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2. Community service - Wikipedia

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   Background service is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of their community or its institutions. Community service is distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed on a voluntary basis and may be performed for a variety of reasons, including: . Required by a government as a part of citizenship requirements, like the mandatory "Hand and ...

3. AmeriCorps - Wikipedia

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   AmeriCorps ( / əˈmɛrɪkɔːr / ə-MERR-ih-kor; officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work programs in many sectors. These programs include AmeriCorps VISTA ...

4. Community Service Society of New York - Wikipedia

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   The Community Service Society of New York ( CSS) is an independent, nonprofit organization established in 1939. Originally formed as a charity providing direct assistance to the poor, its mission has evolved include research and advocacy as well as legal and informational support services for other organizations that work with low-income ...

5. Community service officer - Wikipedia

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   In Jacksonville, Florida, the CSO is regarded as an entry-level position to law enforcement for high school graduates, because the department requires police officers to be at least 21 and have a bachelor's degree, or associate degree and four years of active military or law-enforcement experience. CSOs are expected to attend college (tuition ...

6. National service in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Military national service. Thomas Jefferson lobbied heavily to ban a professional, standing army, and pushed for the creation of a universal and classified militia system that obligated every physically capable male to render service. Though he failed to have such a clause written into the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights, Jefferson ...

7. National Civilian Community Corps - Wikipedia

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   The National Civilian Community Corps ( NCCC ), or AmeriCorps NCCC [a], is an AmeriCorps program founded in 1993 that engages 18- to 26-year-olds in team-based, residential community service projects across the United States. Each year, approximately 2,200 individuals representative of all colors, creeds, states, and economic statuses are ...