City of New Orleans AmeriCorps VISTA Program - Office of Mayor LaToya Cantrell

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1300 Perdido St
New Orleans, LA 70112

(504) 658-4995

Focus Areas

Disaster
Economic Security
Education & Youth
Environment
Health & Nutrition
Homelessness & Housing
Legal Assistance
Public Safety

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Year Founded 2020
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The CNO AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program, led by the City of New Orleans Mayor's Office, is a federal grant program that tackles the nation's most pressing challenges by connecting individuals and organizations through service and volunteering. The program supports City Hall operations by expanding the capacity of departments to provide better services for underserved and disproportionately impacted communities. National service is a value of the Cantrell administration, demonstrating that by coming together and cultivating a commitment to compassion and community empowerment, AmeriCorps members can “get things done.” Read More

About Us
CNO VISTA members serve at various departments to address critical city issues by engaging in capacity building work. Capacity building refers to tasks and activities that expand the scale, reach, efficiency, or effectiveness of programs and organizations. Member activities can include building the organizational, administrative, and financial capacity of departments, program development and delivery, research and data evaluation, community engagement and outreach, and partnership expansion and development. VISTA members do not engage in direct service, like tutoring or building houses.
Our Impact
The Americorps VISTA members address critical city issues and deliver solutions, adapting to new needs caused by natural disasters, public health pandemics, and ever-changing social and economic contexts. The Americorps VISTA program strengthens existing City services as well as helps provide new ones. The program currently has 6 VISTA members serving in 5 City departments who assist in mobilizing community resources and increase capacity of each department to manage effective and sustainable projects addressing anti-poverty measures. Since 2020, City of New Orleans Americorps VISTA members have leveraged over $1 million in cash resources and recruited or managed more than 1,000 community volunteers. 42% of our VISTA members gain full-time employment with the City of New Orleans upon completing their service.

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