VT VOAD Strengthens Vermont’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters by uniting nonprofit, faith-based, community, and volunteer organizations under a shared mission of cooperation, communication, coordination, and collaboration. Our purpose is to ensure that individuals and families affected by disasters, especially those with limited resources, receive timely, equitable, and effective support. VT VOAD serves a broad network of community-based organizations, local and state agencies, volunteer groups, and the Vermonters they assist. While we do not provide direct services ourselves, we build the capacity of the organizations that do. This includes groups supporting low-income households, rural communities, older adults, people with disabilities, and families facing economic hardship who are disproportionately impacted by disasters. Our poverty-alleviation work focuses on strengthening long-term recovery systems, improving resource coordination, and reducing the financial social burdens disasters place on vulnerable populations. We help member organizations collaborate more effectively, share information, access training, and mobilize volunteers. By improving statewide disaster readiness and recovery infrastructure, VT VOAD helps ensure that low-income Vermonters have faster access to assistance, fewer barriers to recovery, and greater resilience in future crises. Through capacity-building, partnership development, and improved communication systems, VT VOAD works to create a more coordinated and equitable disaster response network that reduces the long-term impacts of poverty and strengthens community resilience across Vermont.
Member Duties : The VISTA Volunteer will support rural Vermont Long-Term Recovery Groups (LTRGs) as they transition into sustainable Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COADs). The volunteer will build local capacity by helping LTRGs formalize COAD structures, strengthen partnerships, develop communication and coordination systems, and create tools that improve preparedness and long-term recovery. Serving closely with community leaders and nonprofits, the VISTA Volunteer will ensure rural and low-income residents have stronger, more equitable access to resources before and after disasters. By improving local coordination and reducing service gaps, the volunteer will advance resilient COADs that lessen the long-term economic impacts disaster have on households experiencing poverty.
Program Benefits : Education award upon successful completion of service , Living Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Relocation Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Health Coverage* , Training .
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended .
Service Areas :
Disaster Relief .
Skills :
Fund raising/Grant Writing , Writing/Editing , Communications , Team Work , Leadership , Social Services , Community Organization .
SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
SerVermont - VT VOAD Disaster Services VISTA
Program Start/End Date
08/10/2026 - 08/09/2027
Work Schedule
Full Time
Education level
Associates degree (AA)
Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
Program Locations
VERMONT
Accepting Applications
From 03/27/2026 To 08/01/2026
Contact
Caitlin Perrier
112 Spear St
South Burlington VT 05403
8025856835
Listing ID
129065
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