2023-2024 AmeriCorps Member- AmeriCorps Urban Safety Program
Member Duties
Serve. Learn. Earn. Members will implement and support response strategies designed to provide awareness, education, and access to resources to reduce or eliminate threats to public health and safety. Members will participate in service initiatives designed to assist residents, as well as city, state and federal agencies in reducing the impact on residents’ home health and well-being in emergent situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as more enduring hazards such as the presence of lead and other contaminants in household water supplies. Member activities will include community organizing, event coordination and the use of surveys, leafleting, community meetings and social media to gather data, communicate vital information, and implement response strategies. Members, program staff and community partners collaborate to build strategies to engage and serve vulnerable and underserved communities.
Service Description
The mission of the AmeriCorps Urban Safety (AMUS) is to implement and support community initiatives to increase public health and safety. Beginning in Fall 2023, members will earn a bi-weekly stipend for a service term of 18-34 hours per week. Members will receive a full orientation to the AMUS Program and its initiatives, as well as training and experience in survey and community needs assessment methods, public health and safety, leadership, and community organizing. Service initiatives are designed to assist residents, as well as city, state and federal agencies in reducing the impact on residents’ home health and well-being in emergent situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as more enduring hazards such as the presence of lead and other contaminants in household water supplies. Members will implement and support response strategies designed to provide awareness, education, and access to resources to reduce or eliminate threats to public health and safety. Member activities will include community organizing, event coordination and the use of surveys, leafleting, community meetings and social media to gather data, communicate vital information, and implement response strategies. Target neighborhoods are defined by Detroit Police Precinct boundaries, Detroit City Council Districts, or Detroit Health Department / Michigan Department of Health and Human Services directives. Members, program staff and community partners collaborate to build strategies to engage and serve vulnerable and underserved communities.
Program Benefits
- Stipend
- Health coverage, if eligible
- Childcare assistance if eligible
- Student loan forbearance for eligible loans
- Education Award received upon successful completion of service
- Training
Terms
- Permits working at another job and school during off hours
- Uniforms provided and required
- Car recommended
Service Areas
- Public Safety
- Community Outreach
- Disaster Relief
- Children/Youth
- Health
Skills
- Computers/Technology
- Teaching/Tutoring
- Public Health
- Community Organization
- Conflict Resolution
- Leadership
- Education
- Team Work
- Writing/Editing
- Communications
- Public Speaking
Minimum Qualifications
- Have or will obtain the diploma/GED to be in accordance with the PD manual requirements
- Be 17 years or older at the start of service (no upper age limit)
- Pass a national service criminal history check
- Hold one of the following citizenship statuses: US citizen, US national, or Lawful Permanent Resident