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Site Director: Elaina Ellis Cascade People's Center (a program of Lutheran Community Services)- Cascade People’s Center empowers people to grow strong, sustainable families and communities. The AmeriCorps member coordinates the youth programs, increases family involvement, and helps recruit volunteers for Cascade’s youth programs. The member also coordinates Ujima, a program that provides homework help, tutoring and enrichment activities for school aged children. He/she also runs El Mundo de Los Niños, a Spanish language program helping children build self esteem while learning about their culture and roots. Additionally, he/she is involved with Ready for School, a school readiness program that provides workshops for caretakers of children and free childcare. Arts in Motion - Arts in Motion is a Community School of the Arts. The AmeriCorps member at Arts in Motion will serve as the Arts Program Coordinator, working directly with students, families, teachers, and running the arts center during the school year and summertime. The arts program coordinator will also work to support arts development in local schools and partnering community sites. To read more about the position at Arts in Motion: click here Franklin High School's Public Service Academy - The goal of the Public Service Academy is to introduce young people to public service, to provide a challenging integrated academic curriculum that prepares students for college, and to create and nurture an ethic of service. The AmeriCorps member at Franklin High School serves as the Community Based Learning Coordinator, matching students with community organizations and supporting individual course work and assignments. The Coordinator will also give family support by assisting with Family Nights, helping to recruit parents to serve as volunteers, and providing other outreach as needed. College Access Now at Garfield High School - The Americorps
member serving at Garfield High School in the College Access Now program
identifies students with the motivation and potential to attend college
and assists them in applying for and gaining access into college. The
member helps students on an individual basis with college applications,
scholarships, and financial aid forms, as well as teaching an ACT/SAT
prepartory course and guiding their transitions into college. High Point Youth Tutoring Program (a program of Catholic Community Services) - High Point Tutoring Center, an inspiring Youth Tutoring Program, offers academic assistance to children and teens by matching them on a one-to-one basis with committed volunteers from the community. In addition to working as a tutor, the member acts as a liaison between the families and teachers of YTP students to provide greater support for their academic success. He or she also facilitates after school clubs, and participates in community events and networks with other service providers in the High Point community to provide further opportunities for youth. New Holly Youth Tutoring Program (a program of Catholic Community Services) - YTP’s mission is to tutor, guide and inspire at-risk youth living in public housing to achieve academic success. The center partners with parents and advocates for students in their schools and in their communities to help build strength in the youth that they serve. The NDA members helps to create a challenging, safe and enriching environment where youth are matched with adults who offer academic support and mentoring throughout their school years. The member also tutors and mentors, creating after-school enrichment programs for students. Rainier Vista Youth Tutoring Program (a program of Catholic Community Services) – The AmeriCorps members is the head of the high school tutoring sessions at Rainier Vista Youth Tutoring Program. He or she creates a 20-25 minute group skill that highlights an area of learning. He or she also leads many after school activities and tutors individual students on the primarily elementary and middle school days. Yesler Terrace Youth Tutoring Program (a program of Catholic Community Services) – The AmeriCorps member serves at-risk elementary, middle, and high school students who live in low-income communities through the Youth Tutoring Program (YTP). The member helps the YTP main office with volunteer recruitment, recognition, and outreach. He or she also serves 70 students at the Yesler Terrace Tutoring Center. Through homework help, skill building, guided reading, and educational clubs the center helps students achieve academic and personal success. In addition to the one-on-one tutoring and heading educational clubs and activities for younger students, the member also assists with a weekly high school night. High school students come to the center for homework assistance as well as activities centered on life skills, such as writing a resume and filling out college applications. Global Connections at Tyee High School (in partnership with Neighborhood House)- AmeriCorps members serve at Tyee High School, a very diverse student community that struggles to meet state academic standards. The members coordinate an SAT Prep Course in addition to an after-school tutoring program, recruiting both student participants and community volunteers to help serve as tutors. The tutoring program focuses on English Language Learners, however all students are welcome to use the service. In addition to the after school program, members also mentor students and serve as teachers’ assistants in ELL classes, working with individual students and small groups. They also help coordinate and lead field trips and other community enrichment activities. Spruce Street Secure Crisis Residential Center - This program is a community resource for runaway or street youth between the ages of 12 and 17. As a freestanding residence located in the Capitol Hill Community of Seattle, this program provides secure, short-term, non-institutional residence and support services for an average of fifty youth per month. The ultimate goal of Spruce Street SCRC is to reunite youth with their parents or primary caregivers when possible, while promoting the emotional and physical well-being of youth residents. The AmeriCorps member at SSSCRC provides family mediation for enrolled youth and their families, assists with developing services with the aim of reconciling families and youth, provides intensive case management services to youth which is inclusive of their families, refers youth to a physiatrist, and provides a weekly group that teaches independent living skills.
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Youth - Notre Dame AmeriCorps* National Direct and AmeriCorps*VISTA members
serve at partner sites around King County, including schools, tutoring
centers, and a juvenile detention facility. These site collaborations
are set up to build alliances between their programs and community and
faith based organizations to better serve the children and families in
the community. Sound Youth - NDA members provide direct service to school
aged children and youth through tutoring, mentoring, and out of school
enrichment activities such as art, drama, leadership/service, ESL, reading,
and conflict resolution workshops. The type of service that members provide
will depend on the other services provided in the neighborhood and the
unmet needs still present. The following sites are part of Sound Youth-NDA.