Priority Slot Requests

In January, programs are invited to participate in the Notice of Funding for Students, giving institutions the opportunity to apply for Fellowship slots at their own discretion to ensure their students have the opportunity to participate.

Student Funding - Segal AmeriCorps Education Award

The Fellowship provides non-competitive educational funding designed to be available to regardless of merit or need. Each OUSF Fellow will receive an Education Award upon successful completion of their service term. The Education Award is funded and paid on behalf of the fellow through the National Service Trust, an account in the Treasury of the United States. The Education Award amounts are based on the number of service hours completed, shown below for the Current Program Year:

100 Hours - $416.17

300 Hour term - $1,565.08

450 Hour term - $1,956.35

675 Hours - $2,817.14

Since 1994, Higher Education Institutions in Utah have received more than $33.9 million in Segal Education Awards towards the current education expenses of their students.

Support for University Strategic Plans

Recruitment: OUSF AmeriCorps Members in Education 1 and 2 Focus Areas support the pathways of education for K-16 students encouraging academic success and preparing students for higher education.

Student Success, Retention and Completion: The Financial Award earned by OUSF AmeriCorps Members supports paying for their current and future education including school fees and student loan expenses.

Generate Knowledge, Growth, and Education Demand: Students are encouraged to participate in Member Development Hours during their term of service which is personal and professional development as well as various career preparation events hosted by the State Service Commission, UServeUtah.

Engage Communities: All AmeriCorps Terms with OUSF are partnerships with government and non-profit sites. Students are often placed according to their educational plans or interests if choosing to serve outside of their department. The standard requirements of AmeriCorps members ensure strong and valuable relationships are built between students, schools, and the community.

Opportunities for Students

Students can find opportunities with different time commitments meaning that they can serve in whatever capacity works for their passion, goals, and school schedule.

Healthy Futures

• Nursing

• Social Work

• Radiology

• Dietetics

• Dentistry

• Dental Hygiene

• Respiratory Therapy

• EMS/EMT

Capacity Building

• Service Learning Classes

• Unpaid Internships with non-profit organizations

• Student Service Centers

• On Campus Student Organizations

Education

• Elementary Teaching

• Secondary Teaching

• Special Education

• Tutoring

• America Reads

• K-16 College Preparation

• Advising or Student Access Offices

• ESL Support

• Complete an Annual Slot application requesting slots only for their Campus or Program

• Hire or specify an institution employee(s) to act as Campus Coordinator.

  • At such time that a new Campus Coordinator needs to be hired, the roles and responsibilities associated with AmeriCorps must to be transparent during the interview process.

  • Pay the salaries or wages of said employee(s).

  • Provide the office space, materials, supplies.

• Pay a portion of the Cost-Share

• Consider expansion and support of the program at the Higher Education Institution where appropriate.

• Maintain the record of students who participate in the fellowship and graduate from the institution within 5 years.

• Fulfill additional obligations of the MOU.

Living Stipend

The 2024 Legislation enacting the One Utah Service Fellowship allows Higher Education Intuitions to participate in the One Utah Service Fellowship by simply paying the administrative cost-match, which gives participants access to the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award without the addition of the Living Allowance.

HEI who chose to participate in the living allowance program, are required a minimum of a $5/hour match to the state’s appropriated stipend amount for a total minimum of $10/hour. This amount can be supplemented by other funding, but priority will be given to qualified partners (or their host-sites) based on the amount of matching funds . For more information please contact the OUSF Program Director.

Coordinators play a key role in ensuring the success of OUSF Fellows. Many of our Coordinators take on the role of managing Members in addition to existing responsibilities at their institution. OUSF is grateful for the hard work our Coordinators accomplish and their dedication to promoting community engagement and national service in higher education.

• Coordinators recruit AmeriCorps members, process AmeriCorps enrollments, monitor AmeriCorps members’ service term, and work with AmeriCorps members to successfully exit them from the program so they can receive their Education Award.

• Recruit, select and support a group of community host organizations for their students.

• Cultivate a meaningful cohort experience for OUSF AmeriCorps Members on their campus.

• Participate in regular opportunities for networking and peer learning with other OUSF Higher Education campuses across the state.

• Recruit, select, place, and manage AmeriCorps members in accordance to state and federal regulations governing AmeriCorps and the Fellowship Program including completion of the National Sex Offender Public Registry Checks and I-9 paperwork.

• Will fill the slots granted to them.

• Develop partnerships with local organizations that might utilize OUSF Fellows which may have specific education requirements to provide much needed services that otherwise would be unmet due to the lack of necessary human resources and meet the Service Site Requirements.

• Participate in the Coordinator Orientation and periodic Program Management Trainings, conference calls, or other OUSF training activities.

• Maintain such records and accounts, and make such reports and investigations concerning matters involving Fellows may require.  The Institution and Program agrees to retain such records as the One Utah Service Fellowship may require and provide them at the Program’s request.

• Be responsible for contacting and arranging appointments with sites and members during annual site visits.

• Arrange for OUSF Staff provide orientation for all incoming AmeriCorps members before their service begins. Arrangements must be made at least one month prior to orientation for program-specific orientations. Coordinators must attend at least one orientation.

• Ensure participants are given an AmeriCorps/Fellowship attire during the enrollment process, ensuring these items are worn while the fellow is in service.

• Ensure that an AmeriCorps poster is displayed at all service locations associated with the campus. 

• Ensure that members are identified, either verbally or in writing and through the wearing of AmeriCorps items, as OUSF AmeriCorps members when interviewed or filmed by the media, as well as in university press releases, social media accounts, and websites. 

• Operate the project in accordance with the provisions of the Serve America Act of 2009, applicable program policies and regulations, and other federal laws, regulations, and policies which are, or become, applicable to the program.

• Make every reasonable effort to ensure that the health and safety of AmeriCorps members are protected during the performance of their assigned duties. The Subgrantee shall not assign or require AmeriCorps members to perform duties which would jeopardize their safety or cause them to sustain injuries.

• Upon such time as One Utah Service Fellowship is audited and files are found to be out of compliance and a fine is imposed, the Institution will be accountable to repay these funds to the Program.

• Upload all documents as required by the Utah Commission on Service and Volunteerism and OUSF into IPT.

• After a member has been successfully exited, direct all member questions concerning the Education Award either to the institution’s department that handles the processing of Education Awards or to the AmeriCorps Service Hotline - 1-800-942-2677.

• Provide each member who successfully exits the AmeriCorps Program with guidance for obtaining an AmeriCorps certificate of completion, downloaded from their portal.

• Make available an Education Award FAQ sheet available for members to use as a reference throughout their term.