HOST A MEMBER HOST A MEMBER
For sixteen years,
RSC members have enabled organizations to provide essential
services to clients they would not ordinarily have the time or
resources to impact.
RSC-AmeriCorps volunteers are
called members. Members serve at local not-for-profit and faith-based
organizations and
provide services to address issues of academic success, public
safety, community mobilization and a variety of human needs.
AmeriCorps Members on our team
range in age from 18 - 80. Some come to us with graduate degrees,
and others with a wealth
of life experience. All must be high school graduates, or have
or be willing to earn a GED. Some are retired and eager to
pursue a passion for giving back; others are looking for an opportunity
to network, and prove themselves.
Members have served with schools,
housing authorities, emergency preparedness agencies, economic
development initiatives,
after-school programs, senior services, food banks, youth development
programs, and more! All Members are required to pass
a Washington State and F.B.I background check, complete with fingerprinting.
As a federal program, AmeriCorps
is nonpartisan and members may not engage in lobbying, advocacy,
fundraising (including
grant writing), religious activities, or organizing.
Instead, members focus on providing direct services
to those in need and increasing the volunteer capacity of their
host sites.
Members serve at their sites
each week under the supervision of a site staff person and attend
trainings off-site (at RSC office or other
scheduled facility) twice each month. Each member also participates
in a variety of one day, community service projects during his/her
term of service. Their term of service is ten months, typically
starting in September and ending in June.
HOST SITE ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
· 501(c)(3) nonprofit
community-based organizations
· School districts & educational service districts
· Government agencies: city, county, regional, state or
federal
GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. Projects must address
critical needs within one of the following RSC objectives:
· Academic Success
· Emergency Preparedness
· Public Safety
· Increase the capacity of
organizations to address other pressing human needs
2. Proposals must demonstrate that the placement will address
a significant unmet need and that the member's service activities
will directly benefit the communities served.
3. Members must be placed in a direct service position for the
entire service term. The project may not include administrative
duties that support general
organizational goals such as clerical,
janitorial responsibilities, lunch/recess duty or data entry .
Such duties that support the service goals are allowable.
4. Sponsors may apply for an October start date. Members typically serve at sites from October through June.
5. Service activities must not duplicate routine functions of or displace paid employees.
6. The impact of service provided must be measurable.
7. The sponsoring organization must have a Drug Free Work Place Policy and a Non-Discrimination Policy.
8. Applicant must commit to providing
documentation of in-kind match. In-kind donations include supervision
and mentoring, conference and training
opportunities, office space and materials,
mileage reimbursement, bus passes, or other non-monetary support
.
9. Applicant must demonstrate the ability to meet the required local, non-federal, cash match requirement.
Please contact us at 509.546.0180 or e-mail to learn more, request an application packet, or discuss how
RSC-AmeriCorps can partner with you to enhance the capacity of your organization to meet the needs of your clients.
ARC of the Tri-Cities
Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee *
Benton-Franklin Juvenile Justice Center *
Benton-Franklin Substance Abuse Coalition *
Benton-Franklin Volunteer Center *
Building Brdiges (Pasco School District)
Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science and Technology *
Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Home Base (City of Kennewick) *
Kennewick School District elementary schools*
Kiona-Benton School District *
Mid-Columbia Library System *
North Franklin School District *
Pasco Community Truancy Board
Pasco Housing Authority *
Pasco School District elementary and middle schools
Phoenix High School (Kennewick School District)
Prosser Economic Development Association
Prosser School District *
Richland School District elementary schools *
Senior Companion Program *
Task Force for a Safe Community (Pasco) *
Vista Hermosa Elementary *
Vista Youth Center
