The AmeriCorps programs that Volunteer Iowa manages or supports focus on a wide variety of issues, including educational achievement, economic opportunity, environmental protection, and organizational capacity building. If you are interested in joining or learning more about AmeriCorps programs in Iowa, please contact us by email at americorps@volunteeriowa.org or call 1-800-308-5987. A team member will answer your questions and help you explore which program is the best fit for you!
- View an interactive map of AmeriCorps State program locations in Iowa.
- If you’re not sure which branch of AmeriCorps is a best fit for your interests, check out our Choosing to Serve in an Iowa AmeriCorps Program guide (PDF, 175.25 KB).
AmeriCorps Iowa Programs Listing
AmeriCorps 4-H Outreach - Iowa State University
Focus Area(s): Education, Youth Development
Service Area(s): Statewide
AmeriCorps 4-H members use Positive Youth Development framework to deliver exciting, hands-on learning experiences to youth across the state of Iowa! Members facilitate programs from 4-H's core curricula areas: STEM, Healthy Living, Communication and the Arts, Leadership and Civic Engagement, and Agriculture and Natural Resources.
For more information, please contact:
Teri Mash, Program Director
Phone: 515-294-8013
Email: terimash@iastate.edu
Website: AmeriCorps 4-H Outreach
AmeriCorps VISTA - Volunteer Iowa
Focus Area(s): Capacity Building, Education, Economic Opportunity, Healthy Futures, Disaster Services, and Veteran and Military Families
Service Area(s): Statewide
The Volunteer Iowa VISTA Program offers the opportunity for individuals to serve full-time for 1 year gaining valuable experience in a nonprofit, government, or higher education institutions. VISTA members support organizations to make sustainable change in areas that effect poverty through activities such as volunteer management, fund development, research, communication, and much more. VISTA members gain professional experience and leadership skills while immersing themselves in the community where they serve. VISTA prepares you for a life of service in the public, private, or nonprofit sector. Whether you are a young adult finding your path, making a career change, or looking for something to fill your time post-career, VISTA has something for you!
For more information, please contact:
Julie Struck, Program Officer
Phone: (515) 348-6238
Email: julie.struck@volunteeriowa.org
Website: Volunteer Iowa AmeriCorps VISTA Program
AmeriCorps Youth Launch - Graceland University
Focus Area(s): Education, Youth Development
Service Area(s): South Central Iowa
AmeriCorps Youth Launch provides opportunities for students to lead successful, rewarding, and productive lives. AmeriCorps members mentor youth, build valuable Developmental Assets, instill civic engagement, and help young people find the "sparks" that ignite their passions in life.
For more information, please contact:
Kallie Burton
Phone: (641) 784-5495
Email: kallie2@graceland.edu
Website: AmeriCorps Youth Launch
Bur Oak Land Trust AmeriCorps Program - Bur Oak Land Trust
Focus Area(s): Environmental Stewardship
Service Area(s): Iowa City
Bur Oak Land Trust AmeriCorps members serve to protect and restore Eastern Iowa's natural resources. In the field, members restore critical habitat through prescribed fire and planting native plants, and remove invasive species by mechanical and targeted chemical use to create more biodiverse and resilient ecosystems. Members also engage with the community to connect people to nature by creating maps of Bur Oak properties and leading hiking tours for the public.
For more information, please contact:
Meredith Roemerman, Program Director
Phone: (319) 338-7030
Email: meredith@buroaklandtrust.org
Website: Bur Oak Land Trust AmeriCorps Program
Campus Compact Civic Leaders AmeriCorps Program - (Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact)
Focus Area(s): Education, Youth Development
Service Area(s): Statewide
The Civic Leaders AmeriCorps Program will focus on the retention of college students that identify as first-generation, low-income, and/or students of color. AmeriCorps members will create and sustain an ongoing relationship with current college students, providing them much needed support for academic and personal success while also helping AmeriCorps members and program beneficiaries better develop their civic identity.
For more information, please contact:
Carly Bahnsen
Phone: (515) 207-0049
Email: cbahnsen@compact.org
Website: Campus Compact Civic Leaders AmeriCorps Program
City of Davenport AmeriCorps and Youth Corps Program - City of Davenport
Focus Area(s): Education, Youth Development
Service Area(s): Davenport
As an AmeriCorps Member of the City of Davenport AmeriCorps/Youth Corps Program, you will focus on reducing the high school dropout rate by serving with an organization that supports youth at the elementary level during the school day or through outreach programming and out of school time activities. Members provide support at organizations such as Davenport Community Schools, Davenport Parks and Recreation, Big Brother Big Sisters, Girl Scouts, Putnam Museum, River Music Experience, and the Freight House Farmer's Market.
