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Monday, June 22, 2015
On Friday, June 19, YNDC received an AmeriCorps Formula Grant award of $172,903 from ServeOhio and the Corporation for National and Community Service, which will enable YNDC to expand to 13 AmeriCorps members for the second year of the YNDC REVITALIZE AmeriCorps Project.
The YNDC REVITALIZE AmeriCorps Project includes a team of city residents who dedicate a year of service at YNDC boarding up, cleaning up and rehabilitating vacant homes to help stabilize neighborhoods. Since the project began in September of 2014, AmeriCorps members have helped to board up over 370 vacant homes in 20 neighborhoods across the City of Youngstown and have contributed to the rehabilitation of 9 vacant homes. As part of their participation in the program, AmeriCorps members gain professional construction and landscaping experience and training and are eligible to receive an award to further their education upon successful completion of their service year. YNDC anticipates recruitment for the 13 AmeriCorps positions to begin in July, with a start date in early September.