Category Archives: VISTA Viewpoint
VISTA Counts in Local Communities
During our difficult winter weather months, members of the National Coalition for the Homeless AmeriCorps*VISTA program are working diligently with their partners in local communities to conduct “Point in Time” homeless counts. Point-in-Time PiT counts often look different form one … Continue reading
Posted in Staff Thoughts, VISTA Viewpoint
Tagged AmeriCorps, HUD, Point-in-Time Count, VISTA
Leave a comment
No Wrong Doors for Homeless Veterans
Taylor Southall and I (both AmeriCorps Summer VISTA volunteers with NCH’s VISTA Project) planned and organized an event last week called No Wrong Door. The idea was to get local organizations that serve the homeless together in order to teach … Continue reading
How AmeriCorps is making an impact
This year’s National AmeriCorps Week, March 10 – 18, is an opportunity for AmeriCorps members, alums, grantees, program partners and friends to demonstrate impact on critical issues, bring more Americans into service, and thank the community partners who make AmeriCorps possible. … Continue reading
‘Hard Lives, Mean Streets’ Book Review
Book Review by Tracey Crocker (NCH VISTA in Florida) “We have become so accustomed to living in a society saturated with misogyny that the barbaric treatment of women and girls has come to be more or less expected” – Bob … Continue reading
Is it legal to restrict food-sharing?
By Jackie Dowd The food-sharing in downtown Orlando went on as usual last Wednesday night, despite the decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the city’s ordinance restricting groups and individuals from sharing food with homeless and … Continue reading
