Your Voice Can Create Change

NTCAC; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training provided

Job summary

Northern Tier Community Action Corporation in Emporium, PA is seeking a Youth & Young Adult (YYA) Peer in a part-time, temporary role through the statewide YHSI initiative. The position offers 30-40 hours per week at an hourly rate of $20–$25, with final rate determined by the host agency.

No prior professional experience is required; training and support will be provided. A vehicle and valid driver's license are required to participate, with December 2026–June 30, 2027 as the project window.

Qualifications

• No prior professional experience required; training and support will be provided.
• Access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license is required.
• Ages 18-24 with lived homelessness experience or related housing instability knowledge is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify gaps in youth housing and homelessness services
• Help develop a community plan to prevent and end youth homelessness
• Bring youth voice and lived experience into important conversations
• Collaborate with organizations working in housing, education, human services, and more

Skills

Lived homelessness experience

Community engagement

Job description

We’re hiring! Your experience can help create change in Cameron/Elk/McKean/Potter Counties.

Northern Tier Community Action Corporation is looking for a Youth & Young Adult (YYA), ages 18-24, with lived experience and/or expertise with homelessness or housing instability to join our team through the statewide Youth Homelessness Systems Improvement (YHSI) initiative.

In this paid Peer-to-Partnership (P2P) position, you’ll have an opportunity to use your voice, ideas, and experiences to help improve how our community responds to youth homelessness.

You’ll work alongside local partners to:

• Identify gaps in youth housing and homelessness services
• Help develop a community plan to prevent and end youth homelessness
• Bring youth voice and lived experience into important conversations
• Collaborate with organizations working in housing, education, human services, and more

No prior professional experience is required. Training and support will be provided!

Location: Northern Tier Community Action Corporation, 135 West Fourth Street, Emporium, PA 15834
Hours: 30-40 hours/week
Position: Part-time, Temporary
Dates: December 2026 - June 30, 2027
Pay: Expected hourly rate of $20-$25/hour, with the final rate determined by the host agency based on local cost of living and organizational compensation practices
Requirement: Access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license

Questions? Contact Emily Camerer,
YHSI Program Manager, Community Action Association of PA, 717-233-1075 x15

This temporary opportunity is funded through June 30, 2027, by a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant awarded to the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). It is part of the Eastern/Western PA Continuums of Care’s YHSI grant project in partnership with the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (CAAP).

Help us work toward making youth homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in Cameron/Elk/McKean/Potter Counties.