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Charleston Area Service Collaborative

VISTA members with the Charleston Area Service Collaborative (CASC) serve with a peer group of 25 VISTAs placed at various organizations throughout the Charleston area. Each VISTA member will be placed with a single organization for the duration of their service year. Our projects each have a specific focus, examples being helping individuals overcome homelessness, mentoring children and youth, providing services to pregnant teens, and building financial literacy skills. Visit https://sites.google.com/view/cascvista/home for more information on our projects. The vision of the project is to cultivate, strengthen, and support programs benefitting low-income citizens by building the capacity of sites to carry out and sustain their work. VISTA service highlights sustainability by working to build, continue, or improve projects that will exist beyond a single VISTA term. The following organizations are currently seeking applicants: Be A Mentor Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry City of Charleston- Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Conciliation Division City of Charleston - Mayor's Office for Children, Youth, and Families Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Increasing H.O.P.E Kids on Point Palmetto Project The Citadel - Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics The Navigation Center Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative.

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Member Duties : The vision for the Charleston VISTA project is to augment, cultivate, strengthen, and support programs benefitting low-income citizens by building the capacity of sites to carry out and sustain their work. The VISTA members of our project will work with individual sites to build the capacity of the organization to serve its clients. Projects will be based around building systems that will be sustainable beyond the VISTA term, and the content of each project will be specific to the needs of the organization.

Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible , Living Allowance , Relocation Allowance , Training , Health Coverage* , Choice of Education Award or End of Service 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 , Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas : Elder Care , Homelessness , Hunger , Veterans , Community and Economic Development , Entrepreneur/Business , Children/Youth , Housing , Health , Education , Community Outreach .

Skills : Public Speaking , General Skills , Education , Social Services , Counseling , Youth Development , Communications , Team Work , Non-Profit Management , Community Organization .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Charleston Area Service Collaborative

Program Start/End Date
07/06/2021 - 07/05/2022

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	SOUTH CAROLINA

Accepting Applications
From 03/24/2021 To 10/15/2021

Contact	Mindy Sturm
75 Calhoun St
Charleston SC 29401
8439654190
sturmm@charleston-sc.gov
www.charleston-sc.gov

Listing ID	87125


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