As a corps member with City Year New Hampshire, you will make a difference in children’s lives and help develop New Hampshire’s next generation of young leaders and strengthen its communities. You will serve full-time as a tutor or mentor in schools and run after-school and school vacation programs. You will also help rebuild neighborhoods and lead transformative community service projects. A distinguishing feature of City Year New Hampshire is that its corps members serve in three different regions, making it not just an urban program, but a state-wide program.
School-Based Service: Whole School, Whole Child
The City Year Whole School, Whole Child (WSWC) service model is a unique partnership with schools that engages diverse teams of corps members in service to help students stay in school and stay on track to graduate and succeed. Research shows that students who are most at risk of dropping out of school can be identified early in their academic career through four established indicators: attendance, behavior, and course performance in English and Math. Teams of corps members work with students throughout the school day to provide academic support, mentoring, after-school programs, events and other critical support.
In each partnering school, City Year teams provide general instructional support and targeted interventions in the following areas:
- Academic Support
- Attendance Monitoring and Incentive Programs
- Behavioral Support
- After-school Programming
- Climate of Achievement and Citizenship
Youth Leadership: Young Heroes
The Young Heroes program is a Saturday service learning program that provides middle school students with structured, team-based opportunities to perform community service. Ultimately, the Young Heroes program aims to educate middle school students on important social issues and give them the chance to positively impact their communities, thus encouraging them to become active citizens. This program is based on a concept central to City Year, that being: Young people can make a difference
City Year New Hampshire's Young Heroes program brings together over 140 youth from Manchester, Nashua and the Seacoast. From January to May each Young Hero strives to complete over 100 hours of community service.
Learn more about the Young Heroes program and how to apply.
Civic Engagement
The Civic Engagement team works to bring important aspects of the City Year experience, such as workshops and service projects, to residents of all ages, backgrounds, and professions. Through the work of the Civic Engagement team, corps members help share the power of service. In addition, the Civic Engagement team is responsible for coordinating and planning all of the site physical service days in partnership with local schools, organizations and businesses to transform communities.