Welcome to the virtual home of the Maine Children's Cabinet AmeriCorps*VISTA Project This project is a collaborative initiative of Maine's Children's Cabinet, USM's Muskie School of Public Service, and The Corporation for National and Community Service. It's purpose is to support community, regional, and state-wide efforts to improve the live's of Maine's most vulnerable, children and youth. The Children's Cabinet VISTA Project seeks to increase Maine's capacity to improve the outcomes for vulnerable youth in three priority areas:
Early Childhood Development; Drop Out Prevention and Re-Engagement; and Juvenile Justice System Reform.
AmeriCorps*VISTA members are individuals who donate a year of their lives to serve full-time with non-profit organizations or government agencies. Created in 1964 and modeled after the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps*VISTA’s mission is to start, strengthen, or expand programs, systems, or services that help people move out of poverty.
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