Appalachian Coal Country Team
What's New
Position available: OSM/VISTA Teams Outreach/Marketing Coordinator
February 14, 2013Fight poverty. Experience Appalachia. Become an OSM/VISTA Leader.
February 14, 2013Position available: Promote Reforestation in Rural Mining Communities!
February 14, 2013ACCT Summary Fall 2012 available for download
January 31, 2013ACCT Serves Across the Region for National Day of Service
January 21, 2013
Appalachian Coal Country Team News Archive »
Our Mission:
The mission of the ACCT is to assist rural communities impoverished by environmental degradation and its consequences in making their home-place-watersheds healthier places to live and work. The ACCT is supported by an innovative partnership among the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), concerned with environmental reclamation; AmeriCorps VISTA, concerned with poverty; and by local community improvement/watershed groups. The ACCT began placing determined, college-trained men and women for a year of service in rural mining communities in 2001. OSM/VISTAs work directly with community members to build local capacity, encourage environmental stewardship, enhance outreach and education, engage in economic development and assist in the professional development of OSM/VISTAs and their sponsoring organizations. With its Support Office in Beckley, WV, the ACCT works throughout seven Appalachian states (Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia) and is sponsored by the Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia.
