Job description
The Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA program places AmeriCorps VISTA members in full service with our campus and community partners for a one-year period. During this year, members spend 35 hours per week on their host site’s campus or with one of that campus’s community partners to work on building systems and programs that support low-income college students and community members. The VISTA member’s work is to build capacity, meaning that rather than directly serving the community, they’re enhancing or creating systems, structures, and resources that support the direct anti-poverty work. Campus Compact functions as the central VISTA program hub, performing program administration, offering training and support to VISTA members and their projects, and connecting the work happening in individual projects both to similar work happening nationwide and back to AmeriCorps. For detailed program information and FAQs, please visit our website.
Member Duties : The UMass Dartmouth “Food First” AmeriCorps member will help lead our food justice project to increase food security for UMass Dartmouth students and the local community. They will partner with Jeannie’s Cupboard and community partners that work to address food insecurity in the region. They will develop and implement a successful, sustainable program. Additionally, because UMass Dartmouth is located between the post-industrial urban centers of New Bedford and Fall River, the service provided by our AmeriCorps member will help community-based organizations meet the needs of the region. The AmeriCorps member will build upon our work to expand awareness and usage of the pantry as well as access to other benefits i.e. SNAP and HIP as well as nutrition information, i.e. cooking demonstrations, recipes. Sustainability of these projects will be achieved by the development of a Food First advisory board on campus, membership in the local food policy council and training of students and staff.
Program Benefits : Training , Health Coverage* , Childcare assistance if eligible , Education award upon successful completion of service , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Relocation Allowance , Living Allowance .
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Service Areas :
Hunger , Community Outreach , Education , Community and Economic Development , Health .
Hunger , Community Outreach , Education , Community and Economic Development , Health .
Skills :
General Skills , Counseling , Communications , Leadership , Community Organization , Education , Recruitment , Team Work , Public Health .
General Skills , Counseling , Communications , Leadership , Community Organization , Education , Recruitment , Team Work , Public Health .
SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Campus Compact VISTA UMass Dartmouth Food Service
Program Start/End Date
07/31/2023 - 07/29/2024
Work Schedule
Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
Program Locations
MASSACHUSETTS Boston
Accepting Applications
From 05/10/2023 To 06/18/2023
Contact
Deirdre Healy
285 Old Westport Rd
Dartmouth MA 02747
508-999-8641
Listing ID
118765
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