AmeriCorps

Habitat CFC has been privledged to work with a number of teams of young people over the past few years that came to help our organization through the AmeriCorps NCCC program.

AmeriCorps 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 was modeled as a domestic version of the Peace Corps, and a modern version of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps).  NCCC is a specific program of AmeriCorps where people ages 18-24 serve for a year, and are placed on a team that completes service projects throughout a geographic region.  Our teams have come from the campus based in Perry Point, MD.

In 2005-2006, AmeriCorps NCCC took on an active role in recovery efforts after Hurricaine Katrina, providing direct service to families and communities in the gulf coast region.  Many of the teams that have worked with Habitat CFC this year also spent time in the gulf, and we applaud their efforts to rebuild in the gulf.

To learn more about AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps NCCC, visit www.americorps.gov.