Become a VISTA

The Montana Community VISTA Partnership (MCVP) is an AmeriCorps VISTA Intermediary project. Throughout the year, MCVP recruits and places VISTA members with a variety of government agencies and nonprofits around the state of Montana. Our VISTAs are motivated, passionate, talented individuals looking to build their skills while engaging in meaningful work. 

MCVP is currently recruiting! The projects listed below start January 13, 2025. Our VISTA projects lean into one of three focus areas - healthy futures, education, or economic opportunity. MCVP VISTAs serve with food banks, family services agencies, DPHHS divisions, city government, and many other kinds of organizations.

VISTA members work to build the capacity of communities to mitigate social and health risk factors by forming partnerships and coalitions, mobilizing resources by raising funds, applying for and securing grants, or soliciting in-kind donations, and by establishing community service as a major solution to combating poverty at the community level. VISTAs also identify current needs in the community, work with local community development councils, expand the use of volunteers and community service programs, build lasting community coalitions, and more!

If you would like to learn more about our program and how to become a VISTA, contact us today!

Current Listing

Department of Public Health and Human Services Prevention VISTA
Located in Helena, MT!
The goal of this VISTA project is to develop a comprehensive resource of evidenced-based programs and substance misuse prevention efforts which will help coordinate resources using a collaborative approach across state government. This VISTA project will move at-risk youth in Montana out of poverty by developing a compendium of evidenced-based programs, resulting in collaboration across the state to prevent risky outcomes such as substance use and suicide.

Southwest Montana Youth Partners VISTA
Located in Boulder, MT!
The overall goal of this VISTA project is to increase K-12 school readiness for at-risk youth in southwest Montana by increasing the scale and reach of Southwest Montana Youth Partners’ youth leadership program and early childhood care infrastructure. This VISTA project will move the wider Boulder area out of poverty by creating and implementing a strategic plan specifically for the Youth Leadership Program and the early childcare project’s future, resulting in SMYP’s ability to support youth and families in southwest Montana.

Red Lodge Aging in Place VISTA
Located in Red Lodge, MT!
The goal of this project is to develop a county-wide system to connect seniors and senior support centers with the resources they need to help seniors age in their place of choice. This VISTA project will move seniors out of poverty by connecting them to existing resources and developing a process to identify and assist isolated individuals access services and resources they need to age in place in their community, which will create healthier futures for all Carbon County seniors.

Visit the My AmeriCorps website to view our available positions and apply online. 

You can find our projects by using the search criteria: Program Type: VISTA, State: Montana, Program Name: MCVP. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Interviews and offers are made on a rolling basis.