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Community Partnerships & Access VISTA
 
 
 
We Strive for Literacy (WSFL) is building the Vista Literacy Collaborative so schools, families, community organizations, volunteers, and funders can work together to connect more low-income children with timely literacy support. Nearly two-thirds of Vista Unified students are not reading at grade level, leaving many children significantly behind in the foundational literacy skills they need for school success. Families must also navigate disconnected services, making it harder to find timely, effective support. Over three years, the Collaborative expects to benefit approximately 300 low-income children and families by strengthening partnerships, referral pathways, volunteer systems, community awareness, and sustainable resource development. This is a capacity-building service opportunity: AmeriCorps VISTA members create systems, tools, relationships, and documented practices that remain after their service year rather than provide ongoing direct tutoring. Members serve from WSFL’s Vista office as part of a three-person VISTA team and receive structured supervision, project coaching, and professional-development support.
 
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Member Duties : Build the partnership and family-access infrastructure. Assess current partners, referral practices, family-access barriers, and community resources; create a partner map and organized pipeline; develop reusable outreach, meeting, and follow-up tools; Develop and pilot meeting agendas, facilitation tools, documentation procedures, and follow-up resources for staff to use in coordinating Collaborative meetings.; establish or strengthen relationships with schools and community organizations; and design, pilot, and improve referral and enrollment pathways with input from families and partners. Evaluate the systems, train designated users, and contribute final tools and lessons learned to the Vista Literacy Collaborative Replication Toolkit. Year 1 targets: Establish or strengthen 10 community partnerships and pilot partnership-engagement, referral, outreach, and collaborative-planning tools with at least four partners, documenting procedures for staff to sustain ongoing coordination.
 
Program Benefits : Living Allowance ,  Transportation Reimbursement ,  Education award upon successful completion of service ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Training ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Health Coverage* ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/.
 
Terms :
Car recommended . 
 
Service Areas :
Children/Youth ,  Community Outreach ,  Education . 
 
Skills :
Business/Entrepreneur ,  Communications ,  Community Organization ,  Recruitment ,  Leadership ,  Computers/Technology ,  Relationship building ,  Public Speaking ,  Team Work ,  General Skills ,  Education . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Community Partnerships & Access VISTA
Program Start/End Date
09/08/2026  -   09/07/2027
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
High school diploma/GED
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations CALIFORNIA  
Languages
Spanish welcomed
Accepting Applications
From  08/10/2026  To  12/01/2026 
Contact Cortney Wallace
138 Civic Center Dr.
Vista   CA   92084
760-688-0035
cwallace@westriveforliteracy.org
https://westriveforliteracy.org/
Listing ID 130523

       

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