Individuals who work with Impact Alabama spend a year of service after graduation at a unique, nationally recognized organization fighting poverty in Alabama. Impact seeks highly motivated, talented graduates to fill full-time AmeriCorps positions that implement and oversee three nationally unique initiatives based upon a collaboration with twenty colleges across the state of Alabama: FocusFirst, SaveFirst, and CollegeFirst. FocusFirst trains college students to provide high-tech vision screenings and follow-up care to preschool-age children in Head Starts and day cares in low-income rural and urban areas throughout Alabama. SaveFirst trains college students to provide free tax preparation services and opportunities for economic improvement to working families in Alabama. CollegeFirst trains college and graduate students to help implement a Pre-AP summer academic enrichment program for high school students enrolled in AP math and science courses.

This AmeriCorps position combines service with FocusFirst, SaveFirst, and CollegeFirst. Each initiative will allow you to work directly on college campuses and in communities statewide.

When you work with FocusFirst, you will

1. coordinate the expansion of FocusFirst to reach a greater number of children statewide
2. organize and plan training seminars for students at participating campuses
3. conduct vision screenings for low-income, preschool children

When you work with SaveFirst, you will

1. recruit and train college students to prepare taxes
2. manage their service at community-based tax preparation sites, serving as a highly-trained site coordinator

When you work with CollegeFirst, you will

1. coordinate tutoring and mentoring services provided by college students, especially those proficient in math and science
2. provide in-classroom support to AP teachers during summer institute
3. lead Pre-AP labs and exercises with high school students

Please contact Stephen Black at: recruiting {at} impactalabama(.)org">recruiting {at} impactalabama(.)org