National Service in Virginia
Leveraging National Service Impact for Virginians
In 2024, close to 2,900 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors served at 371 service sites in communities across Virginia, including schools, food banks, shelters, health clinics, youth centers, veterans facilities, and other nonprofit and faith-based organizations.
Last year, AmeriCorps, a federal agency, invested more than $17 million in federal funding to develop cost-effective community solutions and support the work of AmeriCorps members. Through a unique public-private partnership, AmeriCorps and its partners generated more than $6.8 million in outside resources from businesses, foundations, public agencies, and other sources in Virginia last year. This local support strengthened community impact and increased the return on tax dollars.
Annual Impact of AmeriCorps in Virginia
$23.8M
AmeriCorps and local funding leveraged to support Virginians
2,896
AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors members
371
Service sites across the Commonwealth of Virginia
*To view details about a service site, click on a pin above or click the arrow in the upper left corner of the map to display a sidebar of all sites.
Impact of AmeriCorps in Virginia Since 1994
23,000+
AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors members
37M+
Hours of service from AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors members
$87.7M
Segal Education Awards* earned by Virginians who served as AmeriCorps members
*Virginia higher education institutions have received more than $52.7 million in Education Awards since 1994.
How does AmeriCorps work?
- AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) offers key capacity-building support for addressing poverty through the placement of talented, passionate individuals.
- AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) offers short-term support for service projects lasting 3 to 13 weeks through regional teams of 18-26 year-olds.
- AmeriCorps Seniors offers meaningful ways to engage seniors in supporting communities.
- AmeriCorps State offers grant funding to support the placement of AmeriCorps members who deliver services alongside staff.
National Service as Workforce Development in Virginia
Managing an annual portfolio of over $7.7 million in 2024, Serve Virginia helped AmeriCorps State grantees prepare their applications and budgets, support their members, measure their impact, and much more. By coordinating these AmeriCorps grants, Serve Virginia assists these groups in recruiting, training and placing AmeriCorps members to meet community needs.
In addition to meeting community needs, service-to-career pathways within AmeriCorps programs create diverse talent pipelines, increase the capacity of nonprofit and public agencies, address pressing community and state challenges, and have positive impacts on the AmeriCorps members themselves. Working hand-in-hand with local partners, AmeriCorps members helped tutor and support children and youth across Virginia, connected community members to essential public services, helped residents access higher education, and enhanced public land.
Invest in AmeriCorps for Community Resilience
AmeriCorps engages communities, various public-private partnerships, and governmental collaborations to address local challenges through service. Together, we use evidence-based solutions in our six focus areas: education, economic opportunity, disaster services, environmental stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans and military families.
With your support, we can maximize the impact of service and volunteerism to tackle our most critical needs, and we invite you to join us by aligning, amplifying, and catalyzing our shared efforts to continue to inspire and celebrate volunteerism and service in Virginia. Learn more about how you can invest in and advocate for national service through the following strategies:
National Service Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding contributions of individuals, organizations, and communities who demonstrate exceptional commitment, impact, and innovation in the realm of volunteerism and national service.
Each year, Serve Virginia coordinates nominations and celebrates the Commonwealth’s honorees.
Visits to AmeriCorps service sites in Virginia offer valuable perspective on the real-world impacts that national service programs make every day.
Serve Virginia coordinates site visits for elected officials from across the Commonwealth, offering opportunities to connect with staff and AmeriCorps members serving within their districts.
Virginia Commonwealth University and other Schools of National Service recognize that individuals who serve in AmeriCorps bring tremendous value to higher education and other post-secondary experiences. Their leadership skills and commitment to civic engagement benefit the institution, other students, and their community.
Serve Virginia encourages institutions to consider making the commitment to become a School of National Service.
The Commonwealth of Virginia is one of many Employers of National Service that recognize that national service alumni are strong leaders who are motivated, flexible, innovative, and outcome oriented. They work well on diverse teams and know how to mobilize others to tackle the most pressing challenges facing our nation.
Serve Virginia encourages businesses and organizations to consider making the commitment to become an Employer of National Service.
