If you’re the parent or caregiver of a high school or college student, it’s natural to wonder about their future career prospects. Read on to see if a year of service with City Year might be the perfect option to kickstart your child’s career.
Young adults will make a measurable impact in the lives of the students and communities—and grow as an individual. During a service year, young adults develop leadership and professional skills that advance their career after City Year—whether they choose to go into law, nonprofit management, education, business or medicine.
City Year allows young adults to serve as a mentor and tutor for students in schools in one of 29 cities around the U.S. for 11 months.
Benefits include:
- A biweekly stipend
- Relocation benefit
- An education award for certain loans or future tuition
- Student loan forbearance during service year
- Health insurance
Compensation
City Year AmeriCorps members receive a biweekly stipend that varies from state to state. And yet, serving with City Year is about so much more than the money. It’s about the students they’ll help realize their potential. It’s about the bonds they’ll forge with your team. We're committed to ensuring
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Partnership with Deloitte
Deloitte has been an incredible partner in recognizing the key leadership skills our corps members develop during their year of service and how those translate into careers at Deloitte. There are over 40 City Year alumni employed by Deloitte and we are pleased to announce that City Year is now recognized as one of their core recruiting schools. Each City Year team will be invited to a Deloitte Information Session to learn about the job opportunities and will be invited to submit an application and possibly receive interview coaching.
Relocation allowance
All City Year AmeriCorps members who are relocating 50 miles or more for service can receive a $500 (pre-tax) one-time relocation payment after they have started service.
As a member of the federal AmeriCorps program you are eligible to earn the Segal Education award at the completion of your service year. The Segal Education award can go toward pursuing further education, to pay off existing qualified student location or educational travel. For a full-time, 1700-hour service year, this award is currently $7,395.
Learn about education travel
City Year partners with more than 100 leading colleges and universities to provide scholarships at the graduate and undergraduate level to our alumni. Each year, over $3 million dollars are available in scholarships, in a wide range of programs including education, public policy, social work, business, and public health.
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Our dedicated team of onboarding counselors are here to support incoming City Year AmeriCorps members every step of the way as they prepare for the start of service. Counselors provide city-based information around when to start looking for housing, resources for finding housing and roommates (it’s very common for City Year AmeriCorps members to live together as roommates) and recommendations around where to look for housing.
