Beacon Youth Transition Systems VISTA

Not found for 'AmeriCorps; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Training

Job summary

Beacon Center Inc. 2.0 offers supportive housing and long-term assistance to youth experiencing homelessness, aging out of foster care, and young parents.

The AmeriCorps VISTA project will strengthen infrastructure by creating standardized tools, curricula, procedures, referral systems, training resources, and evaluation methods for staff and interns. The VISTA will develop an independent-living curriculum, facilitator guides, training materials, data-tracking systems, and sustainability

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating program activities and collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to develop tools, curricula, and evaluation resources for youth services.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with documentable results.

Responsibilities

• Assess current youth-transition and case-management framework and identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Develop standardized transition-planning tools, an independent-living curriculum, and staff/training materials.
• Design data-collection tools and measures for housing, education, employment, healthcare, and outcomes.

Skills

Counseling

Business/Entrepreneur

Communications

Community Organization

Leadership

Public Speaking

Recruitment

Writing/Editing

Non-Profit Management

Social Services

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

Program

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.

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

Program Type

AmeriCorps 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

[e-mail]

beaconcentertx.org