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Host a VCC AmeriCorps*VISTA Member

AmeriCorps*VISTA Members Can Transform Your Community!

If you are looking to increase your community's capacity to fight poverty and to bridge the gap between the college and its surrounding community to meet community needs and engage faculty, staff and students, then hosting a VCC AmeriCorps*VISTA can be the best first step. Through the work of the AmeriCorps*VISTA member, your site can:

  • Build capacity to address poverty in your community
  • Develop meaningful and lasting partnerships between local schools and Vermont campuses
  • Foster programming to ncrease the belief that college is an option
  • Enable access to higher education for low-income students throughout Vermont

Call for Applications:
2013-2014 AmeriCorps VISTAs


VCC is pleased to release the Host Site Application for AmeriCorps VISTA members for the 2013-2014 academic year.  The VISTA program continues to focus on programs that address college access and success, with particular emphasis this year on schools in need of improvement grantees, access programming related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), and veterans’ services.  A letter of intent to apply is due February 8th and full applications are due March 15th.  In order to host a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA, campuses must retain membership in the VCC network and pay a small cost-share (amount varies based on whether the campus has hosted a VISTA previously).   (Click here for the full RFP and Application materials).

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f you are interested in applying for a future VCC VISTA position within your organization, contact Carrie Williams Howe about hosting a Vermont Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA