VISTA provides a model for involving lowincome communities and grassroots organizations in building longterm capabilities to address neighborhood problems. They help adults and children learn to read. provide shelter and food to the homeless. and offer many other indispensable services. Examples of the 31 VISTA programs in Massachusetts show the critical tasks they are accomplishing. VISTA volunteers are working with the Dorchester VietnameseAmerican Civic Association to expand literacy programs. especially English as a second language classes for Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants. they also assist highschoolage VietnameseAmericans to acquire useful employment skills. In Brockton. VISTA volunteers provide preventive health education and substance abuse information to homeless shelter residents.
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