AmeriCorps Seeks Year-Long Committed Volunteers

AmeriCorps, a U.S. federal government civil society program, is seeking volunteers able to commit for a 12-month period to work with the nonprofit Children of Inmates. The organization helps children meet with their incarcerated family members and provides services such as counseling, housing, food stamps and education.

“We have a wide range of [volunteers] majoring in disciplines regarding social work, education, psychology, early child education, pastoral ministry [and] teaching,” said Brielle Obando, an AmeriCorps member who works at the Children of Inmates Program. “Basically anything that deals with working with children and working with disadvantaged/wounded populations.”

Obando said the program accepts volunteers from other majors and can cater to the volunteers’ educational needs.

Volunteers can sign up by visiting nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps. The deadline is ongoing.

For more information, contact Brielle Obando at (786) 716-2699 or brielle@hopeformiami.org.