AmeriCorps Member

Service Description: Serve. Learn. Earn. The mission of the AmeriCorps Urban Safety (AMUS) Rapid Response Team is to implement and support crisis initiatives to increase public health and safety. Beginning in Fall 2021, members will earn a bi-weekly stipend for a service term. Members will receive a full orientation to the AMUS Program and its initiatives, as well as training and experience in survey and community needs assessment methods, public health and safety, leadership, coaching, mentorship, and community organizing. AMUS Rapid Response service initiatives are designed to assist residents, as well as city, state and federal agencies in reducing the impact on residents’ home health and well-being in crisis situations as the COVID-19 pandemic and recent flooding, as well as more enduring hazards such as the presence of lead and other contaminants in household water supplies. Members will implement and support response strategies designed to provide crisis awareness, education, and access to resources to reduce or eliminate threats to public health and safety. Member activities will include community organizing, event coordination and the use of surveys, leafleting, community meetings and social media to gather data, communicate vital information, and implement strategic response strategies. Target neighborhoods are defined by Detroit Police Precinct boundaries, Detroit City Council Districts, or Detroit Health Department / Michigan Department of Health and Human Services directives. Members, program staff and community partners collaborate to build strategies to engage and serve vulnerable and underserved communities.

Members will implement and support response strategies designed to provide crisis awareness, education, and access to resources to reduce or eliminate threats to public health and safety. Members will participate in service initiatives designed to assist residents, as well as city, state and federal agencies in reducing the impact on residents’ home health and well-being in crisis situations as the COVID-19 pandemic and recent flooding, as well as more enduring hazards such as the presence of lead and other contaminants in household water supplies. Member activities will include community organizing, event coordination and the use of surveys, leafleting, community meetings and social media to gather data, communicate vital information, and implement strategic response strategies. Members, program staff and community partners collaborate to build strategies to engage and serve vulnerable and underserved communities.

Program Benefits: Health Coverage,  Education award upon successful completion of service,  Stipend,  Childcare assistance if eligible,  Training. 

Terms: Car recommended,  Uniforms provided and required,  Permits working at another job during off hours,  Permits attendance at school during off hours. 

Service Areas: Community Outreach,  Public Safety,  Health,  Disaster Relief. 

Skills: Computers/Technology, Disaster Services, Community Organization, Leadership, Writing/Editing,  Recruitment, Fundraising/Grant Writing, Public Health, Public Speaking, Conflict Resolution,  Teaching/Tutoring,  Team Work, Education, Communications.