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What is NCCC:

AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, team-based residential service program for 18-26 year-olds. AmeriCorps members serving in the NCCC program represent a wide variety of socioeconomic, cultural, geographic, and educational backgrounds.

AmeriCorps members serving in the NCCC program are assigned to one of four regional campuses and then placed into teams ranging between 8-12 members. The teams complete a variety of service projects, which are generally 3 to 13 weeks in duration, and respond to local communities’ needs throughout the United States and territories. Each team has a specially trained Team Leader who serves and resides with the team. Each team is provided with one 15-passenger van and fuel is covered by AmeriCorps (for locations in the continental US). Each team is also allocated funds for food and laundry. All members are background-checked and fully insured by the Federal Tort Claims Act and Federal Employees Coverage Act.

Teams live in the communities they serve to better understand the culture, participate in service-learning, and build leadership and life skills.

This year, AYUDA Inc, in partnership with El Pasoans Fighting Food Bank and AmeriCorps, hosted the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Program for the very first time. AYUDA welcomed NCCC Water 1 Team and hosted them from March 2^nd to April 12^th, 2025. The team was comprised of 5 young, very committed and hard-working ladies, who assisted with Food Pantry, Maintaining Cochran Park, Upkeeping of the AYUDA Community Center Community Garden, helped during the City of San Elizario’s community clean up, helped our Promotoras with program participants. They also participated in daily aerobics classes, Zumba classes and Yoga Classes.

The team was an essential key to AYUDA’s this year’s Earth Day Event, as they renewed AYUDA’s garden mural, and assisted the Gardening Technician with prepping the land for this year’s first harvest.