Improving Community Health and Wellbeing
AmeriCorps Improving Health Throughout Indiana
AmeriCorps is a federal program funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. AmeriCorps programs include AmeriCorps Vista, AmeriCorps State, Learn and Serve America and Senior Corps.
Each year, AmeriCorps offers 75,000 Americans opportunities to give intensive service to their communities. AmeriCorps members serve with more than 40,000 local and national non-profits, helping them expand their reach and impact.
AmeriCorps Improving Health Throughout Indiana (AIHTI) is an AmeriCorps State program sponsored by the Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University Bloomington. Our goal is to help eliminate health disparities in Indiana by promoting healthy weight management through proper nutrition and physical activity.
AIHTI pairs local non-profit organizations who need help to create or improve healthy weight programs with AmeriCorps members interested in gaining experience in health promotion while serving their community.
AIHTI offers Half Time (900 hours of service), Full Time (1700 hours of service) and Minimum Time/Education Award Only (300 hours of service) positions. Since our program began in 2007, we have placed 150 AmeriCorps Members with over 40 host site organizations. Our members range in age from 17 to 71 and in education from those working on their high school diplomas to Masters School graduates.
Click here to visit the AmeriCorps Improving Health Throughout Indiana (AIHTI) blog.
