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Local Organizations Receiving Wisconsin Public Health AmeriCorps Grants

Monday, May 9th, 2022 -- 10:01 AM

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Michael D. Smith, AmeriCorps CEO, formally announced five Wisconsin Public Health AmeriCorps grant awards to four organizations at an event on Friday, April 29, in Milwaukee.

Public Health AmeriCorps is a partnership between AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Public Health AmeriCorps will support the recruitment, training and development of a new generation of public health leaders whose service will positively impact the lives of people in Wisconsin and throughout the nation.

Smith and Lt. Governor Barnes were joined at the event in recognizing AmeriCorps members in Wisconsin and celebrating the grant awards by Serve Wisconsin Executive Director Jeanne Duffy, City of Milwaukee Health Commissioner Kirsten Johnson, President and CEO of Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers Dr. Julie Schuller, and Dr. Brian Hilgeman, an AmeriCorps alumnus at Medical College of Wisconsin.

Some local recipients include Marshfield Clinic - Community Corps, (Pictured) $2,304,000. 80 full-time AmeriCorps members will provide capacity-building services to public health organizations across Wisconsin. AmeriCorps members will increase their knowledge of public health needs, specifically rural health needs, through their service.

Marshfield Clinic - Recovery Corps, $864,000. 30 full-time AmeriCorps members will serve as recovery coaches to reduce the effects of prescription drugs, opioids and other substances within the clinic’s service area across Wisconsin. Members also will promote awareness, education and stigma reduction around substance use recovery in the community and initiate referrals to social service organizations.

Wisconsin Association of Free & Charitable Clinics, Inc., $867,187. 28 full-time and six part-time members will support for Community Health Departments and Free and Charitable Clinics throughout Wisconsin. AmeriCorps members will help clinics address the COVID-19 pandemic and opioid use, strengthen telehealth capabilities, secure grant funding and procure volunteers.

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