AmeriCorps, Peace Corps & Service Year Watch

Why this is recommended

A $7,000 education award, a Peace Corps posting that opens in a country the member wanted, a stipend increase of $300 a month, or a program suspended two weeks before a start date each change a year of someone's life, and the deadlines are firm.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Graduates, gap-year students, career changers and retirees considering a year of paid service, and the parents helping them weigh it.

When it runs

Programs open applications during the week and most applicants decide on the weekend

Scope

AmeriCorps State and National, VISTA, NCCC, Seniors and FEMA Corps; Peace Corps and Peace Corps Response; City Year, Teach For America, Public Allies, conservation corps, Climate Corps and faith-based service years; application windows and deadlines; stipends, living allowances, education awards and health coverage; funding cuts, suspensions and restorations; country openings, closures and evacuations; loan forbearance and PSLF rules; alumni hiring preferences; state service programs; national service legislation

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, City Year, Teach For America, conservation corps and service year application windows with deadlines, stipend, living allowance and education award changes, program funding cuts, suspensions and restorations, country openings and evacuations at the Peace Corps, loan forbearance and public service loan forgiveness rules for members, alumni hiring preferences and benefits, state service programs and national service legislation, with the program first and the deadline in the title.

Track paid national and international service programs for US residents. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: application windows and deadlines within 60 days for AmeriCorps State and National, VISTA, NCCC, Seniors and FEMA Corps, Peace Corps and Peace Corps Response, City Year, Teach For America, Public Allies, conservation corps, Climate Corps, state service programs and major faith-based service years; stipend, living allowance, education award and health coverage changes; funding cuts, program suspensions, member terminations and restorations; Peace Corps country openings, closures and evacuations; student loan forbearance, interest and Public Service Loan Forgiveness rules for members; alumni hiring preferences and benefits at federal agencies and employers; and national service legislation with a vote. Prefer AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, program pages, Federal Student Aid, congressional records and established reporting; ignore unverified posts. Put the program first in the title with the deadline or amount. Use high severity for a deadline within 14 days, a suspension or funding cut affecting current members, or an award or stipend change of 10 percent or more. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for the program, who qualifies, what you get, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.