National Health Corps

To foster healthy communities by connecting those who need it most with health and wellness education, benefits and services, while developing tomorrow's compassionate health leaders.

• About Us
  Through our partnership with AmeriCorps, each year National Health Corps recruits, trains and places emerging leaders in resource-limited organizations throughout Central California, Chicago, Delaware, Florida, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco to expand, improve and combine their efforts to improve health outcomes in underserved communities.
  
  Members collaborate with staff in schools and local government, nonprofit, and faith-based agencies to recruit, train and manage volunteers, development and implement programs in communities that aren’t being reached, and build partnerships between organizations who are doing similar work through staff training and outreach. In Service Year 2020, 119 National Health Corps members served in over 85 organizations nationwide, reaching over 180,000 children and adults.
  
  Learn more about the National Health Corps at nationalhealthcorps.org.
• Our Impact
  Our members help build healthy communities by providing 2 main services:
  
  Education: 15,000 people reached.
  National Health Corps provides kids and adults with education related to chronic and acute disease prevention and management, and overall wellness that gives people the knowledge and skills they need to make smart choices about their health.
  • Asthma/Respiratory health
  • Healthy Heart
  • Diabetes,
  • Obesity/Nutrition/Fitness
  • Cancer
  • Infant/Child Health
  • Sexual/Reproductive Health
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Parenting
  • Mental Health
  • HIV/AIDS/sexually transmitted diseases
  • Hepatitis C
  • Substance/Alcohol Abuse
  • Dental/Oral health
  • Vision health
  • Vaccination/Immunization
  • Violence/Bullying
  • Healthy relationships/Interpersonal skills
  • Stress management
  
  Access: 5,000 individuals served.
  National Health Corps provides and connects kids and adults with the health and social service programs and services in their communities that can help them lead healthier lives.
  
  • Health Benefits and Services: Enrolling and connecting kids and adults into health insurance, prescription drug and other health benefits, preventative and primary care programs
  
  • Social Services: Enrolling and connecting kids and adults with social services such as transportation, housing, food assistance, that they need to lead healthier lives
  
  • Health Screenings/Testing: Providing health screenings and tests for chronic and acute care prevention and response such as asthma, heart disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDs, and vision and dental screenings.
  
  • Fitness and Nutrition Activities: Engaging youth and adults in fitness and nutrition activities, such as healthy cooking classes and after-school fitness and nutrition programs.