ALU LIKE AmeriCorps Project Link to Roles and Responsibilities The ALU LIKE AmeriCorps Project uses community service “members” to assist in planning and implementing capacity-building efforts to enhance ALU LIKE’s multi-service system. Under the supervision and direction of the AmeriCorps Coordinator, the AmeriCorps Members assists in accomplishing four Project goals: • • • • To create and implement a Volunteer Recruitment & Management Plan for ALU LIKE, Inc. Programs. To raise the public’s awareness of ALI’s services. To create a single point of entry client intake system. To conduct client and partners assessments. The ALU LIKE AmeriCorps Project seeks skilled undergraduate and graduate students, recent college graduates, retired professionals, active community volunteers, civic organization participants, and people dedicated to serve ALU LIKE and Native Hawaiians. For more details see the 2004 AmeriCorps Menu of Assignments. ABOUT AmeriCorps AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage Americans in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, environment, and disaster relief assisting homeland security efforts. Created in 1993, AmeriCorps provides trained, dedicated Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to help nonprofits accomplish more and make more effective use of volunteers. Typically, Members tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams, run after-school programs, and help communities respond to disasters. ALU LIKE, Inc. AmeriCorps ACTIVITIES ALU LIKE’s AmeriCorps members will serve as public administration professionals to enhance ALU LIKE’s multi-service system’s effectiveness in providing services and programs for Native Hawaiians through four activities: 1. 2. 3. 4. Recruit and manage volunteers to become a more integral part of ALU LIKE’s programs; Broaden community outreach so Hawaiians know about our services. Develop an intake system linked to a central database to improve services and evaluation; and Conduct surveys and focus groups of participants and partner organizations to assess the effectiveness and impact of services. Eligibility and Benefits: AmeriCorps is open to: U.S. citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents, age 17 or older, and high school graduates. Terms of Service: Full-time members serve 1,700 hours (average of 32 hours/week) over a 10- to 12-month period and receive a living allowance of $10,197/year. After completing a year of service, they earn an education award of $4,725. They also are eligible for medical Insurance for themselves and may qualify for child care assistance if they meet requirements. Part-time members serve 900 hours a year (averaging 17 hours/week), with no living allowance, and earn an education award of $2.362 after completing a year of service. Education Award: After successfully completing a term of service, AmeriCorps Members are eligible to receive an education award, which can be used in the following ways, or in combination: * to pay all or part of current education expenses to attend a qualified institution of higher education (i.e. tuition, fees, books, room/board, and other “costs of attendance”); * to repay qualified existing or future student loans; * or loan repayment forbearance. A member has up to seven years to claim the maximum of two educational awards. Costs: AmeriCorps members serve as quasi-employees of ALU LIKE, Inc. Location: ALU LIKE Headquarters 458 Keawe Street Honolulu, HI 96813 Contact: Dee Speer, ALU LIKE AmeriCorps Coordinator Phone: (808) 535-6706 Email: despeer@alulike.org Fax: (808) 524-1344 To Apply: Submit your resume, cover letter and the ALU LIKE Employment Form to the Coordinator listed above. For further background information: See AmeriCorps national website: http://www.americorps.org/joining/basics.html Or the Hawai`i State website: http://www.hawaii.edu/americorpshawaii/ Funding: The project is funded by grants from The Hawai`i Commission for National and Community Service and the Bank of Hawai`i Charitable Foundation Back to Top