About Gem State Public Health AmeriCorps
The Gem State Public Health program, at the Institute of Rural Health (IRH) at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø (ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø), will place 76 AmeriCorps members throughout the state at non-profits and public health organizations.
| Gem State Public Health AmeriCorps Program Goals |
Primary Tasks |
|---|---|
| Increase, expand, and enhance the capacity of existing programs and services offered by public health agencies. | -Members may conduct a needs assessment regarding collaborations and partnerships, recruit potential partners, coordinate meetings, design training materials, and presentations, provide other support, and volunteer management. |
| Increase the number of trained suicide prevention interventionists. |
-Conduct 8 ASIST or safeTALK sessions throughout the state to train 192 people. |
| Support members’ interest to continue to work in the public health sector. |
-Members will be offered opportunities to explore degree or continuing education options. -Members will be offered education on workforce opportunities |
In addition to the goals listed above, members can help organizations with a variety of tasks to help expand the reach or capacity of existing programs. For example, members can do any of the following:
Provide outreach, case management, training, teaching, tutoring, mediating, cleaning, counseling, recruiting volunteers, client paperwork, preparing for a class, coaching, listening, cooking, health care, and food/clothing distribution.
Contact Us
Callie Dance, MPA
Grant Project Coordinator
Office: Graveley Hall #209