For more information, please contact:
Becca Niles
Phone: (563) 888-3084
Email: becca.niles@davenportiowa.com
Website: City of Davenport AmeriCorps and Youth Corps Program
City of Dubuque AmeriCorps Program: Creating Opportunities - City of Dubuque
Focus Area(s): Social-Emotional Learning, Youth Development
Service Area(s): Dubuque
City of Dubuque AmeriCorps Members address the most critical needs with Dubuque's most vulnerable populations: our youth. Join our partnerships for the opportunity to improve vital social-emotional learning skills to re-enforce positive, strength-based development for K-12 students. Our program offers several exciting and unique full and part-time positions during the whole year, school year, and summer - making it easy to fit creating change in your community into your schedule!
For more information, please contact:
Sarah Berna, AmeriCorps Coordinator
Phone: (563) 690-6171
Email: americorps@cityofdubuque.org
Website: City of Dubuque AmeriCorps Program: Creating Opportunities
College Access & Success AmeriCorps - Iowa College Student Aid Commission
Focus Area(s): Education, Youth Development
Service Area(s): Statewide
College Access and Success AmeriCorps members assist high school and current college students as they plan for, prepare for and succeed in college. The College Access and Success AmeriCorps Program includes two member roles: Student Leader and College Coach. Current high school seniors from our partner schools serve as student leaders to support and encourage their peers throughout the college-going process, as well as promoting a college-going culture throughout the community. Current college students and recent college graduates serve as virtual college coaches, providing college-going assistance and support to high school and college students through timely text messages and virtual assistance.
For more information, please contact:
Christina M. Sibaouih, Division Administrator
Phone: (515) 725-3101
Email: christina.sibaouih@iowa.gov
Website: College Access and Success AmeriCorps
Conservation Corps Iowa AmeriCorps - Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa
Focus Area(s): Environmental Stewardship
Service Area(s): Des Moines, Cedar Falls
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa is serving outdoors with purpose! Make a difference while protecting the environment and gain valuable skills for your future. We offer a wide variety of positions for youth and young adults from diverse backgrounds who are interested in connecting with nature, engaging in environmental stewardship, and supporting the community.
For more information, please contact:
Brian Miller, Program Director
Phone: (651) 209-9900
Email: brian.miller@conservationcorps.org
Website: Conservation Corps Iowa AmeriCorps
Disaster PrepWise AmeriCorps Program - University of Iowa
Focus Area(s): Disaster Preparation
Service Area(s): Eastern Iowa
Disaster PrepWise AmeriCorps is a program based out of the University of Iowa College of Public Health whose mission is to increase disaster preparedness among older adults in Iowa. Members will be serving either within a local public health/senior service organization or with our team at the College of Public Health. Members will be recruiting older adults and delivering our program to them, as well as working with their own and other local organizations to help promote our program and developing resources that allow us to more specifically target vulnerable populations.
For more information please contact:
Sato Ashida
Phone: (319) 467-1193
Email: CPH-AmeriCorps@uiowa.edu
Website: Disaster PrepWise AmeriCorps
Green Iowa AmeriCorps - University of Northern Iowa
Focus Area(s): Environmental Stewardship
Service Area(s): Statewide
Green Iowa works to empower Iowa's communities and school districts to make more environmental, conservation-minded decisions and improvements by engaging our AmeriCorps members in direct service work, environmental education, professional development opportunities, and volunteer engagement.
For more information, please contact:
Ashley Coffin, Program Director
Phone: (319) 273-7273
Email: ashley.coffin@uni.edu
Website: Green Iowa AmeriCorps
Habitat for Humanity of Iowa AmeriCorps Program - Habitat for Humanity of Iowa
Focus Area(s): Economic Opportunity
Service Area(s): Statewide
Habitat for Humanity of Iowa's AmeriCorps Program offers members the ability to learn, serve, and give back to the community by building houses, managing volunteers, and engaging homeowners at local Habitat for Humanities across the state of Iowa. In addition to this, members can join our Mobile Response Team that are on call to respond to natural disasters across the state as they appear.
For more information, please contact:
Katie Sylvis, Program Director
Phone: (515) 344-3790
Email: kzellmer@iowahabitat.org
Website: Habitat for Humanity Iowa AmeriCorps
Iowa Afterschool STEM AmeriCorps - The Iowa Children's Museum/Iowa After School Alliance
Focus Area(s): Education, Youth Development
Service Area(s): Statewide
The AmeriCorps members will be responsible for developing new STEM curriculum each month at hosting organizations; conducting monthly STEM family engagement workshops and science fairs; strengthening partnerships with colleges, K-12 schools, youth programs, businesses, schools or community organizations from identified cities with large Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) populations; and engaging youth, families, and site staff in STEM education and career exploration. In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage
volunteers who will assist members with implementing the program goals and engaging with youth.
