Background
Founded in 1995 by the National Association of Community Health Centers, Community HealthCorps is the largest health-focused, national AmeriCorps program that promotes health care for America’s underserved, while developing tomorrow’s health care workforce. In the past 11 years, LifeLong Medical Care has participated in the Community HealthCorps program as a community-based clinic consortium.
What Members Do
Community HealthCorps Members perform essential roles in LifeLong’s diverse health and social programs. Members learn and perform activities that enhance services provided by our community health agency staff and assist patients and community residents who do not have access to a medical home through education and enrollment in health insurance. Members work with patients to ensure they keep appointments and follow treatment plans to better use health care services. In addition, Members provide health education to help patients understand how to live a healthy lifestyle. Members also recruit, train and manage long-term non-AmeriCorps volunteers.Benefits
In exchange for a year of full-time service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award equal to the maximum amount of the Pell Grant that can be used to pay for educational expenses at qualified institutions of higher education, or to pay back qualified student loans. Awards are pro-rated for part-time service. Some members also receive a living allowance and health care.
