Adam Auerbach found his calling for conservation through AmeriCorps service with the Nevada Conservation Corps in 2013 performing wildfire mitigation and habitat restoration on public lands. Adam then went on to serve in an individual placement AmeriCorps position with the National Park Service (NPS) in Maine in 2015, which he parlayed into employment with the NPS. Since then, Adam has made a rewarding career in public lands management, also serving with state and local agencies and as a crew leader and staff administrator of impactful AmeriCorps programs. Adam recently finished his master's work in environmental policy and is excited to continue supporting conservation, public lands, and AmeriCorps service.

Samantha Cripe began her AmeriCorps journey as a City Year Corps member in Boston. There, she collaborated with 15 team members and served over 17,000 hours in a 6th and 7th grade English Language Arts classroom in South Boston. While the focus of her service was to support students’ attendance, behavior and coursework, Samantha also served as a Service Reserve Corps member leading four physical service events, and she represented her peers as a Corps Council member.

Samantha’s first service year sparked a passion for leadership and mentoring, and she applied for a second service year with Legal Aid Chicago. There, Samanatha served 17 months (an extended service term) as a VISTA Leader and focused her efforts on recruiting and supporting new members. This role further developed her skills as a people connector, project manager and leader.

After her years of AmeriCorps service, Samantha has had the privilege of hosting AmeriCorps members in the NCCC program and VISTA program as the Volunteer Manager at The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri. Because of her years of service, Samantha is a stronger leader, problem-solver and community advocate.

Erica Fuller’s passion for service led her on a cherished journey with AmeriCorps. She served with AmeriCorps State and National (2013 & 2014), AmeriCorps NCCC (2017, and Summer of Service 2022), traveling across eight states and partnering with dozens of organizations. Each term deepened her commitment to helping others and inspired a dedication to the volunteer engagement profession.

Today, Erica channels that passion into her role as a Volunteer Services Specialist with Habitat for Humanity International. She’s driven by the belief that service transforms lives both for those giving and receiving support.

A defining experience came at the end of Erica’s 2017 NCCC term, when her team responded to Hurricane Harvey. Assisting Texas families devastated by the disaster left a lasting impact that continues to shape her life and inspired a life long commitment to service.

Cassandra served two terms with Public Allies Indianapolis at the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center (INRC) from 2010-2012. Coming from rural Michigan and being new to Indianapolis, serving at INRC allowed Cassandra to not only learn about the diversity of the neighborhoods throughout Indianapolis, but introduced her to community building and the passionate people that make up those neighborhoods. Throughout her career since Public Allies, Cassandra has time and time again fallen back on the skills she gained while serving, and the network of community leaders and partners she connected with during my term of service. Currently, Cassandra is the Operations Manager at the West Indianapolis Development Corporation.

Maim Hoque is a proud AmeriCorps VISTA alumni having served in his hometown of New York City during the year 2021- 2022 upon graduating from college. Maim served with the NYC Department of Education’s Office of Community Schools through NYC Service. During his year of service Maim supported a portfolio of over 300 under-resourced schools through program management and educational research. His year of service was a valuable learning experience as it gave him hands-on skills, professional development, and a strong sense of service towards others. Now as Senior Strategy Consultant with IBM Federal Consulting, Maim is still helping support the public sector in delivering critical services in a fast and efficient manner through the power of computing technologies such as through analytics and AI.

Maim holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Sociology, along with a Masters degree in Data Analytics and Applied Social Research from CUNY Queens College. He also holds a Masters in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Maim is forever grateful to his service year as it forever changed his life and afforded him the current successes that he has, and as such recognizes the importance of service year programs for future generations of American leaders.

Zack Huffman is a dedicated educator, nonprofit champion, and advocate for educational equity who currently serves as Director of Development and Network Support at Teach For America: Greater Delta Mississippi & Arkansas (TFA). A proud AmeriCorps member and 2013 Teach For America alumnus, Zack began his career in the classroom teaching 5th- and 6th-grade math at R.H. Bearden Elementary School in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.

His experience as a corps member gave him a firsthand understanding of both the promise and the persistent challenges facing students in under-resourced schools. That classroom experience continues to drive his commitment to expanding opportunity and supporting the next generation of leaders in Arkansas, Mississippi, and across the United States.

