AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps Clearwater
is a part
of the AmeriCorps family of national service programs often described
as the "domestic Peace Corps." Federally funded through Volunteer
Florida, the Governor's Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service,
the program begins its 15th year of operation in 2010. AmeriCorps Clearwater
aims to foster citizen responsibility, build neighborhood unity, and provide
educational opportunities.
 AmeriCorps Clearwater members (program participants)
work hand-in-hand with community policing officers, school resource officers,
crime prevention officers and staff of local community service agencies
to help prevent/reduce crime and increase public safety in targeted neighborhoods.
Many AmeriCorps Clearwater members are criminal justice degree-seeking
students at the Southeastern Public Safety Institute of St.
Petersburg College.
Read a detailed program overview here.
For additional information, contact:
Karen Maldonado
AmeriCorp Coordinator
Clearwater Police Department
645 Pierce Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
727-562-4142 office
727-224-2524 cell
727-562-4466 fax
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