Sponsor an AmeriCorps Member
PAWV is currently seeking sites to host Preserve WV AmeriCorps members in the 2020-2021 service year, which will begin on August 28, 2020. Please review the application guidelines and program expectations closely. Complete the application and return it to Danielle Parker, dlapresta@pawv.org by Friday, April 24th.
PROGRAM INFORMATION & SITE ELIGIBILITY
The Preserve WV AmeriCorps program is the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia’s (PAWV) statewide national service initiative where AmeriCorps members help main streets thrive, help communities capture their local history, and help preserve beloved West Virginia landmarks. Preserve WV AmeriCorps is part of AmeriCorps State and National - a National Service initiative founded in the same spirit as AmeriCorps VISTA, the Peace Corps, and other service programs (https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps). Preserve WV AmeriCorps is partially funded by an AmeriCorps grant from a state agency, Volunteer West Virginia, and a federal agency, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).
To be eligible to sponsor a Preserve WV AmeriCorps, sites must be under-resourced nonprofit organizations or government agencies with historic preservation and/or history-oriented missions. Types of current site sponsors include:
Through Preserve WV AmeriCorps, PAWV leads a consortium of nonprofit organizations and government agencies that are cultural heritage tourism sites and/or utilize historic preservation to revitalize their communities. AmeriCorps members are placed for a year at consortium sites, and their primary objective is to inject new life into the state’s declining economy by completing projects that will attract more private spending to West Virginia’s cultural heritage sites and those sites’ communities.
To be eligible to sponsor a Preserve WV AmeriCorps, sites must be under-resourced nonprofit organizations or government agencies with historic preservation and/or history-oriented missions. Types of current site sponsors include:
- Educational institutions or universities,
- Heritage Areas,
- Municipalities,
- Museums,
- Historical societies,
- Cultural heritage sites,
- Statewide organizations and foundations,
- Libraries,
- State government agencies,
- Economic and community development authorities,
- Historical theaters,
- Historic Landmarks Commissions,
- Convention & Visitors Bureaus,
- County Commissions, and
- Main Street / OnTRAC organizations.
Through Preserve WV AmeriCorps, PAWV leads a consortium of nonprofit organizations and government agencies that are cultural heritage tourism sites and/or utilize historic preservation to revitalize their communities. AmeriCorps members are placed for a year at consortium sites, and their primary objective is to inject new life into the state’s declining economy by completing projects that will attract more private spending to West Virginia’s cultural heritage sites and those sites’ communities.
APPLICATION PROCESS & KEY DATES
Friday, April 24th - Site Sponsor Applications due and submitted to PAWV’s Executive Director, Danielle Parker at dlapresta@pawv.org.
May- August - Site selection & Recruitment - Based on accepted sites and expected funding, PAWV will begin recruiting applicants near the end of May 2020. The recruitment process will occur until all slots are filled. For recruitment, PAWV and site sponsors will review applications, interview applicants, select candidates for the service opportunities. PAWV will administer criminal background checks.
August 28 & August 31, 2020– Service Year Start Begins with Mandatory Orientations– All site supervisors and members are expected to attend one regional orientation to be determined.
May- August - Site selection & Recruitment - Based on accepted sites and expected funding, PAWV will begin recruiting applicants near the end of May 2020. The recruitment process will occur until all slots are filled. For recruitment, PAWV and site sponsors will review applications, interview applicants, select candidates for the service opportunities. PAWV will administer criminal background checks.
August 28 & August 31, 2020– Service Year Start Begins with Mandatory Orientations– All site supervisors and members are expected to attend one regional orientation to be determined.
