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MN Health Corps 15-16: Community Dental Care
 
 
 
The Community Dental Care 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 110,000 patients seen at our clinics in St. Paul, Maplewood, Rochester and Robbinsdale last year, 83.5% were on public programs. In January 2014, we opened a new four-chair clinic in Robbinsdale to help meet the needs of patients living on the west side of the Twin Cities. In 2015, we plan on expanding our Robbinsdale clinic with an additional nine chairs and implementing our Program to Improve Community Oral Health (PICOH). 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 health care. We promote improved 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 so we can serve our patients more effectively. A VISTA would help our clinics increase capacity to serve low-income and minority patients through these primary activities: Expand PICOH services to Robbinsdale clinic; Expand college partnerships in West Metro area of Twin Cities; Expand PICOH manual to include preventive health care for 0-2 year old children; Research and create a summary of most recent evidence-based guidelines on oral health care; Evaluate oral health education and health literacy programs. The challenge will be to adapt processes, new services and new programming to address the extremely high oral health needs of low-income minority and immigrant communities from the Twin Cities and to develop materials that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to different levels of health literacy.
 
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Member Duties : The VISTA will: Expand volunteer program and college partnerships in West Metro area of Twin Cities. Recruit volunteers and assist in trainings. Expand PICOH services to Robbinsdale clinic. Expand PICOH manual to include preventive health care for 0-2 year old children. Research and create a summary of most recent evidence-based guidelines on oral health care for staff use. Research and create a database of funding opportunities for PICOH (education and sealant programs) and for clinic equipment. Research and establish at least 2 new resources for oral hygiene supplies for oral health care kits. Expand oral health education and health literacy programs. Expand procedure and protocol manual for sealant program. Research education and health literacy models outside of present PICOH program that can be used to strengthen the program. **Interviews will occur on a rolling basis. Apply by April 3rd. Must email a resume and cover letter.**
 
Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Living Allowance ,  Health Care Allowance, Rent Support TBD ,  Training ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Relocation Allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
None
 
Service Areas :
Health ,  Education ,  Children/Youth ,  Community Outreach . 
 
Skills :
Recruitment ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Public Health ,  Non-Profit Management ,  Computers/Technology ,  Public Speaking ,  Team Work ,  Social Services ,  General Skills ,  Communications ,  Community Organization ,  Teaching/Tutoring ,  Education ,  Writing/Editing ,  Leadership . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
MN Health Corps 15-16: Community Dental Care
Program Start/End Date
06/08/2015  -   06/11/2016
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MINNESOTA  
Languages
Pref: Hmong/Karen/Span./Somali
Accepting Applications
From  02/11/2015  To  04/28/2015 
Contact See Thao
828 Hawthorne Ave E
Saint Paul   MN   55106
651-925-8416
seethao@cdentc.org
www.cdentc.org
Listing ID 58896

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