Become a Host Site

Host an AmeriCorps member with Campus Compact VISTA to build capacity and make an impact on poverty in your community.

VISTA projects are hosted at Campus Compact member institutions and their community partners across the country. AmeriCorps members serve to build capacity for anti-poverty interventions in the areas of education, healthy futures, economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, and veterans and military families.

Each year, member campuses and their partners are invited to apply to host an AmeriCorps member by submitting ideas for projects that serve low-income college students, low-income K-12 students, or low-income community members either on campus or in the surrounding community.

How to become a host site

New host sites interested in hosting an AmeriCorps VISTA through our program will participate in our two-part application process. The 2025-26 RFP and part I of the application will be released on Wednesday, October 9th with a priority submission deadline of Monday, December 9th. Successful applicants will then be invited to complete part II of the application.

Interested in learning more about our program and the application process? Please consider attending one of the following host site info sessions.

In the midst of completing the application and need support? Please join us for Host Site Application Office Hours! Registration links are forthcoming, but keep the following dates on your calendar:

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from 4-5 PM (EDT)
Thursday, December 5, 2024 from 2-3 PM (EDT)

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Current Host Sites

Learn more about the colleges and community partners who are currently hosting Campus Compact AmeriCorps members and the kinds of projects they have underway.

See current host sites