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[[File:AmeriCorps NCCC Team 2024.jpg|250px|thumb|An AmeriCorps NCCC team on deployment in 2024 at [[Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park]] in [[California]].]]
The '''National Civilian Community Corps''' ('''NCCC'''), or '''AmeriCorps NCCC'''{{efn-la|NCCC is usually pronounced "N-triple-C”.}}, is an [[AmeriCorps]] program founded in 1993 that engages young adults, aged 18 to 26, in team-based, residential community service projects across the [[United States]]. Each year, approximately 2,200 individuals representing all colors, creeds, states, and economic statuses serve in one of four regions covering all 50 [[U.S. state|states]] and five [[U.S. territories|territories]].<ref name="americorps.gov">{{cite web|url=https://americorps.gov/serve/americorps/americorps-nccc|title=AmeriCorps NCCC|website=Corporation for National and Community Service|date=16 September 2022 }}</ref>

The mission of AmeriCorps NCCC is "to strengthen communities and develop leaders through direct, team-based national and community service."<ref name="AmeriCorps NCCC Pacific Region at a Glance">{{cite web|url=https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/NCCC%20Pacific%20Region%20Factsheet_051723_final_508.pdf|title= AmeriCorps NCCC Pacific Region at a Glance |website=Corporation for National and Community Service |date = 2023}}</ref> Each year, NCCC members complete a total of over 1.2 million hours of service across hundreds of projects in the areas of [[disaster response]], [[infrastructure]] improvement, [[Nature conservation|environmental conservation]], [[energy conservation]], and [[urban development|urban]] and [[rural development]].<ref name="Database Fact Sheet">{{cite web|url=https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/SPD%20Fact%20Sheet_11072023_final_508.pdf|title= AmeriCorps NCCC Service Project Database Fact Sheet |website=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |date= March 2022 |title= FY 2023 Congressional Budget Justification |url= https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/AmeriCorps-FY-2023-CBJ-OMB-Cleared.pdf |publisher= Corporation for National and Community Service |page= 27 |access-date= March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref name= "OIG" >{{cite report |author= Office of Inspector General, Corporation for National and Community Service|date= December 5, 2016|title= Evaluation of the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)|url= https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/17-05_nccc_evaluation.pdf |publisher= |page= 3|access-date= March 3, 2024}}</ref>
==History==
===Inception===
The National Civilian Community Corps is loosely based on the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC), a [[New Deal]]-era work relief program founded by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] to employ young men left jobless by the [[Great Depression]]. Run by officers of the [[United States Army Reserve]], the CCC employed three million men aged 18 to 26 across tens of thousands of projects related to [[Nature conservation|environmental conservation]] and natural resource development.<ref>John A. Salmond, ''The Civilian Conservation Corps CCC 1933–1942: a New Deal case study'' (1967)</ref> By the time the program was discontinued in 1942, CCC members had planted more than 3 billion trees, built nearly 100,000 miles of fire roads, and erected drainage systems for over 80 million acres of agricultural land.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1586.html|title=Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)|website=www.u-s-history.com|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, the end of the [[Cold War]] sparked renewed interest in [[volunteerism]] and in the idea of using surplus military resources to solve domestic problems. In 1992, a bipartisan group of senators including [[John McCain]], [[Harris Wofford]], [[Bob Dole]], and [[Barbara Mikulski]] inserted provisions into the [[National Defense Authorization Act]] of 1993 authorizing the creation of a “Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program” to test the viability of resurrecting the CCC model as a response to contemporary problems.<ref name="1999 GPRA Report">{{cite web|url=https://archives.iupui.edu/items/8316b6be-e34a-48ac-805d-1255e6591e20|title= 1999 GPRA Performance Report |website=AmeriCorps, 1993-2004 |publisher = Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis}}</ref><ref name= "Statutes">{{cite web |title=Statutes and Regulations |url=https://americorps.gov/about/agency-overview/statutes-regulations |website=AmeriCorps |publisher=Corporation for National and Community Service |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> The following year, President [[Bill Clinton]] signed legislation creating the [[Corporation for National and Community Service]] (also known as AmeriCorps), which absorbed the nascent Corps as well as other pre-existing programs such as [[AmeriCorps VISTA|VISTA]].<ref name="Statutes" />

