Community Programs

Johns Hopkins is committed to developing our future workforce by exposing youth to careers in health care and providing them with development opportunities. Through Project R.E.A.C.H/Community Education Programs?, Johns Hopkins provides youth attending school in or around the city of Baltimore the opportunity to?benefit from mentoring, internships, scholarships, job shadowing, lectures,?and tours of the Johns Hopkins facilities.

Dunbar/Hopkins Health Partnership (DHHP)

This partnership comprised of faculty and administrators from throughout the Johns Hopkins Institutions provides a comprehensive program that includes resources that will increase students' test scores, broaden awareness in the biotechnology and health professions, and expose students to academic enrichment and personal development??that will prepare them for entrance into post-secondary education institutions and/or careers in health care. Through this partnership students are encouraged to reach their fullest potential and pursue careers in health related scientific professions.

For more information, please contact Kerwyn Barbour, DHHP Coordinator at 410-955-1488 or via email at kbarbou1@jhmi.edu.

Johns Hopkins Institutions (JHI) YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program

JHI YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program is sponsored by Johns Hopkins Health System and Johns Hopkins University. The program provides students from the East Baltimore Community, primarily, and Hopkins affiliates with an opportunity to complete a six week long paid internship in various departments throughout the organization. The students work 30 hours per week Monday-Friday. Each Friday students participate in Educational Session that focus on a variety of topics including, but not limited?to: Service Excellence, Teamwork, Post-secondary Education, Job Readiness, Financial Literacy, Professional Etiquette, etc.

Interested in hearing from past interns? Click the following link to view the SJP 2009 Blog: www.jhblogs.com/youthworks

For information regarding Summer Jobs Program 2010 please forward your inquiries via email to Project R.E.A.C.H/Community Education Programs johnshopkinssummerjobsprogram@ymail.com or call 410-502-3090/410-955-1488.

JHM BOND to BOND Program

Building Our Neighbors Dreams Beyond Our Neighbors Doors (Bond-to-Bond) is a career development and youth mentorship program designed to provide mentor support to students attending high schools in the Hopkins community to expose them to a variety of careers in health care by interning in departments with in Johns Hopkins Hospital. Students participating are required to intern?between 8-10 hours?weekly throughout the Academic Year. While gaining this exposure students are also able to gain the required volunteer hours needed to graduate from high school. Participating schools include, Dunbar High School, The Institute of Notre Dame (IND), Academy for College and Career Exploration (ACCE) Academy, the REACH! Partnership School, Cristo Rey, and a few students coming from High Schools affiliated with Humanim and the Urban Alliance Foundation. Participation is dependent upon the availability of departmental intern sites.

For more information, please contact Sheila Green at 410-502-2200.

JHH Adopt-A-Class/ Career Day Program

The Adopt-A-Class/Career Day Program mission is to introduce fourth graders at three local elementary schools-Tench Tilghman; City Springs; and Inner Harbor East Academy- to the careers offered at hospitals and to expand their knowledge of career choices in general. To put theory into practice, four teams are created with three Johns Hopkins' volunteers from different departments on each team. Each team is assigned to a fourth grade classroom. The teams visit the same classroom-once a month for an hour from October through March-to address a special topic. Each team member does a presentation on his/her part of the topic. At the end of each session student questions are entertained and they are able to record reflections of their experience in their journals.

As an extension to the Adopt-A-Class program, Hopkins has also partnered with the new REACH!?Partnership School to create the REACH! School Sixth Graders' Program where Johns Hopkins' volunteers visit the same sixth grade classroom once a month for three months to discuss a health care topic.

For more information, please contact Sue Bergamy-Willinger at 410-502-2200.

Healthcare Careers Alliance (HCA)

HCA is supported financially by the Federal Government's Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and is in?a partnership with the Mayor's Office of Employment Development, Civic Works, Inc., ?Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Sinai Hospital, and the University of Maryland Medical Center. Through this collaboration partners are committed to providing job readiness training for out of school youth from the ages of 18-21 through the Healthcare Careers Alliance.

Participating youth engage in six weeks of workforce development training at VSP, where they receive soft skills training which includes: Customer Service, Professionalism in a Healthcare Environment, First Aid/CPR Certification, and Academic Enrichment. Upon successful completion of soft skills training participants are interviewed and placed in a part-time six-week internship at a local healthcare facility. This internship provides host departments with much needed human resources while empowering youth to learn and develop skills necessary for professional growth.

Eligibility Requirements are as follows:

• Baltimore City Resident
• 18 to 21
• High School diploma or GED preferred
• Pass a drug screen and criminal background check
• Eligible to work in the United States
• A valid State-issued photo ID, birth certificate and Social Security card
• Score at 9th grade reading and math levels on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)

?For more information, please forward your inquiries via email to hca@mail.com.

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Adults residing in the East Baltimore and greater Baltimore communities can benefit from programs that provide customized occupational skills training, preparing them for entry-level positions at Johns Hopkins. Valuable life skills, such as attendance, punctuality, office etiquette, appearance standards and customer service also are examples of the skills offered as part of the preparation. Through relationships with local city agencies and community-based organizations, we create a channel for community residents to take advantage of job opportunities in the health care arena.