At TFA Greater Delta, Zack collaborates with universities, school districts, and community organizations to strengthen teacher recruitment pipelines and expand access to high-quality educators. Committed to continuous growth, he is pursuing an Ed.D. in Rural and Diverse Educational Leadership at Southern Arkansas University to better advocate for and strengthen rural communities.

In August 2025, Zack announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress, representing Arkansas’s 2nd District. He lives in downtown Little Rock with his partner, Jon, and their two dogs, Oakley and Luna.

Audrey Jones is a community researcher, woodworker, and yoga practitioner whose work bridges public policy, economic development, and creative practice. She completed her AmeriCorps Public Allies term with the City of Indianapolis, where she led the development of the Indianapolis Food Equity Plan—designing and executing a novel community-based research project that engaged more than 150 stakeholders to build collective consensus in the food ecosystem, and then shape a local government agency more responsive collective needs. Her work centers on building systems and institutions that advance equity, community wealth, and community self-direction.

Fluent in Spanish and self-taught in Italian, Audrey values cross-cultural connection and lifelong learning. She has taught workshops and mentored youth and professionals on topics ranging from health equity to nonprofit program development and evaluation. This year, she will take her first carpentry classes, with the goal of one day building affordable housing on community land trusts. 

An avid cyclist and enthusiastic pedestrian, Audrey sees mobility, design, and infrastructure as deeply interconnected with social and economic justice. Across disciplines, she is committed to imagining systems for more just, creative, and connected futures, work she intends to deepen through future doctoral studies and continued community collaboration.

Imran Khan is currently a principal at Build Well Labs, an agribusiness consultancy focusing on technical capacity building, operations, and strategy. Imran has expertise in areas of agribusiness, agriculture, data, and food systems. He also serves as a computer science faculty member at the Community College of Philadelphia and as an affiliated faculty member at the Penn South Asia Center, fostering and promoting regional and USDA open data proliferation.

Imran was trained as a biochemist. He served as a policymaker and in project management roles in federal, state, and local government. He worked in the Obama Administration within the Department of Energy, where he managed programs aimed at increasing contracting and procurement opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses. Imran later served as an Empire State Fellow within the New York State governor’s office, where he served as chief of staff for the State’s first ever anti-hunger task force. He also managed New York State’s multi-agency farm-to-institution food and agriculture marketing and procurement program. More recently, he worked as an engagement manager at EY in the London office, working with European banks and financial institutions in meeting ESG goals and objectives.

In 2011, Imran served as an Education Pioneers Fellow in Houston, his hometown. In 2009, he founded Develop U, a non-profit organization aimed at community development, urban renewal, and neighborhood revitalization in South Dallas. Prior to this, Imran taught high school chemistry in Dallas area public schools and worked at 3M as a materials scientist. In 2024-2025, Imran was an AmeriCorps VISTA member with the Delaware Libraries.

Imran went to college at Texas A&M University to study biochemistry as a Welch Foundation Scholar. He then received his graduate degree in public policy from the University of Virginia and MBA degree from Rice University as a Fondren Fellow. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and three children. Imran is a lifelong Astros baseball fan.

Libby McClayton (she/her) is dedicated to working with communities to affect change and is a strong advocate for national service. Libby began her career serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Office of the Mayor in Baltimore in 2011-2012 conducting community outreach initiatives, including spearheading a community garden project and a talent show for recovery centers in Baltimore City. With a desire to do more direct service, from 2012-2013, Libby served as a State/National member with Children’s Hunger Alliance in Dayton, Ohio, teaching nutrition and physical education to elementary and middle school students. Since this time, Libby has taken on numerous roles in non-profits, including an Associate Director position of an AmeriCorps VISTA program, before making her way to the higher education field.

Currently, Libby is a Service-Learning Coordinator at Montgomery College, encouraging and guiding the next generation of service leaders. She also serves on the AmeriCorps Alums DC board, planning service events for alums in the DC area. Libby is thrilled to be part of AmeriCorps Alums Amplified  to share her story to help protect and expand AmeriCorps so future generations can partake and benefit from the program.

