- Where
- Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
- Level
- Mid
Note: This is a full-time RPC AmeriCorps position with Achieve Brown County.
About the Rural Partners Corps:
The Rural Partners Corps (RPC) is a new AmeriCorps service fellowship from Lead For America (LFA) that places locally rooted fellows with rural, place-based backbone organizations. Fellows already live in or near the communities they serve. They bring local knowledge, transferable skills, relationships, and a commitment to making their communities stronger. RPC Fellows will serve 40 hours per week from December through August, working alongside Host Site staff and community partners to build organizational and community capacity and advance cradle-to-career economic mobility for rural young people.
About Achieve Brown County
Our mission is to use data and rally our community to co-create equitable conditions so all young people can thrive. We are a backbone / collective impact partnership. We are part of the national StriveTogether network. We believe that no one organization can create better outcomes for young people alone so we focus on bringing people, data, and action together to help every young person in Brown County thrive. More information can be found on our website at https://achievebrowncounty.org/
Position Overview
Achieve Brown County's RPC Fellow will support three high-priority community projects under the forWORDS literacy initiative and parent voice activation under the guidance and supervision of Achieve Brown County staff and in alignment with the approved AmeriCorps State and National grant and performance measures.
Under the forWORDS literacy initiative, the fellow will support two projects. They will advance the development of the Early Literacy Asset Map. This project focuses on building a comprehensive resource directory to help families, service providers, and community partners easily navigate early literacy opportunities across Brown County. In this capacity, the Member will gather and organize local program data (ranging from storytimes and tutoring services to book distribution efforts) to help identify community strengths, service gaps, and barriers to access, ultimately ensuring that local resources effectively support third-grade reading proficiency. The Member will organize information and document findings for staff review and will follow applicable data-handling and confidentiality procedures. The second project will be to expand pilots of Built Literacy Environments in rural communities in Brown County including Denmark, Wrightstown and Pulaski. In this capacity, the Member will build local relationships and work with local community members and businesses to design literacy environments where families already are with their children such as laundromats, food pantries, parks and other public spaces. Community outreach, partner coordination, and proposed activities will be conducted under staff guidance, with commitments and final decisions remaining with authorized staff.
In addition to the literacy initiative, the Member will support the pilot and launch of a new Parent Advocates cohort (a 6-month initiative designed to bring together 10 local parents to learn, grow, and collaborate on a shared advocacy priority for youth in our community). To prepare for the upcoming launch, the fellow will conduct background research on model peer programs, assist in drafting curriculum materials, and help establish administrative infrastructure, including identifying and coordinating with key community partners like childcare providers to support monthly gatherings. The Member's role will focus on parent engagement, program development, and community capacity building; it will not include lobbying, attempting to influence legislation, or partisan political activity. Curriculum materials and program plans will be submitted to staff for review and approval.
Key Responsibilities
The RPC fellow will:
Program Infrastructure & Cohort Launch Support: Research model peer programs to gather best…