Criteria for Selecting Placements

JVC supports organizations that serve the physical and spiritual needs that are basic to human dignity. We give preference to sites that address the most pressing, neglected, or overlooked needs of the community they serve.

Organizations requesting or reapplying for Jesuit Volunteers are evaluated according to the criteria below. This list is merely a tool used to encourage the objective evaluation of applicant sites.

Be aware that other factors may enter into the decision making process and may affect your request for a JV. Please keep in mind that neither the longevity of the relationship with JVC nor a favorable evaluation can guarantee that a JV will be placed with any particular organization.

A. Organizational Mission and Structure

  1. Works with lower-income and underserved populations
  2. Encourages the people utilizing the offered service to take an active role and responsibility in meeting their own needs
  3. Strives toward changing unjust social structures
  4. Seeks to hire and promote individuals and recruit volunteers without regard to ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, national origin, age, physical disability, or socio-economic status
  5. Unable to secure a full-time employee due to lack of funding or qualified personnel
  6. Understands and supports the mission of JVC

B. Nature of JV Position

  1. Provides the JV with 75 percent of assigned hours in direct contact with the population being served and establishes the JV as an integral part of the organization
  2. Educates the JV about the struggles of the people of their community and immerses the JV in the daily reality of their day-to-day life
  3. States duties and responsibilities clearly in a written job description
  4. Provides adequate training, supervision and support to JV
  5. Allows the JV to participate fully in his or her intentional community
  6. Does not require excessive night and weekend work

C. Community and Program Compatibility with JVC

  1. Available local support system for JV community that provides growth in faith and justice work.
  2. When possible, collaborate with Jesuits and Jesuit institutions
  3. Long-term feasibility of JVC presence in area being served by JVs