Anti-Hunger Corps AmeriCorps VISTA Member

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Recruiting Organization: Hunger Free America VISTA

VISTA positions begin August 12th, 2024

Hunger Free America (HFA), in conjunction with some of the nation’s most effective anti-hunger and poverty organizations, is in its fifth year of the Anti-Hunger Corps (AHC), a 58 member, nationwide AmeriCorps VISTA program. This program engages VISTA members and partnering organizations in moving families beyond the soup kitchen by breaking down barriers and providing improved access to healthful, nutritious foods. The AHC VISTA program aims to address hunger, poverty, and build the capacity of the agencies that address these issues. Members will assist unemployed and under-employed people obtain job training, job placement, and financial literacy services; improve access to food from government and nonprofit sources for targeted populations in particular and food insecure people in general; enable residents of food deserts to access healthier foods through farmers markets and community gardens; more low-income children to obtain free school breakfasts and summer meals; effective nonprofit groups fighting hunger and poverty to raise more money and recruit and manage more volunteers, particularly high-impact and skilled volunteers.

Member Duties: Here are some of the activities that members could perform: • SNAP and other food benefits access • EITC access • Fundraising • Hunger awareness • Summer meals access • School breakfast outreach • Community gardening/farming • Job training/placement • Farmers market SNAP/WIC access • Volunteer recruitment/management

VISTA Benefits: https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits

Current VISTA position locations:

Alabama - Mobile area

Arizona - Phoenix area

California - Hollister

California - Indio

California - Irvine

California - Los Angeles area

California - Manteca

California - San Bernardino

California - San Diego

California - San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area

California - San Jose

California - San Luis Obispo

California - Santa Barbara

Colorado - Boulder

Colorado - Loveland

D.C. - Washington area

Florida - Orlando

Florida - Tallahassee

Hawai'i - Honolulu

Idaho - Boise

Illinois - Carbondale

Illinois - Chicago area

Indiana - Lafayette

Indiana - Muncie

Maine - Ellsworth

Massachusetts - Boston

Michigan - Ann Arbor

Michigan - Detroit area

Minnesota - Duluth

Mississippi

Missouri - Carthage

New Mexico

New York - New York City area

New York - Poughkeepsie

North Carolina - Fayetteville

North Carolina - Raleigh

Oklahoma - Oklahoma City

Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

South Carolina - Gray Court

South Carolina - Rock Hill

Tennessee - Kingsport

Tennessee - Nashville

Texas - Austin area

Texas - Houston

Texas - San Antonio

Virginia - Charlottesville/Lynchburg region

Wisconsin - Madison

Apply Now here: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=105139

Stipend Provided

Training Provided

Housing AvailableFalse

Language/Cultral Support AvailableFalse

Wheelchair AccessibleFalse

Fee RequiredFalse

Fee Amount: None

This opportunity is recurring