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AmeriCorps Headlines
AmeriCorps Headlines
Teacher Appreciation Week: May 6-10 marks Teacher Appreciation Week! We are so grateful for your service in classrooms every day. You are changing the future! If you haven’t already done so this week, check out Relay’s social media pages for special features in honor of YOU! Facebook Instagram X/Twitter
AmeriCorps Closeout: The 2023-24 service year is nearing the end! All Relay AmeriCorps members are required to complete closeout steps by Friday, May 24 to successfully exit from the Relay AmeriCorps program and earn any eligible Segal Education Award. Please reference the email you received on Wednesday, May 1 for more information about all closeout steps (click here for overview). Pop into the submission tracker (click here) - checkboxes next to your name means we have your materials! Please reach out to support@relay.edu if you have any questions about closeout items.
Free Mental Health Trainings and Resources: May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Check out resources and upcoming free webinars:
Click here to check out information about upcoming webinar topics including Opening Up About Mental Health (May 22), and Mental Health- Support for Others in Distress (May 23). These webinars will also be recorded and located on the AllOne Health website.
The Member Assistance Program is available to members in Georgia, New Jersey, New York and Texas and includes free, 24/7 unlimited telephonic counseling services. Check out the Benefits & Resources page to learn more about these great services.
AmeriCorps State and National (ASN) hosted a member mental health webinar in March. This discussion panel featured a discussion on member mental health and well-being. Check out the recording on the ASN YouTube page. You’ll hear from panelists Arlaysha Hood of City Year DC, Libby Trammell of Healing Action, Meagan Barnett of RecoveryCorps, and Michael Rojas of Volunteer Iowa.
AmeriCorps Across the Country
AmeriCorps Across the Country
Celebrating 30 Years of Service: AmeriCorps continues to celebrate the key milestone moments from the past three decades that inspire Americans to make a difference in their communities. Every AmeriCorps experience tells a story. AmeriCorps members represent the best of America, tirelessly serving people and communities across the country. Curious to read how service has impacted former members? Click here to browse. You may even want to share your own story!
AmeriCorps Week Recap: March 10-16 marked the national AmeriCorps Week. Relay celebrates all the ways AmeriCorps members — like YOU — give their time and energy to improve communities across the nation. Check out the celebration! Head over to the Member Hub to check out new Member Spotlights!
AmeriCorps Impact on Education at SXSW EDU: AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith and leaders from Communities In Schools, Teach for America, and City Year took the stage at SXSW EDU to discuss AmeriCorps’ impact on education. Click here to listen to them discuss the impact AmeriCorps members have made towards building and diversifying the education workforce over the last 30 years.
Get to Know Another AmeriCorps Program, Generation Teach: AmeriCorps members serving as teaching fellows with Generation Teach engage elementary and middle-school students in summer experiences that center history, stories, and strength of people of color and provide all participants with windows and mirrors of their own lived experiences. During their seven-week fellowship, AmeriCorps teaching fellows receive robust professional development and teach for 24 days at a STEAM Academy. Since 2014, Generation Teach has co-created loving communities where more than 7,900 third to eighth grade students, 1,730 undergraduate and high-school students, and more than 300 professional educators have learned, grown, and developed
On The Horizon
On The Horizon
Official Exit Confirmation: Once you complete all closeout steps (deadline Friday, May 24) and your school has signed the AmeriCorps hours verification form, Relay AmeriCorps can officially exit you from the 2023-24 service term. Think of this as your AmeriCorps graduation! Stay tuned in June- early July for an official exit email from Relay AmeriCorps with important Segal AmeriCorps Education Award information if eligible.
Using Your Education Award: If you were eligible to earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, it will be available in your My AmeriCorps Portal in 1-3 business days after the “AmeriCorps Exit Date” column in the closeout tracker — an award will not yet be available to you if no date is listed. Follow the steps in this Support Center article if you wish to release your award to Relay and/or submit a refund waiver agreement to be considered for a refund/reimbursement of your educational expenses covered. .
Note for Program Completers: If you wish to use your Education Award to resolve unpaid tuition balances, you must follow the steps above to release your award no later than July 3, 2024. Payment after this date will delay access to proof of program completion (e.g., diploma).
Alumni Resources: Calling all Year 2 students!
Be sure to log on to Relay Connect to know what’s going on around the Relay Nation and stay connected.
Also check out this AmeriCorps national webpage for AmeriCorps specific alumni resources and our internal Alumni resources.
Service Year Alliance is a one-stop shop for AmeriCorps Alums to access resources. Visit their website to register as an alum and stay connected.
AmeriCorps 2024-25 Enrollment Preview: Current AmeriCorps members planning to return to Relay for the 2024-25 school year will be required to complete a new AmeriCorps application for a second year of service. However, you will not have to complete new background checks since we can use the Truescreen and Fieldprint checks you completed this year. Have a wonderful summer and stay tuned for enrollment communications in June!
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