal, IL 61790 Macomb, IL 61455

County: McLean County: McDonough

Invest Aurora Peace Corps Prep Program

43 W Galena Blvd 1 Universtiy Cir503 Currens Hall

Aurora, IL 60506 Macomb, IL 61455

County: Kane County: McDonough

Small Business Stevenson Center

Development Center CampusBox 4200

Seal Hall1 University Cir Normal, IL 61790

Macomb, IL 61455 County: McLean

County: McDonough

Village of Oregon Western Illinois

829 Fairground Circle Dr Regional Council

Oregon, IL 61061 223 S Randolph St

County: Ogle Macomb, IL 61455

County: McDonough



Western Illinois University

Peace Corps Fellows Program


Blackhawk Family Broadway Church

Literacy Program 710 23rd Street

4610 Blackhawk Commons Dr. Rock Island, IL 61201

Rock Island, IL 61201 County: Rock Island

County: Rock Island

Esperanza Child Care Center Martin Luther King Jr. Center

335 5th Avenue 630 9th St

Moline, IL 61265 Rock Island, IL 61201

County: Rock Island County: Rock Island

Villa Montessori WQPT - Quad Cities PBS

2100 48th St 3300 River Dr

Moline, IL 61265 Moline, IL 61265

County: Rock Island County: Rock Island

Website: www.wiu.edu/qc/americorps/

Host Sites



Western Illinois University- Quad Cities

AmeriCorps members will be expanding and improving literacy skills for children at risk for

failure, as well as under-served young children in the Quad Cities area. Greater literacy skills

in early childhood have a direct impact on a person's future success in school.

Primary Contact:

Scott Brouette

3300 River Drive, #1416C

Moline, IL 61265

County: Rock Island

Phone: (309) 762-9481

Early Childhood Literacy Project


Galapagos Rockford I.D.Pennock

Charter School 200 Y Blvd

2605 School St Rockford, IL 61107

Rockford, IL 61101 County: Winnebago

County: Winnebago

NWCC/SAL

1325 N Johnston Ave

Rockford, IL 61101

County: Winnebago


YMCA of Rock River Valley

200 Y Boulevard

Rockford, IL 61107County: Winnebago

Phone: 815-489-1194

Fax: 779-500-0800


Rockford Service Corps

The YMCA of Rock River Valley will utilize AmeriCorps members to address educational and

wellness needs in underserved populations/neighborhoods of the greater Rockford area. At

the end of the first program year, AmeriCorps members will be responsible for improving the

health and nutritional habits of at-risk and underserved youth, teens and seniors; help to

minimize the achievement gap in school performance between students of various income

levels; develop positive programming through a partnership between the Rockford community,

the YMCA and the Northwest Community Center. In addition. AmeriCorps members will

leverage volunteers that will be engaged in tutoring, mentoring and providing AmeriCorps

members with program and logistical support.

Primary Contact:

Dee Edgerton

Host Sites

Website: www.rockriverymca.org


Chute Middle School Dawes Elementary School

1400 Oakton St. 440 Dodge Ave.

Evanston, IL 60202 Evanston, IL 60602


Evanston Township Lincoln Junior High School

High School 7839 Lincoln Ave.

1600 Dodge Ave. Skokie, Il 60077

Evanston, Il 60201 County: Cook

County: Cook

Website: www.youthopportunity.org

911 Church Street


Youth and Opportunity United

Y.O.U.’s “Y.O.U.th Serve” AmeriCorps members deliver high-quality afterschool and summer

learning programs in eight locations (three elementary schools, four middle schools and one

high school) in Evanston and Skokie, Illinois. Our Y.O.U.th Serve members provide youth with

tutoring and enrichment activities that improve their academic, social, and emotional skills.

Primary Contact:

Leslie Warner

Evanston, IL 60201County: Cook

Phone: (847) 866-1200 ext. 242

Fax: (847) 866-9143


Y.O.U.th Serve Evanston and Skokie

Host Sites

Martin Luther King Jr. Lab Nichols Middle School

Experimental School 800 Greenleaf St.

2424 Lake St. Evanston, Il 60202

Evanston, Il 60201 County: Cook

County: Cook

Oakton Elementary School Old Orchard Junior

436 Ridge Ave. High School

Evanston, Il 60202 9310 Kenton Ave.

County: Cook Skokie, Il 60076

County: Cook

Thomas Edison Walker Elementary School

Elementary School 3601 Church St.

8200 Gross Point Rd. Evanston, Il 60203

Morton Grove, Il 60053 County: Cook

County: Cook

Washington Elementary School

914 Ashland Ave.

Evanston, Il 60202

County: Cook


Y.O.U.th Serve Evanston and Skokie

Youth and Opportunity United



Waukegan High School Waukegan to College

2325 Brookside Ave 410 Grand Ave

Waukegan, IL 60085 Waukegan, IL 60085

County: Lake County: Lake

Youth Conservation Corps

1020 W Greenwood Ave

Waukegan, IL 60087

County: Lake

Website: youthconservationcorps.org/

Host Sites

1020 W Greenwood Ave

Waukegan, IL 60087

County: Lake

Phone: (847)-623-0900


Ben Richards


Youth Conservation Corps

Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a community based organization in Waukegan, IL that

utilizes education, job skills training, and community service to develop productive citizens.

For the Serve Illinois AmeriCorps program, YCC has formed local partnerships with

Waukegan to College and Waukegan School District 60 to promote student retention,

academic success, college readiness, and career pathways. This program will reach in school

youth in grades 5-12 and out of school youth up to age 24.

Primary Contact:


Youth Guidance

1 N La Salle StSte 900

Chicago, IL 60602

County: Cook

Host Site

Chicago, IL 60602

County: Cook

Phone: (312) 994-8139

Fax: (312) 253-4917


Website: www.youth-guidance.org

1 North LaSalle St., Suite 900


Youth Guidance

Members provide support for two programs directly impacting at-risk students at 6-8 Chicago

public elementary and high schools. Twelve members act as Sports Mentors for the

Becoming a Man (BAM) program in at least six Chicago public high schools and twelve

members extend after school enrichment programming at six Chicago public elementary

schools as part of Youth Guidance's Community and After School Programs (CAP).

Primary Contact:

Tina Richardson

Documents

AmeriCorps*State Program Directory Program Direc… · Spenser Morrissey, CPA, Fiscal Officer Scott McFarland, Executive Director Michelle Hanneken, Volunteer Program Coordinator