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Americorps 101
NHC Mission & History
NHC Performance Measures
NHC Program Components
NHC Roles & Responsibilities
100
a network of local, state, and national service programs
What is AmeriCorps?
100
To increase access to health care services for underserved communities, to promote health & wellness, and to equip their members with the skills and knowledge needed to inform their paths towards careers as public health and health care leaders
What is the mission of NHC?
100
The performance measure that includes output, intermediate outcome, and end outcomes
What is access to care?
100
Includes patient advocacy, benefits assistance, prescription medication assistance, patient navigation, child health screenings, development and distribution of health education materials, teaching health education workshops, coordinating youth fitness and nutrition activities, and recruitment and training of volunteers
What is service activities?
100
Includes an Executive, a Program Director, and at some operating sites a Program Director
What is a Program Team?
200
a person who serves with more than 3,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based community organizations
What is an AmeriCorps member?
200
NHC grew out of this program that was first funded in 1994
What is the Corporation of National & Community Service?
200
The number of community residents that will participate in health education workshops, classes, clubs, presentations, and organized activities (including children participating in nutrition and fitness activities)
What is 11,000?
200
NHC training includes members, program staff, and host site supervisors playing a role to assess need, design, and evaluate and improve training
What is shared responsibility?
200
To ensure that all NHC operating sites are in compliance with CNCS grant requirements; to provide training and technical assistance to grantee programs and staff; and to identify the best practices and implement operating structures to support the sites/members/host sites
What is the role of a parent organization?
300
A program component that caps off the program year and occurs at the end of the service year
What is the recognition ceremony?
300
The cities in which NHC members serve
What is Atlanta, North Florida, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago?
300
The number of children engaged in in-school or out-of-school physical education activities and the number of children and youth receiving nutrition education with the purpose of reducing childhood obesity
What is 600?
300
Projects that are designed and developed by the program and its members that change each year and may include the entire Corps or smaller groups of its members
What are program service projects?
300
One of the few AmeriCorps National Direct Programs devoted to increasing access to care and improving the health of our communities
What is NHC
400
A program component that is a structured time for teambuilding, training, and reflection
What is retreat?
400
A time in 2003 when NHC was shut down when CNCS was forced to temporarily reduce funding across their funding portfolio
What is "The Pause"?
400
One of 925 volunteers who will be recruited, oriented, and/or supervised by members to provide at least 6,000 hours of community service
What is a Non-Member Volunteer?
400
Keeping accurate records of hours served, services provided, activities performed, and volunteers recruited.
What are administrative responsibilities?
400
To implement the NHC program in their city, recruit members and host sites, provide training and support to members, and ensure that members have successful and rewarding terms of service
What is the role of the Program Team?
500
Regularly scheduled times for members to reflect on their service, plan service projects, complete committee assignments, and to continue building an Espirit de Corps
What are member meetings?
500
Chicago, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh was collectively known as this group
What is the HRSA Health Corps?
500
The number of community residents who will be screened, tested, and immunized in community settings
What is 4,600?
500
Committees that fosters the Espirit de Corps (the friendships and bonds that develop among members) promotes leadership, professional and team building skills
What are member committees?
500
The Parent Organization for NHC and operating site for the Philadelphia Health Corps
What is the Health Federation of Philadelphia?