===Early development===
The first class of 850 NCCC members was sworn in by President Clinton at a [[White House]] ceremony on September 13, 1994.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Honan |first1=William H. |title=President Leads Swearing-In Of New Corps of Volunteers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/13/us/president-leads-swearing-in-of-new-corps-of-volunteers.html |access-date=3 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=13 September 1994}}</ref> Like its New Deal-era forerunner, the new program was closely linked to the [[United States military|military]]: it was administered by a staff of [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]] recommended by the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]], and Corps units were trained and housed at campuses owned by the [[Department of Defense]].<ref>{{cite act | url = https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5006/text | title = National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 | legislature = United States Congress | date = 23 October 1992 | index = 195A | page = 206-230 | type = Section}}</ref>

The original five campuses were located in [[San Diego]], [[California]]; [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]; [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]; [[Perry Point, Maryland|Perry Point]], [[Maryland]]; and [[Washington, D.C.]] Each campus served as headquarters for a region covering multiple states. Between 1994 and 1999, more than 20,000 individuals applied to serve with NCCC, but only 6,000 were accepted due to budget constraints. Over the course of a typical program year, NCCC teams would complete between 300 and 400 projects focused on “environmental activities, education, human needs, and [[disaster response]].” A majority of projects would be sponsored by [[nonprofit organizations]], roughly a quarter by federal, state, and local government entities, and the rest by educational organizations and other institutions fitting the NCCC mandate. Frequent sponsoring organizations included [[Habitat for Humanity]], [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]], [[YMCA]], and [[The Nature Conservancy]].<ref name="1999 GPRA Report"/>

Disaster response soon became an important area of focus for NCCC. In its first five years, the Corps developed strong relationships with [[FEMA]], the [[American Red Cross]], and the [[U.S. Forest Service]]. By 1999, roughly 11% of NCCC projects saw teams working with these organizations to respond to [[hurricanes]], [[forest fires]], and other natural disasters.<ref name="1999 GPRA Report"/> In 2005, after [[Hurricane Katrina]] devastated the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]], 80% of NCCC teams across all five regions were pulled from their projects to aid in the response.<ref name = "Fox">{{cite news|title=AmeriCorps on Budget Chopping Block |date= March 20, 2006 |author= Kelley Beaucar Vlahos|publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188385,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617164451/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188385,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2006 }}</ref> Over the following four years, more than 4,000 NCCC members would serve on relief and recovery projects throughout the impacted region.<ref name="Vicksburg">{{cite press release |author=<!--Not Stated--> |title= National Service Agency Opens AmeriCorps Campus in Vicksburg |url= https://www.americorps.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2009/national-service-agency-opens-americorps-nccc-campus-vicksburg |publisher = Corporation for National and Community Service |date = 2009-09-01|access-date = 2024-03-03}}</ref>

In 2006, then-President George W. Bush proposed a federal budget which would have eliminated NCCC, but the proposal was ultimately not adopted.<ref name = "Fox"/>

===2007 – present===
In 2007, the Charleston campus closed down and responsibility for the region was divided among other campuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americorpsalums.org/news/6155/NCCC-Charleston-Campus-Slated-to-Close.htm|title=NCCC Charleston Campus Slated to Close|date=11 December 2006|publisher= AmeriCorps Alums}}</ref> A new campus opened in [[Vinton, Iowa|Vinton]], [[Iowa]] the following year, by which point the Washington, D.C. campus had also closed down and the San Diego campus had relocated to [[Sacramento]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americorpsalums.org/news/14900/|title=Iowa Leaders Welcome AmeriCorps NCCC to State|date=24 April 2008|publisher= AmeriCorps Alums}}</ref> In 2009, the newest NCCC campus was opened in [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], [[Mississippi]].<ref name="Vicksburg" /> The Perry Point campus relocated to [[Baltimore]] in 2014 before closing down four years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbaltv.com/article/americorps-nccc-moves-regional-headquarters-to-dundalk/7090107|title=AmeriCorps NCCC moves regional HQ to Dundalk|first=Kim|last=Dacey|date=3 November 2014|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/NCCC%20Sponsor%20Survey%20Factsheet_051723_final_508.pdf|title= AmeriCorps NCCC Sponsor Survey Fact Sheet |website=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref>

