Maine Ending Hunger Corps

Maine Ending Hunger Corps is an AmeriCorps VISTA program sponsored by Maine's Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Forestry (DACF), with the goal of building capacity to fulfill Maine’s historic commitment to creating a hunger-free state by 2030.

• About Us
  Ending Hunger Corps supports 25 AmeriCorps VISTA projects a year, placing service members with organizations and agencies across the state that are doing work aligned with the goals of "Everyone at the Table: Maine’s Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030". By working at the intersection of poverty and hunger, Ending Hunger Corps members advance long-term, root cause solutions.
  
  Ending Hunger Corps VISTA Host Sites include a wide range of organizations and agencies from small grassroots nonprofits to state government agencies, representing the diverse strategies needed to end hunger and close the equity gap in food security in Maine.
• Our Impact
  Ending Hunger Corps service opportunities are available across the state of Maine with a wide variety of projects which focus on one or more of the goals of "Maine’s Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030":
  
  - Food Access
  - Economic Security & Opportunity
  - Advancing Equity
  - Empowerment & Narrative Change
  - Improving Coordination Across Efforts to End Hunger
  
  Ending Hunger Corps' current and first cohort of VISTA service members made an incredible impact in their communities. Below is just a snapshot of the collective impact in year one:
  Number of Individuals with Increased Food Security: 2,954
  Volunteers Recruited & Managed: 580
  Service Hours of Recruited & Managed Volunteers: 2,235
  Cash Resources Raised: $151,870