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MN Health Corps 15-16: Youth Violence Intervention
 
 
 
The VISTA will support the Minneapolis Health Department’s (MHD) youth violence prevention efforts. MHD is the public health department for the City of Minneapolis. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all people in the city by protecting the environment, preventing disease and injury, promoting healthy behaviors, and creating a city that is a healthy place to live, work, and play. In 2008 the City initiated a public health response to the issue of youth violence organized within MHD. A public health framework incorporating primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention allows MHD to address youth violence holistically, looking at individual supports and interventions and systems-level infrastructure and process improvements. The primary project area for the VISTA is the Minneapolis Youth Violence Intervention Program (MYVIP). Through MYVIP, youth who present to a hospital with a violent assault injury will meet with a trained professional who can provide a needs assessment and follow-up services around trauma, crisis support, and mental health counseling. The VISTA will provide important capacity for continued development and successful implementation of the program. The VISTA will also play an important role in coordinating, developing, and implementing training around youth violence prevention for youth serving professionals. The VISTA will also contribute to MHD and University of Minnesota’s primary prevention efforts by supporting implementation of social-emotional learning (SEL) in schools and developing opportunities for MHD to support SEL broadly as a tool for health promotion and the prevention of health-risk behaviors. Finally, The VISTA will play a critical role in MHD’s plans to implement and evaluate a capacity building program for grassroots community based providers around increasing organizational capacity, training on best practices for youth violence prevention and service delivery, and training on cultural specificity.
 
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Member Duties : Youth Violence Intervention: develop programmatic elements and protocols; provide and/or coordinate training for hospital staff; data collection and evaluation; grant identification and writing; design and conduct follow-up work with youth and families served by programming. Training: coordinate implementation of training youth serving providers; staff advisory committees; manage an at-risk youth services resource list. Community-based capacity building: recruit organizations; develop, deliver, and/or coordinate training curriculum; perform follow-up work with organizations; grant identification and writing. Social-emotional learning (SEL): build internal and partner capacity to deliver a social-emotional learning curriculum through: monitoring of implementation; and creation of a guide to help schools, MHD, and other sites implement SEL curricula. **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 ,  Training ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Health Care Allowance ,  Relocation Allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
None
 
Service Areas :
Children/Youth ,  Education ,  Community Outreach ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Health . 
 
Skills :
Public Speaking ,  Recruitment ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Writing/Editing ,  Social Services ,  Public Health ,  Youth Development ,  Team Work ,  Communications ,  Community Organization . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
MN Health Corps 15-16: Youth Violence Intervention
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
2nd lang. encouraged to apply
Accepting Applications
From  02/11/2015  To  04/28/2015 
Contact Josh Peterson
250 S 4th St
Minneapolis   MN   55415
612-673-2534
Josh.Peterson@minneapolismn.gov
www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Listing ID 58897

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