[[File:FEMA Corps Team.jpg|thumbnail|Example of an AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Team]]
Disaster relief remains a significant priority for NCCC. Teams have been deployed in response to events such as [[Hurricane Sandy]] and the [[2011 Joplin tornado]], and between 2012 and 2019, half of all projects involved disaster services.<ref name= "OIG" /><ref name = "JBS" >{{cite web|url=https://americorps.gov/evidence-exchange/Analysis-of-the-AmeriCorps-NCCC-Service-Project-Database%3A-How-NCCC-Service-Projects-Strengthen-Communities-and-Impact-Members-Final-Report|title=Analysis of the AmeriCorps NCCC Service Project Database: How NCCC Service Projects Strengthen Communities and Impact Members---Final-Report|date=2020|publisher=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref> In 2012, NCCC launched an official partnership with [[FEMA]] that led to the creation of FEMA Corps, which adapts the NCCC model to concentrate exclusively on disaster relief efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/blog/2012/09/14/welcome-fema-corps-inaugural-class|title=Welcome to the FEMA Corps Inaugural Class|date=14 September 2012|publisher=}}</ref> FEMA Corps members “are dedicated to FEMA deployments in areas of logistics, disaster survivor assistance, individual and public assistance, and recovery.”<ref name= "OIG" /> In 2022, the partnership was formally extended for another five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220516/fema-and-americorps-celebrate-10th-anniversary-fema-corps-renew-program-five|title=National service and emergency management agencies renew specialty National Civilian Community Corps program inter-agency reimbursable work agreement|date=16 May 2022|publisher= Federal Emergency Management Agency}}</ref>

In 2023, NCCC announced a new “Summer of Service” program which allows members to serve for three months rather than a full ten.<ref>{{cite press release |author=AmeriCorps|title= AmeriCorps Announces Summer Service Opportunities Supporting the Environment, Affordable Housing and Economic Opportunity |url= https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/02/09/2605450/0/en/AmeriCorps-Announces-Summer-Service-Opportunities-Supporting-the-Environment-Affordable-Housing-and-Economic-Opportunity.html|publisher = Globe Newswire |date = 2023-02-09|access-date = 2024-03-07}}</ref> Later that year, NCCC struck an arrangement with the [[U.S. Forest Service]] to create the NCCC Forest Corps, which trains teams to assist the Forest Service in conducting conservation projects such as fuels reduction, trail maintenance, [[controlled burn|prescribed burns]], and wildlife surveys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americorps.gov/serve/americorps/americorps-nccc/forest-corps|title=AmeriCorps NCCC Forest Corps|website=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not Stated--> |title= President Biden Launches the American Climate Corps, Announces AmeriCorps NCCC Forest Corps |url= https://www.americorps.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2009/national-service-agency-opens-americorps-nccc-campus-vicksburg |publisher = Corporation for National and Community Service |date = 2023-09-03|access-date = 2024-03-03}}</ref> The first Forest Corps class was inducted in July of 2024 at the Pacific Region headquarters in Sacramento.<ref>{{cite news |title=Inaugural class of new Forest Corps inducted in Sacramento |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/inaugural-class-of-new-forest-corps-inducted-in-sacramento/ |access-date=9 November 2024 |publisher=CBS News |date=July 16, 2024}}</ref>

==Program overview==
[[Image:NCCC_Traditional_Corps_Regions_Map.png|thumb|250px|A map of the four regions of AmeriCorps NCCC: Pacific, Southwest, North Central, and Southern.]]
AmeriCorps NCCC is divided into four regions, each covering multiple states and territories. These include the Pacific Region, headquartered in [[Sacramento]] and covering most of the [[Western United States|Far West]], [[Alaska]], [[Hawaii]], [[Guam]], and [[American Samoa]]; the Southwest Region, headquartered in [[Aurora, Colorado|Aurora]], [[Colorado]] and covering several of the [[West South Central states]] as well as [[Arizona]], [[Colorado]], and [[Wyoming]]; the North Central region, headquartered in [[Vinton, Iowa|Vinton]], [[Iowa]] and covering the [[Midwest]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and northern [[New England]]; and the Southern Region, headquartered in [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], [[Mississippi]] and covering the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]] as well as [[New Jersey]], southern [[New England]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americorps.gov/contact/americorps-nccc-regions|title=AmeriCorps NCCC Regions|website=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref> The regions operate with considerable autonomy, recruiting their own members and selecting their own projects.

To ensure that teams are available year-round, regions operate on staggered, ten-month cycles. Each region is assigned a season (Summer, Fall, or Winter) that fluctuates based on need.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlnjJXet484 |title=AmeriCorps NCCC: Summer of Service Webinar |language=en |access-date=2024-04-03 |via=www.youtube.com}} [8:20]</ref> In 2024, both the Southwest and North Central regions will receive summer recruits.<ref>https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/2024%20SoS%20FAQ%20Flyer%20-%20v1%20-%20508.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref> The term is divided into three or four service rounds lasting from seven to fourteen weeks; each round typically corresponds to one project, although some teams may split the round between two or more projects.<ref name = "OIG" /><ref name = "Traditional Corps">{{cite web|url=http://www.americorps.gov/serve/americorps/americorps-nccc/traditional-corps|title=AmeriCorps NCCC Traditional Corps|website=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref>

Individuals apply to serve either as Corps Members or Team Leaders.<ref name = "Traditional Corps" /> At the start of the term, those chosen to serve report to their regional campus, where they are assigned to a team and trained in [[tool management]], [[first aid]], [[conflict resolution]], and other skills. After the training period, teams are dispatched to their first projects, generally returning to campus to transition between rounds. At the end of the term, those who successfully complete the program with the requisite number of service hours graduate in an on-campus ceremony.<ref name = "Handbook">{{cite web|url=http://www.americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/AmeriCorps-NCCC-Member-Handbook-2023.pdf|title=AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps Member Handbook|website=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref>
===Structure===
At the start of the service term, each team consists of one Team Leader and eight to ten Corps Members.<ref name = "Traditional Corps" />  The Team Leader serves as the liaison between the team, the project sponsor, and NCCC staff, and is responsible for ensuring the safety and well-being of the team as well as adherence to NCCC policies and procedures. Teams are organized into Units of five to seven, each headed by a Unit Leader. Every campus has one Region Director and three Deputy Region Directors.<ref name = "Handbook" />

===Projects===

Each region selects projects round-by-round from a pool of applications submitted from within its geographical purview. Only [[nonprofit organization|nonprofits]], [[faith-based organizations]], schools, government entities, and public land trusts may be selected as project sponsors. Sponsors are required to provide teams with a work plan, on-site supervision, and lodging which includes showers and cooking facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americorps.gov/partner/how-it-works/americorps-nccc |title=Sponsor a Team|website=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref>

