How does a YVC affiliate obtain AmeriCorps members to serve with them?
Each year, usually late winter/early spring, YVCA issues a request for proposal (RFP) to all of our affiliates. Through this RFP the affiliates provide us information about their program and the number of AmeriCorps members they would like to have. YVCA staff review each RFP and decide if an affiliate meets the minimum requirements to recruit and enroll AmeriCorps members. YVCA charges a minimal per member fee for stipended members to help defray the member’s living allowance, FICA and health care costs that are required by the Corporation for Community and National Service. Education award only AmeriCorps members receive no stipend from YVCA and the local YVC affiliate pays nothing to YVCA.
