What Makes a Public Health AmeriCorps Member?

Public Health AmeriCorps members at LAYC are passionate about youth development, health education, and community engagement. They are adaptable, open to learning and self-reflection, and demonstrate empathy, cultural humility, graciousness, tenacity, and initiative.

What Impact do they have?

Throughout their 1 year of service at LAYC, Public Health AmeriCorps members support all aspects of youth health and wellness programming, including:

• Community outreach

• Health literacy education and awareness

• Testing for HIV and STI, risk reduction counseling, and support to ensure linkages to health care and social services

• Sexual and reproductive health education programs

• Young parent support through diaper distribution and parenting classes

• Food security through hands-on cooking, nutrition, and gardening classes and the distribution of food and other resources

• Enriching recreational programming

• Grants working with crisis response (e.g. COVID, Opioids, suicide, mental health)

Why should you join?

Beyond being a part of a national team that has performed over 1.7 million wellness checks around the country, there are tons reasons to join the Public Health Americorps at LAYC. Watch the videos below for more information.