City Year Cleveland
Cleveland’s revitalized downtown, lakefront park and world-class museums make this low-key Midwestern city a cool place to be. For more than two decades, City Year AmeriCorps members have served Cleveland’s schools, helping students to thrive.
Support students in Cleveland
We are City Year. We are challenging the educational status quo with tenacity, passion and empathy. We create environments where young people feel like they belong, so they can fulfill their potential.
In 2019, Cleveland became just the fourth city in the country to be named a Say Yes to Education chapter.
While the graduation rate for the Class of 2018 was 74.6% – marking a 22.5% increase since 2010 – much work is still left to do. More than 60% of the district’s students are still reading below grade level.
We partner with educators while supporting, mentoring and lifting up our students so that they are able to fully take advantage of their drive and skill sets.
Ready to apply?
Great! We are excited to work together to grow our communities, while you learn valuable skills for the future.
Start Application Connect with a recruiterGo into your City Year with resource and information from classroom environments to housing, and some hidden gems to help you feel like a part of the community during your City Year Cleveland experience.
A big city with a small-town feel, Cleveland offers a wide range of opportunities and entertainment for young people. Now more than ever, Cleveland is a great place for young people to make their mark and generate long-term positive impact in the community.
Read about our local benefitsWe’ll walk you through how to use the RTA to get across the city, how and where to find roommates and housing, and some hidden gems to make you feel like a local during your City Year Cleveland experience.
See our Cleveland city guideThese talented professionals support City Year Cleveland's impact with students and schools.
Read more about Leadership | ClevelandCity Year depends on committed public and private sector partners in Cleveland to support our work.
Read more about Partnerships | ClevelandCity Year enables the leaders of tomorrow to impact our communities today. Join us in helping all students thrive.
Read more about DonateConnect with us
Hey Alumni! Our national survey deadline has been extended. You have until Friday, March 13 to take the survey, link in our bio, and enter the raffle for @jetblue tickets, @cleclothingco merch, and more! Check your email from Charlie Rose for your unique code to take the survey. Reach out to Rachel Castle at rcastle@cityyear.org if you need help accessing the survey.
A poem of appreciation dedicated to our AmeriCorps members:
Your black pants now have salt stains,
These temps have you blue,
Cleveland winter can be brutal,
But we know you will push through!
#acmappreciationtakeover #cycle #cleveland
🚨 City Year Alumni 🚨 If you have not yet taken your alumni survey, it is open until March 6!
Cleveland alumni will be entered into a raffle to win Cleveland Clothing Company merchandise along with the national raffle for two roundtrip JetBlue ✈️ tickets, Bluetooth headphones 🎧 or CY swag. Survey link in our profile!
Please share this so we can gather info. from alumni across the years and reach our goal of 282 participants.
Today is Read Across America Day! A day all about encouraging and fostering a love for reading. AmeriCorps members encourage their students each and every day.
What’s your favorite book? Leave it in the comments 📚
Don’t forget Happy Hour tomorrow! $1 of every Platform beer sold at Phunkenship tomorrow will be donated to City Year Cleveland.
CY Alumni- the first 20 alumni to join us tomorrow who have completed their Alumni Survey will get a free beer!
“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve,” Martin Luther King Jr.
Thank you to everyone that came out to serve with us and honor the legacy of #MLK. It was a great day thanks to our many volunteers, partners and sponsors!
