Serve your community while preparing for your next career step through a term of service with Cherry Health AmeriCorps! Prior experience in a health care setting is not required.

We will be onboarding new members on 8/19/24, 10/14/24, 12/9/24, and 2/17/25. To be eligible for an onboarding date, apply 6 weeks in advance.

Cherry Health AmeriCorps is a health-focused AmeriCorps program located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This long-standing program is a recipient of the new Public Health AmeriCorps funding, forming a partnership between AmeriCorps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The focus of Cherry Health AmeriCorps is to decrease health disparities in underserved communities by providing evidence-based health education, Medicaid enrollment assistance, and supportive services to bridge gaps is health care. Cherry Health is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Michigan, with members serving in the greater Grand Rapids area.

Cherry Health AmeriCorps provides a diverse and engaging team environment through monthly team meetings and service projects. Members serving above 900 hours receive Community Health Worker training. All members receive Public Health Foundations training, as well professional and personal development to prepare members for future educational and career goals. Monthly service projects at local non-profits give members the opportunity to positively impact the community above and beyond their service assignments and expand networking opportunities. Members are encouraged to take on leadership roles within the team.

Reasonable accommodations can be provided for interviews and for service assignments upon request. Cherry Health AmeriCorps prohibits discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, political affiliation, marital status, parental status, or military service.

Service Contract

• 900 total service hours minimum
• 46 weeks maximum
• 20 hours per week
• Other service terms may be available for 900 and 675 hours at a part-time capacity (20 hours per week)

Compensation & Benefits (for 900 hours term of service/20 hours per week)

• $12,167 annual living allowance ($529 biweekly)
• $3,697.50 AmeriCorps education award
• Student loan forbearance & interest accrual payment
• Cigna health insurance with no monthly premium
• Child care assistance
• Member Assistance Program (24/7 access to counseling and life coaching at no cost)
• Public Health Foundations training & Community Health Worker certification training
• Bimonthly professional and personal development trainings & monthly community service projects

Minimum Qualifications

• 18 years of age or older
• High School Diploma or GED
• United States Citizen, National, or Lawful Permanent Resident

Cherry Health requires all team members, including temps, contractors, interns, residents, students, etc. to receive the COVID-19 vaccinations subject to certain exclusions. Cherry Health is committed to granting reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.

Education

• High School or better

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

• Work-Life Balance: Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work
• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)