AmeriCorps Program

With the support of the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service (ICVS), Prevent Child Abuse Iowa has participated in the AmeriCorps program since the fall of 2007. Beginning July 2009, PCA Iowa will be managing two different projects.

AmeriCorps Partnering to Protect Children (CPPC Sites)

Under PCA Iowa’s overall direction, this AmeriCorps project has placed twelve AmeriCorps members at Community Partnerships for Protecting Children sites serving 19 counties. This project is now in its third year. 

 
Members help partnership sites reach out earlier to stressed families and intervene more comprehensively when abuse occurs. AmeriCorps members assist sites by increasing community involvement efforts, strengthening community connections, and building neighborhood networks.

AmeriCorps Recovery Project Preventing Child Abuse (Child Abuse Prevention Councils)
Thanks to funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, PCA Iowa will start a second AmeriCorps project, which will run from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.  Through this project, AmeriCorps members will help five child abuse prevention councils expand their Iowa Child Abuse Prevention Program services and enhance public awareness.

The councils chosen are Black Hawk, Lucas, and Mills counties, the Carroll area, and Northeast Iowa (Allamakee, Howard, and Winneshiek Counties).

Here is a map showing the counties served by the two projects.

Application for CPPC Sites to Host an AmeriCorps member(s)

Prevent Child Abuse Iowa (PCA Iowa) is now accepting proposals for the fourth year of its AmeriCorps Partnering to Protect Children project. Here is what you need to submit an application:

AmeriCorps Application 2010-2011

CPPC AmeriCorps 2010-2011 Application Instructions

If you have any questions about submitting an application, please contact Carol Schroeder at cschroeder@pcaiowa.org.

For general comments and questions, please contact:

Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Phone: 515-244-2200
Toll Free: 800-237-1815
Fax: 515-280-7835
Email:

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