Mission Statement
HealthCorps empowers teens by encouraging them to become change agents within their families, schools, and neighborhoods. Limited access to health education can lead to a lifetime of social, emotional, and physical challenges, including increased risk for mental illness, chronic disease, higher mortality, and lower life expectancy. While striving to strengthen teens with innovative approaches to health and wellness, HealthCorps is committed to providing today’s youth with the tools to become more physically and mentally resilient.
Through the HealthCorps program, 84% of students show an improvement in targeted health behaviors. To date, we have impacted 2.5 million youth in nearly half of all the states.
The Situation A 2014 American Psychological Association survey found that high school students say they have stress levels that top those of adults. Now, more than ever, young Americans need grit as well as physical and mental strength in an ever-challenging world.
HealthCorps shows young people that the everyday choices they make about what they put in their mouths, how much they move, and how positively they think and persevere, impact how independent a life they will live. HealthCorps doesn’t bombard teenagers with facts about nutrition and exercise. Through the inspiring delivery of young mentors, HealthCorps teaches teens that they are accountable for their future through their simple thoughts and actions and that they can set the course of their future now.
About
HealthCorps is a national non-profit organization committed to saving lives by addressing health inequities in at-risk communities through educational leadership, programming, and service-learning.
