AmeriCorps
Family Support Center Coordinator VISTA-Charleston
AmeriCorps, West Liberty, West Virginia, us, 26074
Family Support Center Coordinator VISTA-Charleston
Step by Step Family Support Center (FSC) offers a variety of services to program participants and their families. The FSC allows access to resources and opportunities that can lead to healthier futures and help negate the negative consequences of the opioid epidemic and poverty. Program families will have access clothing closets and food pantries to help supplement in times of need. Those families will also have access to a community computer lab which will open the door for many great opportunities such as education, workforce entry/reentry, and state benefit applications etc. The Family Support Center changes lives in a positive way with the goal of getting the families to grow and develop into healthy independent living.
Member Duties :
The Step-by-Step FSC Coordinator VISTA member will build the capacity of the center by developing and implementing a community closet by nurturing relationships to sustain the closet for families living in high minority, low-income communities; supporting a community needs assessment, community asset mapping, and development of resources materials; and researching and supporting fundraising, donations, and pursuit of grant funding for the support center in Charleston WV. As a result of the VISTA member's service, high minority, low-income communities will have knowledge of and access to resources and opportunities that can lead to healthier futures and help negate the negative consequences of the opioid epidemic and poverty.
Program Benefits :
Childcare assistance if eligible , Health Coverage* , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Training , Relocation Allowance .
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits .
Terms : Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours .
Service Areas : None
Skills : Computers/Technology , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Conflict Resolution , Team Work , General Skills , Community Organization , Recruitment .
Step by Step Family Support Center (FSC) offers a variety of services to program participants and their families. The FSC allows access to resources and opportunities that can lead to healthier futures and help negate the negative consequences of the opioid epidemic and poverty. Program families will have access clothing closets and food pantries to help supplement in times of need. Those families will also have access to a community computer lab which will open the door for many great opportunities such as education, workforce entry/reentry, and state benefit applications etc. The Family Support Center changes lives in a positive way with the goal of getting the families to grow and develop into healthy independent living.
Member Duties :
The Step-by-Step FSC Coordinator VISTA member will build the capacity of the center by developing and implementing a community closet by nurturing relationships to sustain the closet for families living in high minority, low-income communities; supporting a community needs assessment, community asset mapping, and development of resources materials; and researching and supporting fundraising, donations, and pursuit of grant funding for the support center in Charleston WV. As a result of the VISTA member's service, high minority, low-income communities will have knowledge of and access to resources and opportunities that can lead to healthier futures and help negate the negative consequences of the opioid epidemic and poverty.
Program Benefits :
Childcare assistance if eligible , Health Coverage* , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Training , Relocation Allowance .
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits .
Terms : Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours .
Service Areas : None
Skills : Computers/Technology , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Conflict Resolution , Team Work , General Skills , Community Organization , Recruitment .