Empire State Service Corps

If you have a desire to do good and make a difference, you can get hands-on experience and serve your community through paid public service with the Empire State Service Corps.

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Students: Apply Now to be a Corps Member

How Does It Work?

The Empire State Service Corps will focus on different types of work on campus or in the community:

Civic Engagement:

Students will serve either on or off campus with organizations such as local nonprofits related to civic engagement, including nonpartisan voter outreach, voter registration and engaging campus peers in voter activity.

Early Childhood:

Students will serve at a host site dedicated to early childhood education and/or development. (For example, daycare or head start centers)

FAFSA Completion:

Students will serve either in local communities (local high schools) or work on campus to support students with completing the FAFSA.

Food Insecurity and SNAP Basic Needs Outreach:

Students will serve on or off campus supporting students / individuals with SNAP outreach as well as basic needs support (could include shifts at campus food pantry) or with other Food Insecurity aligned work.

K-12 Tutoring:

Students will partner with local school districts or related organizations for K-12 student tutoring sessions on a regular basis to support recovery from pandemic era learning loss and to support closing academic gaps.

Peer Mental Health:

Students will be trained to serve as a peer mental health educator typically at a campus/community wellness or counseling center. Students will support peers either on or off campus in supporting strong mental health practices and overall wellness initiatives.

Student Success Coaching:

Students will work with secondary education level students (MS or HS) to combat common challenges external to academics. For example, socio-emotional learning, combating chronic absenteeism, mentoring, mental health support, etc. Alternatively, this corps can also be aligned to other relevant on-campus offices or community-based sites that are non-education related to support students of all ages holistically. 

Sustainability:

Students will serve in campus roles or with local nonprofits / State agencies on sustainability work (such as recycling campaigns, tree planting, pollinator gardens, sustainability outreach, etc.)

Veterans Affairs Outreach:

Students will serve at host sites dedicated to supporting active military or veterans' affairs for individuals, families, or affiliated groups. 

Interested in becoming a Host Site?

Are you a Community-based organization or school district that would like to host Empire State Service Corps members? Please complete the form below or reach out to Jessie Stack Lombardo, Campus Coordinator.

Hosts: Apply Now to be a Host Site 

Important Information:

Corps members are expected to work 300 hours over the academic year (10 hours per week) and will be paid $16 an hour through the program, not by the host site. Corps members are employed by their campus and designated to the host organization where they will be available to perform service projects during the academic year.

For additional information and to learn more:

Contact Campus Coordinator Jessie Stack Lombardo, Director - careers@geneseo.edu / (585) 245-5721.