Healthy Communities
Help make healthcare more accessible for all.
Healthy Communities promotes healthcare and support services through outreach, awareness, linkage to care and support. Healthy Communities serves to identify the unique and integral needs of our communities and neighborhoods and to establish strategic plans to address them. Service delivery will make healthcare and support services accessible through flexible delivery of services. AmeriCorps members will conduct community outreach, education, patient engagement, and link patients to Community Health Center, Inc. care and referrals to community-based assistance.
These AmeriCorps Members serve as critical figures in providing healthcare education and outreach services within Connecticut communities.
AmeriCorps members will participate in statewide and local activities which promote awareness of health and health services, as well as various activities related to outreach, education, linkage to care, retention in care, Covid vaccination and engagement in healthcare and support services. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for supporting increased health knowledge and improved access to care among individuals in the communities served. In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage 10 volunteers who will be engaged in the support of community events and outreach activities.
Program Details
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Services Sites
Health Centers
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Service Areas
Bristol, Danbury, Enfield, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, New London, Norwalk, Stamford, Waterbury
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Member Benefits
Full-Time Service Opportunities, Living Allowance, Health Insurance, Childcare Assistance, Education Award, and more.
Are you curious about becoming an AmeriCorps Member with Healthy Communities?
Healthy Communities is currently ACCEPTING AmeriCorps Member applications for the 2026-2027 program year! If you have questions regarding the application process, click the button below.
Loveth Johnson, AmeriCorps Specialist
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"Without AmeriCorps, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to meet so many like-minded individuals who are passionate about health equity, from our organization leaders, to my supervisors, and most importantly, my fellow AmeriCorps co-members."
- Angela, AmeriCorps Alum who served in Hartford, CT at Stamford’s Community Health Center of CT as a Retinopathy Outreach Coordinator.
Recruitment Timeline
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Application Opens
April 2026
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Interviews & Screening
July - September 2026 (an ongoing/rolling process)
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Application Closes
Date TBD
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Service Begins
By Sept. 8, 2026 (last cohort begins Dec. 7, 2026)
Additional Information
Grantee Organization: Community Health Centers, Inc.
AmeriCorps State Federal Award: $375,000
Local Match Investment: $347,795
Number of Member Positions & Types: 15 Full-Time (1,700-hour) Member Positions
