AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps NCCC

Habitat CFC has had the privilege to work with a number of teams of young people over the past several years that came to help our organization through AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC).

AmeriCorps NCCC is a national service initiative that is part of the larger USA Freedom Corps that works to mobilize citizens to take part in community service.

AmeriCorps  NCCC is often referred to as a domestic version of the Peace Corps.  It was modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps.  NCCC is a specific  AmeriCorps program where people ages 18-24 serve for 10 months on a team that completes service projects throughout a geographic region.  They complete a minimum of four service projects through the year. Our teams have come from the campus based in Perry Point, MD.  These teams serve the eastern area of the U.S., but they respond to disasters nationwide.

Since Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast states in August 2005, AmeriCorps NCCC has played an active role in the recovery efforts.   Many of the teams that have worked with Habitat CFC since then also spent time in the gulf, and we applaud their work.

To learn more about AmeriCorps visit www.americorps.gov.