Segel Americorps Education Award
In keeping with Cal Lutheran's mission to educate leaders committed to service and justice, we offer a matching scholarship program, up to $4,000 per year, for students who participate in and earn Segal Education Award through one of these programs.
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities.
Benefits of serving in Americorps:
- Develop Your Skills with Job Training
- Living Allowance
- Money for College and Trade Schools
- Loan Deferment and Interest Forbearance
- Professional Development
- Childcare Benefit
- Alumni Network
American Climate Corp
The American Climate Corps is a groundbreaking, workforce training and service initiative that will put tens of thousands of young Americans to work fighting the impacts of climate change today while training tomorrow’s clean energy and climate-resilience workforce.
Program details:
- Get paid to tackle the climate crisis through part-time or full-time opportunity.
- Launch your career on a path to high-quality, good-paying opportunities in the public and private sectors.
- Access training that will help you gain skills and knowledge for a career in the clean energy and climate-resilience economy.
- Serve in a opportunity that is term limited.
Some opportunities will offer:
- A Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, worth up to $7,395 this year, that can be used to pay for post-secondary education and training or to reduce student debt upon completion of an eligible ACC opportunity.
- Access to a streamlined pathway into federal service, either immediately upon completion of a single term, or through completion of multiple terms of service.
- Opportunity-specific training opportunities to prepare you for your time as a member of the ACC.
- Healthcare, childcare, transportation, housing and more.