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Q: How is IVC different from other volunteer service programs?

Q: What are the qualifications for being a volunteer?
Q: How long is the IVC commitment? When does it start?
Q: How do I apply and what happens when I do?
Q: I'm not fully retired. Can I still volunteer?
Q: I've been a stay at home parent or homemaker all my adult life and have never been in the professional work force. Can I still volunteer?
Q: Is IVC difficult?
Q: Can married couples apply and work together?
Q: Do I need a college degree?
Q: Do I need to have a Jesuit education or background?
Q: Do I need special skills, certification, or knowledge of a foreign language?
Q: What are the financial considerations on the part of the volunteer?
Q: What about insurance?
Q: Do volunteers live together in community?
Q: What kind of volunteer positions are available?
Q: How am I assigned to an agency?
Q: Can I switch agencies if I'm not happy?
Q: What would my hours be like? Do I have to work weekends or evenings? What about vacation time?
Q: My volunteer site said they really need me during the summer when much of their staff goes on vacation. Is this something I should be considering?
Q: Should I be concerned about crime in the area where I am volunteering?
Q: Does IVC provide transportation?
Q: What are the financial considerations on the part of the agency that receives an IVC volunteer?
Q: Our agency would like to receive an IVC volunteer, but we might not be able to pay the administrative fee. Does this mean we can never receive a volunteer?
Q: Why does IVC require two days a week of volunteering with an agency?
Q: How strictly do you interpret two days per week?
Q: What about the volunteer work I'm doing now?
Q: What do you mean by "spiritual reflection"?
Q: I'm attracted to volunteering, but the spiritual reflection component doesn't appeal to me. Can I still take part?
Q: I'm attracted to the spiritual reflection element, but volunteering with the poor doesn't appeal to me. Can I still take part?
Q: Who are "the poor" that IVC volunteers serve?
Q: I'd like to volunteer with IVC, but I don't see my city highlighted on your map. Does this mean I can't apply?

 

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