About CHIP
Wisconsin AHEC’s Community Health Internship Program (CHIP) matches college students with an interest in community health to local health departments, tribal health centers, community health centers and community service organizations throughout urban and rural Wisconsin for an eight-week summer internship.
We recruit students from Wisconsin’s colleges and universities, manage and review applications, find the best fit for the student and organization, conduct background checks and basic trainings, and take care of the HR aspects of hosting an intern. We also provide weekly seminars for the students to deepen their knowledge of community health in practice.
Our host sites designate a mentor to provide technical support, project guidance, and connections to shadowing opportunities. The program would not be possible without the dedication and commitment of these community health professionals.
Past interns have engaged in projects such as program and policy development, monitoring, evaluation, research, and education. Interns gain valuable public health knowledge, skills, and experience while providing host sites with the capacity needed to strengthen and extend their practice in ways that might not otherwise be possible.
2026 CHIP dates:
Monday, June 1 – Friday, July 24, 2026
Click the image below to learn more about last summer’s 2025 CHIP:
Current Host Site Resource Page
Host Site Information Session
Watch a Host Site Info Session
Host Site Agreement
Host sites selected to participate will enter into a partnership agreement with UW Madison, the home institution of Wisconsin AHEC, and the Regional AHEC Center your host site is located within. View Sample 2026 Host Site Agreement.
Contact
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to:
Katie Freeman, AHEC Statewide Program Manager, kmfreeman2@wisc.edu
Intern Position Types
| Position Types | Weekly Hours | Intern Stipend |
| Full-time | 40 | $4,800 |
| Three-quarters-time | 32 | $3,600 |
| Half-time | 22 | $2,400 |
| Quarter-time | 12 | $1,200 |
All position types include a two-hour weekly virtual seminar on Wednesday mornings from 8:30-10:30am. Milwaukee participants attend an in-person seminar in lieu of the virtual one on Wednesday mornings from 8:30am-12:30pm.
Flexible Work Arrangements: Intern positions may be fully on-site or hybrid with a combination of time spent on-site and remote.
If you know an interested student, please direct them to our CHIP Student Page.
Apply to be a CHIP Host Site
Applications for Summer 2026 have closed. Please check back in November to apply for Summer 2027.
If you would like to connect with a staff member about our program, please fill out the interest form at the link below.
We welcome all organizations to submit an application. Please click on the Regional Center name that covers the county in which your organization is located and where the CHIP intern would serve. Review this 2026 CHIP Host Site Application to prepare your responses in advance.
| Regional Center | County Coverage |
| Milwaukee AHEC | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, and Waukesha |
| North Central AHEC | Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Marathon, Pepin, Pierce, Portage, Taylor, Waupaca, and Wood |
| Northeastern AHEC | Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Washington, and Winnebago |
| Northern Highland AHEC | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Price, Shawano, and Vilas |
| Northwest AHEC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, and Washburn |
| Scenic Rivers AHEC | Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland, Trempealeau, and Vernon |
| South Central AHEC | Adams, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Marquette, Rock, Sauk, and Waushara |
Thank you to our 2026 CHIP Host Site Partners!
| Ascension Wisconsin/Community Services |
| Ashland County Health & Human Services |
| Aspirus Health |
| Attic Angel |
| Aurora Medical Group, Inc., Walker’s Point Community Clinic |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley – Chippewa Falls Center |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Wausau Area |
| Bread of Healing Clinic |
| Bridges Health, PC |
| Brown County Library |
| Buffalo County Health Department |
| CAP Services |
| Carter Memorial Library |
| Center for the Visual Arts |
| Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum |
| Children’s Museum of Eau Claire |
| Chippewa County Health Department |
| CHUM |
| City of Milwaukee Department of Community Wellness and Safety |
| City of Milwaukee Health Department |
| City of Racine Public Health Department |
| Community Action Inc, Rock and Walworth Counties |
| Community Foundation of Dunn County |
| Couleecap Inc. |
| Covering Wisconsin, a program of UW-Madison Division of Extension |
| D.R. Moon Memorial Library |
| Douglas County Health Department |
| Dunn County Health Department |
| Dyslexia Achievement Center, LLC |
| Eau Claire City-County Health Department |
| Feed My People Food Bank |
| Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin |
| Fond du Lac County Health Department |
| Fond du Lac County United Way |
| Forest County Health Department |
| GiGi’s Playhouse Milwaukee |
| Gigi’s Playhouse Wausau |
| Girls on the Run Chippewa Valley |
| Grant County Health Department |
| Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. |
| Green County Health Department |
| Green Lake County Health Department |
| Grow it Forward LLC |
| Hammond Community Library |
| Health Connections Incorporated |
| HealthyMKE – Community Engagement and Health Promotion |
| Ho-Chunk Nation, Health & Wellness Division |
| HoneyBee Sage Wellness & Apothecary |
| Iron County Public Health |
| Jackson County Public Health |
| Juneau County Health Department |
| La Crescent Public Library |
| La Crosse Public Library |
| Lake Superior Zoo |
| Langlade County Health Department |
| Lincoln County Health Department |
| Marathon County Health Department |
| Marathon County Literacy Council, Inc. dba McLit |
| Marquette County Health Department |
| Marshfield Clinic Health System YMCA |
| Medical College of Wisconsin – Academic Affairs |
| Medical College of Wisconsin – Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (Advancing Health Through Communications, Data, and Research) |
| Medical College of Wisconsin – Central Wisconsin |
| Medical College of Wisconsin – Department of Medicine |
| Milwaukee Area Technical College |
| Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health |
| Neenah Public Library |
| Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development |
| NEWAHEC |
| Northwest Wisconsin CEP |
| Oak Creek Health Department |
| Oneida Comprehensive Health Division |
| Oneida County Health Department |
| Oregon Area Cares Community Coalition |
| Pepin County Health Department |
| Polk County Health Department |
| Presbyterian Homes & Services |
| Red Cliff Community Health Center |
| Sheboygan County Division of Public Health |
| Somerset Public Library |
| SSM Health |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital |
| SSM Health of Wisconsin |
| St. Croix County Public Health |
| Stoughton Health |
| Stoughton Wellness Coalition |
| Taylor County Health Department |
| The Community |
| The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness |
| United Way of Marathon County |
| University of Wisconsin Platteville |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension – Chippewa, Dunn, and Eau Claire Counties |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Sustainability Office |
| UW Oshkosh Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) Lab |
| Vilas County Health Department |
| Village of Greendale Public Health Department |
| Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services |
| Watertown Department of Public Health |
| Waukesha County Health and Human Services |
| Waupaca County Department of Human Services |
| Wauwatosa Health Department |
| Wisconsin Rapids Family Center |
This work is supported by funds made available from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the HHS (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), National Center for STLT Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, through OE22-2203: Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems grant. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.