Veterans & Unhoused Outreach & Partnerships VISTA

Overview

This program strengthens community systems that improve access to stabilizing resources for low-income veterans and unhoused individuals facing barriers related to housing instability, transportation, fragmented service systems, and limited follow-up support. The VISTA focuses on capacity-building activities that enhance organizational infrastructure, partner coordination, and sustainability rather than direct service delivery. The member builds and maintains partner directories, referral workflows, outreach tools, volunteer logistics systems, and data tracking dashboards that improve coordination among shelters, behavioral health providers, benefits agencies, and community partners.

These systems increase awareness of available supports and improve successful connections to housing navigation, benefits access, food security, and behavioral health resources. The member completes Mental Health Advocate Training to ensure trauma-informed system design, responsible engagement practices, and culturally responsive outreach strategies. Program outcomes include stronger referral coordination, improved follow-up tracking, reduced service duplication, increased partner collaboration, and improved readiness for grant reporting and sustainability.

By strengthening these systems, the program reduces barriers that contribute to homelessness and economic instability while supporting long-term pathways toward self-sufficiency.

• The member will build and strengthen outreach and partnership systems that improve access to stabilizing resources for low-income veterans and unhoused individuals.
• Activities include completing Mental Health Advocate Training, developing partner directories, creating standardized referral workflows, building outreach tools, coordinating volunteer-supported logistics systems, and implementing tracking dashboards to monitor referrals and follow-up outcomes.
• The member will support partner coordination, document repeatable processes, and strengthen sustainability planning.
• This capacity-building work improves awareness of available services, increases successful connections to housing navigation, benefits access, food security, and behavioral health supports, and reduces barriers that contribute to homelessness and economic instability.

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

• For details about Ameri Corps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit the URL provided in the original posting.
• Terms:
  
  Car recommended.
• Service Areas:
  Community Outreach, Veterans, Entrepreneur/Business, Health, Homelessness.
• Skills:
  
  Conflict Resolution, Law, Teaching/Tutoring, Fund raising/Grant Writing, Public Speaking, First Aid, Veterans, Education, Computers/Technology.
• Summary:
  
  Program Type:
  Ameri Corps VISTA
• Program:
  Veterans & Unhoused Outreach & Partnerships VISTA
• Program Start/End Date: 02/09/2026 - 02/08/2027
• Work Schedule:
  
  Full Time
• Education level:
  High school diploma/GED
• Age Requirement:
  Minimum 18
• Program Locations: MICHIGAN Detroit/Ann Arbor/Flint
• Languages:
  
  English
• Accepting Applications:
  From 01/09/2026 To 03/09/2026
• Contact:
  Monica Sparks, 3099 Broadmoor Ave SE, Kentwood MI 49512, , t