In partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), Pennsylvania Campus Compact (PACC) is pleased to announce the availability of AmeriCorps*VISTA awards to our member institutions for the 2013-2014 academic year. In exchange for a full-time PACC AmeriCorps*VISTA, host sites are required to be members of PA Campus Compact and pay a program fee of $5,000.00.

PA Campus Compact is no longer accepting applications for the 2013-2014 program year.  To inquire about the 2014-2015 program year, please contact Amy Carraux Price at acprice@paccompact.org.

The purpose of the AmeriCorps*VISTA program is to enable organizations and low-income communities to expand their capacity to solve their own problems related to the root causes of poverty. PACC*VISTA projects should be developed around a three-year timeline for completion that builds community capacity and ultimately leads to a project that is self-sustaining at the end of that period.

The project and PACC*VISTA member’s work must explicitly address the following program goals:

1. To develop or enhance campus-community efforts to address one of the identified project focus areas;
2. To create, develop, or sustain reciprocal, mutually beneficial partnerships between the campus and community organizations, leaders, and members;
3. To foster PACC*VISTA members as professionals and emerging leaders in the fields of community development, civic engagement, and/or higher education.

For the 2013-2014 program year, PACC*VISTA members will be assigned to member campuses with projects in the one of the following areas:

1. EDUCATION: Improving academic achievement of at-risk K-12 students
2. EDUCATION: Increasing college access of at-risk high school students
3. HEALTHY FUTURES: Increasing Food Access for low-income families
4. HEALTHY FUTURES: Increasing Access to Health Care for low-income families
5. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: Increasing Employment Access for unemployed or under-employed individuals
6. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: Increasing Financial Literacy for low-income families
7. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: Increasing Housing Access for low-income families

If your campus would like to host a PACC*VISTA member, please review the supplementary documents and complete the application, outlined with links below.

Supporting Documents:
• Program Overview and Requirements
• Program Models
• Host Site Application Toolkit

Application:

To submit the application, please complete and send all required documents as one (1) .pdf document—with your institution’s name as the title— via email to acprice@paccompact.org. Additionally, please send Part C: Host Site Application Concept Paper as a separate .pdf document.  Note: This may involve scanning and combining of documents.

Applications are due Friday, December 7, 2012 by 12 noon.

1. Cover Sheet

2. Part A: Sections I-V

3. Part B: Logic Model, VISTA Assignment Description, & Performance Measures (Specific to each area)

3a. Part B - EDUCATION: Improving academic achievement of at-risk K-12 students

3b. Part B - EDUCATION: Increasing college access of at-risk high school students

3c. Part B - HEALTHY FUTURES: Increasing Food Access for low-income families

3d. Part B - HEALTHY FUTURES: Increasing Access to Health Care for low-income families

3e. Part B - ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: Increasing Employment Access for unemployed or under-employed individuals

3f. Part B - ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: Increasing Financial Literacy for low-income families

3g. Part B - ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: Increasing Housing Access for low-income families

4. Part C: Host Site Application Concept Paper

5. Commitment of Financial Support

6. Letter of Support from College/University President (Created by President)

7. Letter(s) of Support from at least one community partner (Created by community partner)

8. Resume of supervisor (Created by supervisor)

Examples:

Example - Part A: Shippensburg University

Example - Part A: Franklin & Marshall College

Example - Performance Measures: Keystone College

Example - VISTA Assignment Description: King's College

These are competitive awards and will be granted based upon the quality of the project and its alignment with the mission of AmeriCorps*VISTA and the goals of the PACC*VISTA program.

For additional details, please contact Amy Carraux Price, PACC Program Manager, by email at acprice@paccompact.org or by telephone at 717-796-5072 ext. 3.