During the last quarter century. over 100.000 Americans have served as VISTA volunteers. Their achievements have been extraordinary. VISTAs have helped create job training programs. health clinics. ba~tered womens shelters. food pantries. lowincome housing. literacy programs and legal services centers. They have worked with Native Americans. migrant farmworkers. people with disabilities. immigrants. the very young and the very old. and other disadvantaged Americans to help enable them to become more selfreliant. Each VISTA volunteer costs the Federal Government about $8.000 but each VISTA project mobilizes a median of $54.600 in new funds and services that otherwise would not have been available. VISTA. in other words. more than pays for itself.
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