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Utah Healthcare Corps (UHC), a direct service program of AUCH, connects individuals with our Community Health Workers (CHWs) to address social and healthcare needs.
03/24/2025
Regular cancer screenings can catch problems when they’re most treatable. Don’t wait until symptoms appear; stay proactive about your health! If you or a loved one is due for a cancer screening, follow the link below to see if you’re eligible for a free screening through the University of Utah.
Health Care Home Huntsman Cancer Institute Home Cancer Screening Cancer Screening Voucher Program Call 801-213-6251 or Email Us On This Page Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah Health are committed to helping those who have low incomes and limited or no insurance coverage gain access ...
03/10/2025
We’ve all heard the news of the bird flu outbreak spreading across the USA. Luckily, there are things you can do to prevent getting sick like cooking poultry and eggs until fully solidified to 165˚F, separating raw foods from cooked foods to prevent cross-contamination, and choosing to eat pasteurized products that are less likely to be contaminated.
Follow the link below for an overview of the CDC recommendations
Learn more about how to protect your health against bird flu
02/26/2025
Recent progress in healthcare access: In March of 2023, Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law allowing nurse practitioners to provide much of the same care as doctors—right from their own practices. Two years later, these practices are now open to the public across Utah. This change helps expand access to quality healthcare while keeping costs lower for patients.
In March 2023, Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill to allow nurse practitioners to practice without the oversight of a medical doctor. They're helping to address one of the largest problems in Utah: health care access.
02/17/2025
02/11/2025
Certain foods can boost your immune system and help protect you during the winter months. Stay healthy this flu season with a nutritional boost!
02/04/2025
If you or someone you know could use help with energy costs as cold weather continues, check out Utah’s HEAT program to see if you’re eligible for assistance: https://jobs.utah.gov/housing/scso/seal/heat.html.
This report describes CDC’s recommendation that all people aged ≥65 years and people ages 6 months–64 years with moderate or severe immunocompromise receive a second 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine dose 6 months after their last dose.
01/20/2025
Today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a visionary leader who devoted his life to the fight for equality, justice, and civil rights.
📅 Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day—an annual reminder that human trafficking is a growing issue, even in our own state. Awareness and action are key to protecting our communities and combating this crisis.
Today, UHC highlights the incredible work of Short Creek Dream Center, a Southern Utah non-profit providing residential support for trafficking victims and anyone in need of crisis intervention. With 40 beds available, they offer a safe space and community resources to help individuals rebuild their lives.
For memories & Christmas traditions, here are 30 family-friendly & budget-friendly activities for kids. Free printable Christmas Bucket List PDF
12/18/2024
Last month, KSL.com took a deep dive into Utah’s housing resources, highlighting the challenges families face with long wait times for Section 8 vouchers. Curious about the wait times in your area or looking for tips to apply efficiently? Check out the article here: https://www.ksl.com/article/51192504/utah-housing-vouchers-struggle-to-meet-demand
Wait times for the Housing Choice Voucher Program can last years. Meanwhile, immediate housing assistance is nonexistent in many areas, leaving some Utahns in even more desperate situations.
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Engaging Patients to Achieve Better Healthcare Outcomes
Payers, provider organizations, and care teams are implementing new models that extend the clinical team beyond the clinic’s walls to bridge prevention-focused healthcare services with resources to address non-clinical risk factors—social determinants of health (SDOH)—to meaningfully engage patients in achieving better health outcomes. Community health workers (CHWs)—trained laypeople who share socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicity, language, and life experiences with clients—can effectively bridge prevention-focused healthcare services with access to needed resources—to meaningfully engage patients in achieving better health outcomes. In partnership with Intermountain Healthcare, AUCH piloted a project using eight CHWs across five clinical sites in Salt Lake County to address chronic conditions and SDOH.
Moving Forward
AUCH is expanding its CHW pilot project by training 20 AmeriCorps Members to serve as entry-level CHWs to address substance use disorders, chronic conditions, and SDOH for high-risk populations in Weber, Salt Lake, and Washington counties. The project implements proven, evidence-based interventions focused on motivational interviewing, health coaching, health education, and translation services to bridge prevention-focused healthcare services with access to needed resources to meaningfully engage patients in achieving better health outcomes.
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Have you ever helped a family member or friend receive healthcare services? Do your neighbors or friends come to you for help? Are there things harming your community you feel passionate about changing? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," this might be the service opportunity for you. Since 1995, the Utah Healthcare Corps has increased access to primary healthcare services for Utahns by reducing economic, geographic, cultural, and language barriers.
The Utah Healthcare Corps (UHC), an AmeriCorps program of AUCH, currently supports more than 20 members serving in over 10 sites throughout the state of Utah. UHC CHWs make a difference in the community by providing vital health education and connections to health and social resources to improve patient lives.
AmeriCorps engages more than 80,000 Americans in intensive service each year at 21,600 unique sites including nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. Since the program’s founding in 1994, more than 1 million AmeriCorps members have contributed more than 1.4 billion hours in service across America while tackling pressing problems and mobilizing more than 2.3 million volunteersfor the organizations they serve.
AmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that engages millions of Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs, and leads the President’s national call to service initiative, United We Serve. For more information, visit www.NationalService.gov.
Service Schedule: UHC CHWs are expected to serve at least 1700 hours over 52 weeks (one year). This includes participating in direct service, additional activities, events, service projects, and training as provided or mandated by the program. Exact service schedule will be determined in coordination with supervisors but will take place during normal business hours
The Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH) reaffirms its commitment to equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, s*x, s*xual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a protected veteran. AUCH is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request a disability accommodation in the application process, please contact AUCH.
