Economic Development
ORGANIZATION: The Advancement Foundation
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Objective: Member will support activities of the VIDA program designed to help individuals save for a down payment for a home or purchase business equipment and inventory.
Eligible participants receive training, support, and $8 in match funds for every $1 the participant saves, up to $4,000 in match. The Member will coordinate financial literacy training and tools designed to improve financial security. They will also engage economically vulnerable adults in efforts to expand employment possibilities leading to positive employment and educational outcomes.
Activities for VIDA program:
- Provide skills evaluation and planning
- 1:1 evaluation to determine needs eligibility to participate in the VIDA program.
- Implement planning for increased financial knowledge, employment, community resources, or volunteer opportunities
- Plan and prepare workshops through VIDA, related to building personal and financial assets.
- Workshops should focus on financial literacy, credit management, etc.
- AmeriCorps Member will keep track of individual’s completion of classes and workshops.
- Recruit volunteers as mentors for participants (Skills-Based Volunteer Bank)
- Enlist professionals to mentor participants
- Maintain records of mentorships/volunteer hours, etc.
- Keep track of progress and participation in courses and improvement in knowledge
More opportunities with The Advancement Foundation
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About The Advancement Foundation
Location:
227 S. Pollard Street, VINTON, VA 24179, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to eliminate poverty. We do this by helping nonprofits transform the world through innovative strategies to improve their resources and maximize their strategic impact. The Foundation leverages all community resources for the benefit of large scale impact. The Foundation coordinates comprehensive efforts of business leaders, nonprofit directors, boards, civic organizations, churches, the poor and the entire community. Additionally, the Foundation provides direct programming for the poor to learn business skills and confidence while ensuring the actively contribute back to the community - including providing volunteer support back to the nonprofits that serve to support them.
Description
The Advancement Foundation (TAF), a nonprofit founded in 2007 works in concert with economic and community development organizations to execute key strategies that provide infrastructure, support, and resources to create an effective entrepreneurial ecosystem. TAF has researched, tested, and refined specific initiatives that help unify activities for small business development, increase support, and leverage resources to provide measurable impact on small business development for the communities it serves.
The Advancement Foundation is a catalyst that strategically creates opportunities for dynamic community development by facilitating opportunities that empower citizens. TAF leads efforts that focus on asset development of citizens in the areas of home buying, business development, financial management and wellness by leveraging community resources that break down barriers for the underserved. We believe that community improvement requires the coordinated efforts of the entire community and that change cannot be mandated but instead must be fostered through engagement and empowerment.
A key goal is to create cluster-focused business incubators that align strategically with economic development plans. Cluster-focused incubators help to create critical mass of interconnected businesses, thereby helping local clusters thrive. ICIC Studies demonstrate these clusters grow three times faster. TAF’s clusters provide budding entrepreneurs and emerging firms with mentoring and access to extensive networks and resources!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
227 S. Pollard StreetVinton, VA 24179
DATE POSTED
July 10, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 1,700 hours; equates to an average of 35-40 hours per week for one year.
- • Pass a national service criminal history check • Hold one of the following citizenship statuses: US citizen, US National, Lawful Permanent Resident Aliens