Hunger Free America National AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps -
Illinois

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Job Details

Full-time

Benefits

Health insurance

Qualifications

Nutrition
Nonprofit management
Volunteer coordination for social programs
Volunteer management
Team leadership
Program development
Public speaking
Grassroots mobilization
Donation solicitation
Volunteer coordination program management
Special events
Fundraising
Public health
Public assistance
Volunteer coordination
Computer skills
Events management
Nonprofit industry grant writing
Volunteer recruitment
Entry level

Full Job Description

Hunger Free America (HFA), in conjunction with some of the nation’s most effective anti-hunger and poverty organizations. Hunger Free America is a nonpartisan, national nonprofit group working to enact the policies and programs needed to end domestic hunger and ensure that all Americans have sufficient access to nutritious food. Our National AmeriCorps VISTA program is one of organization's cornerstone programs. For over twenty years, we have placed AmeriCorps VISTAs with food security organizations across the country. Currently, we place 58 AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers, nationwide. Our program engages VISTA volunteers and partnering organizations in moving families beyond the soup kitchen by breaking down barriers and providing improved access to healthful, nutritious foods. HFA's VISTA program aims to address hunger, poverty, and build the capacity of the agencies that address these issues. AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers help improve access to food from government and nonprofit sources for targeted populations in particular and food insecure people in general; help raise and sustain funding for critical food security efforts, enable residents of food deserts to access healthier foods through farmers markets and community gardens; more low-income children to obtain free school breakfasts and summer meals; effective nonprofit groups fighting hunger and poverty to raise more money and recruit and manage more volunteers, particularly high-impact and skilled volunteers.

Member Duties : Here are some of the activities that VISTA volunteers could perform with our partnered anti-hunger host sites: Community education and outreach (building partnerships and coalitions with organizations that support food security work, developing nutrition programming, increasing access to farmer's markets); Fund development (grant writing, soliciting in-kind donations, running special events); Volunteer recruitment and management; Building organizational capacity; Increasing access to SNAP and other food benefits programs, and helping people meet SNAP work requirements.

Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Relocation Allowance , Health Coverage* , Training .

Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas :
Hunger , Health , Children/Youth , Community Outreach , Community and Economic Development .

Skills :
Computers/Technology , Team Work , Social Services , General Skills , Public Health , Recruitment , Public Speaking , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Leadership , Non-Profit Management , Education , Communications , Community Organization .

SUMMARY

Program Type:

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program

Hunger Free America National AmeriCorps VISTA

Program Start/End Date

08/10/2026 - 08/09/2027

Work Schedule

Full Time

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations

ILLINOIS , NORTH CAROLINA , PENNSYLVANIA , NEW YORK , MISSOURI , WEST VIRGINIA , TEXAS , COLORADO , MAINE , DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , PUERTO RICO , SOUTH CAROLINA , WASHINGTON , MARYLAND , ALABAMA , CALIFORNIA , NEW JERSEY , INDIANA , KANSAS , OHIO , VERMONT , IDAHO Dallas/Ft. Worth , New York City (inc. Long Island CT NJ NY) , Los Angeles/Orange County , Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton , San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose , Chicago , Washington/Baltimore , Philadelphia/Wilmington/Atlantic City

Accepting Applications

From 02/09/2026 To 09/08/2026

Contact

Amy Bonn

50 Broad St

New York NY 10004

6467361942

[email protected]

www.hungerfreeamerica.org

Listing ID

105139

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