AmeriCorps - Healthy Harvest Corps

Summary: The Ohio Association of Foodbanks (OAF) represents Ohio's 12 Feeding America foodbanks and their 3,600-member hunger relief programs, serving food-insecure Ohioans in all 88 counties. OAF will host 12 AmeriCorps members serving at 7 food banks throughout Ohio. AmeriCorps members will support a coordinated statewide effort to prioritize investments in scaling and sustaining Food Is Medicine initiatives. Deploying AmeriCorps direct service members at local and regional hunger relief agencies will support a coordinated statewide effort to improve health by getting healthy food into the homes of food-insecure Ohioans.

Member Duties: AmeriCorps members will be responsible for implementing the Health Eating Research (HER) Guidelines at food banks and pantry partners; expanding and executing referral partnerships with Medicaid managed care providers; expanding medically supportive grocery box programs at food bank locations. Members will support new, emerging, and expanding services that address hunger as a social determinant of health. OAF anticipates that members will support three types of pre-preliminary, evidence-informed approaches: 1. Implement and maintain the research-based HER guidelines for the Charitable Food System at emergency food distribution sites. (HER implementation) 2. Support referral partnerships to connect healthcare providers and their patients to emergency food providers. (MCO referrals) 3. Implement evidence-based pre-packaged food box and/or meals models. (Healthy food box)

Service Term Dates: September 8th, 2026 - August 21st, 2027

Service Position Type/ Required Minimum Service Hours: FT/1700 hours

Program Benefits: Bi-weekly Living Allowance, Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Student Loan Deferment, Skill-based Professional Development, Health Coverage.

Terms

Permits attendance at school during off hours. Car recommended. Permits working at another job during off hours.

Service Areas

Health, Education, Community Outreach, Hunger.

Skills

Education, Public Health, Computers/Technology, Communications, Community Organization, Recruitment, Writing/Editing, Public Speaking, General Skills, Leadership.

To Learn More/Next Steps

Link to Apply:

Email Maureen Allen at ***email_hidden*** for more information.