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Resilience AmeriCorps Affordable Housing VISTA
 
 
 
In June 2013, following Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee and Superstorm Sandy, Governor Andrew Cuomo centralized recovery and rebuilding efforts in impacted areas of New York State, creating the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR). In establishing GOSR, the Governor aimed to address communities’ most urgent needs, while also encouraging the identification of innovative and enduring solutions to strengthen the State’s infrastructure and critical systems. Operating under the umbrella of NY Rising, GOSR utilizes funding made available by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program to concentrate aid to four main areas: Housing Recovery; Small Business; Infrastructure; and Community Reconstruction. Paired with additional federal funding that has been awarded to other State agencies, the CDBG-DR program is enabling homeowners, small businesses and entire communities to build back even better than before. As a recipient of HUD's National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDR) funds, GOSR has launched the Public Housing Resiliency Pilot Program which aims to reduce the impacts of coastal and riverine flooding by targeting climate-impacted Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) in Nassau and Broome Counties. GOSR is working with four PHA partners to implement recovery and resiliency projects, and seeks a coordinator to facilitate resiliency-related discussions with PHA stakeholders and residents. Based in the GOSR headquarters in New York City, Resilience AmeriCorps members will support the work of PHAs to: help leaders to understand the value of the proposed resiliency improvements; help GOSR to understand the needs at PHAs; provide an added value to under-resourced PHAs as they proceed toward implementation of these improvements; and to facilitate community meetings, surveys, and other exercises in coordination with GOSR’s implementation partner, Enterprise Community Partners.
 
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Member Duties : Increase stakeholder understanding of value in resiliency improvements; Assess needs at Public Housing Authorities (PHAs); Provide added value to under-resourced PHAs through resiliency improvement implementation; Facilitate community meetings, surveys, and other coordination exercises with implementation partners; Leverage existing tracking, analysis and benchmarking efforts at PHAs to present quantitative outputs as part of HUD National agenda; Identify additional funding sources to support resilience training and community development programs at PHA Community Centers; Engage with workforce development programming to connect residents to available services; Facilitate knowledge sharing to enhance communication between GOSR and its partners; Enhance communication strategies with a broader audience including PHA residents, community stakeholders, government agencies; And support institutional engagement with HUD Officials around reporting resiliency measures and metrics.
 
Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Education award upon successful completion of service ,  Training ,  Health Coverage* ,  Stipend . 
 
 
*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 :
Public Safety ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Disaster Relief ,  Homelessness ,  Health ,  Housing ,  Neighborhood Revitalization ,  Community Outreach ,  Environment . 
 
Skills :
Community Organization ,  Urban Planning ,  Disaster Services ,  Computers/Technology ,  Social Services ,  Trade/Construction ,  Non-Profit Management ,  Communications ,  Writing/Editing ,  General Skills ,  Public Speaking ,  Team Work ,  Environment ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Public Health . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Resilience AmeriCorps Affordable Housing VISTA
Program Start/End Date
02/21/2017  -   02/16/2018
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  12/09/2016  To  01/13/2017 
Contact Chelsea Muller
25 Beaver St
New York   NY   10004
212-480-2376
chelsea.muller@stormrecovery.ny.gov
stormrecovery.ny.gov
Listing ID 70689

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