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3-year grant from AmeriCorps fund more support for rural nonprofits in Idaho
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A three-year grant from the federal AmeriCorps will place volunteers with rural nonprofits and local or state government agencies in rural Idaho for a year.
The AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) members will be placed all across Idaho in full-time positions to help rural Idaho communities build capacity, explore challenges facing Idahoâs rural nonprofits and support community efforts to overcome poverty. The members will receive a living stipend, education award and health benefits, according to a news release from the Idaho Department of Labor.
Serve Idaho receives grant to assist rural nonprofits
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Idaho rural nonprofits and local/state government agencies may get a hand up with the help of a three-year grant awarded to Serve Idaho from the federal AmeriCorps.
AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) members will be placed in rural nonprofits and local / state government agencies across Idaho for one year. As full-time volunteers, the VISTA members will help rural Idaho
communities to build capacity, explore challenges facing Idaho’s rural nonprofits and support community efforts to overcome poverty. In return for their year of service members receive a living stipend, an education award, health benefits and future non-competitive eligibility for federal jobs.