Community Health Volunteer Corps

Welcome to the Center for Public Health (CPH) Community Health Volunteer Corps page!

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The Community Health Volunteer Corps connects Philadelphia residents with flexible, meaningful opportunities to support public health on their own schedule and in their own communities. This initiative is designed to lower barriers to volunteering while helping residents take action on one of the city’s most urgent health challenges: hypertension.

This page provides information, resources and training for volunteers who need to complete 80 hours of work per month to keep their SNAP. Whether you’re talking with a neighbor, sharing information online, or completing a short training, your time and effort can help improve health outcomes across Philadelphia.

Getting Started

Ready to make a difference in your community?

Explore the resources in the library below, choose activities that fit your schedule, and start logging your hours today. Every conversation, post, and training completed helps build a healthier Philadelphia.

Watch the intro video here

Become a Community Health Volunteer Corp Today!

Please complete the survey to enroll and become a Community Health Volunteer Corp.

Complete the survey here

Eligibility to Participate

Philadelphia residents interested in helping to improve health in their communities and willing to complete and track their hours according to program guidelines.

How to Participate

1. Complete trainings from list of approved activities
2. Any of following:

– Have in person, telephone, or video conversations with friends, family, and/or community members about hypertension and how to improve control
– Write emails to contacts in the Philadelphia area about hypertension and how to improve control
– Create and sharing social media posts about hypertension and how to improve control

Questions about this program?

If you have questions about this program, please email us at CHVC@pennmedicine.upenn.edu