Recruitment Details
Forms
- AmeriCorps VIP Sample Position Description (pdf)
- Volunteer Capacity Assessment (pdf)
- AmeriCorps Brochure (pdf)
Partner Agencies
- Non-profit and educational organizations located in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties are welcome to apply to host a VIP AmeriCorps member.
- Agencies are selected based upon current need and compatibility of the agency's needs with the goals of the Volunteer Infrastructure Project.
- Partner Agency recruitment is now open and will run through mid-July or until all spots are full - typically there are 15 partner sites in our region each term.
- Agencies are required to submit a Host Site Application, Baseline Volunteer Capacity Assessment, and Supervisor Information Sheet.
- All hosting agencies are required to pay a cost-share match of $24,000; the AmeriCorps Program covers all additional member expenses including the Education Award, health insurance, and professional development program.
- Host Agencies must complete and sign a VIP Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) upon acceptance into the program.
- Partner Agencies are required to assist in the recruitment of AmeriCorps Members for their site.

Members
- AmeriCorps is not a job; it is a paid service experience. AmeriCorps members are not employees of the agency; they are AmeriCorps members serving at a host site.
- AmeriCorps offers an opportunity to gain professional development, experience, and the satisfaction that comes from helping others.
- The positions focus on building the capacity of agencies by building and strengthening volunteer programs in community agencies and have a fundraising component.
- AmeriCorps is an 11-month service commitment from August 2022 - July 2023.
- All positions are full-time (1700 hours/year).
- Members receive a $22,000 living allowance, paid twice monthly in equal installments throughout the term of service.
- Upon successful completion of AmeriCorps service, members become eligible for a $10,000 education award that can be used to pay for college, grad school, and some work training programs, or to repay outstanding student loans.
- Members are eligible for health insurance and subsidized child-care for the length of their service term.
- AmeriCorps members who begin service in 2010 or later, who are age 55 or older at the time they commence service, may, upon successful completion of a term of service, transfer the education award to a child, grandchild, or foster child.
- For more information, attend one of the following virtual info sessions:
- Tuesday, May 31 @ 1-2pm
- Friday, June 3 @ 11am-Noon
- Monday, June 6 @ 11am-Noon
- Thursday, June 9 @ 10-11am
- All have the same Zoom link
- Applications are OPEN for the 2022-23 service term. Please visit this external site to submit your application. Email vipamericorps@gmail.com for more information.