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Rural Dynamics - United Way of Lewis and Clark Area (UWLCA)
 
 
 
The overall goal of the project is to bolster local efforts to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring by delineating and optimizing “housing navigation” processes, which will improve housing situations and access to affordable, safe, healthy housing for people who experience chronic homelessness and literal homelessness. This will include developing coherent processes for helping clients locate and acquire housing, filling gaps in services by providing additional housing options in the Helena Area, and finding ways to lower barriers to housing location, and identifying systemic gaps that need persistent advocacy to close. Housing has been proven to be the first step to stability in a person’s life (https://endhomelessness.org/resource/housing-first/). If housing is provided, other essential issues can be addressed from mental illness to chemical dependency to childcare. Once those issues are addressed and people are fully supported, they have the increased capacity to explore stable employment, education, or other workforce and life benefits. This housing and workforce needs assessment will help the stakeholders identify what types of housing are needed to help alleviate homelessness or housing instability issues in our community. The awareness component will help our community gain a better understanding of who makes up our homeless population and the kind of help they need. Over the past year the Helena Resource Advocates Leadership (lead by UWLCA) group has focused on three housing goals: 1. Develop and increase case management type support services. 2. Build a family shelter to supplement the current emergency housing options in the community. 3. Develop and carry out an emergency shelter plan for the local area.
 
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Member Duties : The AmeriCorps member will build capacity to alleviate poverty conditions for 75 individuals in the community this year and will serve over 300 clients in the next five years. The member will with Greater Helena Housing First to develop relationships that will assist with the completion of and use of the assessment tool. Having a current, accurate housing assessment will allow the United Way Housing First committee members and other Helena area community programs to provide services that are missing to assist people in becoming and staying stably housed. The assessment will act as a guide to the community leaders for what kind of housing developments to pursue and what kind of support services need to be improved on in the area.
 
Program Benefits : Living Allowance ,  Health Coverage* ,  Education award upon successful completion of service ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Training ,  Childcare assistance if eligible . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Car recommended ,  Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Education ,  Neighborhood Revitalization ,  Homelessness ,  Community Outreach ,  Technology ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Tribal ,  Veterans ,  Housing ,  Entrepreneur/Business . 
 
Skills :
Veterans ,  Computers/Technology ,  Leadership ,  Writing/Editing ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  General Skills ,  Team Work ,  Business/Entrepreneur ,  Recruitment ,  Communications ,  Public Speaking ,  Community Organization ,  Non-Profit Management . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Rural Dynamics - United Way of Lewis and Clark Area (UWLCA)
Program Start/End Date
04/11/2022  -   04/10/2023
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MONTANA  
Accepting Applications
From  08/01/2021  To  06/30/2022 
Contact Adair Peach
410 Central Ave
Great Falls   MT   59401
406-899-2340
apeach@greenpath.com
https://ruraldynamics.org/
Listing ID 85021

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