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americorps
The goal of the AmeriCorps Program is to foster civic engagement among higher education students, promote the national service movement, and encourage positive relationships between campuses and communities. The program makes service a viable option by providing a financial award that can be applied towards student loans and the cost of attending a higher education institution.
After completing 300 hours of service (including 240 direct service hours and 60 training/preparation hours) students are eligible for an $1000 Education Award which can be applied towards outstanding student loans or the cost of attendance at a college or university.
The Center for Community Learning provides UCLA undergraduate students with the opportunity to participate in the following AmeriCorps programs:
Students in Service
JusticeCorps
Project Advance
AmeriCorps member Antonio Moya
students in service
Students in Service (SIS) is an AmeriCorps program funded by California Campus Compact.
Interested students should make an appointment to meet with the Students in Service Coordinator, Eddy Ruiz, to have your in-person orientation. This is required for all students as part of the application process. Email him at eruiz@college.ucla to schedule an appointment or for more information please attend an information session:
Application deadline: October 31, 2006
2004-2005 UCLA Students in Service Members
2005-2006 UCLA Students in Service Members
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justicecorps
The JusticeCorps program presents an innovative approach to solving one of the most pressing
issues faced by courts around the country today: providing equal access to justice.
JusticeCorps recruits and trains university students to augment
overburdened court and legal aid staff to assist self-represented litigants in court-based
self-help programs throughout Los Angeles County. These highly motivated and well-trained
students provide in-depth and individualized services to self-represented litigants, often
in their own languages. Parties are given clear information and options, and then connected
quickly to the right resources. Litigants are assisted to complete appropriate and accurate
pleadings, written orders, and judgments under attorney supervision and provided with a
better understanding of the court system.
Funded through an AmeriCorps grant, JusticeCorps is a collaborative project of the
California Administrative Office of the Courts; the Superior Court of California, County of
Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Small Claims Advisor; California State University at
Northridge; California State University at Dominguez Hills; University of California at Los
Angeles; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Legal Aid Foundation of Los
Angeles; Legal Aid Society of Orange County; and Neighborhood Legal Services.
Deadline to apply: Monday, May 14, 2007
Download application and submit
it to A-265 Murphy Hall.
For more information contact Joann Lee.
2004-2005 UCLA JusticeCorps Members
2005-2006 UCLA JusticeCorps Members
We are very proud to announce that JusticeCorps has been selected to receive a 2006–2007 Ralph N. Kleps Awards for Improvement in Administration of California Courts. This is the highest Judicial Council awards program recognizing innovation in the state’s courts, with presentation at the California Bench-Bar Biannual Conference, to be held in Anaheim on September 27, 2007.
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project advance
The Children Youth and Family Collaborative has an exciting new AmeriCorps program called Project Advance. UCLA undergraduates can work in one of five pre-selected LAUSD schools with "at risk" and foster youth. Help close the achievement gap in Los Angeles public schools!
Training and supervision provided, as part of 300 hours of service that earns each UCLA student a $1,000 service scholarship or "educational award".
Choose from one of three roles:
For more information, please email Ryan Carpio at CYFC (volunteer@cyfcla.org) or Dr. Kathy O'Byrne at the Center for Community Learning: kobyrne@college.ucla.edu
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