Sarah Middleton is President and CEO of Mission Up, a social change consulting firm that works alongside companies, foundations, nonprofits, and movements. Her career in social impact began in 2001-2002, when she served with AmeriCorps as a residential counselor at the Girls Hope home in Fullerton, California, part of Boys Hope Girls Hope of Southern California. Living and working alongside the scholars at Girls Hope changed the trajectory of her career, sparking her lifelong commitment to service and community change.

Following her AmeriCorps year, Sarah spent six years in the nonprofit sector before moving into corporate social responsibility. She went on to become Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Citizenship at PIMCO and Executive Director of the PIMCO Foundation. 

Sarah has held leadership roles with Orange County Grantmakers, the Corporate Volunteer Council of Orange County, and IMPACT2030. She was named one of Orange County, California’s 100 Most Influential people of 2015. 

Sarah is a board member for the National Museum & Center for Service and a member of Independent Sector’s Strategic Volunteer Engagement Program Advisory Committee.

She holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine and an undergraduate degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Drew Mitrisin was elected to the Overland Park, Kansas City Council in November 2023. Overland Park is the second largest city in Kansas, and Ward 2—home to 35,000 residents—is a vibrant area with strong commercial activity, outstanding recreation opportunities, and great neighborhoods.

A father of two, Mitrisin began his AmeriCorps service journey in 2014–2015 with City Year DC in a Southeast DC community at Leckie Elementary School. There, he served in a 4th grade math classroom and helped launch a pilot program giving corps members access to the city’s bikeshare system. That year of service shaped his decision to pursue a career in public policy and continues to guide his approach to leadership today.

Since 2019, Mitrisin has lived in the Nall Hills neighborhood with his wife and children. Professionally, he is a senior transportation policy consultant at Burns & McDonnell, where he helps municipalities and public agencies deliver critical transportation and water infrastructure projects. An ENV SP-certified sustainable infrastructure professional, he has experience in multimodal transportation, green stormwater infrastructure, and clean energy grant funding.

Mitrisin earned his Master of Arts in public management from Johns Hopkins University and his Bachelor of Arts in political science from William Jewell College.

Ephraim Palmero began his service journey as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the City of Indianapolis, Division of Community Nutrition & Food Policy (2019–2020), while completing his Master of Science in Community & International Development with help from his AmeriCorps education award. His service year brought experience in grant writing, public policy, and coalition building; that shaped his lifelong commitment to board service and civic appointments in Indianapolis.

At the City of Indianapolis, he worked on initiatives that increased food access, developed partnerships with local businesses, nonprofits, and supported strategies that strengthen the Indianapolis food system through collective impact. His service also elevated his thought leadership nationally, including an invitation to speak at the 2021 Hunger Free Communities Virtual Summit on a workshop for Food Councils: Creating Food Equity and Accessibility.

Today, Ephraim works as a Program Officer at Rural LISC, where he serves as the main point of contact and advisor on small business and entrepreneurship for partners across the United States. In this role, he supports a network of Business Development Organizations that provide entrepreneurs and small businesses in rural America with the resources, capital, and partnerships they need to thrive. 

Sierra Perez, MSSW is a proud first-gen college graduate, data and program evaluator, social worker, and three-time AmeriCorps alum. Her experience as a high school student who received support from an AmeriCorps member served as the catalyst for her 15+ year career in service with multiple central Texas nonprofits and AmeriCorps programs, including College Forward, Keep Austin Housed, Communities In Schools of Central Texas, and now Breakthrough Central Texas.

When not knee-deep in data, you can find Sierra spending time with her partner and their two dogs, knitting, playing bass, or training dogs at the local animal shelter.

Sergio Plaza III is a proud alum of City Year, having served in the corps (2014-2016) and on staff (2017-2020) in San Antonio, Texas for 5 years. He currently serves in local government as a community engagement planning manager at Travis County.

Throughout his time in AmeriCorps, Sergio gained valuable lessons in building relationships and understanding how people are affected by the systems that govern our lives. His service also taught him the ideal of who he wants to be as a person and the impact he wants to have on others in both his personal and professional life. Looking back on those five years, what stands out to him the most are memories of students realizing their potential.  

