Program areas at Ampact
Education programs - Reading corps, Math corps and early learning corps are high-dosage tutoring programs designed to help students develop Reading and Math proficiency. These national programs train americorps members to deliver evidence-based literacy and Math interventions to students in pre-kindergarten - 8th grade. Rigorous third-party research found strong evidence that students who receive tutoring from Reading corps, Math corps and early learning corps make greater gains and faster progress than their peers who do not receive tutoring. Delivering high-impact tutoring with this cost-effective and scalable model, these proven programs served 50,808 students during the 2022-23 program year.
Environmental programs - climate impact corps helps communities prepare for and mitigate climate change in Minnesota. During the 2022-23 program year, members served at 51 partner sites. As part of climate impact corps, members focused on preserving and expanding the state's tree canopy and helping households reduce their home energy costs and helping communities build climate resiliancy. In total members managed 102,319 trees, completed 157 home energy audits, provided environmental stewardship education to 221 people, and mobilized 3,238 volunteers.
Healthy futures programs - focus on strengthening communities and improving future outcomes. Whether focused on supporting efforts to address substance use disorders, housing insecurity, refugee resettlement, public health or keeping multi-lingual students engaged and on-track to graduate, americorps members serving with healthy futures programs make an incredible impact. During the 2022-23 program year, offerings included recovery corps, heading home corps, resettlement corps, public health corps and language corps. Together, members supported 5,689 individuals and provided critical capacity building services for 64 organizations located in Minnesota, Illinois, and Virginia.
Reading & Math, Inc. Provides technical assistance for the delivery of Reading corps, Math corps and early learning corps to national replication partners, ensuring the proven model is implemented consistently and with fidelity across the country to achieve high impact results.