HealthForward
Service Sites:
- CT AHEC Network Health Centers
- Colleges
- High Schools
Service Areas:
- Farmington, Hartford, Norwich, Shelton, Waterbury
Number of Member Positions & Types:
- 12 Full-Time (1,700-hour) Member Positions
Member Benefits:
- Full-Time Service Opportunities, Living Allowance, Health Insurance, Childcare Assistance, Education Award
Contact Information:
(203) 788-2674
oravecz@health360.org
HEALTHForward is an AmeriCorps program that tackles health disparities and the impact of social determinants of health in underserved communities. AmeriCorps members serve full-time at one of the five centers that comprise the CT AHEC Network. AmeriCorps members engage high school, college and health professions students from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds in select service-learning programs, including the Youth Health Service Corps, Collegiate Health Service Corps and Field Placements, with the goal of reducing health disparities.
Grant Deliverables: HealthForward will have 12 AmeriCorps members who will implement health profession pipeline programs (HPPP) with high school, college and health profession students from racial and ethnic backgrounds underrepresented in health professions at high schools and colleges and universities in Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, Windham Counties. At the end of the first program year the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for engaging 355 students in HPPP and 3000 individuals in underserved communities in health education sessions.
Grantee Organization: Health360
AmeriCorps State Federal Award: $297,000
Local Match Investment: $69,000
Match Source(s) Service Site Fees Secured: CT AHEC Network Member Sites
Award Context - 2024-2025 AmeriCorps Connecticut Program Grants: Serve Connecticut is pleased to announce that the following eight AmeriCorps Connecticut programs have been awarded over $3.69 million to engage 335 AmeriCorps members in service across our state!
Updated August 2024