Overview of Scott County AmeriCorps
The Scott County AmeriCorps Program recruits AmeriCorps members from the community and local colleges who are interested in participating in the program during the months of July and August. As an AmeriCorps member, you will gain valuable experience in an area that interests you that can translate directly into job experience in your chosen field. You will learn teamwork, communication, responsibility, and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life while gaining the personal satisfaction of taking on a challenge and seeing results.
Scott County AmeriCorps members perform many duties within the community that address the educational needs of adults and children, crisis intervention through the Community Clearinghouse and Thrift Store, and at after school programs. Service project activities occur at various sites throughout the community with partner agencies.
Currently, AmeriCorps Members serve at the following sites:
The Scott County Community Clearinghouse and Thrift Store: Owned and operated by the Scott County Partnership under the Clearinghouse Advisory Council in cooperation with the Ministerial Association of Scott County and the Salvation Army. The Scott County Community Clearinghouse serves people of Scott County in crisis situations. At the Clearinghouse they may receive emergency food, clothing vouchers to use in the Community Thrift Store, Red Cross assistance, Salvation Army assistance, energy assistance, access programs to make homes more energy efficient, and other such immediate kinds of help. The Community Thrift Store was developed as a separate location to receive, display, and distribute used clothing.
Adult Education Center: Located at the LifeLong Learning Center operated by the Scott County Partnership. This program provides GED classes and Credit Recovery classes in partnership with New Albany/Floyd County Schools and Scott County School Districts 1 & 2.
21st Century Community Learning Center, Scott School District 1: The Austin Learning Center located in the old Austin Middle School along with Partnership’s Family/Education Resource Center. This program provides youth mentoring and tutoring programs after school and in the summer months.
21st Century Community Learning Center, Scott School District 2: SCSD2 contracts with the Scott County Partnership to provide staff and programming. This program provides youth mentoring and tutoring programs after school and in the summer months.
Family/Education Services: This arm of the Scott County Partnership works with both school districts to provide a multitude of services to aid in educational outcomes of the county. Examples of services are: DropOut Prevention Task Force, SCARB, Lunch Buddies, Reality Stores, etc.
Kids Place Child Care Center: The Scott County Partnership contracts with New Hope Services, Inc. to provide a variety of early childhood services. Members assist with the educational programs and early literacy needs of pre-school aged youth and their families.
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