Partnership for a Drug-Free Community (The Partnership) is a private nonprofit organization committed to the prevention of youth substance abuse through awareness, education, and action. Organized in 1988, our mission is to coordinate alcohol and drug prevention, education and awareness services throughout the cities of Huntsville and Madison, and all of Madison County in Alabama. Terms : Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended . Service Areas : Children/Youth , Com...

In one sentence, this VISTA's role is make contact with individual programs and offer support via the many resources Maryland MENTOR has at its fingertips. Chief among outreach priorities will be in conjunction with coordinating with programs and agencies in Baltimore City as part of the Baltimore Mayor's 1000 Mentor Challenge, a joint city-wide effort led by Maryland MENTOR to recruit and engage 1000 mentors from City government and communities within Baltimore City. The additional resources...

PROGRAM: VT Youth Development Corps members promote hope, justice, & wellbeing for all VT youth. Their service supports innovative initiatives at nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and schools that foster positive youth development and build resilience in youth, helping them avoid opioid use and other unhealthy behaviors. SITE : The mission of VocRehab Vermont is to help Vermonters with disabilities prepare for, obtain, and maintain meaningful employment and to help employers recrui...

Do you have a heart for women Veterans? Know a Veteran? Are a Veteran? Grace After After Fire (GAF), located in Texas (San Antonio and Houston) is nonprofit organization who is dedicated to helping women Veterans help themselves by providing the tools to gain knowledge, insight, and self-renewal. Grace After Fire empowers and guides women Veterans as they re-enter back into their communities, the workforce, and their homes. Grace After Fire's unique concept of working exclusively with women V...

Community Volunteer Organizing Responsibilities:- Interview and screen all community volunteers to ensure the safety and well being of the volunteer as well as La Puente staff, volunteers, AmeriCorps members, and clients.- Coordinate, develop, and expand volunteer opportunities in concert with program leaders and supervisors-Explain the different volunteer opportunities to those interested in volunteering- Match volunteers' skills and interests with specific programs and coordinators- Create ...

Bright Star Books mission is to promote a culture of reading by increasing access to and ownership of books for limited-resource children in the Greater Akron region. Since April 2015, we have given more than 110,000 books through partner organizations that specifically serve low-income children. We are located in Akron, Ohio.The VISTA will help BSB grow our capacity by increasing community involvement in our work, thereby increasing the number of children we are able to serve. Components of ...

Albany County, Wyoming is one of the poorest counties in Wyoming. The school district identified nearly 50 students who were experiencing homelessness. This number could easily be 100 if preschool children were counted. Our county has no shelter, and few services geared to homeless families. Family Promise is a national networking model that brings existing community resources together to provide transitional services, including shelter, to homeless families with children. Local churches and ...

The Taft Promise Neighborhood (TPN), began in 2015 and is located in a neighborhood on Youngstown, Ohio's Southside. It's a vibrant coalition of residents, parents, educators, businesses, community organizations, and other stakeholders who are working together to stabilize and revitalize the Taft Elementary School neighborhood. The TPN is a unique collaborative effort which builds upon the strengths and assets of more than 40 well-established community partners by focusing directly on the nee...

The Rural Opportunity VISTA Program is hosted by the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM). Directed out of the CEDAM office in Lansing, VISTA members will serve at a host site in rural Michigan where they will create or expand anti-poverty economic development programs. VISTA assignments vary based on the needs of the host site's community, but all assignments are focused on capacity-building of the organization to improve programs, leverage funds and/or provide volu...

human-I-T is committed to shrinking the digital divide, or the gap between those with access to technology and those without. We provide low-income individuals and nonprofits with computer hardware, internet, and digital literacy resources so they can tap into opportunity where it lives today: online. We serve impoverished families, veterans, persons with disabilities, and LGBT centers throughout Los Angeles. As a part of our mission, human-I-T takes in unwanted technology from corporations a...