City Year is dedicated to helping students and schools succeed. City Year AmeriCorps members serve full - time in high - need urban schools, where they partner with teachers and school leaders to provide high - impact student, classroom, and school-wide support to help students stay in school and on track to graduate from high school, and prepare for college and career success. City Year has a Long-Term Impact strategy, an exciting plan to scale its impact to dramatically increase the urban graduation pipeline and transform the future for thousands of students nationwide.