Agencies
Services
Upstate
Academy for Urban School Leadership
3400 N. Austin Avenue
Chicago, IL 60634-0990
Phone: 773-943-7810
The Chicago Teacher Residency (CTR) is a one-year teacher training program for talented professionals who passionately believe that all students deserve a quality education. Individuals who join the program receive a scholarship to obtain a master’s degree from DePaul University and obtain in-classroom experience with guidance from expert coaches and mentors. Upon completion of the one-year program, individuals are fully licensed to teach in Illinois, and be placed in a full-time teaching position in Chicago Public Schools.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Dundee Township
20 S. Grove St., Suite # 201
Carpentersville, IL 60110
Phone: (847) 551-4309
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township(BGCDT), with the support of AmeriCorps members, conducts an evidence-based academic support program, AmeriCorps Project Learn, at several BGCDT program sites in Carpentersville, IL. These members work directly with youth, focusing on key areas such as Arts, Education, Health/Wellness, Career Development, Character/Leadership, & Sports/Recreation.
Zip Codes Covered: 60102, 60110, 60156, 60074
Boys and Girls Clubs of Livingston County
1303 E. Indiana Ave.
Pontiac, IL 61764
Phone: 815-842-3089
AmeriCorps Project Learn provides evidence-based academic enrichment support to youth at Boys & Girls Club of Livingston County, Union League Boys & Girls Club and Boys & Girls Club of Elgin. Members are responsible for improved academic engagement and/or social-emotional skill development for 350 youth ages 7-13 as defined by factors to include school & Club attendance, school connectedness & expectations of academic success.
Zip Codes Covered: 61764, 61739, 60921, 61726, 61741, 61740, 61364
Chicago HOPES
688 N. Milwaukee Ave. Ste 301
Chicago, IL 60642-5912
Phone: (312) 690-4240
Chicago HOPES for Kids provides comprehensive support to Chicago students and families experiencing homelessness. We are committed to our children’s educational development and long-term empowerment through academic support, dedicated mentorship and basic needs services. We are committed to offering direct academic services and holistic investment for the long-term resilience, school success and future prosperity of Chicago children experiencing homelessness.
Zip Codes Covered: 60626, 60640, 60613, 60616, 60621, 60649, 60621, 60617, 60623
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
20 S. Clark St. Ste 200
Chicago, IL 60603-1857
Phone: (708) 658-2320 ext. 2320
The Girl Scouts GCNWI is seeking support from 5 AmeriCorps State and National members to provide mental health, physical health, and financial literacy educational support to grossly underserved communities in the city of Chicago. The Girl Scouts Live Well Initiative (GSLWI) will focus on mental health, financial health, physical health, and self-discovery health (S.T.E.A.M Curriculum) for the girls who need it most. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for assisting Girl Scouts GCNWI to alleviate poverty by expanding health education while prioritizing investment in the most underserved individuals and communities in Chicago.
Zip Codes Covered: 60621, 60636, 60629, 60623, 60609, 60639, 60634, 60647, 60651, 60641, 60608, 60616
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
353 Randall Rd
South Elgin, IL 60177
Phone: (844) 476-4463
This program is responsible for bringing Girl Scout Leadership Experience to under-served girls who may be struggling academically and socially through the Project Opportunity outreach program in Aurora, DeKalb, Carpentersville, and Elgin. AmeriCorps Members facilitate programming in weekly sessions to help girls develop a strong sense of self and improve academic attitudes through activities including life skills, S.T.E.M., career exploration, and healthy relationships.
Zip Codes Covered: 60505, 60506, 60115, 60110, 60120, 60123, 60133, 60107
Kankakee State’s Attorney’s Office
450 E. Court Street, 3rd Floor
Kankakee, IL 60901
Phone: 1-800-936-5800
The Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office utilizes AmeriCorps members and volunteers to serve in the JUMP for Kankakee County Kids one-to-one juvenile mentoring and job readiness program. JUMP partners community leaders and professionals with court-involved teenage youth at risk of academic failure, truancy or involvement in delinquent activities in Kankakee County, Illinois. AmeriCorps members and volunteers will be responsible for reducing truancy rates and increasing educational scores among the service population, while also placing mentees into full and part-time employment and internship opportunities. AmeriCorps members and volunteers will be engaged in mentoring of the target service population, program oversight, attending mentee’s court dates and providing regular updates/reports to the juvenile’s judge and/or courtroom advocates.
Zip Codes Covered: 60910, 60913, 60914, 60915, 60917, 60935, 60940, 60941, 60901, 60950, 60954, 60958, 60961, 60964, 60922, 60969
Literacy Volunteers of Illinois
100 S. State St. Ste 437
Chicago, IL 60603-5523
Phone: (312) 857-1582
The VOCAL program places full, part and minimum-time AmeriCorps members in adult literacy programs in community and faith-based agencies and in the alternative schools in the Illinois Youth Centers. VOCAL members in those programs serve as tutors, tutor recruiters, mentors, and job search coaches, and are also involved with community outreach, program planning, and social and volunteer engagement activities. As a result of their service, the VOCAL members and the 300 volunteers they will recruit in the coming year will increase the literacy and employability skills of 1,200+ economically-disadvantaged adults, and the proficiency levels of another 200 incarcerated youth. Additionally, as a pilot project with the Sunshine Community Services Center in Kewanee, VOCAL members will also offer after-school programming for 150 at-risk youth.
Zip Codes Covered: 60603, 60175, 60660, 60626, 60640, 60608, 60609, 60623, 60630, 60629, 60632, 60638, 60661, 60607, 61443
Severson Dells
8786 Montague Rd.
Rockford, IL 61102
Phone: (815) 335-2915
Severson Dells Nature Center offers opportunities for AmeriCorps members to serve doing environmental education and habitat restoration in northern Illinois. Members learn best practices in natural resource management and informal science teaching, while helping improve habitat conditions and environmental awareness of the community.
Zip Codes Covered: 61102, 61104, 61101, 61103, 61114, 61107, 61108, 61073, 61072, 61115, 61111, 61112, 61011, 61065, 61012, 61038, 61035, 60112, 60111, 60115, 60145, 60146, 60178, 61088
Up2Us Sports
1700 W. 18th St. Fl 3
Chicago, IL 60608-1914
Phone: (773) 938-1248
Up2Us Sports is the nationwide leader in engaging and training sports-based youth development coaches, practitioners, and organizations to address the most pressing issues facing youth in under-resourced urban communities. Up2Us Sports does this through the following programs: Up2Us Coach, Up2Us VISTA and Up2Us Training.
Zip Codes Covered: 60637, 60612, 60649