Health360, part of the Connecticut Area Health Education Center (CT AHEC) Network, is currently accepting AmeriCorps program applications for the August 2017 - May 2018 service year.
The CT AHEC Network AmeriCorps Program aims to improve academic engagement of economically disadvantaged students through participation in the Youth Health Service Corps (YHSC) and Collegiate Health Service Corps (CHSC) service learning programs in CT. The YHSC and CHSC programs are health careers recruitment programs that engage diverse students as leaders in meaningful service learning that address community health issues. CT high school and college students are exposed to entry level healthcare careers and learn how to successfully enter onto upwardly mobile healthcare career ladders.
Duties: AmeriCorps members work full-time to recruit and train students in the YHSC and CHSC programs. AmeriCorps members manage the YHSC and CHSC students as they volunteer in healthcare and community settings that serve the underserved.
For more information, please see: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=50056.
Benefits: Training, living allowance, education award upon successful completion of service, childcare assistance if eligible.
Interested applications should email their resumes to Celia Meyer at meyer@health360.org.
For more information, contact: Ellen Ravens-Seger/CT AHEC at 860-679-7969