Family Involvement Coordinator
ORGANIZATION: Community Action of Skagit County
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This position is part of an 10-member VISTA team operated out of Community Action of Skagit County. Our mission is to foster and advocate for self-sufficiency among low-income people in Skagit County. The Skagit VISTA team helps achieve Community Action’s goal of helping people help themselves and each other by building infrastructure and capacity for programs that serve economically disadvantaged individuals across the county.
The 3rd year VISTA member activities will focus on increasing academic engagement and performance of K-6 students in the Mount Vernon School District. Specific activities will include: 1)Continuing to develop the district’s existing neighborhood support centers by creating and helping implement a comprehensive outreach plan, updating and creating handbooks for all district centers including necessary training and material acquisition, and assisting in the upstart of new centers. 2)Building relationships with community partners to bridge connections between families, district staff, and community resources. 3)Recruiting, training, and retaining parent and/or other community volunteers to provide students with tutoring and homework support, both at the program site and/or in schools, by June 2016. 4)Continuing development and research of MVSD’s Parent Academy model to help engage underrepresented parents within the school system.
Position start/end dates: March 15, 2017 -- March 14, 2018
Open to all ages! (18 and up)
Full time (40 hours per week)
$990/month (VISTA living allowance)
$5815 education award (upon successful completion of service) OR $1500 cash award
More opportunities with Community Action of Skagit County
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Community Action of Skagit County
Location:
330 Pacific Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273, US
Mission Statement
We believe in the strength and potential of people. We believe in the power of neighbor helping neighbor to help stabilize community members and equip them to exit poverty. Working together we create paths to prosperity and a thriving community for all. Our vision is that everyone in Skagit County has the opportunity to be safe, healthy, and successful. Offering over 30 services to lower-income community members, Community Action’s real product is simple: Hope. Community Action is not merely a nonprofit social service agency. While many of our programs meet basic needs of people strugglin g to make ends meet, our purpose is to alleviate poverty and help people attain a level of self-sufficiency. As some would say, we are a trampoline, not just a safety net.
Description
Every year, Community Action provides the tools to nearly 38,000 people to move beyond crisis and onto the pathways of self-sufficiency.
Community Action focuses roughly two-thirds of its resources on goal oriented interventions, as opposed to one-time help. Essentially, while we do assist those in need with gas or clothes vouchers, or help with paying a power bill, our true mission is to connect with families over an extended period of time - working to offer educational and goal-setting opportunities to help individuals and families achieve major life changes.
Now in our 37th year of service and with over 30 anti-poverty programs, we see ourselves as a key contributor to the vitality of Skagit County. Because we provide a large array of diverse services, Community Action takes pride in saying that no other local social service organization provides the magnitude of anti-poverty services that we do! Our agency has eight impact areas:
- Family Stability
- Housing
- Financial Stability
- Employment
- Education and Literacy
- Health
- Food and Nutrition
- Community Engagement and Volunteerism
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
124 E Lawrence StMount Vernon, WA 98273
DATE POSTED
January 23, 2017
SKILLS
- Recruiting
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 40hrs/wk for 1 year