Campus Compact VISTA - Drexel University Dornsife Center

Campus Compact VISTA - Drexel University Dornsife Center

The Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA program places AmeriCorps VISTA members in full service with our campus and community partners for one year. During this year, members spend 35 hours per week on their host site's campus or with one of that campus's community partners to work on building systems and programs that support low-income college students and community members. The VISTA members' work is to build capacity, meaning that rather than directly serving the community, they enhance or create systems, structures, and resources that support the direct anti-poverty work. Campus Compact functions as the central VISTA program hub, performing program administration, offering training and support to VISTA members and their projects, and connecting the work happening in individual projects both to similar work happening nationwide and back to AmeriCorps. For detailed program information and FAQs, please visit our website.

Member Duties : The VISTA member will build capacity by working with the Dornsife Center and local business and non-profit partners to integrate financial literacy curricula and resources into existing programs. Whether it is working alongside our community lawyering clinic, our Community Wellness HUB, or our workforce development center, the VISTA can have a tremendous impact in assessing needs, co-designing programs, creating systems for data collection, and building processes that will last beyond the term of the VISTA.

Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Health Coverage* , Stipend , Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Training , Relocation Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service , Housing .

*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit .

Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .

Service Areas :
Education , Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach .

Skills :
Public Speaking , Teaching/Tutoring , General Skills , Team Work , Counseling , Communications , Community Organization , Leadership , Education , Business/Entrepreneur