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Stephanie David remembers sitting in interviews expressing her uncertainty about the future and worrying about job offers that didn't come.

"I knew I wanted to help people," says David, 23, of West Palm Beach, Fla. "I just didn't know what it would look like."

After a year of teaching English to migrant farm workers in rural Palm Beach County and helping young people transition out of foster care as an AmeriCorps member, David lined up a job. She's helping 18- to 25-year-old former foster children become independent adults at Vita Nova of Renaissance Village in Palm Beach County.

"I have so much more confidence now," she says.

A growing number of people are flocking to join AmeriCorps this year.

"The spotlight on the value of service has engaged people," AmeriCorps press secretary Ashley Etienne says. "We just need to provide them with knowledge of how to get involved."