2025-2026 Appalachian Public Health Innovation (APP-PHI) Corps (Multiple Vacancies

Appalachian Public Health Innovation (APP-PHI) Corps (Multiple Vacancies)

Department:
Public Health - 273700

• Minimum age of 18 years old or 17 years old with parental permission
• High School Degree/Bachelor''s degree
• Strong interest in public health
• Valid driver''s license
• Criminal background check
• Must be a United States of America citizen or legal permanent resident
• Flexibility to adapt to both site-based and remote working environments
• License/Certification Required

Location:

Boone, NC or one of the following counties:

• Alexander
• Alleghany
• Ashe
• Avery
• Buncombe
• Burke
• Caldwell
• Cherokee
• Clay
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• Graham
• Haywood
• Henderson
• Jackson
• Macon
• Madison
• Mc Dowell
• Mitchell
• Polk
• Rutherford
• Swain
• Transylvania
• Watauga
• Wilkes
• Yancey and other Western NC locations

The Appalachian Public Health Innovation (APP-PHI) Corps program provides opportunities for people to make an intensive commitment to service. There are many opportunities for Ameri Corps service in North Carolina, and across the country throughout the year. These are great experiences for new and upcoming graduates to consider! As an Appalachian Public Health Innovation (APP-PHI) Corps member, you can gain new skills and experiences and you''ll also find tremendous satisfaction that comes from helping others.

In addition, members who complete their service earn a Segal Ameri Corps Education Award as outlined here, to pay for college, graduate school, or to pay back qualified student loans; members who serve part-time receive a partial Award. Some Ameri Corps members may also receive a living allowance during their term of service.

PHA at App State Mission:
To foster meaningful relationships, develop public health professionals and bolster community resilience and preparedness in western North Carolina by addressing local public health disparities through service, volunteerism, and evidence-based interventions.

Our

Purpose:

To support public health preparedness in the Appalachian Region in Western NC.

Our Goals:
To recruit, train, and develop new generations of public health leaders ready to respond to public health needs through public health service and capacity building in North Carolina''s rural Appalachian communities.

Help meet public health needs of the North Carolina rural Appalachian communities by providing needed capacity and support to local public health preparedness settings in collaboration with state and regional partners, to advance health outcomes for communities who are currently and historically underserved.

Provide pathways to good quality public health-related careers by providing exposure through onsite experience, training, and more, with a focus on recruiting Ameri Corps members who reflect the communities in which they will serve.

Appalachian State University''s Mission Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives as engaged global citizens who understand their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all.

Our location in the distinctive Appalachian mountain town of Boone, North Carolina, profoundly shapes who we are. As a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, we fulfill our core academic missions of teaching, scholarship, and service in ways that honor our geography and heritage. We bring people together in inspiring ways. The transformational Appalachian experience develops individuals who are eager to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, to embrace difference, and to become contributing members of society.

We create rich environments where students can thrive. Our students are educated broadly and are simultaneously equipped with strong disciplinary knowledge. Academic learning occurs in a wide range of undergraduate, selected masters and intermediate programs, and the doctorate in Education offered on campus, at off campus sites, and online. Faculty and students engage in research and scholarship that advance knowledge and address the problems of our region, state, and world through creativity and innovation.

Learning takes place within formal and informal instructional settings with dedicated faculty members, in co-curricular programs that enrich classroom experience, in interdisciplinary educational formats, and through outreach to the local community and beyond. Appalachian cultivates vibrant arts that enrich the cultural and intellectual climate of the campus and region. Our students think critically, communicate effectively, make local to global connections, and understand the responsibilities of community engagement.

We embrace our obligation to help create healthy, just, and sustainable societies by equipping our students to live with knowledge, compassion, dedication, humility, and dignity.

Program Description As an Appalachian Public Health Innovation (APP-PHI) Corps Member at Appalachian State University, you wi