The Alaska State Library is recruiting one VISTA volunteer for Kake and one for Craig (to join a team of two other VISTA volunteers in the Prince of Wales Island region) in the Libraries Build Communities program. The goal is to improve the educational and economic opportunities for residents while increasing the effectiveness, services, and sustainability of their public libraries.
The VISTA volunteers will work collaboratively with local and state agencies, schools and non-profits:
• to use community assessment information to develop workshops, online self-paced training opportunities, and resources that focus on financial literacy, job readiness skills, and entrepreneurship;
• to create sustainable early literacy centers in each library and develop programs that promote early literacy, numeracy skill, and school readiness; and
• to improve library services by developing library trustee training, volunteer recruitment, and management procedures and grant writing.
Benefits include: monthly living allowance ($1,222), relocation costs ($0.34/mile up to $1,000) and settling-in allowance ($550) for relocating members, health benefits, child care assistance, training, and an education award ($5,775) or cash stipend.
Preference will be given to candidates who apply by Dec. 1. If selected for these VISTA roles, the service year would begin in February 2016. (Exact date to be announced.) For more information or to apply, see
https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=58451&fromSearch=true
