Serve Alabama
Volunteering, AmeriCorps, grants, donations, and statewide days of service.
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Explore ways to serve
Serve Alabama & Ready Alabama
One front door for serving Alabama, and being ready for anything.
Whether you want to volunteer, fund a program, or help your family get prepared, start with a question. We answer from the official pages of both Serve Alabama and Ready Alabama, so you never have to guess which site holds what you need.
Ask Serve Alabama
Ask a question. Get a plain answer, then the official pages behind it.
One search reaches every recovered page from Serve Alabama and Ready Alabama, plus dozens of their real forms, grant packets, and preparedness guides, across English and Spanish. No org chart required.
Find your lane
However you show up for Alabama, there's a clear path.
Individuals & families
Give a few hours or a few weekends, and get your household ready at home.
- Find a volunteer role near you
- Donate to a trusted cause
- Make a family emergency plan
Grow your reach with grants, recognition, and partner programs across the state.
- Apply for grants and funding
- List a volunteer opportunity
- Join days of service
Coordinate volunteers and readiness with state and local emergency partners.
- Connect with Ready Alabama
- Request CERT & training
- Share preparedness resources
Lead a team, manage members, and report the difference you're making.
- AmeriCorps member resources
- Run a service project
- Track hours and impact
Two missions, one search
Serve Alabama helps you give. Ready Alabama helps you prepare.
They're two sites today, and residents often don't know which one to open. This redesign keeps each mission clear while a single search and one shared library connect them.
Ready Alabama
Make a plan, build a kit, be informed, and find guidance for every member of the household.
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Get prepared
Resource library
A library Alabamians can actually search.
Getting started
From curious to serving in three steps.
1
Learn
Ask a question or browse by who you are. See real opportunities and official guidance.
2
Apply
Pick a role, a grant, or a preparedness plan and follow one clear page, with no maze of submenus.
3
Serve
Show up, help your community, and come back for the next opportunity year-round.
Why it matters
Alabamians already give at remarkable scale.
762,000
Alabama residents volunteered through an organization in a single year.
$1.4 billion
Estimated economic value of that volunteer service to the state.
1.6 million
Residents who helped their neighbors directly when it mattered most.
Source: AmeriCorps, “Volunteering and Civic Life in America,” Alabama. Shown to illustrate the audience this site serves.
Stay connected
Get service opportunities and readiness tips by email.
A newsletter and notification system are built into the redesign so GOVS staff can reach volunteers and partners directly.