Serve Alaska, State Service Commission

09/03/2026

📢 | Alaska Afterschool Network: 🔬 We're building Alaska’s future STEM workforce - one student at a time thanks to the Alaska Community Foundation's Vocational Fund for Alaska's Future.

Through our AmeriCorps STEM Coach program, young adults gain valuable workforce experience while bringing hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math opportunities to students across Alaska in a fun, out-of-school time setting!

Our AmeriCorps program creates a cycle: STEM Coaches build real-world skills and experience, while students gain confidence, curiosity, and early exposure to STEM careers.

🧬Learn more about our AmeriCorps program:🤖https://www.akafterschool.org/americorps

This program was made possible by a grant from the Vocational Fund for Alaska’s Future program of The Alaska Community Foundation. Thank you for prioritizing Alaska's kids and helping them explore an interest in STEM careers!

🔬 We're building Alaska’s future STEM workforce - one student at a time thanks to the Alaska Community Foundation's Vocational Fund for Alaska's Future.

Through our AmeriCorps STEM Coach program, young adults gain valuable workforce experience while bringing hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math opportunities to students across Alaska in a fun, out-of-school time setting!

Our AmeriCorps program creates a cycle: STEM Coaches build real-world skills and experience, while students gain confidence, curiosity, and early exposure to STEM careers.

🧬Learn more about our AmeriCorps program:🤖https://www.akafterschool.org/americorps

This program was made possible by a grant from the Vocational Fund for Alaska’s Future program of The Alaska Community Foundation. Thank you for prioritizing Alaska's kids and helping them explore an interest in STEM careers!

09/02/2026

📢 | Student Conservation Association: For the love of dogs! 🐶 Did you know that our crew members get to take care of the sled dogs at Denali National Park in Alaska?!? Talk about the best job ever!

09/01/2026

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL | AmeriCorps Alaska and Serve Alaska are requesting proposals for the FY 2027 Competitive AmeriCorps State and National Grants.

More Information: http://notice.alaska.gov/224984

Upcoming RFP (Request for Proposal) Deadlines:

📅 September 8, 2026: Notice of Intent to apply due by 5:00 p.m. Alaska
📅 September 11, 2026: Mandatory Pre-Application Teleconference at 9:00 a.m. Alaska

AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism.

AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations that engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities.

For information on AmeriCorps funding priorities and the grant application process, visit: http://notice.alaska.gov/224984

For information about Serve Alaska, visit: ServeAlaska.alaska.gov

08/18/2026

📢 | Alaska Afterschool Network: 💡Do you have ideas, tools or strategies to share with the out-of-school time field?

The Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference is now accepting workshop proposals! Join us in Anchorage Nov. 12-13 in shaping a dynamic lineup of 35+ workshops that will equip afterschool educators to grow their skills, strengthen staff capacity and explore hands-on projects or curricula.
We're seeking engaging, interactive sessions in areas such as:

Social/Emotional Learning (SEL)
Behavior Management
Trauma Informed Practice
Program Management
Culturally Responsive Programming
Family Engagement
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)
Inclusive Programming for Youth with Disabilities
College and Career Readiness
Language Arts/Literacy
Secondary Programs/Teen Programming
Health and Wellness (physical fitness, nutrition)
Diversity, Equity and Belonging
Substance Misuse Prevention
Youth Mental Health
Staff Engagement (staff retention, staff self-care, reframing conflict)
Post Pandemic Recovery
Leadership Development

⏱Workshop proposals due: Sept. 18, 2026. Selected presenters will be notified no later than the end of October. To submit, complete the 2026 workshop proposal form and email it to Xaviera Lee at [email protected].

👉For more information about the Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference, please visit: akostconference.org

💡Do you have ideas, tools or strategies to share with the out-of-school time field?

The Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference is now accepting workshop proposals! Join us in Anchorage Nov. 12-13 in shaping a dynamic lineup of 35+ workshops that will equip afterschool educators to grow their skills, strengthen staff capacity and explore hands-on projects or curricula.

We're seeking engaging, interactive sessions in areas such as:
Social/Emotional Learning (SEL)
Behavior Management
Trauma Informed Practice
Program Management
Culturally Responsive Programming
Family Engagement
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)
Inclusive Programming for Youth with Disabilities
College and Career Readiness
Language Arts/Literacy
Secondary Programs/Teen Programming
Health and Wellness (physical fitness, nutrition)
Diversity, Equity and Belonging
Substance Misuse Prevention
Youth Mental Health
Staff Engagement (staff retention, staff self-care, reframing conflict)
Post Pandemic Recovery
Leadership Development

⏱Workshop proposals due: Sept. 18, 2026. Selected presenters will be notified no later than the end of October. To submit, complete the 2026 workshop proposal form and email it to Xaviera Lee at [email protected].

👉For more information about the Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference, please visit: akostconference.org

08/14/2026

📢 | Alaska Afterschool Network: 📆 Save the date for the 2026 Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference.

The pre-conference is November 11.

