# AmeriCorps

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/americorps/  
**Website:** https://americorps.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 4

AmeriCorps is a federal agency that engages millions of Americans in service to their communities through programs including AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps NCCC, AmeriCorps Seniors, and the Volunteer Generation Fund. Established in 1993 under the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), AmeriCorps addresses critical community needs in education, disaster response, environmental conservation, economic opportunity, and healthy futures. The agency operates the AmeriCorps Open Data portal (data.americorps.gov) providing programmatic access to research, evaluation, and program data via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA).

## Kin Score — 32.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 57.8 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 22.2 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **AmeriCorps Open Data SODA API** — The AmeriCorps Open Data portal provides programmatic access to AmeriCorps research, evaluation, and program datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). The portal includes d...
- **AmeriCorps Catalog API** — Discover datasets published on the AmeriCorps open data portal.
- **AmeriCorps Datasets API** — Retrieve dataset rows via the Socrata SODA resource endpoint.
- **AmeriCorps Metadata API** — Retrieve dataset metadata and schema information.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Americorps Agentic Access** — 4 operations

## Security (2)

- **Americorps Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Americorps Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Americorps Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Program Evaluation Research** — Accessing AmeriCorps program evaluation reports and impact data via the SODA API to conduct independent research on national service effectiveness.
- **Grant Management and Reporting** — Partners and grantees accessing program data and reporting resources to manage AmeriCorps grants and measure member outcomes.
- **Volunteer Engagement Analytics** — Analyzing volunteer engagement patterns, member satisfaction data, and civic participation trends using AmeriCorps open datasets.
- **Policy and Advocacy Research** — Accessing return-on-investment studies, evidence snapshots, and program outcome data to support policy development and advocacy for national service.

## Tags

Federal-Government, National Service, Volunteerism, Community Development, Civic Engagement, Education, Disaster Response, Environmental Conservation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/americorps/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.