Learn How Public Health AmeriCorps is
Addressing Workforce Gaps and Urgent Public Health
Needs
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2024
/PRNewswire/ --
BACKGROUND:
A recent study found that nearly half of public health
workers left their jobs between 2017 and 2021, which means that
state and local health departments nationally need to hire 80,000
people to adequately provide public health services.
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Public Health AmeriCorps, a partnership between AmeriCorps and
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, can help fill this
gap and advance more equitable health outcomes for underserved
communities. Since its launch in 2022, Public Health AmeriCorps has
given young people a way to gain hands-on experience and training
in the public health field and succeeded in getting more "people
power" into communities in nearly every U.S. state and
territory.
Michael D. Smith, Chief Executive
Officer of AmeriCorps, shares how Public Health AmeriCorps aims to
break down barriers to public health careers by providing
skill-building opportunities beyond the traditional higher
education track.
For more information on Public Health
AmeriCorps, please visit: AmeriCorps.gov/publichealth
MORE ABOUT MICHAEL D. SMITH:
Michael D. Smith is the Chief
Executive Officer of AmeriCorps—the federal agency for service and
volunteering. CEO Smith has dedicated his career to social justice
by reducing barriers and expanding opportunities for children and
families in underserved communities like those where he grew up.
During his tenure at AmeriCorps, CEO Smith has sharpened the
agency's focus on equity, investing in what works and uniting
communities through the power of service.
Produced for: Public Health AmeriCorps
MEDIA CONTACT: Erin Schneider
(press@americorps.gov)
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