Tri-County Dental Patient Navigation & Outreach AmeriCorps M

Tri-County Dental Patient Navigation & Outreach Ameri Corps M

The Ameri Corps Member's charge is to build organizational capacity by strengthening patient navigation, expanding community outreach, and increasing access to dental care for underserved children and families. Increasing access to oral health services is critical to the sustainability of Tri-County Dental and WAFCC.The Ameri Corps Member will:

• Assist children and families in accessing dental services and overcoming barriers to care.
• Provide patient navigation support and help individuals understand non-clinical service requirements.
• Support outreach and engagement efforts with schools, families, and community partners.
• Assist with school-based and community-based programs that increase access to preventive dental services.
• Help develop educational materials and outreach resources that promote oral health and available services.
• Support capacity-building projects that strengthen patient-access systems and improve service delivery.
• Participate in community events and outreach activities that increase awareness of available dental resources.

Through these activities, the Ameri Corps Member will strengthen Tri-County Dental's outreach and patient navigation infrastructure, increase awareness and utilization of dental services, improve access to care for underserved populations, and enhance the organization's capacity to meet community oral health needs. The mission of the Wisconsin Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (WAFCC) is to support, strengthen, and advocate for Wisconsin's free and charitable clinics, the patients they serve, and the communities with whom they partner.

The location for this project is Tri-County Dental in Appleton, Wisconsin

The Ameri Corps Member will increase access to dental care for underserved children and families by providing patient navigation, community outreach, and health education services. The Member will assist families in understanding non-clinical requirements needed to access care, help identify and address barriers to services, and connect individuals with available resources. The Member will support outreach and engagement efforts with schools, families, and community partners to increase awareness and utilization of preventive dental services.

Additional activities include supporting school-based and community-based programming, developing outreach and educational materials, participating in community events, and assisting with capacity-building projects that strengthen patient-access systems and improve service delivery. Through these activities, the Member will help expand access to oral health services and improve community awareness of available dental resources.

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Health Coverage
• Living Allowance
• Stipend
• Training.

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

• Community and Economic Development
• Community Outreach
• Children/Youth
• Education
• Health
• Public Health Ameri Corps
• Technology.

• Counseling
• Communications
• Community Organization
• Computers/Technology
• Conflict Resolution
• Education
• First Aid
• Leadership
• Medicine
• Public Health
• Writing/Editing
• Youth Development
• General Skills
• Non-Profit Management
• Social Services
• Team Work.

Tri-County Dental Patient Navigation & Outreach Ameri Corps M