As a Maggie’s Place AmeriCorps, your role is to create a safe and welcoming community for our moms and babies.

Responsibilities Include:

Mom Support

Provide consistent, non-judgmental support to Maggie’s Place moms, whether offering an extra set of hands, a listening ear, or the next size up of diapers. We hold babies while mothers take showers, accompany moms on daycare tours, accompany moms to court, celebrate new jobs and soberversaries, and are present in both the beautiful and the challenging moments as our moms navigate their journeys.

Daytime and Overnight House Coverage

Days are split into duty shifts shared by the AmeriCorps team of each home, so that at least one member is present in the home 24/7/365. While on duty members maintain the overall upkeep of the home environment, build rapport with moms, and respond to the needs of the community including answering the door and phone.

Team Coordination of Care

Work together with fellow AmeriCorps members and Maggie’s Place staff to offer comprehensive, wraparound support to our moms. Both teams play a vital role in creating environments of love, community, hospitality, and excellence and in supporting our moms in achieving their goals. By establishing effective communication channels, we provide consistency and wraparound support in all areas of care.

Overall House Operations

Above all else, our AmeriCorps members make each of our houses a home – from hosting birthday celebrations and house outings to ensuring chores are completed, going grocery shopping, supervising volunteers, and doing maintenance tasks such as changing the air filters or plunging the toilet. Members are responsible for overall house operations in each maternity home, which enables our moms to find safety and stability in a warm, caring, well functioning environment.

Contact Meetings

Each AmeriCorps Stability Mentor is paired with 1 or more contact moms. You will meet twice a month with your mom(s) for a contact meeting. Members utilize a program called Seeking Safety that focuses on developing safe and healthy coping skills. Additionally, during one of these meetings each month you and your contact mom are encouraged to have fun getting to know each other by participating in a shared activity together: grabbing a coffee, going to the movies, crafting a baby book, or DIY self-care activities.

Community Engagement
All members participate in community events, such as celebrations, house outings, weekly Community Nights, and AmeriCorps community events. By being a member of our team, you will actively contribute to fostering a sense of community, belonging, and interconnectedness for moms, volunteers, donors, staff, and fellow AmeriCorps members.

Emergency & Conflict Response

AmeriCorps members are the first responders for emergencies and conflicts within the household. Members are trained in de-escalation and problem solving strategies to ensure stability and wellbeing, and our on-call staff members are just a phone call away so that members are never alone in knowing how to manage challenging situations. As an organization, we are committed to trauma-informed care. A large part of the AmeriCorps role is modeling healthy conflict resolution and mediating hard conversations.

Supporting Substance Abuse Recovery
Support moms in their recovery from substance abuse through one-on-one coaching that addresses risk factors common to addiction. Provide tools, resources, and nonjudgmental support for the recovery journey.