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Shared Housing Program Outreach Associate VISTA
 
 
 
The Shared Housing Program Outreach Associate VISTA will be an integral member of the Supportive Services Program at Senior Services for South Sound growing the Shared Housing Programs reach into the Thurston County Community. The Shared Housing Program works with potential housing providers who are having difficulty filling apartments, or those who have space in their homes to rent, and matches them with potential home seekers who are in need of below market rate (and often below subsidized rate) housing. The program may also match two potential seekers together into one apartment to share. Often seniors entering the Shared Housing Program do not know how to navigate housing, or know how to access electricity assistance, Supplemental Social Security, State Health Insurance Volunteer Benefit Advisors, Senior Nutrition Program support, transportation support, and more. The program matches seniors who are low-income or near poor with Senior Navigators that can support them in applying for various programs to help lower expenses thereby increasing monthly disposable income.
 
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This listing is currently not accepting applications.




Member Duties : This VISTA member will research best practices for shared housing programs across the United States and document what is working and make recommendations for improvement to the program. They will create and execute an outreach and marketing support plan that will increase the current number housing providers, and will recruit successful home seekers. The VISTA member will work with the Supportive Services Director and Deputy Director to create a database of seekers/providers using our organizational database (Compass360) which will be used to coordinate program entry/matches and track housing statistics. The VISTA member will also create a job description for Senior Navigators to work directly with low-income or near poor seniors to navigate potential opportunities to lower expenses, or provide supplemental income.
 
Program Benefits : Training ,  Health Coverage* ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Stipend . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
None
 
Service Areas :
Housing ,  Elder Care ,  Community and Economic Development . 
 
Skills :
Conflict Resolution ,  Communications ,  Community Organization ,  Social Services ,  Recruitment . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Shared Housing Program Outreach Associate VISTA

Program Start/End Date
08/30/2018  -   08/29/2019

Work Schedule Full Time

Education level
Some college

Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None

Program Locations WASHINGTON   Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton  

Accepting Applications
From  05/07/2018  To  07/04/2018 

Contact Jolene Black
222 Columbia St NW
Olympia   WA   98501
3605866181
jblack@southsoundseniors.org
southsoundseniors.org

Listing ID 81337


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