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Veterans Recovery Project of CT - Leader
 
 
 
The Veterans Recovery Project of Connecticut (VRPCT) is a multi-site AmeriCorps VISTA project consisting of a collaboration of organizations in the New Haven and Bridgeport areas that serve Veterans experiencing homelessness, unemployment, legal issues, and serious mental illness. The VISTA Leader will bring emphatic change to the efforts of project sponsor Columbus House and its partnering host sites by enabling VISTA members to work together to realize a common goal: helping veterans achieve independence. Seven VISTAs will serve with the following partner organizations: Columbus House, Errera Community Care Center, CT Veterans Legal Center, and Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County. Project sponsor Columbus House serves those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless by providing shelter and housing and by fostering personal growth. Clients include veterans, whose numbers have grown annually, from 5% of our clients in 2008 to 18% in the current year, 2012. Columbus House dedicates itself to assisting veterans in finding employment; eliminating internalized stigma; increasing utilization of VA services; retaining pro bono help for court cases involving housing, insurance, and family problems; finding health services; and securing emergency shelter and transitional housing. Columbus House also seeks to help veterans who enter college by facilitating their integration into academic life. Finally, Columbus House seeks ways by which independent veterans can help fellow veterans who are experiencing these problems.
 
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This listing is currently not accepting applications.



Member Duties : The AmeriCorps VISTA Leader, coordinating efforts with the project supervisor, will undertake the following responsibilities: provide ongoing support to all AmeriCorps VISTA members; ensure that all VISTAs understand each other’s goals and how these goals, when combined and achieved, will enrich the lives of the veterans they serve; become and stay abreast on services and programs offered by Veterans Recovery Project of Connecticut (VRPCT) partnering sites; arrange attendance of VISTAs at training seminars and conferences; assist in the recruitment, interviewing, and placement of VISTA members; support the project supervisor; schedule and preside at monthly meetings for all VISTAs; apprise the project supervisor of pertinent challenges or problems mentioned in VISTAs' monthly reports; and perform other VRPCT-bolstering duties as assigned. This position is only open for individuals who have served at least one year as an AmeriCorps VISTA member.
 
Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Training ,  Health Coverage* ,  Living Allowance ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Childcare assistance if eligible . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
None
 
Service Areas :
Housing ,  Health ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Community Outreach ,  Homelessness . 
 
Skills :
Computers/Technology ,  Community Organization ,  General Skills ,  Writing/Editing ,  knowledge of military life ,  Recruitment ,  Public Speaking ,  Leadership ,  Communications ,  Conflict Resolution . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA Leaders
Program
Veterans Recovery Project of CT - Leader
Program Start/End Date
06/20/2014  -   06/19/2015
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations CONNECTICUT   New York City (inc. Long Island CT NJ NY)  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  02/18/2014  To  07/01/2014 
Contact Bruce Markot
586 Ella T Grasso Blvd
New Haven   CT   06519
203-401-4400
bmarkot@columbushouse.org
www.columbushouse.org
Listing ID 47927

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