AmeriCorps Digital Equity Fellow

Lead For America; Ridgway (CO); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Childcare benefits

Student loan forbearance

Fully-funded ACC Winter Institute

Living stipend $33,000

Segal Education Award $7,395

Job summary

Lead For America's American Connection Corps (ACC) is seeking a full-time AmeriCorps Member to serve with the North Central Regional Planning and Development Commission in North Central Pennsylvania. The role focuses on community outreach, resource navigation, and regional planning to improve digital connectivity, healthcare access, and public transit for underserved communities.

Service runs Sept 8, 2026 through Aug 13, 2027, about 40 hours per week, with a $33,000 living stipend, $7,395 Segal

Responsibilities

• Support communication and collaboration among local governments, healthcare providers, transportation agencies, broadband providers, nonprofit organizations, community groups, and other regional stakeholders to support community development and regional planning initiatives.
• Conduct community outreach, stakeholder engagement, and public participation activities to identify barriers affecting underserved populations and gather input for planning, community engagement, and service delivery.
• Support initiatives that improve access to transportation, healthcare, broadband, and other essential services for rural residents, seniors, individuals with disabilities, low-income households, and other vulnerable populations.
• Dedicate at least 50% of position activities to broadband expansion, digital inclusion, and digital equity efforts throughout North Central Pennsylvania.
• Research, assess, and document regional needs related to broadband availability, healthcare access, transportation services, and community resiliency to support planning and AmeriCorps approved service activities
• Assist with the support and execution of approved service activities and community initiatives that advance digital connectivity, healthcare access, transportation mobility, and community development goals.
• Provide information, resource navigation support, and community education activities related to broadband, healthcare, transportation, resiliency, and other regional resources and opportunities, provided the Member does not engage in grant writing, fundraising, donor cultivation, preparation of funding proposals, or activities prohibited under AmeriCorps requirements.
• Assist staff with organizing and supporting stakeholder meetings, workshops, public engagement sessions, and collaborative planning activities to advance regional priorities.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret demographic, economic, and service-related data to support planning initiatives, approved reporting requirements, and program evaluation activities under staff oversight.
• Prepare reports, presentations, outreach materials, service summaries, and activity updates to communicate approved service activities, outcomes, and community priorities.
• Support implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), regional resiliency initiatives, and other strategic planning efforts through approved service activities under staff direction.
• Promote awareness of available community resources, services, and programs.

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent

Job description

Lead For America's American Connection Corps (ACC) is seeking a full-time AmeriCorps Member to serve with the North Central Regional Planning and Development Commission in North Central Pennsylvania. The role focuses on community outreach, resource navigation, and regional planning to improve digital connectivity, healthcare access, and public transit for underserved communities.

Service runs Sept 8, 2026 through Aug 13, 2027, about 40 hours per week, with a $33,000 living stipend, $7,395 Segal