Maine has very high rates of overall food insecurity and the highest rate of childhood food insecurity in New England affecting 1 in 8 people and 1 in 5 children unsure of where their next meal will come from. Maine’s committed to end hunger by 2030 with a roadmap to guide that work. Simultaneously, the cancellation of the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) has disrupted the primary national system used to measure food insecurity. Additionally, cuts to food assistance programs could impact food insecurity in rapid and/or unpredictable ways. Concurrently, state level policy directing the state to find a replacement for the national measure signals growing interest in establishing a Maine-based approach to measuring food insecurity. Full Plates is the backbone organization working to address childhood food insecurity under Maine’s Ending Hunger Initiative, facilitating the Hunger Free Maine coalition, and convening partners to find a new way to track food insecurity rates in Maine through the Ending Hunger in Maine Food Security Data Project. Full Plates is a key partner in Maine’s Ending Hunger Initiative, serving as co-chair on the Ending Hunger Advisory Committee facilitated by the Governor’s Office of Policy, Innovation, and the Future (GOPIF) The Ending Hunger Initiative and the work to end hunger in Maine is at an exciting pivotal moment. This VISTA role is critical to track, understand and evaluate Maine’s progress towards its bold goal of ending hunger. The Ending Hunger Corps Food Security Data VISTA would play a key role in supporting the work of Full Plates, Hunger Free Maine, and the Ending Hunger Initiative by collecting, maintaining, and analyzing existing data and supporting the Food Security Data Project. The VISTA would have the opportunity to work with key partners in the important work to understand food insecurity in Maine and move towards solutions.
Member Duties : Maine has set a bold goal to end hunger by 2030, and in order to understand if the state is taking steps towards that goal we need to be able to track and measure food insecurity. The Ending Hunger Corps Food Security Data VISTA would play a key role in supporting the work of Full Plates, Hunger Free Maine, and the Ending Hunger Initiative by collecting, maintaining, and analyzing existing data and supporting the Food Security Data Project.
Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance , ME StatePark Pass, Prof Dev Fund , Childcare assistance if eligible , Training , Living Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Health Coverage* .
Terms :
Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours .
Skills :
Communications , General Skills , Team Work , Computers/Technology .
Ending Hunger Corps Food Security Data VISTA
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
From 07/01/2025 To 07/15/2026
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ag/endinghungercorps/index.shtml
