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 June 2, 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 Listings

Public Health Related Projects

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.

Behavioral Healthcare VISTA
Located in Helena, MT!
The goal of this project is to increase access to healthcare for Montanans experiencing substance use disorder or serious mental illness. The VISTA project will move individuals with mental health and substance use disorders out of poverty by strengthening the behavioral health care system resulting in coordination and collaboration on expanding services within the HEART Initiative.

DPHHS Public Health System VISTA
Located in Missoula OR Helena, MT!
The goal of this VISTA project is to increase the effectiveness of public and tribal health departments by standardizing the policies and procedures of local health departments across the state.This VISTA project will move Montanans out of poverty by enhancing access to quality public health services, leading to a more robust public health system across the state. 

Foundational Public Health Services VISTA
Located in Missoula OR Helena, MT!
The goal of this VISTA project is to use the results of the foundational health assessment to develop tailored, sustainable public health services improvements for Montana’s decentralized public health system. This VISTA project will move Montanans out of poverty by increasing access to quality public health services, leading to a more robust public health system across the state. 

Volunteer Development Projects

Mountain Home Montana Volunteer Coordinator VISTA
Located in Missoula, MT!
The goal of this VISTA project is to connect low-income families with basic essentials, so they have the capacity to invest their limited financial resources in improving their family’s health and stability. This VISTA project will move local, under-resourced families with children out of poverty by connecting them with access to basic needs that are essential to their family’s well-being resulting in families having the opportunity to invest their energy and financial resources into improving their family’s health, stability and overall wellness. 

Bozeman Human Resource Development Council VISTA
Located in Bozeman, MT!
The goal of this project is to develop an organization-wide volunteer program to strengthen the Human Resource Development Council’s full suite of community services that help alleviate poverty throughout southwest Montana. This VISTA project will move individuals in Southwest Montana out of poverty through the establishment of an organization-wide volunteer program resulting in an increased level of efficacy in all HRDC’s service areas.

Projects Implementing and Improving Programs 

Vocational Rehab Employment Transition Services VISTA
Located in Great Falls, MT!
The goal of this VISTA project is to help Montana students with disabilities have greater economic opportunities by accessing high-quality Pre-Employment Transition Services, enabling them to gain meaningful employment, achieve independence, and rise above poverty. This VISTA project will move individuals with disabilities out of poverty by ensuring that students with disabilities receive high-quality Pre-Employment Transition Services resulting in employment that offers a living wage and fosters independence.

Missoula Human Resource Council Weatherization VISTA
Located in Missoula, MT!
The goal of this project is to increase the number of households served by the low-income weatherization program at District XI Human Resource Center by increasing the efficiency of the program, resulting in more low-income homes reducing their energy burden. This VISTA project will move low-income residents of Missoula, Mineral, and Ravalli County out of poverty by developing social media outreach programs and creating more efficient internal procedures, resulting in an increase in the number of homes benefiting from the Weatherization program.

Farm to School of Park County VISTA
Located in Livingston, MT!
The goal of this VISTA project is to plan, design, and implement sustainable and customized Farm to School educational enrichment programs at Gardiner and Arrowhead Schools in Park County, Montana. This VISTA project will move children in Park County public schools out of poverty by increasing their knowledge and familiarity with healthy, locally grown food, resulting in more food-secure children who can thrive. Rental assistance is provided at this site.

Boys and Girls Club Fundraising VISTA
Located in Lame Deer, MT!
The goal of this VISTA project is to secure funding to support the sustainability of programs at the Boys and Girls Club. This VISTA project will move the children served by the Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation by securing funding to support youth programs, resulting in sustainable youth outreach and support programs that will help them achieve healthier life outcomes. Located in Lame Deer, MT! This VISTA project provides housing!

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.