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33 people are interested
Daytime Tutors
ORGANIZATION: MISSION FIRST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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33 people are interested
Plaza West is an affordable housing development specifically serving grandparents raising grandkids. Due to the impact of COVID-19 the 76 youth in the building will be attending classes virtually. Many of our grandparents are ill-equipped to provide at-home instructional support. To prevent further exacerbating the achievement gap we are seeking the assistance and support of volunteers to help provide virtual tutoring assistance to youth throughout the day in either one-on-one or group settings. Our grandparents are also a high-risk population so a virtual approach is our best way of approaching this concern during the pandemic.
Instruction would happen through Zoom sessions with the assistance of building staff where applicable or needed. Every household was recently provided a Chromebook and we also have 3 large activity rooms with large screen TVs to facilitate instruction. Each volunteer will be connected to one of our youth residents. Though we are flexible with the time frame of these lessons, we do expect that it will be the same every week.
No prior instructional expertise is required but volunteers must be comfortable working with diverse populations, and have sufficient to strong knowledge of the content area for which they are seeking to provide tutoring support. Expertise in special education support is also highly welcomed.
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About MISSION FIRST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Location:
1330 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW SUITE 116, WASHINGTON, DC 20036, US
Mission Statement
Mission First Housing Group’s mission is to develop and manage affordable, safe and sustainable homes for people in need, with a focus on the vulnerable. We ensure our residents have access to resources to help them live independently. We deliver housing that provides long-term benefits to residents and neighborhoods, alike.
Description
Mission First’s original purpose was to provide for the housing needs of adults living with chronic mental illness. In June 1989, Mission First acquired its first property - a South Philadelphia duplex. Our first resident moved in to an apartment there October 1, 1989 and lived there for 22 years.
Over the course of our history, Mission First employed a number of key strategies and innovative practices to support its expansion, including incorporating an affiliated nonprofit entity to lease, manage and maintain its properties and coordinate resident services; leveraging funding to acquire property; assembling complex financing sources; and developing a successful model for utilizing mergers, acquisitions and friendly take-overs to help stabilize troubled affordable housing projects and expand its portfolio.
Having developed a successful model for providing safe, quality, affordable housing for a particularly vulnerable population, Mission First sought to expand its model to new geographies and serve others in need. Mission First’s footprint is now the entire Mid-Atlantic region and it now serves a diverse resident population that includes families, veterans, survivors of domestic violence,seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Today Mission First provides safe, affordable, sustainable homes to more than 5,500 people in over 3,800 units.
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
October 15, 2020
SKILLS
- General Education
- Mentoring
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training