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College Health Corps, Community Dental Care (MNCC)
 
 
 
Community Dental Care’s mission is to ensure equal access to quality dental care and preventive education for all. As a community clinic serving low-income and minority people, we provide a full range of clinical services, preventive education programs and training for dental professionals. Of the 31,500 patients served at our St. Paul, Maplewood and Rochester clinics last year, 81% were on public programs and 80% were a minority. Our staff has a strong commitment to improving the oral health of underserved children and families who have low health literacy and problems in accessing dental care. We promote good oral health through in-clinic education, outreach, and school-based sealant programs. The sheer numbers of children requiring our assistance has overwhelmed our limited program staff and prevented us from organizing our systems to serve our patients more efficiently. A VISTA volunteer will help our clinics increase capacity to serve low-income and minority patients through three primary activities: 1) Coordinate the development of volunteer policies and systems to increase volunteer participation; 2) Standardize protocols for our education and prevention program, resulting in more efficient programming and more children and pregnant women receiving oral health care instruction and preventive services; and 3) Update patient resource manuals for our different clinics, ensuring our patients are receiving the basic living and health resources they need. The challenge will be to adapt processes, new services and new programming to the extremely high needs of low-income minority and immigrant communities from the Twin Cities, and to develop materials that are culturally and linguistically appropriate for different levels of health literacy. **Interviews will occur on a rolling basis and preference will be given to candidates who apply before April 11th. Candidates must also email a resume and cover letter.**
 
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Member Duties : The VISTA will conduct the following projects: • Complete the Program to Improve Community Oral Health (PICOH) training, protocol, and reference manual. Through occasional travel (provided by CDC) help pilot PICOH at the Rochester clinic. This nationally recognized program provides oral health prevention and education through in-clinic, outreach and school-based services for children and pregnant mothers. • Develop systems to streamline the implementation of the school-based sealant program, including scheduling school presentations and sealant events with local schools, and coordinating dental staff and volunteers. • Develop and implement a volunteer services plan to increase volunteer participation agency-wide. Coordinate with Century College and Argosy University to provide opportunities for students to participate in community oral health outreach and education. • Complete and/or update community and oral health resource manuals for four clinics.
 
Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Training ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Living Allowance ,  Health Coverage* ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
None
 
Service Areas :
Community Outreach ,  Health ,  Children/Youth ,  Education . 
 
Skills :
Recruitment ,  Public Speaking ,  General Skills ,  Non-Profit Management ,  Education ,  Communications ,  Writing/Editing ,  Social Services ,  Public Health ,  Team Work ,  Leadership ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Community Organization . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
College Health Corps, Community Dental Care (MNCC)
Program Start/End Date
06/09/2014  -   06/12/2015
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MINNESOTA  
Accepting Applications
From  03/05/2014  To  04/28/2014 
Contact Kori Schultz
1670 Beam Ave
Maplewood   MN   55109
6519258400
KoriSchultz@cdentc.org
www.cdentc.org
Listing ID 53647

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