Health Leads (formally known as Project HEALTH) is an organization that seeks to break the link between poverty and poor health. Though national in scope, Health Leads takes a local approach to finding innovative solutions to the health care crisis. We mobilize college students to work in urban community clinics and provide low-income families in Baltimore with access to a wide variety of resources. Health Leads volunteers work closely with patients to navigate the resource landscape in order to address basic needs such as employment, housing, food, utilities, etc. We also work closely with doctors, nurses, lawyers, and social workers to provide patients with a holistic approach to health care that complements the care provided by health professionals in the clinical setting. Health Leads is a national network with sites in Baltimore, Boston, New York, Rhode Island, Washington D.C., and Chicago. Universities participating in Health Leads Baltimore include the Johns Hopkins University and Loyola College in Maryland. UMBC, in partnership with St. Agnes Hospital, has launched a family-resource desk to connect families to community resources critical to their health, safety and economic survival.
Please attend the following information sessions to learn more about Health Leads:
February 1st at 7:00pm in PUP 107
February 2nd at 12pm in PUP 107
To request a link to the online application system, email Mohsan Chaudhry at umbc.healthleads@gmail.com with “Fall Application - UMBC” in the subject line and your first and last name in the email body. The application is due by Sunday, February 6th 2011 by 12am. Attendance at an information session in not mandatory for applying to Health Leads.
If you have any questions, please email us at umbc.healthleads@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you.