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
If you know an interested student, please direct them to our CHIP Student Page.
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 8:00am-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.
Host site applications are currently closed, but please reach out to Katie Freeman, kmfreeman2@wisc.edu, at any time if interested in becoming a host site.
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 2024 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 | 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 2024 CHIP Host Site Partners!
| 5 Points Neighborhood Association |
| Area Agency on Aging of Dane County |
| Aurora Walker’s Point Community Clinic |
| Bad River Tribe |
| Bellin Health |
| Beloit Public Library |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area |
| Bridges Health |
| Buffalo County Department of Health & Human Services |
| CAP Services, Inc. |
| Center for the Visual Arts |
| Children’s Museum of Eau Claire |
| City of Milwaukee Health Department |
| COA Goldin Center |
| Community Health Systems of Wisconsin |
| Couleecap |
| Covering Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension |
| Crossing Rivers Health |
| Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation |
| Dunn County Health Department |
| Dyslexia Achievement Center, LLC |
| Eau Claire City-County Health Department |
| Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC Labs) |
| Feed My People Food Bank |
| Fond du Lac County Health Department |
| Forest County Health Department |
| Forest County Potawatomi Community Health Department |
| Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness |
| Franklin Health Department |
| GIFTS Men’s Shelter |
| GiGi’s Playhouse Milwaukee |
| Girls on the Run Chippewa Valley |
| Hammond Community Library |
| Hancock Center for Creative Arts Therapies |
| Health Connections Incorporated |
| Healthiest Manitowoc County Substance Use Prevention Coalition |
| HealthNet of Rock County |
| Ho-Chunk Nation |
| Holmen Area Community Center |
| Hope House of South Central Wisconsin |
| Inclusa |
| Jackson County Health & Human Services |
| Juneau County Health Department |
| Lincoln County Health Department |
| Manitowoc County FoodWise Program |
| Marathon County Literacy Council, Inc. |
| Marquette County Health Department |
| Marshfield Clinic Health System |
| Marshfield Clinic Health System YMCA |
| McFarland Youth Center |
| Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin Campus |
| Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health, Inc. |
| NAMI Northern Lakes Wisconsin |
| Nehemiah Community Development Corporation |
| NEWAHEC |
| Oneida County Health Department |
| Options Counseling Services |
| Oregon Area Cares Community Coalition |
| Partners in Hope-Community Warehouse |
| Perseverance Health and Wellness Coaching |
| Pierce County Public Health Department |
| Planned Parenthood |
| Polk County Health Department |
| Portage County Health and Human Services Department |
| Rice Lake Area Free Clinic |
| Rock County Public Health Department |
| Rusk County Public Health |
| Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers |
| Schreiner Memorial Library |
| Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department |
| Southwest Health |
| SSM Health of Wisconsin |
| SSM Health WI/ St Agnes Hospital Fond du Lac |
| St Croix County Medical Examiner’s Office |
| St. Croix County Department of Health and Human Services |
| Stoughton Health |
| Stoughton Wellness Coalition |
| Taylor County Health Department |
| The Community Table |
| The Neighbors’ Place |
| United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee |
| United Way of Marathon County |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Center for Racial and Restorative Justice |
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville |
| UW-Whitewater Sustainability Office |
| Walworth County Dept of Health & Human Services |
| Wauwatosa Health Department |
| West CAP: West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency, Inc. |
| Wisconsin Area Health Education Center |
| Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative |
| Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service |
| Wisconsin Rapids Family Center |
| YMCA of the Chippewa Valley – Chippewa Falls Branch |
| YWCA Rock County |