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Strong City/The Family League of Baltimore
 
 
 
The Family League of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Health Department co-lead B’more for Healthy Babies (BHB), a city-wide initiative that aims to improve birth outcomes and enable every child to thrive in healthy families. One of BHB’s programs is Baby Basics, which consists of group prenatal education and social support clubs for low-income women and their partners who are vulnerable to poor birth outcomes. Research has consistently shown that health and birth outcomes improve as income and education levels increase. By increasing participants’ and health providers’ health literacy skills, empowering them to advocate for themselves in health care settings, and build networks of social support, this program combats poverty. The Baby Basics Clubs consists of a series of 6 meetings, during which facilitators help participants through the prenatal educational topics, as well as help connect families to their local library branch and Judy Centers where they can attend continuing education or be referred other resources. To date, there are nine sites offering Baby Basics Clubs that are staffed and operated by Federally Qualified Health Centers or community-based organizations. The Family League offers our community partners the Baby Basics materials and training free of charge. This position is sponsored by Strong City Baltimore in Baltimore, MD; and the VISTA member will serve with The Family League of Baltimore in Baltimore City, MD. Strong City serves as the VISTA Project Sponsor to more than 20 nonprofit, government, and community organizations throughout Baltimore City and Maryland. Established in 1969 to help neighborhoods become safer, better places to live, Strong City's mission is to build and strengthen neighborhoods and people. Strong City will provide support to The Family League of Baltimore and the VISTA member throughout the year, including recruitment, training, professional development opportunities, and resources.
 
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Member Duties : In one year, the VISTA member will improve the program model and capacity as the backbone organization by: 1)Establishing a series of focus groups with program facilitators and participants to receive feedback 2)Create an inventory tracking system for all Baby Basics books 3)Develop standardized fact sheets on key health topics to include in the curriculum 4)Develop and help facilitators implement pre and post series surveys to enable the program to measure changes in knowledge, attitudes, intentions to change behavior, and level of social support 5)Help each site recruit at least one volunteer facilitator 6)Help double enrollment (from 150 a year to 300) 7)Regularly visit sites to monitor implementation and continually get feedback 8)Compile and analyze quarterly reporting data 9)Help sites share best practices through quarterly coalition meetings and a newsletter 10)Strengthen relationships between Baby Basics Club sites with local resources.
 
Program Benefits : Training ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Health Coverage* ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Living Allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
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Service Areas :
Health ,  Community Outreach . 
 
Skills :
Public Health ,  Writing/Editing ,  General Skills ,  Team Work . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Strong City/The Family League of Baltimore
Program Start/End Date
11/01/2016  -   10/31/2017
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MARYLAND   Washington/Baltimore  
Languages
Spanish
Accepting Applications
From  08/12/2016  To  09/16/2016 
Contact Melissa Elgersma
3503 N Charles St
Baltimore   MD   21218
4103870088
melgersma@strongcitybaltimore.org
strongcitybaltimore.org
Listing ID 59669

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