Cities Where We Serve
Notre Dame Mission Volunteers serve across the country. Click on a pin on the map or on a city name to the left to learn more about each city.
AmeriCorps Overview
AmeriCorps engages more than 80,000 Americans in intensive service each year at thousands of sites across the country. Since the program’s founding in 1994, more than 1 million AmeriCorps members have contributed more than 1.4 billion hours in service across America, while tackling pressing problems and mobilizing more than 2.3 million volunteers for the organizations they serve.
AmeriCorps Benefits
We provide AmeriCorps members with the following:
Living Allowance
A living allowance of $13,992 is distributed biweekly over the 11 month service period. This comes out to be roughly $583.00 biweekly before taxes.
Health Care
NDA members are eligible to enroll in our health insurance plan.
Childcare Assistance
Members are eligible to receive child care assistance, which covers up to the state’s local market rate for child care fees. For more information about childcare assets visit the Gap Solutions website.
Student Loan Forbearance
Members can place qualified student loans into forbearance during their service.
The National Service Trust will pay the interest that accrues on qualified loans during the time a person is in service. To learn more, visit the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award website.
Segal Education Award
Upon successful completion of their service, members receive an education award of $6,095 (taxable).
The Segal Education Award can be applied to qualified student loans or future education.
Development and Training
- Orientation: Local Site Directors lead orientations at the beginning of the service term.
- Team meetings: Placements include regular training on relevant topics each month.
- Mid-Year Conference: Members participate in workshops, engage in reflections, and hear from keynote speakers.
Placements Where We Serve
Members have many options when choosing a placement site. Search for service site by interest area or location to see the best fit for you.
Friends of Refugees
Friends of Refugees Atlanta, GA Friends of Refugees is a non-profit organization that provides educational, job placement, and other support services to the refugee community in the Atlanta area. NDA members serve in the program’s after school program by integrating community gardening into health and nutrition education for youth. For more information, visit https://friendsofrefugees.com/.
Guadalupe Center
Guadalupe Center Immokalee, FL The Guadalupe Center provides children of Immokalee access to high-quality academic support programs. Programs serve kids from early childhood through college graduation. Three core programs provide over 1,100 children in Immokalee with the hope of a prosperous and productive life. NDA members provide academic assistance and help address other needs. For…
Central Oregon Children’s Forest
Central Oregon Children’s Forest Bend, OR The Children’s Forest engages kids with nature and uses the environment to help them learn about many topics. Members assist with programming and should have an enthusiasm for outdoor learning. For more information, visit: http://www.childrensforestco.org/
UCP Charter Schools
UCP Charter Schools Apopka, FL UCP challenges the notion that children with and without disabilities should be separated in the classroom. Through their role as a UCP Education Service Member, the NDA member assists the teacher in ensuring all students are achieving at high levels academically, socially, and emotionally. The NDA member will be involved…
International Community School (ICS)
International Community School Atlanta, GA The International Community School (ICS) is a public charter school that serves students in grades K-5 representing over 30 countries and speaking 25 languages. NDA members provide support in the classroom with the educational, behavioral, and social emotional needs of students in the school and community. Members provide small group…
Calabasas Elementary School
Calabasas Elementary School Watsonville, CA Calabasas Elementary School is a public school serving mostly students from low-income families who speak Spanish. The NDA member will provide regular academic assistance to small groups of students who require extra support. The NDA member will also assist incoming students in the English Language Development class and support the…
Ecological Sustainability Team
Ecological Sustainability Team Nazareth, KY The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are an international congregation of women religious who work for justice in solidarity with oppressed peoples, especially the poor and women, and care for the earth. Nazareth, home to the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth since 1822, is a sacred piece of land consisting…
Moreland Notre Dame School
Moreland Notre Dame School Watsonville, CA Moreland Notre Dame School is a K-8 Catholic school run by Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, California Province. The NDA member will provide small group and one on one support to grades 1-5 . Additionally, the NDA position supports the after school program. For more information, visit: http://www.mndschool.org/
Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown
Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown Youngstown, OH The Ursuline Sisters live out a variety of ministries. Two major focuses are youth education and providing assistance to individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Members assist in these two areas by serving as classroom assistants and health educators. For more information, visit: http://www.theursulines.org/ and http://www.ursulinesistersaids.org/
Nativity Preparatory Academy of Rochester
Nativity Preparatory Academy of Rochester Rochester, NY Nativity Prep of Rochester is a Catholic middle school. Students come from diverse backgrounds, and more than half of the students are bilingual. NDA teaching assistants will provide one-on-one and small group class support. They will also develop after school programs with faculty and staff, and take part…