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American YouthWorks highlights HealthCorps pre‑apprenticeship and community health worker pipeline
Summary
American YouthWorks described its HealthCorps and YouthBuild pre‑apprenticeship programs, which combine academics, vocational training and service learning to prepare low‑income young people for health careers and community health work.
American YouthWorks presented its HealthCorps and YouthBuild pre‑apprenticeship programs to the Austin‑Travis County Public Health Commission, describing education, certification and community service components aimed at getting young people into health careers.
Park Smith, chief executive officer of American YouthWorks, said the nonprofit — founded in 1975 — offers an "earn‑and‑learn" model that combines academics (high school diploma or GED preparation) with vocational training, certifications and supervised community service. David (program staff) and Asi Tan, Community Health Corps coordinator, described the organization’s recent emphasis on community health worker training and a Public Health AmeriCorps track.
Key details: Smith and staff said HealthCorps…
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