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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​2026-27 Kentucky AmeriCorps Programs​​

Programs will begin September 1, 2026.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​2025-26 Kentucky AmeriCorps Programs​​

Programs began either August 1 or September 1, 2025.​

2025-26 Kentucky county map showing number of AmeriCorps programs per county. Jefferson and Leslie counties have the most.​​

Click on the program name below for service locations​ and contact information.​

Christian Appalachian Project (CAP)

AmeriCorps members provide housing development and repair, emergency utility and crisis assistance, hunger relief, affordable clothing, infant/toddler care, preschool, in-school, after-school, and summer education, teen leadership development, aging in place services, support for persons with disabilities, disaster relief, mental health counseling, and support in or for residents. (Economic Opportunity)​
Member Positions: 80 part-time
Service Locations: Southeastern and Eastern Kentucky (Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Laurel, Lee, Knott, Knox, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Owsley, Pike, Rockcastle, and Whitley counties​)

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Christian Appalachian Project (Paintsville)
Amy Schill, (606) 392-4495​​ or Kristy Lawson​

Environmental Education Leadership Corps

AmeriCorps members provide environmental education programs, lessons, and activities to the public in various locations throughout Kentucky. (Environmental Stewardship)​
Member Positions: 20 part-time
Service Locations: Statewide

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Kentucky Environmental Education Council (Frankfort)
Ashley Mike, (502) 649-9734 or Willa Bayne​ (859) 248-6748​

Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSC) Corps

AmeriCorps members tutor students in literacy and provide basic needs and connection to mental health resources to school-age children in Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSC) in Kentucky public schools. (Education)​
Member Positions: 66 full- and part-time
Service Locations: Statewide, including Ballard, Barren, Bath, Boyd, Bullitt, Butler, Estill, Fleming, Garrard, Graves, Harlan, Hart, Jessamine, Johnson, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, McCracken, McCreary, Mercer, Owen, Pulaski, Russell, Spencer, Taylor, Trimble, Webster, and Whitley counties​
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Program Sponsor and Contact:

Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative (Shelbyville)
April Hess, (502) 234-4709 or Heather Musinski, (502) 352-0851​

Global Game Changers AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps members support students in School Empowerment Zone programs in association with Jefferson County Public Schools to improve social-emotional skills, power skills, and academics in Jefferson and surrounding counties. (Education)
Member Positions: 6 full and part-time
Service Locations: Adair, Bracken, Christian, Hardin, Jefferson, Muhlenberg, and Pendleton counties​

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Global Game Changers Children’s Education Initiative (Louisville)
Alyssa Zediker, (847) 204-7361 or Melissa Pares ​​​

Hindman Settlement School​ AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps members provide math tutoring, literacy support, and other intervention services in public school classrooms and community-based settings for students in grades K–12 with dyslexia indicators or below grade-level math proficiency in six Eastern Kentucky counties. (Education)
Member Positions: 45 full-time
Service Locations: Bell, Knott, Leslie, ​and Perry counties​

Program Sponsor and Contacts: 

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Homes for All 

AmeriCorps members provide housing navigation, home construction and repair, housing counseling, and capacity-building services to support economically disadvantaged and housing-insecure Kentuckians across the state. (Economic Opportunity)​​
Member Positions: 23 full-time
Service Locations: Statewide 

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky (Frankfort)
Holly Dennis, ​​​(606) 226-5909 ​

​I Would Rather Be Reading AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps members provide out-of-school programming in the roles of student and family/community liaisons in West and South Louisville. (Education)
Member Positions: 8 part-time
Service Locations: Jefferson County

Program Sponsor and Contact:
 I Would Rather Be Reading (IWRBR) (Louisville)
Shelly Daugherty​, (330) 412-6053 or Sara Hannah

Kentucky College Coaches

AmeriCorps members serve as peer success coaches to support college and career readiness, student retention, engagement, and completion in junior high schools, high schools, area technology centers, colleges, and universities statewide. (Education)​
Member Positions: 156 full- and part-time
Service Locations: Statewide 

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation (Highland Heights)
Gayle Hilleke, (859) 572-7634​​

Kentucky Public Health AmeriCorps​​

AmeriCorps members will serve as Community Health Workers (CHW's) in local health departments in communities across Kentucky in core public health programs, including HANDS, WIC, and Harm Reduction. (Capacity Building)
Member Positions: 24 part-time
Service Locations: Statewide​

