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A Homeless Crisis Response System

This VISTA member will work primarily with local partners in increasing the capacity, collaboration, and effectiveness of specific county plans to address homelessness, along with MDHI support and oversight. Available VISTA opportunities are with: Aurora Ready to Work program working to support community and volunteer engagement, communications efforts, improving donor relationships, opportunities, and supporting collaboration across the city of Aurora and the metro Denver region towards ending homelessness; (3) positions with MDHI building out and standing up regional councils and committees within a new continuum-wide governance structure. These will provide opportunities for continuous feedback among the MDHI staff, Board of Directors, and a wide variety of stakeholders to spur further action towards the goal of ending homelessness. VISTAs will serve as county or city-specific capacity building supports as well as liaisons to the Continuum of Care that is MDHI. VISTA is a program to build capacity and expand the scope, reach, and sustainability of projects; they are not direct service with those experiencing homelessness. As part of the project, Homeless Crisis Response System, AmeriCorps VISTA members will collaborate with MDHI and other community partners to support the integration of a regional approach to ending homelessness. This entails local and regional community engagement, supporting agencies to become more effective and sustainable partners within the system while integrating the principles of housing first and person-centered approaches and utilizing data to drive improvement. VISTA Members work with stakeholders and partner organizations to encourage cross-sector collaboration and the build-out of a Homeless Crisis Response system with a goal of ending homelessness in our region and a vision that everyone in Metro Denver has a safe, stable place to call home.

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Member Duties : Responsibilities: 1.Work with local partners, including government, non-profit, and faith-based organizations from the area to support collaboration and effectiveness of programming and the supports to end homelessness 2.Improve, expand, and build capacity within systems to address homelessness, and assist in developing new processes to address needs. 3.Work to increase availability of data to support program improvements and decision-making 4.Assist in expansion of the OneHome Coordinated Entry System and Homeless Crisis Response System 5.Act as a liaison at regional planning meetings, OneHome meetings and other regional and local opportunities 6. Participate in monthly regional AmeriCorps VISTA meetings 7.Contribute content and dashboard data for website, social media and community newsletters 8.Support sustainability efforts, including volunteer recruitment and management, grant writing and fundraising 9.Other priorities identified by local site and VISTA member

Program Benefits : Training , Stipend , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Relocation Allowance , Health Coverage* .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended .

Service Areas : Homelessness , Housing , Ex-Offender Reentry , Veterans , Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach , Children/Youth .

Skills : Public Speaking , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Writing/Editing , Computers/Technology , Communications , Social Services , General Skills , Community Organization , Non-Profit Management , Recruitment , Team Work .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
A Homeless Crisis Response System

Program Start/End Date
10/28/2019 - 10/27/2020

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	COLORADO

Accepting Applications
From 09/04/2019 To 10/18/2019

Contact	Diane Howald
711 Park Ave W
Denver CO 80205
720-388-6857
diane.howald@mdhi.org
www.mdhi.org

Listing ID	83715


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