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Solid Ground sponsors four AmeriCorps and VISTA programs, placing National Service volunteers in a wide variety of nonprofit groups, schools, public agencies and faith-based organizations in our community:
focus: violence prevention
site application deadline: February 22, 2010
program start date: September 2010
program end date: July 2011
Each year, JustServe AmeriCorps places a team of 34 full-time AmeriCorps Members at approximately 15 local Criminal Justice System agencies, middle and high schools, community-based organizations and faith-based organizations to start or expand violence prevention efforts in our community.
As a project site, one to five AmeriCorps Members would be assigned to your agency for an 11-month term, from September 2010 to July 2011. As Site Supervisor, you would be responsible for providing ongoing direct supervision and a portion of the costs necessary to support your Member. In 2010-2011, sites will contribute toward the cost of the AmeriCorps program on a sliding scale ranging up to $13,000 per Member.
Solid Ground selects JustServe AmeriCorps project sites in a competitive process working with a community advisory board. Each Member project should focus on ending violence that perpetuates poverty in our community.
To apply to become a 2010-2011 service year JustServe AmeriCorps site, submit all three pieces of our Site Application below (Member Position Description, Member Work Plan and Supplemental Questions) to justserve@solid-ground.org by Monday, February 22, 2010.
A: JustServe Member Position Description template
B: Member Work Plan
C: Supplemental Questions
If you have any questions, please contact the JustServe AmeriCorps Supervisor at 206.957.4779 ext #110 or justserve@solid-ground.org.
focus: anti-poverty related issues
site application deadline: January 18, 2010
program start date: August 2010
program end date: August 2011
The Martin Luther King VISTA Program is an anti-poverty program, which focuses resources on building capacity to address problems faced by low-income communities. VISTAs serve with public or private non-profit agencies working to alleviate or address poverty-related problems. VISTA projects are focused on sustainability — creating long-term solutions to problems confronting low-income communities rather than short-term approaches for handling emergency needs.
The MLK VISTA Program is looking for projects that reflect a commitment to engaging community members and that work from within communities to address community needs. The following is a sample of what MLK VISTAs do in our communities today:
- MLK VISTAs work to prevent homelessness and preserve low-income housing.
- MLK VISTAs build the capacity of community agencies and programs to serve the needs of low-income individuals and families.
- MLK VISTAs develop and expand programs that provide low-income individuals with both the tools and skills they need to compete for jobs and resources in a high-tech age.
- MLK VISTAs provide opportunities for low-income families and individuals to begin building financial assets through programs such as Individual Development Accounts, Earned Income Tax Credit education and financial literacy.
Questions? Contact the MLK VISTA Program Coordinator.
focus: literacy
With Solid Ground as the local sponsor, 76 VISTA and AmeriCorps members are placed each year in Seattle, Tukwila, Highline, Renton and Kent area schools to support children's reading improvement. The application process to become a Reading Corps school is coordinated through:
Washington Office of the Superintendent & Public Instruction
Jessica Vavrus, Program Coordinator
OSPI Washington Reading Corps
Phone: 360.725.6058
Fax: 360.753.6754
Email: jvavrus@ospi.wednet.edu
Phone: 206.957.4779 x109
Email: americorpsinfo@solid-ground.org
FAX: 206.957.2677
Mailing AmeriCorps Programs
Address: Solid Ground
1501 North 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103-6708
Physical Solid Ground
Address: Volunteer Resources
464 12th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122