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Ending Hunger Corps Food Security Data VISTA

AmeriCorps · Augusta, ME · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time

Maine's Food Insecurity Situation

Maine has very high rates of overall food insecurity and the highest rate of childhood food insecurity in New England, affecting 1 in 8 people and 1 in 5 children who are unsure of where their next meal will come from. Maine is committed to ending hunger by 2030 with a roadmap guiding the work.

Challenges Facing Measurement

The cancellation of the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) has disrupted the primary national system used to measure food insecurity. Additionally, cuts to food assistance programs could impact food insecurity in unpredictable ways. State-level policy is directing Maine to find a replacement for the national measure, indicating growing interest in establishing a Maine-based approach to measuring food insecurity.

Full Plates' Role

Full Plates is the backbone organization addressing childhood food insecurity under Maine's Ending Hunger Initiative, facilitating the Hunger Free Maine coalition, and convening partners to track food insecurity rates in Maine through the Ending Hunger in Maine Food Security Data Project. It serves as co-chair on the Ending Hunger Advisory Committee facilitated by the Governor's Office of Policy, Innovation, and the Future (GOPIF).

Ending Hunger Initiative

The Ending Hunger Initiative and the work to end hunger in Maine is at an exciting pivotal moment. The Ending Hunger Corps Food Security Data VISTA role is critical to tracking, understanding, and evaluating Maine's progress towards its goal of ending hunger.

Program Duties

  • Collect, maintain, and analyze existing data
  • Support the Food Security Data Project
  • Work with key partners to understand food insecurity in Maine and move towards solutions

Program Benefits

  • Relocation Allowance
  • ME StatePark Pass
  • Prof Dev Fund
  • Childcare assistance if eligible
  • Training
  • Living Allowance
  • Education award upon successful completion of service
  • Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
  • Health Coverage*

*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/.

Terms and Conditions

  • Recommended terms
  • Permits working at another job during off hours
  • Permits attendance at school during off hours

Service Area

Hunger

Skills Required

  • Communications
  • General Skills
  • Team Work
  • Computers/Technology

Contact Information

Isabelle Newman
18 Elkins Lane
Augusta ME 04333
Phone: 207-408-4656
Email: isabelle.newman@maine.gov
Website: https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ag/endinghungercorps/index.shtml

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