Choosing Our Roots (COR) and Tundra Women’s Coalition (TWC) are excited to announce the launch of a host home program for youth who experience homelessness in Bethel. Drawing on the success of COR’s model, which serves LGBTQ+ youth in other regions of Alaska, this joint program will serve all youth (ages 13-24) regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Do you want to be part of a close-knit, hardworking team that connects homeless and marginally housed youth to community through a host home model? Choosing Our Roots (COR) remains committed to equity in our work and communities. Individuals with lived experience of homelessness or being marginally housed and/or who identify as queer, trans, or Black/Indigenous/Persons of Color are encouraged to apply for all positions we post.

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This full-time, year-round position provides support and advocacy services to participants in a variety of settings via screening, training, education, empowerment-based interventions (individual and group), and host home programs. The Co-Director of Programming assists youth and young adult participants in connecting with host homes, finding solutions, creating and adjusting goals, and navigating the social and emotional issues related to experiencing homelessness, including those specific to LGBTQ+ young people. This position coordinates with, and supports the participant as they navigate intersecting systems that support youth.

This position’s primary role is to engage with youth and young adult participants, while also serving and responding to requests for help by host families, families of origin, and service providers as outlined and agreed to by the participant. This position is also tasked with collaborating with the COR Co-Director of Statewide Programming, The Tundra Women’s Coalition, the Bethel Housing and Homelessness Coalition, volunteers and other community stakeholders, in order to launch programming in Bethel.

Job Title: Co-Director of Programming
Job Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Hours: Flexible scheduling in collaboration with team; some evening and weekend hours
Location: Bethel
Pay range: $55,000-$60,000 DOE plus benefits

For full job description and how to apply, please follow the URL: http://www.choosingourroots.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/COR-Co-Director-of-Programming-Bethel-Region.pdf