CTCC VISTA Program

Since 2008 we have been partnered with the Corporation for National and Community Service to assist member campuses in increasing the number of faculty and students making a difference through volunteer service and service-learning. Our AmeriCorps VISTA Project enables colleges and universities to better respond to pressing issues facing low-income communities by improving the quality of and capacity for campus-community service and service-learning programs. These campuses build community – campus partnerships to mobilize intellectual, human, and material resources to address community-identified issues of concern.

AmeriCorps VISTA members focus on creating sustainable programs that will become institutionalized on their campus after the VISTA project period has expired. These programs are designed to have a measurable impact on issues affecting impoverished populations in the local community.

Beginning in Fall 2013, our AmeriCorps VISTA Project will focus its programs in the areas outlined below:

Program Area	Focus Issue
Economic Opportunity	Number of economically disadvantaged individuals receiving job training and other skill development services. Number of economically disadvantaged individuals receiving job placement services. housing placement services alleviate long term hunger
Education: a) K-12 Successb) Post-Secondary Success	civic engagement as a tool to improve success in post-secondary education student improved math/literacy test score student attendance improvement Increasing capacity of high quality youth education programs student readiness for post-secondary education Students earning a post-secondary degree
Veterans	Number of veterans successfully earning a post-secondary degree Number of Veterans and/or family members benefiting from the VISTA project
Capacity Building	Number of community volunteers recruited Number of community volunteers managed by VISTA Number of organizations that received capacity building services from VISTA service Hours of service contributed by community volunteers who were recruited by the VISTA