Americorps state&national? do they provide housing or help you FIND housing?

Question

has anyone been in? i really want to join this but I want to live out of state and work with senior citizens or deal with homelessness and community obstacles. Does the program provide you housing or help you get housing, or are you completely on your own? It seems as though unless you join the nccc, you're on your own as far as getting housing, which seems very unfair, unless i' m missing something.

also, what were your experiences in americorps? Would you reccomend it to a 19 year old?

Answer 1

i've just been accepted to an americorps job in PA, so i've been doing a lot of research on them lately. It sounds like you're interested in a vista position, which in some cases have housing included in the benefits package. What you should do is visit the americorps website and search for projects that you would be interested in (you can search by state or topic) and then look at the benefits that are included. any that have housing will provide some sort of room/apt for you as well as your living stipend. The others will require you to find an apartment on your own and to pay for that and the utilities with your living stipend.

Good Luck!