Seeing the growth in himself, the AmeriCorps teams he managed, and the students and schools they partnered with, he understands the importance of national service and the impact it has on individuals and communities.

Angel served as an AmeriCorps VISTA from 2023–2024 in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation. During Angel’s year of service, she worked to strengthen community development and housing initiatives in one of Houston’s most historic neighborhoods. Service projects included facilitating local nonprofit’s access to community investment funds, leading the first house deconstruction in the Artist Village, supporting job training and small business development research, and helping identify homes for preservation through partnerships with the Houston Community Land Trust. Angel also coordinated community engagement through newsletters, events, and stakeholder outreach.

Currently, Angel is pursuing a Master of Public Administration at Cornell University’s Brooks School of Public Policy, with a focus on social policy. Angel’s career goal is to work on food security and affordable housing policy at the local, state, or federal level. Her AmeriCorps VISTA experience grounded her in the importance of community-driven solutions and continues to shape her commitment to building more equitable systems.

Jessica served with the Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps for two years, 2008 through 2010, doing community outreach and programming for underserved communities through Girl Scouts Western PA. During her service, she helped design and deliver after school programs, activities for girls, and community events that brought together communities. These experiences gave her a front-row seat to nonprofit operations and community engagement, while also instilling a commitment to service that has guided her career.

Building on the skills and values honed during AmeriCorps, Jessica has worked in human services for over 15 years. She has supported youth, families, and adults with disabilities across a variety of programs, always with a focus on equity and access. Today, she is a Strategic Project Manager for a statewide housing and disability organization in Pennsylvania, where she leads initiatives that improve systems, expand opportunities, and strengthen communities. Her AmeriCorps service continues to inspire her belief in the power of collaboration and community-driven change.

Amanda Nipper is the Director of Employee Experience & Career Growth at Arkansas Children’s, a pediatric healthcare system serving hundreds of thousands of children each year from across Arkansas and beyond. She leads a dynamic team focused on shaping the employee lifecycle through talent management, engagement, recognition, and career pathways. Amanda drives strategic initiatives that expand career mobility, strengthen succession pipelines, and foster a culture of growth and high performance for more than 5,700 team members.

With more than a decade of leadership experience in economic development and healthcare, Amanda operates at the intersection of people, strategy, and organizational effectiveness. She previously held roles across federal and state agencies, including directing leadership development programs in partnership with institutions and agency leaders to deliver comprehensive training initiatives.

Amanda’s dedication to public service began as an AmeriCorps member with City Year Little Rock, supporting literacy programs and civic engagement. A native of Arkansas, she holds a BA in Communication from the University of Arkansas and a master’s in public service from the Clinton School of Public Service. She serves on the site board for City Year Little Rock, as Vice Chair of the Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism, and is a Past President of the Junior League of Little Rock. Amanda lives in Little Rock with her family and is an active member of Second Presbyterian Church.

Hollie Rudolph is a proud Delawarian and AmeriCorps NCCC alumna. Hollie joined AmeriCorps in 2004 after completing her undergraduate education, because she was looking for a way to serve her country. Serving in the Capitol Region based in Washington, DC, Hollie built lasting relationships with her teammates as they traveled around the region serving on various projects including several disaster response projects helping residents rebuild after devastating floods, eradicating invasive species from Ohio to Maryland, trailblazing in West Virginia, and leading a summer camp for underserved youth.

When Hollie made the service year pledge, she made a commitment to carry those words and actions beyond her service year. Upon completion of her service in 2005, Hollie volunteered at the Astrodome, welcoming displaced residents evacuating from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. She then went on to work in recruitment and admissions at City Year Greater Philadelphia, helping hundreds of other young adults find purpose through a service year. Hollie has continued her service through a career in medicine as a physician assistant, as well as through continued volunteer work with Team Rubicon, serving on several disaster response and humanitarian missions.

Hollie believes in the greater good of our country and residents, that we are better and stronger together, that we can and should inspire one another to serve our neighbors, and that we have a duty to lift each other up.

Emma Seitz is a CRM consultant at KPMG and a former All-American and professional ice hockey player.

