This award funds the approved 2022?23 public health americorps programs, as listed on the approved program and funding summary charts

No member may enroll prior to the approved start date of the member enrollment period. Your 2022?23 regulatory match is 0%. The east boston neighborhood health center (ebnhc) proposes to have 20 americorps members who will provide care coordination including linking patients identified with unmet social service needs to needed resources, identifying patients with either uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes or untreated depression; conducting phone outreach to these patients and navigating them into care; contacting patients due or overdue for screening for either cervical, breast and colorectal cancer to schedule screenings with providers; communicating test results and navigating patients into care by scheduling appointments and following up with reminders in east boston neighborhood health center clinics. At the end of the first program year, the americorps members will be responsible for 1) conducting outreach to 8,000 patients; 2) connecting at least 1,200 patients to primary care and social services. After their year of service, up to 20 americorps members will pursue future engagement in the public health sector. The city of lawrence proposes to have 12 americorps members who will provide healthy homes outreach, education, and resource referrals to landlords and tenants in lawrence and methuen, MA. At the end of the first program year, the americorps members will be responsible for increasing the health knowledge of 1,536 residents and health and safety improvements in 770 rental properties. After their year of service, nine americorps members will pursue future engagement in the public health sector.