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Community Engagement - Food Security VISTA

United Way of Greater New Haven (UWGNH) brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Financial Stability, and Health. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. The Improving Economic Opportunities Greater New Haven VISTA Project, sponsored by the United Way of Greater New Haven, will utilize four VISTAs to address issues of housing, homelessness, financial security, and access to healthy affordable food for the region's low-income residents. We are seeking a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA to participate in our efforts with the Hamden Food Security Task Force. This AmeriCorps VISTA position with the Community Impact Team will work to engage community members and address hunger in families and children in Hamden. They will also be assisting with school staff, town officials, and community members to build a responsive, individualized, and culturally sensitive food system based in Hamden Public Schools. The ideal candidate will be experienced in reaching out to the community and engaging organizations/businesses/faith groups/residents and passionate about helping people in need and promoting community philanthropy.

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Member Duties : Develop and implement plans to assess community need and wants around hunger. Represent the UWGNH through participation in community events and meetings. Engage and manage volunteers to help execute the organization’s community impact work. Work with partners to establish school based emergency food services. Survey clients of the system to assess how well services are addressing need. Assist in developing a ‘high-impact’ volunteer process focused on improving capacity of emergency food services. Respond to inquiries from potential volunteers. Maintain spreadsheet of contact with potential volunteers. Evaluate effectiveness of recruitment process, volunteer orientation, training, materials and support. Create and implement exit interview format for volunteers leaving program mid-year.

Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible , Training , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Health Coverage* , Living Allowance .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas : Health , Community Outreach , Hunger .

Skills : Leadership , Public Health , Communications , Community Organization , Recruitment , Team Work , Social Services .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Community Engagement - Food Security VISTA

Program Start/End Date
07/30/2018 - 08/01/2019

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	CONNECTICUT

Accepting Applications
From 04/05/2018 To 06/22/2018

Contact	Jason Martinez
370 James St
New Haven CT 06513
203-691-4212
jmartinez@uwgnh.org
uwgnh.org

Listing ID	79776


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