Program Update

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) , which administers AmeriCorps, will make two grant awards to Equal Justice Works for fiscal year 2010 – renewing the existing Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps program at $1,162,728 and expanding the program with the Recovery Act grant of $1,191,316. This expansion will increase the number of Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellows from 36 to 66; and bring Summer Corps membership to 1,000 for the summers of 2009 and 2010.

The grant also makes Equal Justice Works one of the first recipients of stimulus funds to have members in the field. About 80 Summer Corps members are working on Recovery Act-related issues, including Alison Nussear from West Virginia University College of Law. Alison is serving at Mountain State Justice in West Virginia helping victims of predatory lending practices and families facing home foreclosures.

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Enrollment Instuctions

If you have not done so already, you must complete the following steps to become a Summer Corps member.

Complete Enrollment Paperwork

This site provides you with the information you will need to enroll and participate in the Summer Corps program. Please see the links on the right for all of the documents. In order to enroll you must:

• Review the 2009 Member Orientation Guide ; and
• Complete the Enrollment Form and return the completed original forms to Equal Justice Works ASAP.

Review and Sign Service Contact with Your Supervisor

You and your host site supervisor must read, complete, sign and return the Service Contract ASAP or we may not be able to guarantee your slot in the program!

Please Note:  You are not considered a Summer Corps member (and therefore you may not begin logging time toward your 300-hour requirement) until your paperwork is completed and your Service Contract is signed.

 
Questions?

If you have questions about the Summer Corps program, email summercorps@equaljusticeworks.org.