Summer Associates

The PHENND Summer Associates program enrolls just graduated high school seniors intending to pursue higher education in summer-only, full-time AmeriCorps positions.  During the program, the Summer Associates provide service to summer youth programs, while also attending pre-college guidance sessions with PHENND.  Like all full-time AmeriCorps members, the Associates are paid a bi-weekly living stipend and earn a pro-rated Segal AmeriCorps Education Award. The Associates are primarily low-income and/or are the first in their family to attend college.

For summer 2024, the program partnered with the following organizations who both referred program alumni as members for the program, and also hosted them during their summer service.

• Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion (CCATE)
• University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships
• Squash Smarts
• Temple University’s Community Collaborative of Philadelphia

In 2025, our program did not run due to the cancelation of our AmeriCorps grant by DOGE. However, our grant was reinstated by the courts in June and refunded in August, so we expect to run the program again in Summer 2026.