Become a Block Captain
Lead Your Block. Serve Your Community. Get Paid to Build Atlantic City's Future.
Atlantic City Community Cooperative is recruiting youth and young adults ages 18–30 to become paid Block Captains — trusted neighborhood leaders who help residents join the Co-op, use Boardwalk Basket, access support services, and bring community ownership to every block of Atlantic City.
This is more than a job. It is a leadership opportunity, a paid work experience, and a chance to represent your neighborhood with pride. Atlantic City has 48 community outreach blocks. We are starting with 12 Block Captains who will each serve approximately four blocks.
One City. 48 Blocks. Youth-Led Community Ownership.
12
Pilot Block Captains
Launching the first youth leadership cohort.
48
Atlantic City Blocks
Organizing outreach block by block.
18–30
Ages
Paid leadership opportunity for AC youth and young adults.
Paid
Training + Work
Earn income while building real-world experience.
What Is a Block Captain?
A Block Captain is a paid Community Impact Liaison for Atlantic City Community Cooperative.
Block Captains are local youth and young adults who represent the Co-op in their assigned neighborhoods. They help residents understand what the Co-op is, how to become members, how to use Boardwalk Basket, and how to connect with the ACCC Center for Social Impact.
They knock on doors, attend neighborhood events, speak with families, support seniors, educate residents, help small businesses connect to Boardwalk Basket, and collect feedback from the people who know Atlantic City best — the residents.
A Block Captain is a paid neighborhood leader who helps Atlantic City residents connect to food, delivery, membership, services, jobs, and community ownership.
Why Atlantic City Needs Block Captains
Atlantic City Community Cooperative is not just building a supermarket. We are building a community-owned system for food access, local delivery, small business growth, youth employment, and social impact.
For this movement to succeed, residents must understand it, trust it, join it, and use it. That cannot happen through ads alone. It happens through people — when a young leader from the neighborhood says:
- “This Co-op belongs to us.”
- “This platform supports our local businesses.”
- “This membership gives our community a voice.”
- “This service can help your family.”
- “This is how we change Atlantic City together.”
The Block Captain Program turns community outreach into paid youth employment and turns local residents into leaders of the cooperative movement.
What Block Captains Do
Block Captains are trained and paid to support several important areas of the Co-op's work.
Community Outreach
Speak directly with residents, families, seniors, workers, and neighborhood leaders. Explain the Co-op's mission, answer questions, and invite people to participate.
Membership Drive
Help residents become members. Explain membership options, help with sign-up forms, and make sure every block has a voice in the Co-op.
Boardwalk Basket Education
Teach residents how to use Boardwalk Basket. Help people create accounts, understand delivery, and support local vendors.
Delivery Support
Support local delivery through Boardwalk Basket with required training — grocery delivery, vendor pickup, senior delivery, and neighborhood routes.
Social Impact Referrals
Connect residents to the ACCC Center for Social Impact for food access, job readiness, training, benefits navigation, and community resources.
Small Business Support
Introduce local businesses, food entrepreneurs, and service providers to Boardwalk Basket so they can reach more customers.
Resident Feedback
Collect community feedback, concerns, ideas, food preferences, delivery needs, and service gaps so the Co-op responds to real needs.
For Atlantic City Youth Ages 18–30
Get Paid. Get Trained. Get Respected. Lead Your Block.
If you are between the ages of 18 and 30 and care about Atlantic City, this program is for you. As a Block Captain, you will receive paid training, paid work experience, leadership development, and the opportunity to represent your own neighborhood with pride.
You do not need to be perfect. You do not need a college degree. You do not need years of experience. You need to be reliable, respectful, coachable, and ready to make a difference.
As a Block Captain, you can:
- Earn paid income.
- Receive paid training.
- Build your resume.
- Learn leadership skills.
- Help residents in your community.
- Support local businesses.
- Learn about delivery and digital marketplace operations.
- Gain customer service and outreach experience.
- Build a pathway into future jobs with the Co-op.
- Become a recognized leader in your neighborhood.
- Help change the story of Atlantic City.
You are not just applying for a job. You are stepping into leadership.
Who Should Apply?
We are looking for Atlantic City youth and young adults who are ready to serve, learn, and lead. You may be a good fit if you:
- Are between 18 and 30 years old.
- Live in Atlantic City or have a strong connection to the city.
- Care about your neighborhood.
- Like talking to people.
- Want paid work experience.
- Want to learn leadership and communication skills.
- Are interested in community impact.
- Are interested in delivery, business, technology, social services, or entrepreneurship.
- Can be reliable and professional.
- Are willing to complete training.
Preferred but not required:
Previous outreach experience, customer service experience, bilingual ability, driver's license, delivery experience, social media or content creation skills, or experience helping neighbors, family, church, school, or community groups.
