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Nutrition Quality VISTA
 
 
 
The mission of the Department of Homeless Services is: “with our not-for-profit partners, our mission is to prevent homelessness when possible, address street homelessness, provide safe temporary shelter, and connect New Yorkers experiencing homelessness to sustainable housing. We do this with accountability, empathy, and equity.” The VISTA Member will assist the nutritionist in projects to ensure DHS clients receive healthy and safe food. The vista will create or review menus for nutrition compliance, track food safety compliance, and develop solutions to decrease food waste in the shelters. The Vista will assist the medical office in updating the database of shelter-based medical and behavioral health services by collecting information on hours of operation, services provided, and number and type of staff. VISTA applicants with public health or nutrition science degrees are preferred but anyone with an interest in health or nutrition should apply. This project requires excellent organization and communication skills. The VISTA can get information about DHS at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dhs/index.page NYC is an exciting place to live and work. Living here will allow you to experience many different cultures when touring the town. This VISTA position is a part of the NYC VISTA program, a group of 25+ VISTA members serving in New York City Government agencies supporting their anti-poverty work. The NYC VISTA program is administered by NYC Service, a division of the Office of the Mayor. This position is supervised directly by a city agency staff member and will be a part of the larger NYC VISTA community. For more information about the NYC VISTA program and available positions, please visit https://www.nycservice.org/initiatives/44.
 
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Member Duties : The nutrition and health project has four sections. The VISTA will assess meal service at each facility and collect menu and nutrition data by obtaining information about all new shelters meal programs, menus, and nutrient reports. Secondly, the VISTA will monitor compliance with the NYC Food sanitation code by working with new and existing shelters to verify that they have an active food service permit (newly obtained or not expired) and upload the information into BCS. The VISTA will facilitate partnerships between shelters and community organizations to educate clients on nutrition, food safety, healthy cooking, and food budget. Activities in this section include revising and/or creating client handouts and working with the staff in the medical office to add food-related resources to the OMD-developed resource directory. The VISTA will finally also be responsible to work on projects to improve clients access to care.
 
Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Health Coverage* ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Living Allowance ,  Unlimited Monthly Metro Card ,  Training . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Hunger ,  Homelessness ,  Community Outreach ,  Health . 
 
Skills :
Writing/Editing ,  Computers/Technology ,  Public Health ,  Medicine ,  General Skills ,  Team Work ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Nutrition Quality VISTA
Program Start/End Date
07/31/2023  -   07/30/2024
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations NEW YORK   New York City (inc. Long Island CT NJ NY)  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  04/24/2023  To  06/30/2023 
Contact Aaron Miner
253 Broadway
New York   NY   10007
2127883209
nycvista@cityhall.nyc.gov
nyc.gov/vista
Listing ID 111792

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