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  • About
    • Our Mission & Vision
    • Our Board
    • Our Campus Members >
      • Member Benefits
    • Our Staff
    • Our History >
      • VISTA Legacy >
        • 2015 - 2020 Projects
        • 2010 - 2015 Projects
        • 2005 - 2010 Projects
        • 2000 - 2005 Projects
  • Our Impact
    • AmeriCorps VISTA >
      • Project Spotlights
    • CCNYPA Regional Consortia Mini-Grants
    • ERCC
    • Events
    • Food Security Network
    • National CC >
      • Engaged Scholars
      • Newman Civic Fellows
  • AmeriCorps*VISTA
    • 2020 - 2021 Projects >
      • Economic Opportunity Projects
      • Education Projects
      • Healthy Futures Projects
    • Become a VISTA >
      • VISTA Member
      • VISTA Leaders
    • Host a VISTA
    • Alumni Testimonials
    • VISTA Blog
    • VISTA Resources >
      • COVID-19
      • Supervisors
      • Benefits of VISTA
      • During Service
      • Life After VISTA
      • Forms/Policies
      • Project
      • Living on a Budget
      • Experiential Leadership Program >
        • Curriculum
  • Resources
    • Election Resources
    • Articles, Books, Journals & Manuals
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VISTA History
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Authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson’s signing of The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) was founded in 1965 to “fight the war on poverty.” VISTA was incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993, and since that time has continued to serve its original mission: to eliminate poverty in the United States. For more VISTA history, please visit NationalService.gov.

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