Current PRC VISTA Sites
[Billings] [Bozeman] [Great Falls] [Harlowton] [Helena] [Kalispell] [Lewistown] [Missoula] []
Billings
Montana Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc
Montana Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: The mission of this not-for-profit social welfare corporation is to promote exclusively the social welfare of boys and girls in the state of Montana as served by various Boys & Girls Clubs in the state of Montana that are affiliated with Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The mission of Montana's Boys and Girls Clubs is to inspire all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
Goals: To accurately asses all 18 Montana Boys and Girls Clubs.
Create an accessible database of the inventory information.
Develop a strong Resource Development plan to propose to the January legislature.
Identify potential funding resources.
Establish an effective communication system between the clubs and the alliance.
Develop more strong marketing components
Bozeman
Montana Mental Health Association
Coordinator-Youth Peer Suicide Prevention (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: The Montana Mental Health Association (MMHA) is a nonprofit organization whose primary focus is educating and advocating for the mental health of all Montanans.
Goals: With the MMHA and the state of Montana, identify communities that are ready to engage in youth-directed suicide prevention activities. Work with communities to identify youth leaders for the project. Provide education and training in mental health and suicide risk factors to youth participants and adult leaders. Assist youth in developing communications plans for peers in their communities. Provide training for youth coalitions in resource development, leadership, succession planning, running meetings, and building coalitions. Develop and implement evaluation tools for coalition and program effectiveness. Attend suicide prevention coalition meetings and required trainings.
Great Falls
Cascade County RSVP
Get Fit Great Falls (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: Provide an opportunity for those citizens age 55 and over to engage in meaningful service to meet critical community needs.
Goals: Increase the number of volunteers and community members participating in healthy activities in Cascade County communities.
At-Risk Youth Program (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: Our mission is to match volunteers age 55 and older in organizations to meet local community needs in Cascde, Choteau and Teton counties and to promote volunteerism at avery age.
Goals: mobilize volunteers to work with youth to reduce their risk factors and build their assets (the 40 assets), provide the opportunity for youth to serve in the community through community service projects with local organizations, provide the opportunity for intergenerational projects to take place, have 1000 volunteers enrolled in the program (currently there are around 900 volunteers)
Harlowton
Wheatland Memorial Healthcare
Wellness ProgramCurrent VISTA:
Mission: Responsive to the healthcare needs of the communities we serve, Wheatland Memorial Healthcare is dedicated to providing sustainable quality care with respect, compassion and teamwork. Wheatland Memorial Healthcare is a critical access hospital which partners with a community coalition, the Partnership for Youth,encompassing the county extension office, the high school, the ministerial association, chamber of commerce, parents and volunteers.
Goals: The role of the VISTA will be to create an awareness of ¿wellness¿ in the community and to coordinate and organize resources/services and design a wellness program that is sustainable. To involve the community and utilize available resources more effectively and efficiently.
A healthcare needs assessment survey was conducted last fall which indicated heart disease as a top healthcare problem and a significant need in Harlowton for weight management services or some form of exercise program elicited through a wellness center survey conducted last year. The Partnership For Youth and a representative from Wheatland Memorial Hospital met the County Extension Agent to address this ongoing need.
Helena
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Helena
Public awareness, outreach, and strategic planning.Current VISTA:
Mission: To help children reach their full potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with volunteers.
Goals: Successful mentoring relationships for all children who need and want them, contributing to better schools, brighter futures, and stronger communities for all.
Florence Crittenton Home
Outreach Coordinator-Family Resource Center (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: Florence Crittenton is a nonprofit organization that cares for pregnant and parenting young women looking to build a better life for themselves and their babies.
60% of the VISTA¿s time would be spent helping Florence Crittenton achieve its goal in opening a Family Resource Center for Outreach Services. The Center would provide services to at risk families in the Helena area and help to prevent child abuse and neglect. Time allotted to this scope of work is dependent on the receipt of grant funding.
40% of the VISTA¿s time would be spent on building agency infrastructure to track outcomes and gain feedback from clients. This will enable Florence Crittenton to measure and report on outcomes and successes of young women served in our residential program, and other at-risk parents served in our outreach programs. This feedback will help ensure that services are constantly improved. The agency will also be better positioned to market their services to young women and at-risk families in Helena and regionally with the benefit of this knowledge.Goals: To increase knowledge of community needs so that services to the at risk parenting population can be increased in Helena.
Helena Citizens Council
Neighborhood and Community Development Specialist (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: A priority vision for the Helena Citizens Council is to re-establish and revitalize the grassroots, neighborhood council structure that is put forth in the HCC organizational bylaws.
