LISC AmeriCorps
Community service, opportunity, talent development, and employability are at the heart of why the LISC AmeriCorps Program works in transforming communities. LISC places members in community organizations, where they are empowered to be a catalyst for physical and economic revitalization in their neighborhoods. LISC AmeriCorps members help engage residents in revitalization projects and bolster the staffing and capacity of the organizations where they work. The LISC AmeriCorps program is a great example of how we: impact people's lives; support communities and places; build organizations capacity, develop talent and advance careers in a meaningful way!
LISC AmeriCorps program gives individuals, especially people of color and people earning lower wages, the opportunity to actively participate in the decision-making process in the neighborhoods where they live and serve. An additional goal is to provide residents an opportunity to serve while gaining skills to become employed in the not-for-profit/ government sector at the end of their term. In the last three AmeriCorps cycles, four members were hired on as permanent staff after serving in the program.
