VISTA: Child Nutrition Programs

 

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 VISTA Assignment Description (VAD)    

Title: Child Nutrition Engagement VISTA     

Sponsoring Organization: Northern Illinois Food Bank 

Project Name: Summer Associates 

Project Period: 5/28/19– 8/6/19 (10 weeks)       

Site Name (if applicable): Northern Illinois Food Bank     

Focus Area Primary: Healthy Futures   

     

VISTA
Assignment Objectives and Member Activities     

  

Goal of the Project:   

The AmeriCorps VISTA will
work primarily with the Food Bank’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) to
build capacity with new and existing sites. VISTAs will monitor programs for
compliance, create and analyze survey data, and assist with implementation of
the mobile meals route. In 2018, the
Food Bank’s Summer Food Service Program provided meals to an average of 9102
at 132 child feeding locations. The VISTA will measure his/her built capacity
through the increase in meals served at the summer feeding programs. 

Increasing access to feeding
programs provides young students with more healthy nutritious food as well as
food security for their families. Well-fed children do better in school, have higher test scores, and
fewer self-esteem issues. Early
success in school often leads to children having a better chance at attending
college, earning advanced degrees, and landing high wage jobs to rise out of
poverty. Ensuring that children have
access to the food they need for a solid education is vital in ending poverty. 

 

Objective of the
Assignment (05/28/2019 – 08/06/2019)) 

Serve as a liaison between
feeding sites and food bank staff.  

 

Member Activities: Assist food bank staff with providing annual
trainings for feeding site coordinators. Provide assistance when necessary to feeding site coordinators. Create and evaluate surveys and materials
that can expand and improve programming. Assist the food bank with tracking required materials of new and
existing sites. Continuously update
feeding site coordinators on current best practices for running Summer Food
Service Programs. 

 

Objective of the
Assignment (05/28/2019 – 08/06/2019) 

Understand
and enforce all program standards and procedure through scheduled site visits 

Member
Activities: Travel to site partner locations on a regular basis to review program
rules and regulations with site program partners. 

 

Objective
of the Assignment (05/28/2019 – 08/06/2019))  

Support Meals on the Move
mobile meals route and Summer Family Markets program implementation. 

Member Activities: Assist food bank staff
with daily program logistics and program implementation including serving meals,
route staffing, program reporting, and program growth/outreach. VISTA staff
will prepare, collect, and analyze program surveys and data to report to Food
Bank staff. 

 

*To apply to this position, please visit americorps.gov at the following URL: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=6ac1a532-45ab-4da8-a5e0-43f6354b15ee