Are you looking for a rewarding, creative, youth-centered, team-oriented and FUN summer job? Consider joining us at DREAM! The DREAM Program is doing work throughout the Northeast to close the opportunity gap for at-promise children and teens through deep community collaboration and sustained mentoring relationships.
Requirements
- Excitement and passion for youth work.
- Commitment to the entire service term (Monday June 1st -Monday August 10th, 2026).
- Commitment to serve as a positive role model for youth.
- Ability to participate in occasional meetings or service activities remotely.
- Ability to regularly meet in person with your team or your service assignment in their assigned location (including responsibility for transportation to and from).
- Access to a reliable phone.
- Commitment to the mission of AmeriCorps and DREAM.
- Desire to enhance existing skills and develop new skills necessary for service.
- Previous youth work experience or motivations for a career in youth services.
- Elevated awareness of issues of social equity and social justice with a commitment to continued learning as it relates to serving your diverse communities in a manner that is respectful and aware.
- Creativity, high energy, and a problem solving mindset.
- Current driver’s license, proof of insurance, and clean driving record.
- Access to a car and willingness to drive youth in your personal vehicle.
- First aid and CPR certification by the time summer sessions begin.
Benefits
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (food stamps)
- Student loan deferment (forbearance)
- Other publicly-funded benefits, such as heating and utility assistance.
- Reimbursement for mileage for DREAM travel outside of your commute.
- Education award of $1,565.08 (pre-tax) upon completion of dates and total hours.