For more information, please contact:
Elva Griffin, Program Coordinator
Phone: (515) 777-9845
Email: egriffin@sppg.com
Website: Iowa Afterschool STEM AmeriCorps
Iowa Community Corps
Focus Area(s): Capacity Building
Service Area(s): Statewide
The Iowa Community Corps seeks to expand access to food and other public health resources in Iowa communities. AmeriCorps members serve at community-based organizations to support capacity building projects that address social determinants of health. Capacity building projects expand the scale or reach of program services, and/or improve program efficiency or effectiveness. The Iowa Community Corps also provides AmeriCorps members with Community Health Worker training and certification, equipping them with the professional skills needed to enter the public health workforce upon completion of their service term. To become an Iowa Community Corps AmeriCorps Member, please complete the Iowa Community Corps Application
For more information, please contact:
Erin Hardigree, MSc
Phone: (515) 415-0065
Email: erin.hardigree@idph.iowa.gov
Iowa Legal Aid AmeriCorps Justice for All Project - Iowa Legal Aid
Focus Area(s): Economic Opportunity
Service Area(s): Statewide
Iowa Legal Aid is a nonprofit organization providing critical legal assistance to low-income and vulnerable Iowans who have nowhere else to turn. From ILA's 10 regional offices and Courthouse Help Desks, AmeriCorps members provide direct services to ILA's clients and their communities, helping them access legal information, resources and support needed to resolve fundamental civil legal problems. These problems include preventing homelessness, ensuring safety and security to victims of domestic/sexual abuse, maintaining basic income supports, and avoiding unfair debt collection practices.
For more information, please contact:
Nick Smithberg
Phone: (515) 243-2980 ext. 1650
Email: nsmithberg@iowalaw.org
Website: Iowa Legal Aid AmeriCorps Justice for All Project
Iowa Reading Corps AmeriCorps Program - United Ways of Iowa
Focus Area(s): Education, Youth Development
Service Area(s): Statewide
Iowa Reading Corps members are responsible for addressing on going literacy learning loss by working one on one with students in K-3rd grade. Reading Corps service provides the opportunity for members to have a positive, lifelong impact on students who struggle with reading--helping them achieve and succeed in the present and future.
For more information, please contact:
Kelli Soyer, Executive Director
Phone: (515) 971-9230
Email: exec@uwiowa.org
Website: Iowa Reading Corps AmeriCorps Program
RedTails LEAD AmeriCorps Program - Hawkeye Community College
Focus Area(s): Education
Service Area(s): Waterloo
Together, RedTails LEAD AmeriCorps members are a network of support for underserved students by serving in one of four distinct roles to alleviate food insecurity, construct and remodel homes, provide child care, or help with academic and other life challenges.
For more information, please contact:
Jason Chapman
Phone: (319) 296-4044
Email: americorps@hawkeyecollege.edu
Website: RedTails LEAD AmeriCorps Program
RIVA AmeriCorps - Refugee & Immigrant Voices in Action (RIVA)
Focus Area(s): Economic Opportunity
Service Area(s): Statewide
RIVA (formerly known as RISE) AmeriCorps leverages the power of community by training emerging leaders from refugee and immigrant communities in work readiness to increase economic opportunities in Iowa. Members provide supportive services for fellow refugee and immigrant clients, such as English, digital/financial literacy, career development, and citizenship through learning support, referrals, outreach, and wrap-around services.
For more information, please contact:
Dayoung Lim, Program Coordinator
Phone: (515) 512-1881
Email: Dayoung@rivaiowa.org
Website: RIVA AmeriCorps
Rural Iowa AmeriCorps - Iowa Economic Development Authority
Focus Area(s): Capacity Building
Service Area(s): Statewide
The Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Center for Rural Revitalization recognizes the needs of rural Iowa are community specific. Each community finds unique solutions to enhance the quality of life for their residents and visitors. These solutions improve community health, retain local talent, attract new residents, and build a sense of place. The Rural Iowa AmeriCorps Program will enroll AmeriCorps members to support quality programming and spaces, with a focus on either Community Development or Capacity Building, that encourage people to live, work, play, and engage in vibrant rural places.
For more information, please contact:
Sacha Wise, Program Manager
Phone: (515) 348-6156
Email: recovery.americorps@iowaeda.com
Website: Rural Iowa AmeriCorps
Youth Connect AmeriCorps (YCA) - Iowa State University
Focus Area(s): Organizational & Community Capacity Building
Service Area(s): Statewide
Based at Iowa State University’s Child Welfare Research & Training Project, this statewide program focuses on direct service to foster care youth around preparing for education and employment goals, as well as increasing social-emotional skills. Using a healing centered engagement approach, YCA members connect foster care youth to resources and supports in the transition from foster care to independent living.
For more information, please contact:
Erika Abusharkh, Program Director
Phone: (515) 294-7340
Email: erikaa@iastate.edu
AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) is a full-time residential AmeriCorps program (not managed by Volunteer Iowa). NCCC members serve in teams based out of five campuses located across the country, including one in Vinton, Iowa. Ready to join? Apply online to AmeriCorps NCCC or contact the North Central Region Campus at 319.472.9664 or jburns@cns.gov for more information about recent and upcoming NCCC service sites.