Serve Philadelphia VISTA Corps

The Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity in Philadelphia is now accepting applications from qualified candidates to join the 2025-2026 Serve Philadelphia VISTA Corps. VISTAs serve full-time for a year working on systems level change in City government. Our administration has invested in a multi-pronged approach¿focused on stabilizing households, increasing skills and incomes, and investing in education¿to lift residents out of poverty and to break the cycle for future generations. This strategy includes a diverse and far reaching set of City agencies and departments, many of whom lack the capacity, resources, and time to develop high impact anti-poverty initiatives that can be implemented and evaluated in a timely manner. The Serve Philadelphia VISTA Corps is the key to the City¿s ability to develop, implement and evaluate the City's greatest challenges in alleviating poverty. We are seeking candidates who are civically engaged and committed to making a positive change in their community. For many of our alumni, their service accelerated their career and advancement into leadership positions within the public sector.