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College for All Texans Foundation

College for All Texans Foundation. AmeriCorps*VISTA GO Center Pilot Program J ennifer Tywater, Program Coordinator. AmeriCorps*VISTA Mission. Helping Others Help Themselves

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College for All Texans Foundation

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  1. College for All Texans Foundation AmeriCorps*VISTA GO Center Pilot Program Jennifer Tywater, Program Coordinator

  2. AmeriCorps*VISTA Mission Helping Others Help Themselves • AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) provides full-time members to nonprofit, faith-based and other community organizations, and public agencies to create and expand programs that ultimately bring low-income individuals and communities out of poverty. • Through AmeriCorps*VISTA, ordinary people provide extraordinary service in more than 1,200 projects nationwide.

  3. AmeriCorps*VISTA History 1961 President John F. Kennedy launched the War on Poverty 1964 President Johnson enacted the Economic Opportunity Act, which created a domestic volunteer program with 2o VISTAs 1966 3,000 volunteers in 412 anti-poverty projects nationwide 1966-2007 Over 140,000 VISTA volunteers serve their communities 2007 6,000 Volunteers serving across the country each year

  4. National Service Umbrella

  5. AmeriCorps*VISTA Program Overview • August 2006AmeriCorps*VISTA Grant Approved • October 200610 VISTA Volunteers Recruited and Selected • December 2006VISTA Volunteers completed AmeriCorps national training and GO Center training • January 200710 VISTA volunteers began service in San Antonio schools • February 2007-May 2007 Established GO Centers, recruited G-Force members and served students • June 2007-August 2007 Summer Programming, VISTA Recruitment and Training

  6. Program Highlights: December 2006-August 2007 • 6, 688Students and parents utilized the VISTA GO Center services • 1,304Students utilized CIS-VISTA college preparatory summer programming • 61G-Force members to date • $2,599In-Kind donations raised • 12VISTA GO Center sites open in August 2007 • 20Str8 to College Pilot Program: CIS, AT&T, Frost and College for All Texans Foundation

  7. San Antonio Go Center Pilot Program Infrastructure

  8. San Antonio Go Center Pilot Program Sites • 7 High Schools • Harlandale High School • John Jay High School • Kennedy High School • McCollum High School • Somerset High School • South San Antonio High School • West Campus High School • 5 Middle Schools • Carroll Academy (K-8) • Gus Garcia Middle School • Harlandale Middle School*** • Martin Luther King Academy (K-8) • Wheatley Middle School *** Str8 to College Pilot Program Campus

  9. Program Visions for this year • Expand program to Houston, TX • Recruitment of additional VISTA volunteers for San Antonio • Recruit VISTA volunteers and VISTA Leaders for Houston • Create partnerships in Dallas for further VISTA expansions • Recruitand coordinate community volunteers, collegiate G-Force and service learning programs to support and conduct direct service with K-12 students

  10. Frequently Asked Questions • How are VISTAs creating sustainability? • How do we recruit VISTA volunteers? • What lessons have we learned so far? • What opportunities do VISTA’s have after their year of service? • What data are we collecting? • How does CNCS evaluate our program?

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