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    The Service Signal: story-driven communications for AmeriCorps and social-impact organizations. Let’s make headlines together.

    The Service Signal by America Learns is a communications platform for AmeriCorps, service year, and social-impact organizations.

    • Get your work in front of press, podcasters, and elected officials
    • Reach community voices, funders, and future members
    • Turn impact data into stories that move people
    • No stretched staff becoming communications experts

    Your work stays separate and protected.

    Real people are here when you need help.

    Built with the field, not just for it.

    Illustrative scene of an adult learner reading with a volunteer tutor and program staff in a city library.
    Turn impact data into stories that move people.

    STOP CARRYING YOUR PROGRAM'S STORY ALONE

    The visibility work your team has never had time for—handled with you.

    No PR jargon. No separate spreadsheets. No bots who think they know better than you.

    Signal Watch + timely dates

    Notice the opening

    We watch the news and calendar for moments connected to your work.

    Public contact research

    Find the right person

    Identify journalists, podcast hosts, and officials who may care.

    Reaching Out workflow

    Keep the follow-up moving

    Prepare grounded outreach and keep the next step from slipping away.

    Built around your real week

    Built for the 15 minutes you actually have.

    Set the direction once. Come back when there is a real opportunity or a decision only your team can make.

    1. 01

      Tell it what matters

      Add a watch phrase or a date once—not every day.

    2. 02

      Review something prepared

      Start from your real program information and organization voice.

    3. 03

      Approve the next step

      You stay in control of every message and relationship.

    Help the work travel further

    Help more people discover and support your work.

    You do not need an existing media list or a relationship with a reporter to begin.

    Illustrative scene of AmeriCorps members and program staff welcoming a fictional congresswoman to a rural service site.
    Bring decision-makers closer to the work.

    Press

    Find publicly listed journalists and prepare a relevant, grounded introduction.

    Podcast hosts

    Discover conversations where your community's experience belongs.

    Community voices

    Give trusted messengers useful stories and evidence to carry forward.

    Elected officials

    Find the right offices and make local impact easier to understand.

    Funders

    Turn outcomes into clear stories of public value and possibility.

    Future members

    Connect service opportunities to the moments people already care about.

    Human community is the heart of it

    You’re not doing this alone.

    Connect with verified peers who understand service work, ask for feedback on drafts and strategy, and share what's worked for you.

    A place to say, “Has anyone else handled this?”—and hear from people who have.

    • Verified members
    • Practical peer feedback
    • Shared knowledge from the field

    Community

    A little help. A bigger story.

    A fresh pair of eyes on my pitch?

    1. MayaMonday

      Sharing my pitch draft. Reporters keep passing — is my opening the problem? Be blunt, please.

      My story pitch · Draft

    INTRODUCTORY PRICING. NO SALES MAZE.

    Choose the support that fits.

    Seven days to explore the full platform with your own organization in mind.

    For programs

    Social Impact & Service Programs

    $99per month

    The complete communications engine for AmeriCorps programs and social impact efforts.

    • Communication grounded in your organization's voice
    • Signal Watch news monitoring
    • Outreach planning and follow-through
    • Media contacts and elected-official lookup
    • Recruitment planning and official briefs
    • Impact data shaped into stories and press pitches
    • Content library, calendar, reminders, and team collaboration

    For statewide leaders

    Service Commissions & Associations

    $175per month

    Equip your entire state portfolio and membership: Field Kits, cross-organization campaigns, and unlimited seats.

    • Everything included for programs
    • Field Kits for coordinated subgrantee campaigns
    • Cross-organization campaigns
    • Unlimited team members
    • Dedicated onboarding and priority support

    Keep your community at the center

    Let’s make headlines together.

    Get the communications engine your work has always deserved.