Office of College Access Programs

AmeriCorps VISTA Project

What VISTA Members Do

VISTA members commit to serve full-time for a year at a non-profit organization or local government agency, working to fight illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses, strengthen community groups, and much more. With passion, commitment, and hard work,  they create or expand programs designed to bring individuals and communities out of poverty. VISTA members generally do not provide direct services, (such as tutoring children), but instead focus their efforts on building the organizational, administrative, and financial capacity of organizations that fight illiteracy, improve health services, foster economic develop, and otherwise assist low-income communities.  VISTA's develop programs to meet a need, write  grants, and recruit and train volunteers.

As an OCAP VISTA you can:

• Build and cultivate community partnerships
• Develop a College Access Market Plan
• Write mini-grants to leverage resources
• Recruit tutors, mentors, and career speakers
• Develop a Volunteer Training Program
• Establish programming designed to asssist low-income students
• Develop a Community Advisory Committee
• Establish a Parenting Institute
• Create male initiatives in support of African American males

Current VISTA'S

• High School Specialist
  Jasmine L. McNair (jmcnair4@uncfsu.edu)
• Parental Involvement Specialist
  Danielle M. Jones (djones66@uncfsu.edu)
• Volunteer Coordinator
  Kristyn L. Sanders (ksander4@uncfsu.edu)
• Resource Development Coordinator
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• Summer Associates (Coming Soon)

Benefits:

• $891(before taxes) a month for living allowance
• Paid every two weeks
• 10 personal and 10 sick leave days
• Childcare allotment up to $400 per child per month

End of Service Benefits:

• End of service stipend ($1,500)
• Education Award ($5,550)
• Non-Competitive eligibility for federal jobs