While on deployment, teams work, live, eat, and sleep together. Each team is provided with a 15-passenger van for transportation purposes as well as an allowance for purchasing food and supplies. As of 2019, approximately half of all NCCC projects were primarily concerned with disaster response, one-quarter with urban and rural development, one-fifth with environmental conservation, and the rest with infrastructure improvement or energy conservation. It is common for the same sponsor to host multiple teams over the course of several years; a study of 5,004 projects between 2012 and 2019 identified only 1,439 unique project sponsors. Projects vary widely in scope and scale, and the work can encompass a broad array of tasks and responsibilities such as [[tutoring]] schoolchildren, clearing away [[invasive species]], building [[affordable housing]], and helping community members file their [[taxes]].<ref name = "JBS" />
===Benefits and requirements===
In order to serve, all NCCC members must be citizens or [[Green card|lawful permanent residents]] of the United States over the age of 18. Corps Members may be no older than 26, while there is no upper age limit for Team Leaders.<ref name = "Traditional Corps" />   In order to graduate from the program, all members must complete 1,700 hours of community service over a ten-month period. At least 80 of these hours must come in the form of Independent Service Projects (ISPs), which Corps Members seek out for themselves while in the field (Team Leaders are exempt from this requirement).<ref name = "Handbook" />

NCCC members may choose to resign from the program at any time. While serving, members receive room and board, uniforms, limited health benefits, and a modest, taxable stipend for other living expenses. Members are required to refrain from using federally illegal drugs such as [[marijuana]], and are subject to random drug tests.<ref name = "Handbook" />

Those who successfully complete the program are eligible to receive a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, which can be used to pay tuition costs at qualified institutions of higher education, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans. The award amount is considered taxable income and is equal to the maximum value of the [[Pell Grant]] ($7,395 as of Fiscal Year 2023). <ref  name = "Segal">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/segal-americorps-education-award|title=Segal AmeriCorps Education Award|website=Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-pell-grant|title=Everything You Need to Know About the Pell Grant|website=U.S. News & World Report |author1 = Kerr, Emma |author2 = Wood, Sarah}}</ref> Individuals can only receive Education Awards for two terms of AmeriCorps service.<ref name = "Segal" /> Generally speaking, individuals who leave the program early forfeit their claim to the Award, but those who depart for “compelling personal circumstances” may be eligible for a partial award at the discretion of the Region Director.<ref name = "Handbook" />
==Impact and criticism==
A 2022 survey found that 87% of project sponsors believed “to a large or moderate extent” that NCCC teams strengthened the communities in which they served, while 89% believed that NCCC helped them accomplish their objectives in a shorter period of time. In 2009, then-[[Mississippi]] [[Governor of Mississippi|Governor]] [[Haley Barbour]] hailed NCCC’s response to [[Hurricane Katrina]], saying that teams had rendered “tremendous service” to the [[Gulf Coast]]’s recovery efforts.<ref name = "Vicksburg" />

However, NCCC has also come under substantial criticism, with many arguing that its costs are exorbitantly high relative to its impact. In 2006, President Bush’s proposal to eliminate NCCC drew support from some [[fiscal conservatism|fiscal conservatives]], with U.S. Representative [[Jerry Lewis (California politician)|Jerry Lewis]] calling the program “very costly and poorly administered” and libertarian activist [[James Bovard]] calling it a wasteful “[[boondoggle]]”.<ref name = "Fox" /> In 2016, AmeriCorps’s own [[Inspector General]] published a sharply critical assessment, finding that NCCC suffers from high attrition and low enrollment rates, and that its services “cost the taxpayers four to eight times more than the same services by…other AmeriCorps programs” yet “achieve no better long-term outcomes.” The report recommended that AmeriCorps divert funds away from NCCC and towards other programs like [[AmeriCorps VISTA|VISTA]] and [[AmeriCorps Seniors|Senior Corps]], which it deemed more cost-effective. In response, NCCC leadership stated that because of NCCC’s residential nature, it is “[u]nlike any other national service program,” and that “direct comparisons to other national service programs are difficult and cannot adequately capture” the program’s value.<ref name = "OIG" />

