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.
2024 CHIP dates: Monday, June 3 – Friday, July 26, 2024
Host Site Information Session
Watch the 2023 CHIP 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 2022 Host Site Agreement.
Contact
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to:
Katie Freeman, AHEC 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-noon.
Flexible Work Arrangements: Intern positions may be fully remote, fully on-site, or hybrid with a combination of time spent on-site and remote.
Thank you to our 2023 CHIP Host Site Partners!
| Appleton Health Department |
| Ashland County Health and Human Services |
| Aspirus Health |
| Aurora Medical Group, Inc., Walker’s Point Community Clinic |
| Bayfield County Health and Human Services |
| Boys & Girls Club of Wausau |
| Buffalo County Health and Human Services |
| CAP Services |
| City of Franklin |
| City of Greenfield Health Department |
| City of La Crosse Parks & Recreation |
| City of Racine |
| City of Wauwatosa Health Department |
| COA Youth and Family Centers |
| Community Action for Healthy Living (CAHL) |
| Community Warehouse |
| Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation |
| Dunn County Health Department |
| Eau Claire City-County Health Department |
| Fond du Lac County Health Department |
| Forest County Health Department |
| Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness |
| Friday Memorial Library |
| GIFTS Men Shelter |
| GiGi’s Playhouse – Milwaukee |
| Greendale Health Department |
| Health Connections Incorporated |
| HealthNet of Rock County |
| Inclusa |
| Jackson County Department of Health and Human Services |
| JONAH Justice |
| Juneau County Health Department |
| Kenosha County |
| La Crosse Area Family YMCA |
| Lac du Flambeau Family Resource Center |
| Manitowoc County Health Department |
| Marathon County Health Department |
| Marathon County Literacy Council |
| Marquette County Health Department |
| Marshfield YMCA |
| McFarland Youth Center |
| Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health, Inc. |
| NAMI Northwoods |
| Next Door Foundation |
| North Shore Health Department |
| Oneida County Health Department |
| Oregon Area Cares Community Coalition |
| Public Health Sauk County |
| Richland School District |
| RWCFS Head Start / Early Head Start Rock County |
| Schreiner Memorial Library |
| Sheboygan County Health Department |
| Southwest Health |
| SSM Health Madison/Baraboo St. Mary’s Hospital |
| SSM Health of Wisconsin (St. Agnes Hospital) |
| Stoughton Health Hospital |
| Stoughton Wellness Coalition |
| Sun Prairie Wellness Coalition |
| The Benedict Center, Inc. |
| The Butterfly Path |
| The Community Table |
| The Joy Labs |
| The Neighbors’ Place |
| The Wisconsin Rapids Family Center |
| United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee |
| University of Wisconsin of Extension/FoodWise |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, The Center for Restorative Justice |
| UW-Madison, Division of Extension |
| UW-Madison, Division of Extension: Covering Wisconsin |
| UW-Milwaukee Office of Sustainability |
| UW-Platteville Counseling Center |
| Walworth County Health and Human Services |
| Western Dairyland E.O.C. |
| Winding Rivers Library System |
| Wisconsin HOSA-Future Health Professionals |
| Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service |
| YMCA of the Chippewa Valley |
| YWCA Rock County CAREHouse |
If you know an interested student, please direct them to our CHIP Student Page.
Submit you host site proposal here starting November 1st!
We welcome all organizations to submit a proposal. Please click on the Regional Center proposal form that covers the county in which your organization is located and where the CHIP intern would serve. Review this 2023 CHIP Host Site Proposal Sample Form to prepare your responses in advance. Priority submission by January 31, 2024. Proposals accepted through early March 2024.
| Regional Center Host Site Proposal Form | County Coverage |
| Milwaukee AHEC Proposal Form | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, and Waukesha |
| North Central AHEC Proposal Form | Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Marathon, Pepin, Pierce, Portage, Taylor, Waupaca, and Wood |
| Northeastern AHEC Proposal Form | Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Washington, and Winnebago |
| Northern Highland AHEC Proposal Form | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Price, Shawano, and Vilas |
| Northwest AHEC Proposal Form | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, and Washburn |
| Scenic Rivers AHEC Proposal Form | Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland, Trempealeau, and Vernon |
| South Central AHEC Proposal Form | Adams, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Marquette, Rock, Sauk, and Waushara |