The conference runs November 12-13 at the Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage.

This annual event supports professional development for Alaska's out-of-school time providers. Registration opens soon.

📆 Save the date for the 2026 Alaska Out-of-School Time Conference.

The pre-conference is November 11.

The conference runs November 12-13 at the Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage.

This annual event supports professional development for Alaska's out-of-school time providers. Registration opens soon.

08/12/2026

SERVICE IN ACTION 🌲 | Last month, Serve Alaska joined the Student Conservation Association (SCA) team at Lake Clark National Park & Preserve and Port Alsworth, Alaska.

During their summer term, five AmeriCorps volunteers are making lasting improvements to the park, including constructing a new trail between the Tanalian Falls Trail and the park’s visitor center, building a new parking area to improve accessibility for visitors, and renovating the landscape around the visitor center in ways that will benefit the park and its community.

📢 SHOUTOUT: Thank you, Volunteers, for your dedication, hard work, and stewardship on this project. Your commitment to preserving Alaska's public lands helps create a more welcoming and accessible experience for everyone who visits Lake Clark National Park & Preserve.

LEARN MORE:

Student Conservation Association (Alaska): thesca.org/sca-alaska
Serve Alaska: ServeAlaska.alaska.gov

08/05/2026

ALUM OPPORTUNITIES 🗣️ | Hear from AmeriCorps alums that are serving in their communities and discover ways you can continue to get things done.

From school boards to state service commissions, alums are continuing to serve in local, statewide, and national efforts.

To explore these opportunities, America's Service Commissions (ASC) and Service Year (SYA) are hosting a webinar geared toward AmeriCorps Alums or soon-to-be AmeriCorps Alums. This webinar will cover how and why alums should serve on boards and commissions.

WEBINAR: America's Service Commissions: How to Serve on a Board or Commission
DATE: Thursday, August 13, 2026, at 4:00pm ET
MORE INFO: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/D6NJFbQpTLat4SVcRBfvxg #/registration

Learn more about Alaska’s state service commission and Serve Alaska: ServeAlaska.alaska.gov

07/30/2026

CONTRACTOR NEEDED | Serve Alaska is looking for a contractor to help build the Alaska Youth Mental Health Corps (YMHC)!

🔍 More Information: aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224446
🗓️ Deadline to apply: August 3, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Alaska

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Community and Regional Affairs, is soliciting proposals for an Alaska Youth Mental Health Corps Contractor.

The YMHC Contractor will be primarily responsible for:

✅ Learning Alaska’s behavioral health training and credentialing landscape
✅ Engaging partners and AmeriCorps programs
✅ Synthesizing findings
✅ Translating input into an implementation-ready YMHC model for a planned Fall 2027 launch

For information about Serve Alaska, visit: ServeAlaska.alaska.gov

07/29/2026

RESTORING RESURRECTION CREEK ⛰️ | Last week, the Serve Alaska team was able to visit Student Conservation Association(SCA)/AmeriCorps volunteers at the Resurrection Creek Restoration Project in Hope, Alaska.

SCA volunteers have been working through the summer to assist in the project, including building trails and re-vegetating stream banks.

Their work serves to assist in restoring a 2.2-mile segment of Resurrection Creek and 74 areas of riparian habitat in the lower and more accessible reaches of the creek.

(🔍: A riparian habitat is the zone right next to a creek or river where plants, wildlife, and soil conditions are influenced by the presence of water. It’s an important area for stabilizing stream banks, supporting fish and wildlife, and maintaining overall ecosystem health.)

From the project’s website, the restoration will “improve conditions within the Resurrection Creek watershed and provide long-term benefits for the stream, the salmon that inhabit it, nearby wildlife, and the many people that fish or use the creek for subsistence and recreation.”

The Resurrection Creek Phase II Restoration Project is made possible by a unique partnership between Trout Unlimited, Kinross Alaska, Hope Mining Company, National Forest Foundation, and the U.S. Forest Service.

LEARN MORE:

Resurrection Creek Restoration Project: www.resurrectioncreek.org

Student Conservation Association: thesca.org/sca-alaska

Serve Alaska: https://ServeAlaska.alaska.gov

07/28/2026

WELCOME, BEV! | Alaska Afterschool Network: This summer brings a change to our AmeriCorps team. We're welcoming Bev Levene as our new AmeriCorps Project Director and saying a heartfelt goodbye to Erin Moriearty, who is moving on after nearly five years with the Alaska Afterschool Network.

Learn more:

Alaska Afterschool Network: www.akafterschool.org/americorps

Serve Alaska: ServeAlaska.alaska.gov

This summer brings a change to our AmeriCorps team. We're welcoming Bev Levene as our new AmeriCorps Project Director and saying a heartfelt goodbye to Erin Moriearty, who is moving on after nearly five years with the Alaska Afterschool Network.

Please join us in welcoming Bev and in thanking Erin for all she has given Alaska's afterschool community. You can check out the full, Passing the Torch, blog here: https://www.akafterschool.org/blog/hello-bev-goodbye-erin