2026: CAN Site-Specific Education and Food Development

About the role

CAN partners with children, youth, and families from under-resourced neighborhoods to help them thrive. We have numerous community centers that provide education programs and food programs to a specific neighborhood.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the director and part-time staff to create welcoming, collaborative programs that continue to meet ever-changing community needs.
• Help plan new, year-round educational programming that evolves with student needs and interests.
• Help collect data to ensure the growing food security needs of the community are met.
• Plan community events that are meaningful and engaging for the members.
• Increase the effectiveness and capacity of our food programs by assessing needs, improving processes, creating new initiatives for the community, coordinating donations, and entering data into the Link2Feed system.
• Research and implement strategies to help meet the growing food security needs in the community.

Requirements

The Site-Specific Education and Food Security Development VISTA is an integral member of the community center. They partner closely with the site director, often the only other full-time staff member, to create successful programming for the community.

• Learn CAN’s current curricula and assess and improve meals and snacks.
• Engage with external groups and volunteers that enrich programming.
• Research and implement strategies to help meet the growing food security needs in the community.

Qualifications

• Some college education.
• Age requirement: Minimum 18 years old.

Skills

• Writing/Editing
• Fine Arts/Crafts
• Team Work
• Teaching/Tutoring
• Fund raising/Grant Writing
• Education
• Youth Development
• Social Services

Benefits

• Living Allowance
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Training
• Health Coverage*
• Relocation Allowance
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Stipend

Pay

Details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits can be found here.

Schedule

Permits attendance at school during off hours.

Program Locations

MICHIGAN: Detroit/Ann Arbor/Flint

Member Duties

• Partners closely with the site director to create successful programming for the community.
• Supplement CAN’s existing curriculum by learning children’s interests and needs.
• Achieve the goals of the program by researching and implementing strategies to meet the growing food security needs in the community.

Contact

Contact Derrick Miller at 734-994-2985 or dmiller@canwashtenaw.org for further information.

Listing ID

128238