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2024-2025 DHC Health Equity Outreach VISTA
4 weeks ago
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24-25 Urban League
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Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana Chicago, United StatesJob Description · Job DescriptionYOU MUST APPLY THROUGH THE AMERICORPS WEBSITE: · The Girl Scouts Live Well Initiative (GSLWI) will focus on mental health, financial health, physical health, and self-discovery health (S.T.E.A.M Curriculum) for the girls who need it most. At the ...
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Community Organizer
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Metropolitan Tenants Organization Chicago, United StatesJob Description Job Description Community Organizer Summary: The Community Organizer (CO) position is full time (40 hours per week) and will be under the direct supervision of the Assistant Director. The CO duties include taking building referrals from the hotline, determining wh ...
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Community Organizer
3 weeks ago
Metropolitan Tenants Organization Chicago, United StatesJob Description · Job DescriptionCommunity Organizer · Summary: · The Community Organizer (CO) position is full time (40 hours per week) and will be under the direct supervision of the Assistant Director. The CO duties include taking building referrals from the hotline, determini ...
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Healthy Homes and Advocacy Coordinator
3 weeks ago
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Human Resources Specialist
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24-25 Housing Forward
1 week ago
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24-25 Chicago 400
2 weeks ago
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Community Organizer
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Metropolitan Tenants Organization Chicago, United StatesCommunity Organizer · Summary: · The Community Organizer (CO) position is full time (40 hours per week) and will be under the direct supervision of the Assistant Director. The CO duties include taking building referrals from the hotline, determining whether building if building s ...
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Program Manager
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All Chicago Chicago, United StatesREPORTS TO: · Senior Program Manager - Chicago Rents · STATUS: · Exempt, salaried, full-time · LOCATION: · Chicago, Illinois, (currently hybrid remote/in-office schedule) · SALARY RANGE: · Program Manager: $53,730-$76,440 (commensurate with experience) · ABOUT ALL CHICAGO ...
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AmeriCorps Chicago, United StatesThe Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA program places AmeriCorps VISTA members in full service with our campus and community partners for a one-year period. During this year, members spend 35 hours per week on their host site's campus or with one of that campus's community partners ...
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24-25 Gagdc
1 week ago
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24-25 Neighborscapes
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24-25 Mercy Housing
1 week ago
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24-25 Sshc
1 week ago
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24-25 Chicago 400
2 weeks ago
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24-25 Housing Forward
1 week ago
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24-25 Sch
1 week ago
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24-25 Voice of Uptown
1 week ago
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DHC Health Equity Outreach VISTA - Chicago, United States - AmeriCorps
Description
DHC Health Equity Outreach VISTA
DuPage Health Coalition believes access to affordable health care is an essential human need, allowing everyone in our community to be healthy enough to work, care for their families and live life with a little less worry.
The Health Equity Outreach VISTA will increase capacity by helping to launch two new DHC programs (Project Lifesaver and Access Fit) and refining social media strategy; Focusing on developing sustainable approaches that can be adopted by DHC staff at the end of service.
All outputs will help alleviate damaging consequences of poverty and aid DHC efforts to reduce health insecurity of low- income DuPage County residents.
All efforts will be grounded in best practice research and data analysis, ultimately supporting DHC's mission to open doors to high-quality, affordable healthcare for our low income neighbors.
Activities will expand community knowledge, resources, and programming and increase the scale, reach, and effectiveness of DHC's communications strategies thus increasing health security for low-income DuPage residents which otherwise puts everyone at risk as lack of high-quality affordable healthcare can both trap people in systemic poverty and risk lives that could otherwise be saved.
Member Duties : Recognizing that much of what effects health happens outside the Doctor's office, DHC is poised to launch two new initiatives, Project Lifesaver (a health equity focused program delivering bystander CPR, installing AEDs, providing opioid use disorder curriculum as well as naloxone training and home kits) and Access Fit DuPage (a diverse fitness network offering low/no cost wellness services to low income DuPage County residents). The Health Equity Outreach VISTA will work closely with the Director of Development and Communications and the Health Equity Program Coordinator to support implementation and growth of both initiatives, creating pathways that connect high barrier populations and improve overall health equity in DuPage County, IL.Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance , Stipend , Health Coverage* , Education award upon successful completion of service , Living Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend .
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit .
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Service Areas :Health .
Skills :
Team Work , Community Organization , Public Health , Communications .