ACC Host Site Application (PY23)
Lead for America
United States
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2023
About the American Connection Corps (ACC)
The American Connection Corps (ACC) is a program of Lead For America, a national nonprofit organization focused on building a leadership force of moral, dynamic, and locally-rooted leaders committed to serving the communities they call home in every corner of this country. ACC is Lead For America’s boots-on-the-ground service corps, aimed at activating local leaders in rural and emerging communities to tackle critical, bi-partisan challenges to advance economic prosperity. Through ACC, Lead For America ensures that national service opportunities are indeed available in “every corner of this country.”
The American Connection Corps (ACC) is a program of Lead For America, a national nonprofit organization focused on building a leadership force of moral, dynamic, and locally-rooted leaders committed to serving the communities they call home in every corner of this country. ACC is Lead For America’s boots-on-the-ground service corps, aimed at activating local leaders in rural and emerging communities to tackle critical, bi-partisan challenges to advance economic prosperity. Through ACC, Lead For America ensures that national service opportunities are indeed available in “every corner of this country.”
American Connection Corps Members advance economic prosperity in rural and emerging communities nationwide. Placed with a local public institution, members build critical capacity, attract resources, and activate community engagement across the following key areas:
- Economic Opportunity
- Health and Social Capital
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
As such, bridging the digital divide was selected as a core campaign of the American Connection Corps and is an issue that unites all ACC Members as they serve across these fields. Through yearlong training and support, members are equipped with the tools to understand how they can channel these resources locally, while also building capacity across a diverse set of host institutions and issue areas to ensure that the opportunity that broadband access facilitates can be fully realized.
Host Site Qualifications
American Connection Corps host organizations must be a 501c(3) nonprofit organization, a local, tribal, or state government entity, or faith-based organization focused on non-religious activity. Below are a few examples:
- State Broadband Offices
- Local Governments / Agencies
- Non-Profits
All ACC members are AmeriCorps members who commit to giving a year of their lives to national service.
Note: pon completing this application, you will be contacted by a member of the LFA team to schedule a 45-minute phone consultation to discuss your organization's needs and potential fit for hosting ACC AmeriCorps Members
Note: pon completing this application, you will be contacted by a member of the LFA team to schedule a 45-minute phone consultation to discuss your organization's needs and potential fit for hosting ACC AmeriCorps Members
- Application Deadline
- June 02, 2023
- Department
- American Connection Corps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- United States
- Workplace type
- Onsite
Host Expectations
- Identify a dedicated site supervisor for Fellow mentorship and compliance.
- This person should have the capacity to meet weekly with the member, sign off on biweekly timesheets, participate in all LFA check-ins, impact surveys, and host training and roundtables, as well as commit to mentoring and supporting the member.
- Provide a financial host contribution.
- Host sites provide a local match to federal AmeriCorps and philanthropic contributions. The standard cost for hosting a Fellow is $35,000/year. Financial scholarships are available for qualifying host organizations, based on population size, organizational budget, and community need, and can reduce the host contribution amount to as low as $10,000/year. Complete your application to speak with an LFA representative in more detail about your host site contribution.
- Provide a clear, meaningful, and engaging position description.
- American Connection Corps Members advance economic prosperity in rural and emerging communities nationwide. Placed with a local public institution, members build critical capacity, attract resources, and activate community engagement across the following key areas:
- Economic Opportunity
- Health and Social Capital
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- American Connection Corps Members advance economic prosperity in rural and emerging communities nationwide. Placed with a local public institution, members build critical capacity, attract resources, and activate community engagement across the following key areas:
- Provide adequate workspace, equipment, and logistical support.
- LFA prioritizes in-person service opportunities, though remote service can be accommodated on a case-by-case basis. Hosts must provide space and equipment for required service and travel reimbursement for non-LFA, site-specific events, or trainings.
- Help recruit locally.
- LFA provides a national recruitment platform and media templates, but we rely on host partners to also share the opportunity on local channels, and refer candidates to the program.
About Lead For America
Lead For America believes that building stronger communities, and a stronger America, starts by serving and leading where you live. As a nonpartisan, 501(c)3 nonprofit, Lead For America is building a leadership force of our nation’s most outstanding young leaders, who will make their communities stronger, change the narrative about which communities are worthy of investment, build friendships across lines of difference, and bring their experiences and relationships with one another to the highest levels of leadership in their communities and American life for decades to come.
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