Program Sponsor and Contact:

Kentucky Health Departments Association
Whitney Reynolds, (859) 317-3817​ ​

KY ​Health Corps

AmeriCorps members provide healthcare support to seniors and disabled individuals in healthcare facilities to develop their healthcare knowledge and complete credentialing coursework, enabling members to work in memory care, skilled nursing, assisted living, and other healthcare-related environments. (Capacity Building)​​
Member Positions: 100 part-time​
Service Locations: Statewide​

Program Sponsor and Contact:

Megan Eldridge​, (502) 265-6955 or Raelyn Brunty​​

PartnerCorps PRI (Partners for Rural Impact)

AmeriCorps members mentor and tutor high school students to increase math achievement. (Education)
Member Positions: 66 full- and part-time
Service Locations: ​Bell, Knox, Leslie, and Perry counties​​​​

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Partne​rs for Rural Impact (Berea)​
Rob Bowers, (859) 200-3280 or Collette Thompson​

REACH Corps

AmeriCorps members mentor students in elementary and middle schools in Jefferson County to improve student attendance and/or behavioral outcomes. (Education)​
Member Positions: 18 part-time
Service Locations: Jefferson County

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Jefferson County Public Schools (Louisville)
Ben Langley, (502) 485-3926 or Holly Larsen​

Recovery Corps​

AmeriCorps members provide peer support and recovery coaching to individuals seeking or working to maintain recovery from opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders while receiving direct services at Recovery Community Centers or other community-based recovery sites. (Healthy Futures)
Member Positions: 15 part-time
Service Locations: Statewide

Program Sponsor and Contact:​

Alison Jirik or Rachael Ratliff​, (502) 564-8458

Senior Connections

AmeriCorps members provide nutritional support, social engagement, transportation assistance, and physical wellness activities to senior citizens, helping local agencies expand their capacity to serve older adults with greater care and consistency. (Healthy Futures)
Member Positions: 16 full-time
Service Locations: Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, and Webster counties

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Green River Area Development District (Owensboro)
Brad Alley, (270) 926-4433

Teach For America - App​alachia

Professional Corps AmeriCorps members teach for two years in low-income and under-resourced schools in several counties across Kentucky. (Education)
Member Positions: 33 full-time
Service Locations: Floyd, Kenton, Knott, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Menifee, and Pulaski counties​

Program Sponsor and Contact:

Teach For America (Hazard)
Rosie Ballinger​

Teach Kentucky AmeriCorps

Professional Corps AmeriCorps members teach in high-needs content areas such as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), Special Education, English as a Second Language (ESL), and other content areas needed to address school staffing shortages in local public schools. (Education)​
Member Positions: 100 full-time
Service Locations: Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, and Oldham counties

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Teach Kentucky (Louisville)
Rowan Claypool or Kristen Garner​​​​​

​The Book Works AmeriCorps​​​

AmeriCorps members support students during out-of-school time on school days by facilitating literacy workshops and assessments to gauge attitudes and experiences; tailoring strategies to improve reading proficiency and motivation; co-facilitating social-emotional learning; and creating and distributing family literacy resources in community settings. (Education)​
Member Positions: 8 part-time
Service Locations: Jefferson County

Program Sponsor and Contact:

​The Book Works
Immaya Hughes, (502) 354-3667 or Sophia Harris​

UNITE Service Corps

AmeriCorps members tutor students in mathematics, teach "Too Good for Drugs" drug prevention curriculum, and sponsor UNITE drug prevention clubs in Eastern Kentucky schools. (Education)
Member Positions: 62 part-time
Service Locations: Bell, Boyd, Carter, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Pike, Rockcastle, and Wolfe counties​

Program Sponsor and Contact:

Operation UNITE (London/Somerset/Prestonsburg​)
Crystal Smallwood, (606) 369-4408 or ​​Benji Hammons​, (606) 330-1400​

Urban Conservation Corps​

AmeriCorps members participate in hands-on environmental education and career readiness service activities that engage opportunity youth in meaningful, urban projects and service while building workforce skills. (Environmental Stewardship)​
Member Positions: 12 full- and part-time
Service Locations: Jefferson County

Program Sponsor and Contacts:

Linda Witt​ , ​(502) 727-8829 or Joe Magruder