Beacon Youth Transition Systems VISTA

Beacon Center Inc. 2.0 provides supportive housing and long-term assistance to young people experiencing homelessness, youth aging out of foster care, and young parents. Beacon helps young people pursue stability through housing, education, employment, financial development, healthcare access, transportation, and lasting community connections. Beacon’s AmeriCorps VISTA project will strengthen the organizational infrastructure behind these services. The VISTA will assess Beacon’s existing youth-transition and case-management framework and develop standardized tools, curricula, procedures, referral systems, training resources, and evaluation methods that staff and interns can continue using after the service term. The VISTA will create an independent-living curriculum addressing housing, employment, education, budgeting, banking, savings, credit, transportation, healthcare, benefits, and other adult responsibilities. The member will also develop facilitator guides, participant materials, staff and intern training resources, transition-planning tools, referral directories, data-tracking systems, and sustainability procedures. Limited testing may be conducted to evaluate and improve newly developed tools. The VISTA will not maintain a caseload, provide ongoing instruction to youth, make clinical or placement decisions, or replace Beacon staff and interns responsible for direct services. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here . Member Duties : Assess Beacon’s current youth-transition and case-management framework and identify service gaps, inconsistent practices, and opportunities for improvement. Develop standardized transition-planning tools, an independent-living curriculum, facilitator guides, participant materials, referral resources, and staff and intern training materials. Create procedures for documenting referrals, tracking youth progress, evaluating outcomes, and escalating unresolved needs to authorized staff. Design data-collection tools and measures for housing, education, employment, financial stability, healthcare access, and successful transitions. Conduct limited testing of newly developed resources, gather feedback, revise materials, train designated staff and interns to maintain the systems, and prepare a sustainability guide. The VISTA will not maintain a caseload or serve as an ongoing instructor or case manager. Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Health Coverage* , Living Allowance , Training . For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/ . Terms None Service Areas Children/Youth , Homelessness , Public Safety . Skills Counseling , Business/Entrepreneur , Communications , Community Organization , Leadership , Public Speaking , Recruitment , Writing/Editing , Non-Profit Management , Social Services . Refine Search Summary Program Type: AmeriCorps VISTA Program Beacon Youth Transition Systems VISTA Program Start/End Date 11/16/2026 - 11/15/2027 Work Schedule Full Time Education level High school diploma/GED Age Requirement Minimum: 18 Maximum: None Program Locations TEXAS Dallas/Ft. Worth , Houston/Galveston Languages English Accepting Applications From 10/09/2026 To 10/24/2026 Contact Elicha Edwards 405 E Overton Rd Dallas TX 75216 9728850025 casemanager@beaconcentertx.org beaconcentertx.org Listing ID 131077