Love Your Block - Columbia, Missouri

The Love Your Block program brings city leaders and residents together to build stronger neighborhoods, one block at a time. Cities participating in Love Your Block invite community groups to identify priority projects and award mini-grants to support neighborhood-driven solutions that the community can implement. From turning vacant lots into community gardens to helping elderly neighbors with home repairs so they can avoid fines and safely age in place, resident volunteers are “loving their blocks” and making their neighborhoods and cities better places to live. The VISTA will work with staff in the City's Housing & Neighborhood Services Department. Member Duties : This position is part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program, which aims to alleviate poverty by empowering communities through capacity-building initiatives. The VISTA member will focus on volunteer recruitment and management and play a crucial role in supporting the Love Your Block grant program by recruiting, training, and managing volunteers to actively participate in neighborhood revitalization efforts. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Support the planning process and implementation of a Love Your Block program in the City of Columbia, MO. Develop and implement strategies to recruit and manage volunteers for Love Your Block projects, including outreach to community organizations, schools, businesses, and local residents. Collect data, artifacts, and other assets and prepare reports on volunteer recruitment, participation, and impact for program evaluation and funding purposes. Program Benefits : Health Coverage* , Stipend , Relocation Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Training , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend . Terms : Car recommended . Service Areas : None Skills : None SUMMARY Program Type: AmeriCorps VISTA Program Love Your Block - Columbia, Missouri Program Start/End Date 10/14/2024 - 10/13/2025 Work Schedule Full Time Education level High school diploma/GED Age Requirement Minimum: 18 Maximum: None Program Locations MISSOURI Accepting Applications From 08/19/2024 To 09/18/2024 Contact Leigh Kottwitz 11 N 7th St Columbia MO 65201 5738747504 leigh.kottwitz@como.gov www.CoMo.gov/volunteer Listing ID 124027