Premeds can work for large NGOs and nonprofits like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Clinton Foundation or AmeriCorps, an independent agency of the U.S. government. Premeds can conduct research or health programming at these organizations. There are also excel...
Enrollments in public health degree programs are rising, but few graduates choose government public health employment, opting instead for private sector jobs. While acknowledging that public health workforce shortages are likely to persist, the paper identified strategies that policymakers could adopt to a...
AmeriCorps and Peace Corps If you have a full-time, approved AmeriCorps position, the Department of Education considers it to be equivalent to working in a public service job for the purposes of PSLF. The Department of Education also considers volunteering in the Peace Corps equivalent to workin...
military; a nonprofit organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or be a full-time AmeriCorps or Peace Corps volunteer. Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status are still considered a qualifying employer if they ...
Washington as an AmeriCorps volunteer. C) Her year-long service included comforting AIDs patients at a free health clinic and delivering meals to the homebound. It was a world apart from her undergraduate days at the University of ...
PSLF applicants are eligible for forgiveness of their student loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments and working for a set period of time as a full-time employee of the government, a nonprofit, or a tribal organization. The program is also open to AmeriCorps and Peace Corps...
To find volunteering opportunities on USA public lands, start withvolunteer.gov, anofficialweb site for volunteering at the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the US Forest Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the US Geological Survey (USGS), and the US Fish and Wi...
Resources and Conditions ICTC is largely grant-funded, through private foundations and the US Corporation for National Service AmeriCorps program. Schools that host Corps members in the Volunteer Teaching program also contribute $26,000 per year per Corps member to help cover ICTC's professional ...
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Today, public health entities should consider rethinking and redefining the roles and skills they need to attract passionate, committed individuals, with or without public health degrees, to join the field (see “Spotlight on Public Health AmeriCorps” for an example). Some...