ACTS: History & Vision

ACTS (Active Community Team Services) has provided assistance to nearly 2 million people through its 17,000 volunteers since 2004. 44 million dollars worth of donated supplies, water, ice, 510,000 hot meals and medical services and supplies have been distributed during various times of disaster. Click here to learn more

Divisions of ACTS

ACTS (Active Community Team Services) is unique in our means of providing humanitarian services. We specifically focus on training high school youth and college age young adults in the United States as well as abroad to empower others in service. Our training is carried on within the framework of the five following areas of humanitarian assistance:

• Disaster Response - Able to respond within 24 hours of federally declared incidents, using its volunteer army of everyone. Learn More

• Medical Response - Through a nationwide network of Health Care Professionals, ACTS can assemble teams to provide inoculations and first response health care. Learn More

• Community Service Institute - ACTS promotes on-line certification as well as the granting of college credits or continuing education, with electives in: Youth Chaplaincy, Public Health, Creative Ministry, Emergency Response Preparedness. Learn More

• Development - Mobilizes volunteers to respond to ongoing projects such as: rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Felix in Nicaragua, assisting with the training of first responders in Honduras, drilling water wells, or general classes on hygiene, sanitation, water purification, disaster response and Public Health. Learn More

• Emergency Support - All ACTS ES Volunteers receive basic-training in Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) and the Incident Command System (IS 100). Learn More