Resilience AmeriCorps VISTA

Purpose and goals

Resilience AmeriCorps VISTA builds capacity in vulnerable, low-income communities to develop plans and implement projects that increase the community’s resilience to shocks and stressors.

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Resilience AmeriCorps VISTA projects respond directly to low-income community needs such as:

Increasing availability of affordable, resilient housing stock
Increasing resilience and accessibility of critical infrastructure
Identifying resources for dealing with extreme events

AmeriCorps VISTA members engage the local community in capacity-building activities that respond to those needs in a way that will outlast any individual VISTA member's service in the community. For example, VISTA members may conduct vulnerability assessments, help write and implement community planning processes, identify funding and other resources for resilience work, or mobilize volunteers and other community members to implement resilience projects.

Current Resilience AmeriCorps VISTA projects are addressing a wide range of resilience challenges and solutions, including:

Challenges	Solutions
Climate change Extreme weather Financial instability Food shortage	Long-term planning Risk communication Community loan programs Urban food production

Project Sites

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Partners

Resilience AmeriCorps VISTA benefits from the support of many partners, including:

Cities of Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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