Application for hosting an AmeriCorps*VISTA member or Summer Associate 2013
Deadline: 11:59pm, March 21, 2013
VISTA Application Informational Webinar PowerPoint (pdf)
Complete the online application through Survey Monkey.
1. Click the link below to access the application.
2. You must complete each required question before moving on to the next page.
3. If you would like to see the questions beforehand, please review the PDF version of the application. Do not try to fill out the PDF; it is only for your reference.
4. All applications must be completed online.
Survey Monkey link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGCICAmeriCorpsVISTAProjectApplication
Fill out the application signature page.
1. Application Signature Page (pdf)
2. The CPO and designated Site Supervisor must read and sign this page.
3. It should be faxed to (443) 602-3749 or scanned and emailed to Robin Paterson at rpaterson@firstpic.org.
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About AmeriCorps and VISTA
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state and national service programs that engages more than 70,000 Americans each year with service at more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies and faith based and community organizations.
VISTA is the AmeriCorps program that especially focuses on alleviating poverty through indirect, capacity building service. VISTA members often work behind the scenes in a leadership role to empower their agencies with new programs, increased ability to aid clients and greater reach to improve the causes and conditions of poverty.
About the Partnership
The partnership is funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and administered by Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country (BGCIC), Inc. The pilot effort began in March 2010 with the recruitment of 10 full-time volunteer employees for Boys & Girls Club sites in the Southwest Region. Currently there are 12 full-time VISTA members serving at 10 Club sites throughout the U.S.
Goals and Priority Areas of the BGCIC VISTA Project
Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country AmeriCorps VISTA members work to build organizational capacity in order to lift community youth out of poverty and provide them with opportunities to become productive and responsible members of the community. The VISTA members assist Clubs with activities such as: Internal Operations & Management; Program Development and Impact; Resource Development; Sustainability; and Strategic Relationships.
Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country operates under the priority outcomes of Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s (BGCA) Formula for Impact model, which aims to achieve Academic Success, Good Character and Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles for all participating youth. These priority outcomes are achieved through the implementation of BGCA’s core program areas: Character and Leadership Development, Education and Career Development, Health and Life Skills, the Arts and Sports, and Fitness and Recreation.
BGCIC priority outcomes go hand-in-hand with the Corporation for National & Community Service’s overall goals of healthy futures and education. While AmeriCorps VISTA members work to build organizational capacity for local Clubs, they strive to improve programs related to increasing physical activity and improving nutrition for youth with the purpose of reducing childhood obesity. VISTA members will also assist local Clubs in developing or improving programs designed to improve educational outcomes for youth.
Benefits of AmeriCorps VISTA Service
Members receive a post-service education award of $5,350 or end of service stipend of $1,500, a living stipend, health and dental coverage, relocation allowance and travel to pre-service orientation, non-competitive eligibility for federal employment following the year of full-time service, eligibility for student loan forbearance/deferment, and a wealth of new skills in exchange for their service.
Participating Clubs:
Boys & Girls Club of Farmington in Farmington, NM
Boys & Girls Club of Tahlequah in Tahlequah, OK
Boys & Girls Club of Gallup in Gallup, NM
Boys & Girls Club of Ottawa County in Miami, OK
Penobscot Nation Boys & Girls Club in Indian Island, ME
Boys & Girls Club of Brookings, Moody County Unit in Flandreau, SD
Boys & Girls Clubs of Green Country in Pryor, OK
Boys & Girls Club of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in Ignacio, CO
Boys & Girls Club of Watertown in Watertown, SD
Boys & Girls Club of Aha Macav in Mohave Valley, AZ
Boys & Girls Club of East Valley - Gila River Branch, Komatke in Tempe, AZ
Boys & Girls Club of Tucson in Tucson, AZ
Boys & Girls Club of the Red River Valley in Hugo, OK
Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County, Tulalip Boys & Girls Club in Tulalip, WA
Boys & Girls Club of Delaware County in Jay, OK
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, Lehi Branch in Mesa, AZ
Files for download:
AmeriCorps*VISTA One Pager (pdf)
Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country AmeriCorps*VISTA Project - Past and Present Sites (pdf)
2013 Summer Associate Position (pdf)
For more info:
Contact vista@NAClubs.org.
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