Segal AmeriCorps Education Award

Education award for NYS residents who successfully complete a term of service with an approved AmeriCorps program.

Successfully completed your term of service in accordance with your member contract with an approved AmeriCorps program and enroll in the National Service trust
Use your education award to pay education costs at qualified institutions of higher education, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans
Equal to Pell Grant amount value

Deadline & Application

Deadline

Open Year-Round

Each AmeriCorps site is run locally, so recruitment strategies, living allowances, service projects and program service designs vary from one site to the next.

Visit AmeriCorps or, for information about New York State programs, contact:
NYS Office for National and Community Service
52 Washington St.
Rensselaer, NY 12144

[email protected]

Award

Amount

Maximum amount of the U.S. Department of Education’s Pell Grant.

Amount Determined by:

Because the AmeriCorps State and National education award amount is dependent upon the year in which the Corporation approved the program’s positions, members must contact their program to ascertain the education amount for which they are eligible.

The amount of a full-time Segal AmeriCorps Education Award is equivalent to the maximum value of the Pell Grant for the fiscal year in which the term of national service is approved. Members should check with their program or project sponsor to confirm the amount of the award for which they are eligible.
Because the maximum value of the Pell Grant can change every year, the amount of a full-time award can change in the future. However, once a member earns an award, the value of that award will not increase.
For all programs, award amounts for part-time terms of service vary based upon the length of the required term of service.
Payments made from Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards are considered taxable income in the year that the Corporation makes the payment to the school or loan holder.
A member serving in a full-time term of service is required to complete the service within 12 months.

You can make payments from your award in full or part, and can take up to seven years after your term of service has ended to use your award.

Eligibility

You are eligible for a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award if you successfully complete your term of service in accordance with your member contract with one of the following approved AmeriCorps programs:

AmeriCorps State and National
AmeriCorps VISTA
AmeriCorps NCCC
FEMA Corps

You can use your education award to pay education costs at qualified institutions of higher education, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans.