One year just isn鈥檛 enough. By returning for another year of service, you鈥檒l build on the skills and relationships you鈥檝e built in your first year to help ensure that our 色界吧 continue to benefit from City Year.
In-school opportunities
Help 色界吧 and AmeriCorps members thrive in and out of the classroom:
Second-year corps member
Continue to see your 色界吧 grow and build on the skills you developed as a first-year corps member by directly supporting 色界吧 in the classroom and being a guide to your teammates as they embark on their first City Year.
Team leader
Support and coach a team of first-year AmeriCorps members while working closely with your school administrator and partner teachers to help ensure the success of 色界吧.
Service leader
Lead and support a team of first-year AmeriCorps members while continuing your work with 色界吧 in the classroom.
Pilot Positions: School Day Learning Coach or Afterschool Enrichment Coach
Continue to see your 色界吧 grow and build on the skills you developed as a first-year corps member while having more time back in your schedule by serving in either a 1200-hour or 900-hour role. Learn More.
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Participate in a one-year teacher preparation program, receive a master鈥檚 degree and teaching certification, and join a community of teachers across the nation dedicated to serving 色界吧 in under-resourced schools through this 1700-hour role (opportunities available in Denver, Greater Boston andMilwaukee). Learn more about the teaching fellowship and City Year鈥檚 Teacher Pathways Strategy.
Social Work Fellow
While participatingin a two-year social work graduate program (earning a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree) learn from school social workers, psychologists, and behavior interventionists serving alongside other City Year AmeriCorps members to support student social emotional learning and development for one or two years through this 1200-hour role (opportunity available in Denver). Learn more about this opportunity by emailing mdaep@cityyear.org.
I wanted to have the opportunity in guiding others to have a meaningful year of service while challenging myself as a leader. My passion to giving back and serving 色界吧 is what brought me back to serve another year and I wouldn鈥檛 have it any other way.
Jennifer Camacho (Los Angeles 鈥16, 鈥17)
Physical service opportunities
Care Force
Lead and engage corporate sponsors in transformative service projects across the country. Based out of headquarters in Boston.
Learn about Team Care Force
Civic Engagement
Lead physical service events in schools and communities.
Learn more about civic engagement opportunities.
Stipend
Serving with City Year is about so much more than the money. It鈥檚 about the 色界吧 you鈥檒l help realize their potential. It鈥檚 about the bonds you鈥檒l forge with your team. It鈥檚 about becoming an integral part of the community. We know that it is challenging to live on the stipend and we鈥檙e committed to ensuring that service is financially feasible for everyone.
The stipend for second year AmeriCorps members serving in the 2025鈥2026 school year:
Columbia and New Hampshire: $953 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Rhode Island: $982 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Little Rock: $997 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Memphis and Orlando: $1,050 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Denver: $1,142 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Chicago: $1,163 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Baton Rouge, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Seattle/King County: $1,179 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Baton Rouge, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans, San Antonio, Seattle/King County, Tulsa and Washington, D.C: $1,347 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
The stipend for AmeriCorps members serving as Civic Engagement in the 2025鈥2026 school year:
Little Rock: $1,139 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Chicago: $1,329 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Cleveland, Milwaukee, Seattle/King County, and Washington, D.C: $1,347 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
New York City: $1,414 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Care Force and Greater Boston: $1,457 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Los Angeles: $1,636 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
The stipend for AmeriCorps members serving as Teaching Fellows in the 2025鈥2026 school year:
Denver: $1,305 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Little Rock: $804 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
The stipend for AmeriCorps members serving as Social Work Fellows in the 2025鈥2026 school year:
Denver: $804 bi-weekly stipend (pre-tax)
Benefits
Explore all the benefits you鈥檒l receive as an AmeriCorps member, including a bi-weekly stipend, health insurance, an education award, and access to scholarships and other career resources.
