Applying to Become a Host Site
The PgHC seeks diverse partnerships with community organizations and agencies in Pittsburgh. In determining whether or not your organization would benefit from a PgHC member and be a benefit to the member, it is essential to review the specific needs of your organization and identify what activities your PgHC member would be involved in. Members should be provided with opportunities to conduct meaningful, relevant direct service such as insurance enrollment, case management, or health education. In recruiting sites, the Pittsburgh Health Corps gives highest priority to those sites which provide services and activities in line with the PgHC’s performance measures and our mission to reduce health disparities and promote healthy individuals and communities.
The relationship that members have with site supervisors is also extremely important. Site supervisors play a vital role in the members’ experience. They provide direction, insight, and experience for the member in order to help them grow both personally and professionally. Site supervisors should be directly connected in some way to the member’s service activities, should be accessible and able to provide supervision on a regular basis, and need to be responsive to the reporting requirements the PgHC.
To sponsor a member a host site must submit a description of the health-related community need(s) the member will be addressing, responsibilities of the member, preferred skills to achieve the expected outcomes and agency contact information. After the Program Director receives an application and has completed an interview, appropriate sites are identified. The final decision of if and where the future member will serve is made between the applicant and the host site through additional interviews. This year sites have also contributed $8,300 per member which is applied toward the program's operating budget as required by the federal guidelines.
For more information or to receive a copy of a host site application, please contact Janet Elder at jelder@achd.net or call us at (412) 578-8360.