Emma was born and raised in Midtown Manhattan and was first exposed to AmeriCorps during a gap year midway through her time at Yale University. Her first AmeriCorps service year was with the New York City Department of Emergency Management, where she served as a Food Distribution VISTA Summer Associate. She worked with the New York State National Guard and other VISTAs to run a COVID-19 food distribution site in the West Bronx that harnessed the city’s yellow taxi fleet to provide meals to low-income and elderly households. That fall, Emma jumped right into her second AmeriCorps role as an Information Management Coordinator VISTA with HANDS, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Orange, NJ focused on neighborhood revitalization through community partnerships. She led a CRM migration project while also promoting change management across the organization and became so passionate about all things Salesforce in the process that she decided to make it her career.

When she is not at work, Emma can be found playing ball hockey, watching baseball, or traveling.

Sarah Shepherd served two terms with the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area at the Greenbrier Historical Society in Lewisburg, West Virginia. She was placed in their archives focusing on increasing access to local history, celebrating cultural diversity, and boosting tourism to support rural community development. Sarah left her service year with greater job experience in her chosen field and two Segal Education Awards that helped her graduate with a Masters debt-free.

Sarah came to AmeriCorps focused on “what it could do for me.” And yet, she left changed in far greater ways. Unexpectedly, and profoundly, it also gave Sarah a new appreciation and perspective on the shared humanity for people vastly different than her. AmeriCorps taught Sarah the value of service to our great country, united in a cause greater than ourselves, to help our fellow Americans, as an instrument for unity and compassion.

Sarah’s service launched her career and after AmeriCorps, she continued to work on expanding access and equity in archives. Currently, Sarah is the archivist at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Laura Swier Kotelman is an AmeriCorps NCCC alum who served in 2001 out of the Perry Point, Maryland campus. Her service included disaster recovery after Tropical Storm Allison, assisting families with FEMA applications, habitat restoration, and food security projects. On September 11, 2001, she was in Washington, D.C. for a meeting at AmeriCorps headquarters—a turning point that led her to support crisis response efforts, including training volunteers bound for New York, sorting messages for first responders, and assisting postal workers tested for anthrax. She also worked in Baltimore schools helping children learn to read and supported the Special Olympics World Games in Alaska—an experience that inspired 13 years of living in that state.

Today, Laura is a Senior Advisor at Southcentral Foundation, where she supports 17 rural Federally Qualified Health Centers across Alaska with strategy, funding readiness, and rural health initiatives. Based in South Dakota, she is engaged with local food production, teaches honey tasting classes and is a mom to three active kids.

National Service is something close to Alex Tran's heart. He never could have imagined doing so much service through AmeriCorps. 

During his first term in the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), he was based in Aurora, Colorado, and traveled with like-minded individuals to aid in disaster relief projects in Louisiana and environmental stewardship projects in Kansas. With his first term ending, he decided to go back home, where he joined Habitat AmeriCorps with Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, building houses and recruiting volunteers in Southern Delaware. He was later picked up by Delaware's State Volunteer Office as a VISTA in conjunction with Habitat, working on special projects. He thought he was done with service until the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii happened, which inspired him to join the American Conservation Experience (ACE), in Asheville, North Carolina. One memorable story that stands out for Alex is his participation in AmeriCorps Disaster Response during the Iowa floods in the Summer of 2024. Mucking and gutting moldy homes for disaster survivors inspired him in his next phase in life. 

He is currently a FEMA Reservist. The service he provides continues in one shape or form. In 2023, he received the Lifetime Volunteer Presidential Service Award. Lastly, he enjoys hiking and needs to do more of it.

Chelsea began her career in national service as an AmeriCorps Member with City Year Boston, where she spent her service year supporting fourth-grade students in both academic and social-emotional learning. Her work extended beyond the classroom—leading student council initiatives, promoting anti-bullying campaigns, and contributing to the City Year blog through the Red Jacket Reporters program. This formative experience in service fueled her passion for equity, education, and community impact.

After City Year, she transitioned into the world of talent acquisition, bringing the same heart-forward approach to helping others find meaningful career paths. Directly after her service year, she started in the realm of talent acquisition, working within a staffing agency for three years, holding multiple roles that assisted job seekers with finding placement. For the past five years, she has been working as a Talent Acquisition Ambassador at Boston Children's Hospital, where she manages the full-cycle hiring process and partners closely with managers to find and onboard exceptional talent.

