Thanks for Attending: AmeriCorps State and National Recruitment Call

Thanks for attending our AmeriCorps "Referral Programs" call on Wednesday, July 19. We appreciate your continued partnership with AmeriCorps and commitment to national service recruitment efforts. A recording of the call is now available.

Recording

We would like to thank Service Year Alliance for their engaging and informative presentation during our call. If you have questions about the presentation, or would like to connect with the presenters, please email Jonas Kane at jkane@serviceyear.org.

Upcoming Events

Media Training

During our next recruitment call, "Media Training," AmeriCorps’ communications and marketing team will provide training on how to generate awareness and interest in service opportunities using local earned media strategies. Explore our schedule of upcoming recruitment calls, which now includes registration links for all scheduled recruitment calls through 2023.

Media Training
Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2 p.m. ET

Register

Handshake Open Session 

Join our next Handshake open session where we'll discuss ways state commissions and AmeriCorps programs can engage with the AmeriCorps premium Handshake account. This month will focus specifically on fall semester recruitment and outreach.

Handshake Open Session 
Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2 p.m. ET

Register

AmeriCorps and Peace Corps Webinar

Join us for an informational webinar co-hosted with Peace Corps. During this webinar, we will provide a general overview of available service opportunities and potential benefits. Stay tuned for registration information. 

Joining AmeriCorps and Peace Corps
Tuesday, Aug. 29, 4 p.m. ET

Additional Resources

1. Service Year Referrals Page
2. Service Year Referral Messaging Toolkit 

During our last two AmeriCorps State and National monthly recruitment calls, a question was raised about whether currently serving members can accept gift cards or other monetary incentives for referring prospective members to apply and/or serve.

Use of AmeriCorps grant funding for recruitment and retention incentives/performance awards are allowable to the extent they are:

1. reasonable, necessary, and allowable for program outcomes;
2. tied to the program narrative;
3. fair;
4. consistently applied; and
5. part of the organization’s written policies and procedures.

Please contact your portfolio manager with any additional questions about what is allowable.

Interested in sharing your recruitment best practice with the field during an upcoming call? Email join@americorps.gov.