CHIP Eligibility

 

Drexel Students who have completed their first year in the following schools are eligible to participate in the Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program:

• College of Medicine

• College of Nursing and Health Professions, Creative Arts in Therapy

• Dornsife School of Public Health

• Thomas R. Kline School of Law

Drexel Students who meet the eligibility criteria must do the following:

• Submit a BTG online application form with all requested fields completed.

• Send a one-page essay on why you want to participate in BTG CHIP to Laura Mullin, lam479@drexel.edu, by 11:59pm February 16, 2024.

• For more information: 
  Philadelphia: Elissa Goldberg, MSS
  West Reading: Holly Metzgar, MD
  https://drexel.edu/medicine/community-engagement/outreach/office-of-community-engagement/

 

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2023 BTG CHIP Community Partners – Drexel University, Philadelphia​

• 12PLUS

• Broad Street Ministry

• CARIE (Center for Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of the Elderly)

• CCIU Migrant Education Program 

• Depaul USA

• Drexel Food Lab

• Einstein Immunodeficiency Center (IDC) 

• Einstein Pride Program 

• Frankie's World Foundation 

• Gaudenzia, Philly House Women's Program 

• Gaudenzia, Together House Men's Program

• Heights Philadelphia

• HMS School, School for Children with Cerebral Palsy 

• Legacy Youth Tennis & Education

• Mental Health Partnerships

• North Light Community Center

• Northern Children's Services

• Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Ambulatory Health Services 

• Programs Employing People

• St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

• St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children’s Center for the Urban Child 

• St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Collaborative Primary Care Clinic (CPCC)

• St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children’s Center, Summer Meals Program Cap4Kids

• Unitarian Universalist House, Outreach Program

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See 2023 DU Philadelphia Project Summaries 

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2023 BTG CHIP Community Partners – Drexel University​, West Reading Campus

• Centro Hispano of Reading & Berks County

• Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank

• Hope Rescue Mission

• LGBT Center of Reading 

• Mary's Shelter

• New Journey Community Outreach

• Olivet Boys & Girls Club

• The Salvation Army of Reading 

 

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See 2023 DU Reading Project Summaries

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