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Youth Homelessness - Community Engagement Ettie Lee

David and Margaret's mission is to empower children, youth and families through culturally diverse services that foster emotional, educational, spiritual and identity development through services including: foster/adoption services, residential services, and support services across our 17.5-acre campus. Ettie Lee is joining David & Margaret in our efforts to fight homelessness in the TAY population. Their mission is helping vulnerable children and their families develop skills to lead successful lives. Saving Lives, Changing Lives, Building Hope for children and Families. The proposed VISTA project aligns with the Economic Opportunity focus area. The VISTA project will seek to leverage resources, increase effectiveness, create linkages in the community and scale our programs in effort to decrease poverty and homeless. We expect to benefit an estimated 2,000 community members throughout the three years. Four VISTA members at David & Margaret Youth and Family Serviced and Three at Ettie Lee will contribute to the goals of the project by performing the following activities fundraising, outreach and recruitment, technology development, program design and building awareness through social media and other communication platforms.

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Member Duties : The VISTA Member will have an opportunity to learn about fundraising and philanthropy while gaining hands-on development experience. She/he will research potential funding sources that will alleviate homelessness for Transitional Age Youth. They will also create and maintain a list of potential funders, help draft and submit funding proposals in support of transition-age foster youth programs/operations. Additionally, they will track progress on grant outcomes. In general, they will identify opportunities to expand services for TAY. Members will be instrumental in maintaining databases and ensure timely compliance with all deadlines.

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


*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 : Community and Economic Development , Children/Youth , Homelessness , Housing .

Skills : Youth Development , Non-Profit Management , Writing/Editing , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Community Organization , Team Work , Social Services , General Skills , Computers/Technology .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Youth Homelessness - Community Engagement Ettie Lee

Program Start/End Date
03/01/2022 - 02/28/2023

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
Associates degree (AA)

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	CALIFORNIA Los Angeles/Orange County

Accepting Applications
From 01/01/2022 To 02/15/2022

Contact	Karen Turner
160 E Holt Ave
Pomona CA 91767
9094557502
vista@ettielee.org
www.ettielee.org/home

Listing ID	93553


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