Even if this is your first leadership opportunity, we encourage you to apply. We will train you.
Training That Builds Real Skills
Every Block Captain will receive training before going into the community, designed to help you become confident, professional, and prepared.
Block Captains will learn:
- What a cooperative is.
- How Atlantic City Community Cooperative works.
- How to explain membership.
- How to use Boardwalk Basket.
- How to conduct respectful outreach.
- How to speak with residents and businesses.
- How to collect community feedback.
- How to make social impact referrals.
- How delivery operations work.
- How to use digital tools and reporting systems.
- How to stay safe during outreach.
- How to build professional communication and leadership skills.
Career Pathways
This program is designed to help you earn today and build your future.
How the 48-Block Model Works
Atlantic City Community Cooperative is organizing outreach across 48 community blocks. Whenever possible, Block Captains will be assigned to areas where they live, work, worship, attend school, or already have relationships.
Phase 1
- 12 Block Captains
- 4 blocks per captain
- 48 blocks covered
Phase 2
- 24 Block Captains
- 2 blocks per captain
- Deeper neighborhood coverage
Future Goal
- 48 Block Captains
- 1 captain per block
- Full citywide leadership network
Every block deserves a voice. Every resident deserves access. Every neighborhood deserves leadership.
The Impact We Are Building
Youth Employment
Paid jobs and training for Atlantic City youth and young adults.
Food Access
More residents connected to fresh food, groceries, and delivery options.
Digital Equity
Hands-on support to help residents use Boardwalk Basket and other digital tools.
Membership Growth
More residents becoming members and owners of the Co-op.
Local Business Support
More Atlantic City vendors connected to the local digital marketplace.
Social Impact Referrals
More residents connected to support services, benefits, training, and opportunities.
Community Voice
Block-by-block feedback to help the Co-op respond to real needs.
Neighborhood Leadership
Young people becoming trusted leaders in their own communities.
This is how Atlantic City builds from the block up.
How to Become a Block Captain
Apply
Complete the Block Captain interest form online.
Attend an Information Session
Learn about the program, responsibilities, schedule, pay, training, and expectations.
Interview
Meet with the ACCC team and tell us why you want to serve your community.
Complete Training
Selected applicants will complete paid training before being assigned to a block.
Start Serving Your Block
Begin outreach, membership support, Boardwalk Basket education, and community impact work.
For Vendors and Small Businesses
Block Captains help introduce local businesses to Boardwalk Basket and connect them with the vendor onboarding team — helping you reach more residents, offer delivery, promote products, and keep more dollars circulating locally.
For Sponsors, Donors & Supporters
Sponsor youth leadership, support food access, and invest in Atlantic City. You can support a Block Captain, a four-block outreach zone, a neighborhood team, training bootcamps, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Block Captain?+
A Block Captain is a paid Community Impact Liaison who represents Atlantic City Community Cooperative in assigned neighborhoods. They help residents join the Co-op, learn Boardwalk Basket, access support services, and stay connected to community opportunities.
Is this a paid position?+
Yes. Block Captains receive paid training and paid work opportunities. Compensation details will be shared during the information session and interview process.
Who can apply?+
The program is designed for Atlantic City youth and young adults ages 18 to 30. Preference may be given to applicants who live in Atlantic City or have a strong connection to the blocks they will serve.
Do I need experience?+
No formal experience is required. We are looking for reliable, respectful, motivated young people who care about their community and are willing to learn.
What will I be doing?+
You will conduct outreach, help residents become Co-op members, teach people how to use Boardwalk Basket, collect feedback, support community events, connect residents to the Center for Social Impact, and possibly support delivery operations.
Do I have to do delivery work?+
Delivery work may be available for Block Captains who are interested and complete the required training. Some Block Captains may focus more on outreach, membership, and community education.
Will I be assigned to my own neighborhood?+
Whenever possible, ACCC will try to assign Block Captains to areas where they live or already have community relationships.
What is Boardwalk Basket?+
Boardwalk Basket is Atlantic City's local digital marketplace and delivery platform, being developed to help residents, visitors, and workers order from local vendors, food businesses, and the Co-op marketplace.
How do sponsors support the program?+
Sponsors can support wages, training, outreach materials, technology, events, delivery access, and neighborhood teams. Sponsorship helps create paid youth jobs and measurable community impact.
Ready to Lead Your Block?
Atlantic City is building something different — a community-owned cooperative powered by residents, local businesses, youth leadership, and shared responsibility. If you are ready to earn, learn, serve, and lead, the Block Captain Program is your opportunity.
One City. 48 Blocks. One Cooperative Future. Atlantic City Community Cooperative Block Captains are paid youth leaders helping connect residents to membership, Boardwalk Basket, local businesses, delivery access, social impact services, and community ownership — one block at a time.