AMERICORPS VISTA
MOST Network proudly serves as a statewide intermediary sponsor for AmeriCorps VISTA projects, supporting more and better out of school time (OST) programs for Maryland youth.
MOST VISTAs are full-time, paid national service members, who serve with an organization for a one-year project term. VISTAs find creative and lasting solutions to build capacity for OST and youth development organizations with the shared aim to alleviate poverty.
Having served the region for over a decade, the MOST Network VISTA members serve as catalysts for change, living and working alongside community members to advance local solutions.
Program Goals:
- Inspire the future STEM workforce by engaging youth in high quality STEM learning opportunities.
- Support summer programming to combat learning loss and provide healthy, enriching activities for students.
- Launch innovative projects that expand access, improve quality, facilitate collaboration, and create new initiatives for OST programs statewide.
- Develop a diverse, equity-centered workforce to strengthen the capacity of the youth development field to meet the needs of communities impacted by poverty.
Program Highlights:
- 150 VISTA members successfully placed since 2014.
- 25+ VISTA projects in the 2025.
- $4 million leveraged through fundraising efforts.
- 4200 community volunteers recruited and managed for 20,000 hours of service.
- 14,000 youth served annually as a result of VISTA projects.
“Just knowing that I could reach out with any questions to MOST VISTA Team was hugely helpful. Being so far away from MOST, having them as quick-responders via email was great!”
-MOST Cohort Member, 2021
“I definitely feel that this year was successful. I obtained a lot of skills and knowledge that has helped me for my future career.”
-MOST Cohort Member, 2020
“I loved the Maryland 4 Youth conference last November. I like how approachable and supportive the MOST team were during the racial inequity crisis that impacted the nation, through check-ins, providing VISTA professional development resources, granting me the chance to meet top AmeriCorps Leadership, and generally caring about my me and my cohort.”
-MOST Cohort Member, 2019
Project Testimonials
Since our initial collaboration with MOST for VISTA projects in 2020, our partnership has been profound and multifaceted. Through this fruitful association, MOST has diligently placed, trained, and nurtured VISTA members, significantly enchancing LTYC's capacity to fulfill our mission of educating and empowering students from Baltimore and beyond.
-Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center
From the orientation for organizations and site supervisors to the sharing of well-triaged VISTA candidates to the ongoing support for the VISTA and the hosting organization-I have been impressed and appreciative of the MOST administration’s care, wisdom, and support throughout the years. MOST VISTAs have helped AOB to strengthen our youth-centered programming, providing our primarily BIPOC population of creative constituents with resources and opportunities that their more affluent peers often have access to.
-Arts on The Block
Questions about applying to be a VISTA or becoming a sponsor site?
Contact Andrew Neuman at Aneuman@MOSTNetwork.org.