==List of National Directors==
{| class= "wikitable"
|+ National Directors of NCCC
|- 
! Name !! Term
|-
| Brig. Gen. Donald L. Scott (Ret.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9615/scott.html|title=Donald Scott Appointed Deputy Librarian|website=Library of Congress|date= September 16, 1996|publisher= United States Copyright Office}}</ref> || 1993 – 1996
|-
| Col. Fred L. Peters (Ret.)**<ref name = "Generals Press">{{cite press release |title = Retired Military Leaders Support NCCC Service|last1= Scott |first1 = Donald |last2 = Peters |first2 = Fred |last3 = Chambers |first3 = Andrew |date = May 29, 2006 |url=https://www.americorpsalums.org/resource/resmgr/nccc/nccc_support-_generals_scott.pdf}}</ref> || 1996 – 1998
|-
| Lt. Gen. Andrew P. Chambers (Ret.)<ref name = "Generals Press" /> || 1998 – 2000
|-
| Col. Fred L. Peters (Ret.)**<ref name = "Generals Press" />|| 2000 – 2002
|-
| Wendy Zenker<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/04/28/03-10303/proposed-information-collection-comment-request|title=Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request|website=Federal Register|date= April 28, 2003|publisher= National Archives}}</ref> || 2002 – 2003
|-
| Merlene Mazyck**<ref>{{cite web|title = Federal Register, Vol. 68 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-11-06/pdf/03-27937.pdf| website=GovInfo|date= November 6, 2003|publisher= U.S. Government Publishing Office}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/02/12/E8-2473/proposed-information-collection-comment-request|title=Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request|website=Federal Register|date= February 12, 2008|publisher= National Archives}}</ref> || 2003 – 2009
|-
| Mikel Herrington**<ref name = "Herrington" >{{cite web|title= Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/10/16/E9-24865/proposed-information-collection-comment-request| website=Federal Register|date= October 16, 2009|publisher= U.S. Government Publishing Office}}</ref><ref name = "Herrington1">{{cite news |last1=Honan |first1=William H. |title=Message from NCCC National Director Mikel Herrington|url=https://hoppinjohns.net/WP_Johns/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/NCCC-E-Newsletter-April-2011.pdf|access-date=March 6, 2024 |date = April 2011 |work=AmeriCorps NCCC E-Newsletter |publisher = Corporation for National and Community Service}}</ref> || 2009 – 2011
|-
| Kate Raftery<ref name = "Herrington1" /><ref name = "Raftery">{{cite press release |author=<!--Not Stated--> |title= Statement of Kate Raftery, Director, AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, Regarding Death of National Service Member |url= https://americorps.gov/newsroom/official-statements/2014/statement-kate-raftery-director-americorps-national-civilian|publisher = Corporation for National and Community Service |date = 2014-03-09|access-date = 2024-04-21}}</ref> || 2011 – 2014
|-
| Gina Cross**<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/05/06/2014-10350/information-collection-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request |title = Information Collection; Submission for Comment Request| website=Federal Register|date= May 6, 2014|publisher= U.S. Government Publishing Office}}</ref> || 2014 – 2021
|-
| Jake Sgambati**<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not Stated--> |title= AmeriCorps Graduates 80+ Members of FEMA Corps in Vicksburg |url= https://americorps.gov/newsroom/press-release/americorps-graduates-80-members-fema-corps-vicksburg|publisher = Corporation for National and Community Service |date = 2022-03-11|access-date = 2024-03-06}}</ref>
 || 2021 – 2022
|-
| Ken Goodson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/29/2022-16334/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for|title = Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NCCC Service Project Application| website=Federal Register|date= July 29, 2022|publisher= U.S. Government Publishing Office}}</ref> || 2022 – ''present''
|}
<nowiki>**</nowiki>Indicates that the individual initially assumed the National Directorship in an Acting capacity

== See also ==
* [[AmeriCorps]]
* [[Camp Hope]]
* [[Community service]]
* [[National service]]
* [[Service learning]]
* [[Volunteerism]]
* [[Youth service]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/americorps-programs/americorps-nccc NCCC official web site]

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