Position Title:                   Outreach Specialist AmeriCorps Member

*Position Type:                 * Full-Time -- 1,700 Hours -- 35 Hours/Week Minimum  

*Duration of Term:          * September 30, 2024 --  September 26, 2025

Host Site:                         Community Housing Network Inc.

To Apply:                           Email your resume to Shawna Reynolds .

*Reports to (daily):          * Shawna Reynolds, AmeriCorps Host Site Supervisor

*                                            * ; 248-824-7333

*Reports to (overall):      * MCAH Program Director

Program Objectives:

The Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness AmeriCorps Program will support service providers by increasing their capacity to offer assistance and services to homeless and at-risk individuals and families. As an overall program, AmeriCorps members in the program provide direct, comprehensive services to those experiencing or at-risk of homelessness in order to bring those individuals under the scope of services, assist with increasing self-sufficiency in the areas of income, life skills, and employment, and assist with obtaining/maintaining employment. Members will fulfill their specific positions, based on the needs of their host site organization, to contribute toward this increased capacity to serve their communities more efficiently and effectively.

Classification:

According to the National and Community Service Act of 1990, AmeriCorps members are not considered employees of the agency where they serve, nor are they employees of the program or the federal government. As such, members cannot engage in activities performed by employees of the host agency or otherwise displace employees.

*Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  *Outreach Specialist Position

• Conduct intakes for the MSHMIS screening process.
• Maintain regular contact with other local service providers to make appropriate referrals for clients.
• Provide housing information and access to services to those on the streets and not engaged in care.
• Link/coordinate with resource specialists for housing resources.
• Gather and disperse food, bus tickets, and clothing donations to clients.
• Link and provide information to mainstream services and benefits (Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, Section 8, MI Bridges, TANF, etc.)
• Generate information materials for clients, such as newsletters/pamphlets/etc.
• Provide follow-up services to outreach clients.
• Building landlord relationships to secure affordable housing.
• Conduct street outreach and provide follow-up services to clients experiencing homelessness. Conduct outreach including night and weekend outreach as part of a team and participate in screening potential program participants, providing services and linkage to those the outreach team encounters that do not meet program requirements.
• Meet people who are experiencing a housing crisis "where they are at" to develop housing goals and objectives while linking them to community resources, programs, and choices related to program participant's situation.

Additional Member Activities:

Recruit and train a minimum of 20 volunteers during the term of service.

Attend member orientation, regular webinars, and other events related to service.

Attend Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration.

Attend Michigan's AmeriCorps Signature Service Project.

Attend the program's orientation, mid-year, and end-of-year trainings.

Plan and implement a service project which helps to address ho