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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

Jana Bodily-Roan portrait

Jana Bodily-Roan, MPA

Project Director

Office: Graveley Hall #209

208-282-4436

bodijana@isu.edu

Calie Dance Headshot

Callie Dance, MPA

Grant Project Coordinator

Office: Graveley Hall #209

208-282-6457

callienielsen@isu.edu

Heather Uhi, MPA

Grant Project Coordinator

heatherluff@isu.edu