{"id":374,"date":"2019-04-18T10:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T15:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/?page_id=374"},"modified":"2024-10-02T09:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:15:50","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"374\" class=\"elementor elementor-374\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80184aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80184aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00e0a04\" data-id=\"00e0a04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49945d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49945d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>How many hours a week will VISTAs serve?<\/strong><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align)\">SAU+VISTA Fellows &amp; Summer Associates, serve 35 hours over a traditional work week. Depending on the specific areas of service, occasional weekend service may be required.<\/span><\/p><h4><strong>Is a meal plan provided? <\/strong><\/h4><p>Summer Associates will have room provided, but not board\/meal plan. If you choose not to live on campus, you will not receive any \u201ccredit\u201d back for the room cost.<\/p><p>SAU+VISTA Fellows will receive both room and board\/meal plan. If you choose not to live on campus, you will not receive any \u201ccredit\u201d back for the room cost.<\/p><h4><strong>What is the rec fee noted in the compensation plan tables? <\/strong><\/h4><p>Summer Associates and Fellows receive access to the Mulerider Activity Center.<\/p><h4><strong>Will I be getting paid? <\/strong><\/h4><p>The VISTA living allowance is your \u201cpay.\u201d Living allowances are direct deposited every two weeks so the first deposit is up to two weeks after beginning service.<\/p><p><strong>What&#8217;s the difference between AmeriCorps and PeaceCorps?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>To learn more about the two programs and which may be right for you, take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicservicedegrees.org\/volunteering\/americorps-vs-peace-corps\/\">this quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many hours a week will VISTAs serve? SAU+VISTA Fellows &amp; Summer Associates, serve 35 hours over a traditional work week. Depending on the specific areas of service, occasional weekend service may be required. Is a meal plan provided? Summer Associates will have room provided, but not board\/meal plan. If you choose not to live&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/faq\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-374","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/vista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}