AmeriCorps – Healthy Harvest Corps
Listed on 2026-08-07
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Community Health, Public Health, Non-Profit / Outreach, Volunteer / Humanitarian
and the job listing Expires on August 7, 2026
Internship Exploring General Business & Beyond
Summary: The Ohio Association of Foodbanks (OAF) represents Ohio’s 12 Feeding America foodbanks and their 3,600-member hunger relief programs, serving food-insecure Ohioans in all 88 counties. OAF will host 12 Ameri Corps members serving at 7 food banks throughout Ohio. Ameri Corps members will support a coordinated statewide effort to prioritize investments in scaling and sustaining Food Is Medicine initiatives. Deploying Ameri Corps direct service members at local and regional hunger relief agencies will support a coordinated statewide effort to improve health by getting healthy food into the homes of food-insecure Ohioans.
Member Duties: Ameri Corps members will be responsible for implementing the Health Eating Research (HER) Guidelines at food banks and pantry partners; expanding and executing referral partnerships with Medicaid managed care providers; expanding medically supportive grocery box programs at food bank locations. Members will support new, emerging, and expanding services that address hunger as a social determinant of health. OAF anticipates that members will support three types of pre-preliminary, evidence-informed approaches:
- Implement and maintain the research-based HER guidelines for the Charitable Food System at emergency food distribution sites. (HER implementation)
- Support referral partnerships to connect healthcare providers and their patients to emergency food providers. (MCO referrals)
- Implement evidence-based pre-packaged food box and/or meals models. (Healthy food box)
Service Term Dates: September 8th, 2026 – August 21st, 2027
Service Position Type/ Required Minimum Service
Hours:
FT/1700 hours
Program Benefits:
- Bi-weekly Living Allowance
- Childcare assistance if eligible
- Education award upon successful completion of service
- Student Loan Deferment
- Skill-based Professional Development
- Health Coverage
Terms:
- Permits attendance at school during off hours.
- Car recommended.
- Permits working at another job during off hours.
Service Areas:
- Health
- Education
- Community Outreach
- Hunger
Skills:
- Education
- Public Health
- Computers/Technology
- Communications
- Community Organization
- Recruitment
- Writing/Editing
- Public Speaking
- General Skills
- Leadership
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