AmeriCorps VISTA provides full-time members, community organizations and public agencies, an opportunity to create and expand programs. These programs build capacity and bring low-income individuals and communities out of poverty.
- AmeriCorps VISTA host site application (available June 2025)
- Visit AmeriCorps to learn more about AmeriCorps VISTA.
- For questions or to learn more about the Serve Idaho AmeriCorps VISTA program reach out to Micaela.deloyola-carkin@labor.idaho.gov.
Idaho VISTA
AmeriCorps Mountain Region Office
P.O. Box 25502
Lakewood, CO 80225
Phone: (202) 491-9162
Email: id@cns.gov
*Oversees Idaho’s AmeriCorps VISTA and AmeriCorps Seniors programs.
VISTA host sites
- Coeur d’Alene Economic Development Corporation (CDA EDC) mission is to build a healthy economy for the region by strengthening the base, diversifying the economy, supporting the creation of new jobs, and advancing workforce development in cooperation with local, regional, and state economic partners, and existing businesses and industries to facilitate business retention, expansion, and attraction.
- Idaho Smart Growth brings people together to create great places to live.
- Idaho Veterans Chamber of Commerce delivers wrap-around services and a navigation network hub for veterans, active-duty military personnel, and their families, providing community resources for education, housing, entrepreneurship, workforce management, family, and wellness services.
- St. Vincent de Paul is inspired by Gospel values, working to prevent homelessness by providing fundamental human needs and help to our neighbors.
VISTA member highlight
Tom Alvarez, a local Idaho photojournalist and Vietnam-era U.S. Air Force veteran, has dedicated his life to public service.
Growing up in an environment that valued community engagement, he found his niche in the nonprofit world, using storytelling and photography to inspire change. With an extensive career in public service, Tom reflects on his time with AmeriCorps in Idaho, describing it as “adding your shoulder to the collective wheel to make a change,” embodying the spirit of collaboration and impact. Currently, Tom is his second year as an AmeriCorps VISTA service member.
As the Development and Strategic Planning VISTA at Idaho Smart Growth, Tom’s service is focused on developing a marketing and communications strategic plan to engage communities across Idaho in Smart Growth principles and ideas, including affordable housing.
