VISTA Coordinator Maternal Health Volunteer Program

Overview

The UA Wildcat Corps VISTA project aims to empower low-income communities in Arizona by addressing critical poverty-related challenges through community-driven solutions. Working within the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension’s statewide Family, Consumer and Health Sciences team, this VISTA will help build a first-of-its-kind, strength-based volunteer train-the-trainer curriculum focused on maternal health and well-being. The curriculum will address the mental, behavioral, physical, and nutritional health needs of mothers and mothers-to-be across Arizona’s diverse frontier, rural, urban, and tribal communities—giving them the resources, knowledge, and support they need throughout pregnancy and their children’s early years.

The VISTA will co-develop the curriculum that will be reviewed with internal, state, and national committees before the training is piloted with community volunteers serving low-income families. Additionally, the member will co-develop a professional development protocol to onboard, support, and evaluate volunteers over time. This is a unique opportunity to build lasting volunteer infrastructure that will continue lifting Arizona families out of poverty long after your year of service.

• Co-develop a strength-based volunteer training curriculum with the statewide FCHS Extension team covering maternal mental, behavioral, physical, and nutritional health for low-income mothers and mothers-to-be.
• Develop training curriculum and materials for staff to train volunteers to deliver maternal health education.
• Evaluate a pilot of the curriculum in its effectiveness to deliver maternal health education in select frontier, rural, urban, and tribal Arizona communities.
• Coordinate internal, state, and national curriculum reviews to ensure quality and cultural responsiveness.
• Co-develop a train-the-trainer professional development protocol to recruit, onboard, support, and evaluate volunteers throughout their service.
• Co-design data collection tools to measure volunteer reach and program impact.

Bilingual in Spanish preferred but not required.

• Relocation Allowance
• Living Allowance
• Health Coverage*
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Training
• Childcare assistance if eligible

Car recommended.

• Community Outreach
• Health
• Education
• Community and Economic Development
• Children/Youth

• Public Health
• Social Services
• Non-Profit Management
• General Skills
• Recruitment
• Writing/Editing
• Public Speaking

Program Type: Ameri Corps VISTA

Program VISTA Coordinator for Maternal Health Volunteer Program

Program Start/End Date: 07/13/2026 - 07/12/2027

Work Schedule: Full Time

Education level: High school diploma/GED

Age Requirement: Minimum: 18, Maximum:
None

Program Locations: ARIZONA

Languages: English

Bilingual in Spanish preferred

From 04/08/2026 To 06/15/2026

Shea Austin Cantu

1177 E 4th St
Tucson AZ 85719

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