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Milestones Early Childhood Development VISTA
 
 
 
Milestones is an early childhood program designed to serve children, age 6 weeks through 5 years, who are experiencing a delay in development, due to various reasons. Children are referred by a physician and evaluated by certified teachers and occupational, physical, and speech therapists to determine if there is a significant delay and need for intervention. A plan is formed with the families, preparing a document with goals and objectives. Using the basis of brain research, indicating brain development being most rapid in the first 3 years of life, the ultimate goal is that delays will be alleviated or reduced so that the child may enter public school kindergarten with as many skills as possible. The plan is carried out in a quality early childhood program with certified teachers, therapists, and children who are typically developing who act as role models and play partners. Milestones receives most of its funding from state and federal programs, mainly Medicaid. Funding rates have not kept up with the cost of living or minimum wage amounts. Other funding comes from United Way and small community grants. There is a huge need to grow our small endowment, search for legacy giving, making a donor base so that Milestones can thrive. Milestones also has an opportunity to create a consistent direction and management system for volunteer involvement, which has great potential at the organization. instead of just hanging on from year to year. The Milestones Early Childhood Development VISTA will play the very important role of building capacity for increased publicity, donor development, and consistent volunteer recruit and development for this crucial service in the community.
 
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Member Duties : The VISTA will work with Milestones Services to build capacity in the crucial areas of grant writing and fundraising, volunteer management, and program development. This VISTA’s key objectives will include building infrastructure for increasing grants and private funding, including building a donor database and creating a donor stewardship plan; creating a volunteer management plan, including formal processes for recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers; and supporting program development of school readiness programs by classroom teachers. The VISTA member will fight poverty by developing volunteer based programs to improve child education resources for the Faulkner County area. And those actions will connect impoverished populations to community resources so that citizens can enjoy an improved quality of life.
 
Program Benefits : Living Allowance ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Health Coverage* ,  Training ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Car recommended ,  Permits working at another job during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Community Outreach ,  Children/Youth ,  Health ,  Education . 
 
Skills :
Education ,  Non-Profit Management ,  Communications ,  Team Work ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Writing/Editing ,  Community Organization ,  Computers/Technology . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Milestones Early Childhood Development VISTA
Program Start/End Date
01/17/2023  -   01/16/2024
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations ARKANSAS  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  03/04/2021  To  12/23/2022 
Contact Lesley Graybeal
Bhcc 102
Conway   AR   72035
5018527416
lgraybeal@uca.edu
Listing ID 93765

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