1.  Life After AmeriCorps Next Steps

2. Overview  Exiting Regional Opportunity Corps  Accessing your education award  Supplementing your education award  Fellowships/Internships  Work Force

3. I’m done in a week – what am I supposed to do!?  Check your hours total  Give Kathleen all your intakes  Scan, fax, mail, etc  Submit your March monthly report before your last day!  Answer Ms. Carol’s emails  National Service Exit Form  This can be accessed through your AmeriCorps.gov portal

4. I’m done in a month – what am I supposed to do!?  Sit down with supervisor and review end of year evaluation  Schedule an exit interview (March site visits) at opportunitycorps.simplybook.me  Document your impact & share your insight at your site  Reflect on what you’ve done the past year  Meet with co-workers and supervisors to develop a transition plan  Develop a Standard Operating Procedure  Write letters or thank you notes to co-workers supervisors  Take the time to say goodbye

5. Financial Planning  You do not qualify for unemployment benefits please don’t apply  Notify your DSS caseworker about your change in income if your plan on transitioning directly into another position  If you put your loans any federal student loans into forbearance through AmeriCorps.gov remember to apply for interest forgiveness  The interest reimbursed will be considered taxable income

6. Accessing your Education Award  Two to three weeks from your exit date you will be able to log into you’re “My AmeriCorps” portal  On the left hand side there will be a new tab labeled “Education Award”  Please keep in mind that payments made from your education award and the interest payments made on your behalf to an educational or financial institution are considered taxable income.  Please keep an eye out for 1099s from CNCS

7. How can you use your Education Award  Types of Schools Types of Schools  Title IV  Enrichment Classes  Outdoor Education  Overseas School  Trade School  Segal Education Award Matching Institutions Segal Education Award Matching Institutions  There are 18 matching institutions in NYS

8.  The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program offers forgiveness for outstanding Federal Direct loans for those individuals who make 120 qualifying payments after October 1, 2007, while working full-time in a “public service job” as defined in the Act.Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program  The Income-Based Repayment plan helps to make repaying education loans more affordable for low-income borrowers College Cost Reduction & Access Act

9. Graduate School – Student Loan Forgiveness  Lawyers Lawyers  Social Workers Social Workers  Teachers Teachers  Medical Professionals Medical Professionals  Medical Student Loan debt relief through service Medical Student Loan debt relief through service  Additional loan forgiveness/debt cancellation information Additional loan forgiveness/debt cancellation information

10. Fellowships & Internships - International  Advocacy Project - helps marginalized communities to produce social change Advocacy Project  Open Society Foundation - work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens Open Society Foundation  Fullbright Program - provides grants for individually designed study/research projects Fullbright Program  United Nations Development Programme – for outstanding graduate-level students to acquire direct exposure to UNDP's work (and employment opportunities) United Nations Development Programme  Watson Fellowship – for college graduates of “unusual promise” Watson Fellowship

11. Fellowships & Internships - Domestic  Federal Internships Federal Internships  New York Civil Liberties Union New York Civil Liberties Union  State Policy Fellowship Program – address domestic policy challenges (ie health care, taxes, anti-poverty policy, education and public safety). Working in independent think tanks located in state capitals State Policy Fellowship Program  Open Society Foundation - practitioners in journalism, advocacy, public policy, academia, and the arts who are able to engage with foundations Open Society Foundation  Coro - graduate-level experiential leadership training program that prepares diverse, talented and committed individuals for effective and ethical leadership in the public affairs arena Coro  Echoing Green – (3 different focus areas) assisting emerging leaders working to bring about positive social change. Echoing Green

12. Job Search - Government  Federal Jobs Federal Jobs  NYS Jobs NYS Jobs  Municipal Civil Service Agencies Municipal Civil Service Agencies  NYS Department of Labor NYS Department of Labor

13. Job Search - WNY  Buffalo Job Finder Buffalo Job Finder  Buffalo Niagara Jobs Buffalo Niagara Jobs  Craig’s List Craig’s List  WNY Jobs WNY Jobs

14. Job Search – National  Idealist.org Idealist.org  Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers  Nonprofit Jobmarket.org Nonprofit Jobmarket.org  Opportunity Knocks.org Opportunity Knocks.org  The Chronicle of Philanthropy The Chronicle of Philanthropy

15. Job Search - Research  WNY Nonprofit Salary Survey WNY Nonprofit Salary Survey  Charity Vault Charity Vault  Guidestar Guidestar  Charity Navigator Charity Navigator

16. Reference Information  National Service Hotline 1-800-942-2677  www.edaward.org  www.ope.ed.gov  www.americorpsalums.org  www.studentaid.ed.gov