Goals: The VISTA will serve as a catalyst to address this community need by:
Providing technical assistance and training to local neighborhood councils and community leaders that will lead to the creation of sustainable neighborhood councils of local citizens that would be empowered to address these needs
Provide technical assistance to neighborhood councils to raise funds to help address neighborhood blight projects, this may include local service funds, public or private grants, and local fundraising events
Provide technical assistance to neighborhood councils to train citizens about how to advocate for community needs
Provide technical assistance to the HCC district representatives on leadership skills development necessary to further the goals of the neighborhood councils and create sustainable organizations that include local, neighborhood plansPrevention Resource Center
VISTA Leader (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: Create and sustain a coordinated, comprehensive system of prevention services in the state of Montana.
Goals: Reduce child abuse, reduce youth substance abuse, reduce youth violence, reduce school dropout, and reduce teen pregnancy.
Rocky Mountain Development Council Head Start
Parent Education Program (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: To be a positive influence for change by providing a supportive and safe learning environment for children and families. The entire staff is dedicated to giving families an opportunity to enhance their feelings of belonging, self-worth and respect, and to help them reach their highest potential.
Goals: Develop and implement a system for parent education efforts at Rocky Mountain Development Council Head Start Program.
Kalispell
CASA for Kids - Kalispell
CASA for Kids - Kalispell (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: The mission of CASA for Kids is to advocate for abused and neglected chidren in court. Through advocacy CASA volunteers strive to ensure that each child is placed in a safe, permanent home as quickly as possible.
Goals: To recruit, train and retain enough volunteers to meet the advocacy need of all abused and neglected children within the 11th Judicial Court.
Lewistown
Central Montana Youth Mentoring Program
Central Montana Youth Mentoring Program (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: "Strengthening youth through the bonds of friendship, commitment and leadership."
Goals: The Central Montana Youth Mentoring Programs' goals are to train outstanding high school students to engage in one-on-one mentoring relationships with at-risk youth. Project goals are to strengthen partnerships and obtain sustainable funding.
Missoula
Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County
Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: Our mission is to provide quality comprehensive after-school and weekend care for youth ranging from ages five to eighteen. We work to build self-esteem and assist in breaking the cycle of poverty, school failure, and youth crime. Our programs are geared towards providing Missoula youth with opportunities to learn, grow, give back to the community, discover their needs, set goals, and meet new friends. We¿re invested in generating a sense of worth and purpose in each child.
Goals: Our goals are to ensure the sustainability and quality of the programs that we currently offer, and to use funds creatively in order to meet the needs of our community. Also, we hope to develop new programs that cater to the wants of the youth in Missoula.
Flagship Program
Flagship Program (Website)Current VISTA:
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Guardian Angels Foundation
Guardian Angels Foundation (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: Guardian Angels is a non-profit organization that was founded in the year 2000 by co-founders Dr. Judy Schmidt and Joni Landes, RN. It is an organization inspired by patients, to help with medical expenses not covered by insurances.
Goals: Guardian Angels Foundation is a public benefit corporation organized to: facilitate the delivery of health care; provide financial assistance to victims of cancer to help defray unreimbursed costs for medical care services and drugs; raise funds through donations and contributions to be managed and distributed consistent with the other purposes of the corporation.
Missoula Forum for Children and Youth
Missoula Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention Services (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: This position is designed to build capacity & implement strategic plans. MAPPPS (teen pregnancy coalition) and Healthy Start Council (early childhood education)
Goals: Provide coordination of the MAPPPS coalition, increase membership, develop and participate in community education programs and plan and coordinate an annual event.
HS- Raise community awareness of the importance of early childhood.Women's Opportunity & Resource Development Inc. WORD
Public Relations (Website)Current VISTA:
Mission: WORD creates opportunities, programs and policies that inspire and support women's development, leadership and choice, for the benefit of our entire community.
Goals: Organizational Aims are as follows:
1. To become identified as a center in Missoula that resources women to fully develop thier potentional by actively particpating in improving thier lives.
2. To raise the proile of WORD in Missoula with a view to increasing our community's awareness of and support for our Mission and Programs.
3. To increase WROD's access to undesignated funds in order to balance and expand our budget and to develop long-term sustainability.
4. To maintain and develop WORD's working relationships with relevant organizational networks in order to inscrease recognition of and action oon women's issues and concerns.
5. To develop WORD as a feminist organization by establishing an internal culture and finding a home that embodies and models our feminist values and ways of working.YWCA - GUTS Program
Girls Using Their StrengthsCurrent VISTA:
Mission: The YWCA is a membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by diversity, the Association draws together members who strive to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power, in order to attaina a common vision: peace, justice, freedom, and dignity of all people. The association will thrust its collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists by any means necessary.
Goals: 1. Identify and establish relationships between the GUTS! Project and 5 new organizations or collaborations and maintain and develop 5 existing relationships; 2. Identify sources of new financial support and secure these funds; 3. Create a new short-term evaluation tool for both the after school program and the summer program; 4. Recruit 20 new volunteers for the project.
Roundup Youth Center / Emmanuel Baptist Church
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