This week’s tip is on members’ healthcare. You will find both the Healthcare Allowance Plan Guide and the Health Benefit Plan Guide on th...

This week’s tip is on student loan forbearance vs. deferment in case your VISTA members or candidates have questions. From the VISTA camp...

I hope your week is going well. This week’s tip is on our VISTA Member Support Unit (VMSU) out of our headquarters office in Washington, ...

Happy Friday! I hope your week has gone well. This week’s tip is on interviewing VISTA members. I’ve included a few links here from the v...

This week’s tip is on direct service vs. capacity building. VISTA members should generally not be doing direct service. Their primary pur...

This week’s tip is on the Future Plan Form (FPF). Before VISTAs exit service, they and their project director must submit their FPF throu...

This week’s tip is meant to be an overview of prohibited activities. It is important that you, your site supervisors, and members underst...

This week’s tip is on VISTA benefits. It is important that you, your site supervisors, and your members are aware of their benefits not o...

This week’s tip is on writing VADs. Generally speaking each of your VISTAs should have a unique VAD assigned to them. There may be except...

This week I was asked about VISTA members doing teleservice. Here is information taken straight from the new Sponsor Handbook found here:...

This week’s tip is on our outside employment policy. VISTA does allow members to have a part-time job outside of VISTA service. These job...

This week’s tip is on when to do an amendment to your project/grant. Sometimes during a project year, the sponsor may have to modify its ...

This week’s tip is on On-Site Orientation and Training (OSOT). Recent member/alumni surveys indicate that, while the lack of an effective...

This week’s tip is on how the Segal Education Award can be used. Members can use the Education Award to go back to school as well as pay ...

This week’s tip is in continuation of last week’s on recruitment. Are you not getting a lot of applicants to your opportunity listing? Ch...

This week’s tip is on recruitment. Are you struggling with recruitment? Not sure where to advertise? Below are some ideas. I’m also atta...

This week’s tip is on Sponsor Verification Forms (SVFs). Every pay period, sponsors are required to log in to eGrants and view the SVF, w...

Have you checked out the newest VISTA sponsor handbook yet? You can view it here: https://www.vistacampus.gov/lessons/vista-sponsor-handb...

This week’s VISTA tip is about the Virtual Member Orientation (VMO). Did you know that there is a checklist tool to help your member make...