For more than 50 years, Catholic Charities of West Tennessee has provided hope, dignity, and pathways toward stability for individuals and families experiencing poverty throughout West Tennessee. Located in Memphis, CCWTN provides housing services, food assistance, clothing, emergency assistance, and connections to community resources. As the Housing Services Outreach VISTA, you will strengthen CCWTN’s capacity to promote long-term housing stability for individuals, families, and veterans who have completed housing programs. You will assess existing outreach practices and develop sustainable systems for post-exit follow-up, volunteer engagement, community partnerships, data collection, outcome measurement, and reporting. During your service year, you will develop outreach workflows and tools, build partnerships with churches, universities, and community organizations, create volunteer recruitment and training resources, implement and evaluate a pilot outreach system, and develop dashboards and reports that measure program outcomes. You will conclude your service by creating an operations manual, sustainability plan, and transition resources that enable staff and volunteers to continue the program. The ideal candidate is organized, collaborative, mission-driven, and comfortable developing new systems and relationships. Strong communication, writing, technology, data, and project coordination skills are valuable. Serving in Memphis provides an opportunity to address housing instability while gaining experience in nonprofit operations, program development, volunteer engagement, data evaluation, and community collaboration. This VISTA position is a part of Catholic Charities USA’s Family Strengthening Program, a national intermediary project. As a member, you will meet virtually with VISTA Leaders and other VISTAs serving throughout the country, all focused on alleviating poverty.
Member Duties : The Housing Services Outreach VISTA will build sustainable systems that strengthen long-term housing stability efforts at Catholic Charities of West Tennessee. The VISTA will assess existing outreach practices and develop standardized processes for post-exit follow-up, data collection, outcome tracking, and reporting. The member will develop partnerships with churches, universities, and community organizations; create volunteer recruitment, onboarding, and training resources; and implement and evaluate a pilot outreach system. The VISTA will analyze program outcomes, develop reporting tools, and identify opportunities for improvement. To ensure long-term sustainability, the member will create an operations manual, training resources, partnership guides, data tools, and a transition plan that enables CCWTN staff and volunteers to continue the program after the VISTA service year.
Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service , Relocation Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Training , Stipend , Health Coverage* , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend .
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Service Areas :
Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach , Homelessness , Housing , Veterans .
Skills :
Survey design , Social Services , Communications , Leadership , Writing/Editing , Teaching/Tutoring , Computers/Technology .
26-27 Catholic Charities Housing Services Outreach VISTA
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
Program Locations
TENNESSEE
From 07/06/2026 To 09/30/2026
