Public Health - Youth Engagement - Maine

Public Health Ameri Corps
- Youth Engagement
- Maine

Goodwill NNE's Public Health Ameri Corps (PHA) program places members with community organizations in Maine to address CDC determined public health needs for the most underserved populations. Maine communities are home to pockets of refugees and immigrants, in cities and towns like Lewiston, Portland, and Cherryfield, ME. New American youth face significant barriers to success—often influenced by trauma and chaos in their past, learning a new language, and adapting to a new culture—and frequently enter the education system significantly behind their peers.

Public Health Youth Development members strive to narrow this gap by increasing social and emotional skills and academic engagement among students, grades 4-12, who have been impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including immigrant and refugee youth and members of the Wabanaki tribe (grades 4–12). PHA members work with community partner agencies to develop and carry out localized, evidence-based interventions, directly serving youth while increa

Member Duties:
Members implement best practices to build relationships with a portfolio of youth impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Utilizing data to inform practice, members: prioritize youth voice in order to increase social and emotional skills; engage youth in cohort-based programming; bring together diverse youth, helping them learn to rely on each other, and inspiring problem-solving and listening skills amongst peers;

create safe spaces for youth to take risks, reflect, and share personal experiences in groups; involve youth in experiential learning, allowing them to discover what youth are interested in, encouraging them to explore new things, and providing youth with opportunities to make decisions about what they want to do and how; engage youth in both setting and managing academic and life goals, breaking them down and helping them to reflect on successes and challenges;

encourage a growth mindset by reframing challenges and providing youth with feedback.

Program Benefits:
Childcare assistance if eligible, Living Allowance, Training, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health Coverage.

Terms:

Permits attendance at school during off hours, Permits working at another job during off hours, Car recommended.

Service Areas:
Children/Youth, Education, Public Health Ameri Corps.

Skills:

Recruitment, Education, Leadership, Public Health, Communications, Youth Development, General Skills, Teaching/Tutoring, Team Work.

Program Type:
Ameri Corps State / National Program

Program Start/End Date: 08/25/2025 - 07/26/2026

Work Schedule:

Full Time

Education level:
College graduate

Age Requirement:
Minimum: 18 Maximum:
None

Program Locations: MAINE

Accepting Applications From 03/03/2025 To 07/23/2026

Contact:
Sophia Doremus, 56 Northport Dr, Portland ME 04103, , sophia.doremus

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