Since 2024, she has also partnered with the Workforce Development and Internal Mobility teams to help the internal workforce grow and hire community members who may otherwise have barriers to employment.  With a foundation in service and a career rooted in human connection, she remains committed to service and opening doors for others in the workforce and in the community.

After college, Adam served in Americorps NCCC and AmeriCorps National Direct, where he worked on affordable housing, environmental, education, and disaster relief projects. In these experiences, he worked with communities like New Orleans, LA, Lexington, KY, Denver, CO, and many others. Learning how to work with people who he agreed and disagreed with pushed him to study intergroup conflict mediation, including studying and working in the Middle East, and has dedicated himself to educating and empowering young people to be civically-engaged leaders ever since.  

Adam is currently the Program Director at Generation Citizen (GC) where he and his team support nearly 300 Middle and High School teachers to implement GC’s project-based civics curriculum in 80 schools throughout New England. During his tenure, he has worked with state-wide coalitions, school partners, and governments to expand access to high quality civic education. 

Prior to GC, Adam was the Director of the Center for Community Engagement at Suffolk University in Boston, where he developed civic education programs that build up students' civic skills and understanding, partnering with over 60 nonprofit partnerships in the Boston area, nationally, and abroad.

Adam holds a B.A. in Sociology, and two graduate degrees in Religious Studies. He has taught courses on Social Change, Philosophy, and Religion at Johnson & Wales University and Suffolk University. He lives with his partner in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Jessica Wobig served three transformative years with AmeriCorps in the Ohio History Service Corps at the City of Cleveland Landmarks Commission (2010–2013). As a community surveyor, she led historic eligibility surveys and acted as a key liaison between state and local preservation agencies, developers, and the public. She also supervised a team of more than 20 volunteers, who contributed over 15,000 service hours—equivalent to more than $500,000 in wage value. 

Her service resulted in the documentation of over 500 historic buildings, the designation of two new local landmark historic districts, and the awarding of more than $4.5 million in historic rehabilitation tax credits for three major projects in Cleveland. This foundational experience launched a career devoted to advancing inclusive, sustainable, and equitable preservation practices.

Today, Jessica continues to shape the future of historic places through education, advocacy, and service leadership. She holds an M.A. in Historic Preservation and serves as a Senior Architectural Historian with HDR, a Planning Commissioner for the City of Cleveland Heights, and a Member of the Greater Northeast Historic Design Review Advisory Committee for the Cleveland Landmarks Commission.

Glenda Wright, JD, served as a Kentucky member of iFoster TAY AmeriCorps for three consecutive service years, officially concluding her service in December 2024. Some highlights of her service include mentoring foster youth on college campuses throughout Kentucky and helping to run a new program in partnership with the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services and a non-profit organization, The First Car Project. This program connects foster youth who have aged out of the Kentucky foster care system with their first vehicles, providing them with reliable transportation to support their pathways to success. 

After concluding her service, Glenda has remained involved with The First Car Project as a program partner, where she helps facilitate the program and provides training to participants. Most recently, in August, she joined other program partners in Orlando, Florida, to co-present on the program, with hopes of replicating and redesigning the Kentucky model for implementation across the nation.

Seth Wyatt was born and raised in central Arkansas. He went on a brief adventure to Kentucky for college to study philosophy, and is now back working and living in his beloved state of Arkansas. Seth served with Lead for America’s American Connection Corps in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the Office of the Mayor, from September 2024 to August 2025. During Seth’s service, he connected residents to digital skills courses, helped facilitate Little Rock’s citizens academy (called ROCK Academy), and brought Central Arkansas’s AmeriCorps organizations together for a celebration of the Mayor’s AmeriCorps Week Proclamation. 

Seth is now the Senior Service Corps Director for Arkansas Rural Health Partnership, where he is working to develop a Youth Mental Health Corps (YMHC) AmeriCorps program. Youth Mental Health Corps is an initiative where AmeriCorps members will receive training in evidence-based mental health models to support schools and community organizations in rural communities across the state. The initiative will provide pathways into behavioral health careers and critical mental health resources in rural communities.