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Feeding Florida Network Associate
 
 
 
Feeding Florida, a network of 12 member food banks and over 2300 partner agencies, is seeking VISTA Members to help alleviate hunger, address poverty, and create healthy futures throughout Florida. Currently Feeding America estimates that 2.8 million residents in Florida are food insecure or 1 in 6 Floridians do not know where their next meal will come from and of those 800,000 are children. There is a significant need to address food access, especially with it's immediate relation to poverty. With a year round growing season and once of the largest agricultural industries in the United States, Florida has an abundance of food. Here, healthy and fresh food should not be difficult to access throughout the state, and yet for many, it is. Concurrently we see lack of access to healthy food linked to obesity and illnesses like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Feeding Florida has found that food access and food insecurity in Florida is not a supply issue but a distribution issue. Feeding Florida's mission aims to to mobilize resources and advocate through a network of Florida food banks that are affiliated with Feeding America to promote resiliency, food access, and improved well-being. Through research, innovative programs, disaster relief, and advocacy work, Feeding Florida is the leading statewide voice in the state on fighting hunger and food insecurity. Ultimately, Feeding Florida's goal is to create a healthier interconnected food system that sustainably feeds all of Florida.
 
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This listing is currently not accepting applications.



Member Duties : The VISTA member will work with the Feeding Florida Staff and Board to achieve and track Strategic Plan goals; and develop communications framework to efficiently share data, information, and resources within the Feeding Florida Network; and assist with presentation // awareness campaigns for statewide research conducted by Feeding Florida.
 
Program Benefits : Health Coverage* ,  Training ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Education award upon successful completion of service ,  Phone provided to VISTA for service term ,  Stipend . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare
 
Terms :
Car recommended ,  Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Hunger ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Disaster Relief ,  Health ,  Community Outreach . 
 
Skills :
Community Organization ,  General Skills ,  Team Work ,  Communications . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Feeding Florida Network Associate
Program Start/End Date
10/01/2019  -   09/30/2020
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
Some college
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations FLORIDA  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  08/15/2019  To  11/25/2019 
Contact Katie Reeves
1493 Market St
Tallahassee   FL   32312
8315856870
katiereeves@feedingflorida.org
feedingflorida.org
 
AmeriCorps VISTA
Listing ID 91333

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