ServeWyoming AmeriCorps Programs

About ARI AmeriCorps Rural Intermediary Program

The ARI Wyoming AmeriCorps Rural Intermediary Program partners with small, rural, and fledgling community-based organizations to transform emergency response efforts into programs that address the core issues that create poverty, health disparities, and food insecurity to begin with. These partnerships allow ARI AmeriCorps to build national service sites across a vastly rural, high elevation landscape to decrease health disparities that leave individuals and families without high-quality preventive health care, prescriptions for chronic illness management, and supplemental wellness programs to promote long-term general health; to increase food production and distribution in communities to feature the highest quality produce, grains, and proteins necessary for a healthy life, and long term, local food production and distribution efforts that engage participants in contributing to the production and distribution process; and to fight poverty through community engagement activities and increasing community-based voice and leadership for safety, health, and wellness.

Sheridan, WY- The Antelope Butte Foundation (ABF) is recruiting for AmeriCorps members to serve in the Antelope Butte Youth Recreation Corps (ABYRC) Program. The ABYRC Program is a youth recreation focused service program that will go from December 7th to August 15th. Twelve ABYRC AmeriCorps members will provide affordable and accessible youth recreation programming 20-30 hours per week in Big Horn and Sheridan County.

Mountain recreation, historically, hasn't been widely affordable or accessible. Barriers in Big Horn and Sheridan Counties, such as the lack of transportation or financial restraints, prevent many from taking advantage of the benefits of mountain recreation within their own community. “Our board members and staff couldn’t be more excited about having an AmeriCorps Program at Antelope Butte. This program will help us serve our community better than ever” says ABF Executive Director John Kirlin.

ABYRC AmeriCorps members will provide skiing and snowboarding programming in the winter, mountain bike programming in the spring, and outdoor programming (camping, backpacking, fishing, hiking, and biking) in the summer. Additionally, ABYRC AmeriCorps members will build trails with Sheridan Community Land Trust (SCLT) during the Spring and Summer. “What could be more exciting? ABYRC member’s office is the mountains and you will help create amazing recreation trails” says SCLT Executive Director, Brad Bauer.

During the term of service, ABYRC AmeriCorps members will receive a living stipend and will be provided with housing and training opportunities. Following the completion of the program, ABYRC AmeriCorps members will receive a Segal Education Award which may be used to pay expenses at eligible post-secondary institutions or to repay qualified student loans.

Planning Grant
Central Wyoming College (CWC) was awarded a planning grant to begin development of the curriculum and community partnerships for a Service Learning program that will serve as a community outreach program to build resiliency in both students and community.

Food Bank of Wyoming provides food and necessities to people in need through signature programs and by teaming up with over 160 Hunger Relief Partners to serve communities across the state. We believe that for a community to thrive, every member must have the resources they need to flourish, and we strive to provide equitable access to proper nourishment for all.

Will recruit 5 HT, 10 RHT & 31 QT members
Teton Science Schools (TSS) will have AmeriCorps members who will use existing skills and those developed by TSS Field Education Programming, to build increased capacity within Teton County nonprofit and governmental organizations that provide out-of-school educational services in STEM literacy and 21st century learning skills to local and visiting youth, adults, and families. AmeriCorps members will be responsible for increasing the effectiveness of local nonprofit and governmental organizations through the development and implementation of projects and trainings that build organizational capacity to develop STEM literacy and 21st century learning skills within the context of out-of-school programming; members will also be responsible for developing trainings that extend learning in STEM curriculum, teaching resources and systems to staff and/or volunteers at service sites, and leveraging volunteers.

Planning Grant: The Science Zone utilizes innovative exhibits, programs, and outreach to promote informal science education throughout the State of Wyoming.
We accomplish the above through: Permanent, Rotating and Traveling Exhibits, Summer Science Camps, After-School Science Classes, Wee Science Preschool Programs, Outreach Programs, Special Events, Birthday Parties, Lego Robotics and live demonstrations. The Science Zone exists to inspire the mind, to delight the senses and to ignite a passion for the technical arts and sciences.

The Wyoming Conservation Corps’ mission is to promote individual development, stewardship, and education through localized national service. The WCC continues this legacy by carrying out the highest caliber of service for Wyoming’s public lands through AmeriCorps. Founded in 2006, the Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) builds on the long legacy created by the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s and the Youth Corps of the 1970s. The WCC continues this legacy by carrying out the highest caliber of service for Wyoming’s public lands. Participation in the WCC program provides members with an opportunity to learn firsthand the complexity involved with current natural resource management decisions in Wyoming.

For more information on the Wyoming Conservation Corps email wcc@uwyo.edu.