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LCCT: RGV Community Development VISTA @ Proj. Transformation

Project Transformation Rio Texas (PT) is focused on three “C’s”: Children, College students, Churches. The program breaks out of the notion of a one-way “helping relationship” with children and instead focuses on a model built on reciprocity: interns, volunteers, churches, and children are both providers and recipients of help. While the program fundamentally has been designed to “serve children,” all parties are in one way or another transformed. Project Transformation is a respected model of service, through which leaders emerge, communities change, and lives transform. Project Transformation’s program has been molded out of a search for the right answers to these questions: 1. How do we meet the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of children from low-income communities? 2. How do we provide meaningful ways for college students to explore service vocations and develop as young adult leaders? PT offers 8 week literacy camps in the summer Monday through Thursday from 9am to 3pm, at selected site churches in underserved neighborhoods. Our curriculum focuses on the holistic development of each child and emphasizes relationship building in a safe and community-oriented environment to help each child realize their unique potential. PT addresses summer reading slide by providing high-quality services that are specifically aimed to bolster children’s academic achievement during the summer, allowing them to return to school stronger than when they left. Our work is largely set apart by the passionate college interns who implement our programs and invest in the lives of at-risk students. The heart of Project Transformation is relationships and the heart of relationships is people.

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Member Duties : The Rio Grande Valley VISTA will help build capacity through community development. This will include cultivating relationships with school districts and community partners. It will involve working closely with the Executive Director and the Local Advisory board to ensure that the valley program is thriving in the PT model. The VISTA will work to create new funding and volunteer streams. The VISTA will collaborate with other non-profits that align with PT’s mission and vision to broaden our impact in the valley. The VISTA will help discern unmet needs and ways we can help meet those needs. The VISTA will cultivate university ties and help recruit college students to be summer interns.

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


*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 : Education .

Skills : Education , Recruitment , Public Speaking , Team Work , Social Media , Community Organization , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Communications , Computers/Technology .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
LCCT: RGV Community Development VISTA @ Proj. Transformation

Program Start/End Date
08/21/2018 - 08/20/2019

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	TEXAS

Accepting Applications
From 05/08/2018 To 08/15/2018

Contact	Annabel Osburn
16400 Huebner Rd
San Antonio TX 78248
5123268655
aosburn@willread.org

Listing ID	80993


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