AmeriCorps*VISTA builds permanent infrastructure and capacity in non-profit organizations and communities.  The Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) VISTA project is no exception.  MLSA VISTA members serve for a year to help bring individuals and communities out of the cycle of poverty.  Since the establishment of Volunteers In Service To America in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, VISTA members have actively served in low-income communities by mobilizing people, businesses, non-profits and organizations with the goal of creating sustainable change in communities.

MLSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free civil legal assistance to low-income Montana residents.  It is the mission of MLSA to protect and enhance the civil legal rigts of and promote systemic change for Montanans living in poverty.

MLSA, in cooperation with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), has developed VISTA projects as a way to expand MLSA's capacity to provide services to poverty stricken Montanans.  MLSA VISTA members serve in various locations throughout Montana and concentrate within one of three specific service areas.  These areas are: asset development, domestic violence or poverty law. 

OVER THE LAST YEAR MLSA VISTAS HAVE:

Recruited 2294 volunteers who performed 19,028 hours of service.

Generated $214,082.00 in donated goods and services.

Raised over $2,622,239.00 for community agencies.

AND HELPED TO MAKE MONTANA A BETTER PLACE

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