Welcome to AmeriCorps One Stop
Helping AmeriCorps Members Survive, Thrive, & Transition
A Better You. A Greater Us.
AmeriCorps Guidance & Resources
AmeriCorps One Stop is a portal for AmeriCorps Members serving at Imagine Art to access guidance and resources
to support them throughout their service year as well as prepare them for post service year.
Guidance and resources from AmeriCorps, the AmeriCorps Service Year Alliance Resources Archive and AmeriCorps Central Texas Member Resource Hub have been provided on this web page for your convenience.
Community Resources
If you find yourself in a financial bind with food, rent or utilities in Austin (Travis County), contact Texas 211 by dialing 2-1-1, a free social service hotline available 24 hours a day, seven days a week or visit https://www.211texas.org/. Texas 211 can connect you with local community resources that may be able to provide the assistance you seek.
Find Help. Find free or reduced-cost resources like food, housing, financial assistance, health care, and more. Just enter your zip code and choose from ten categories to browse over 3,400 local programs.
CapMetro is Austin's regional public transportation, offering bus, and paratransit services and a commuter rail system known as CapMetro Rail in Austin and several suburbs in Travis and Williamson counties.
Important Wellness Resources
The AmeriCorps Member Wellness Resources focus on your health and wellness. Your wellbeing is extremely important to us which is why AmeriCorps provides health benefits and other resources to assist you in your own self-care; such as the Member Assistance Program (MAP).
Access Member Assistance Program benefits at www.allonehealtheap.com using your email addresss and company code: americorps.
Explore live chat, phone support, and online requests.
Use the financial wellness center, self-assessments, and courses.
Access 1,000+ articles, podcasts, and well-being resources.
Discover exclusive marketplace discounts.
Remember: For life threatening emergencies, please call 911 immediately!
Additional Wellness Resources
Managing stress is a skill that will let you thrive in any workplace - and your life outside, of course! - so learning self-care strategies during your service year that work for you will translate directly to your career and and well-being beyond.
Stress Management and Self Care, January 2019
AmeriCorps Central Texas Member recognizes the importance of member well-being and developed a resource on Self Care and what Health Care Options in Central Texas area available to members.
The Hi How are you? organization was inspired by the late Austin musician/artist Daniel Johnston who was challenged with mental health issues throughout his life and created a website to foster open conversations around mental health.
Mental health resource: Happy Habits
Mindful Minutes….at the start of your day, take a few minutes to reflect on these six self-coaching prompts to ground and center yourself, so you can launch your day with mindfulness, purpose, and focus!
Help with Food Stamps. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called food stamps, is a federal program that provides extra money for groceries each month for qualified households. SNAP benefits are deposited onto an EBT card that can be used at most grocery stores and farmers markets.
Low cost dental health care providers in Central Texas are featured in People’s Community Clinic’s Dental Resources List.
Resources to help you survive & thrive
during your service year
AmeriCorps Alumni share Tips for Surviving and Thriving During Your Service Year at Imagine Art
Austin AmeriCorps Housing and Networking
This Facebook Group lists housing options and roommates.This guide helps current and potential AmeriCorps members serving in our area with updated and detailed information regarding housing options. If sharing is not your thing, many home owners rent rooms out for extra income and investors lease individual condominiums: Hotpads.com, Zillow.com, AustinRoomsForRent.com, HomeBaseServices.com, CribWiz.com
Continued Learning During Your Service Year, January 2019
Service Year Corps Member Goal Setting, January 2019
Surviving Your Service Year: Corps Member Resource, June 2018
Surviving Your Service Year: Commuting, June 2018
Surviving Your Service Year: Student Loans, June 2018
Surviving Your Service Year: Lifestyle, June 2018
Surviving Your Service Year: Relocation and Housing, June 2018
Surviving Your Service Year: Budget, June 2018
9 Tips for Living on a Stipend, December 2017
Resources to help prepare you for post-service life
Artist Resources, an Imagine Art Member Resource
Education Resources, an Imagine Art Member Resource
Employment Resources, an Imagine Art Member Resource
Networking and Interviewing Post-Service, May 2019
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Taxability, April 2018
Translating Service Year Skills, April 2018
Turn Service into Skills for Corps Member Resumes, December 2017
5 Ways Service Years Prepare You for Entrepreneurship, December 2018