The Youth Health Service Corps is a program designed to recruit diverse high school students
into a career in health care.

Trained high school students are placed as volunteers in agencies providing health care services to vulnerable populations.

Students are filling a large community need for
volunteer service while acquiring real life learning
experience under the guidance of professional
role models and mentors.

Training
Youth Health Service Corps utilizes a nine-module curriculum to train students.

Each one hour module includes numerous hands on activities designed to prepare students to work with underserved populations in health care settings.

Once trained, students are placed at community health care agencies such as homeless shelters, community health centers, public health departments,
and long term care facilities.

Evaluation
Student mastery of curriculum is assessed through pre- and post-training evaluations. Student volunteer placement is assessed by the student, parent and volunteer site coordinator.

Our Success
First place winner of the 2005 Linkage Award presented by the Council on Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice.

Benefits to Students
• Become part of your community
• Fulfill a large need for volunteer service in the community
• Take part in real life learning experiences
• Satisfy school requirements for volunteer service
• Build your resume for college

To Join
online at: www.youthhealthservicecorps.com
or contact Joan Lane at jlane@swctahec.org