What is it?

The Disaster Management and Urban Health Care Program is designed to prepare students in disaster management and to use compassion and health care advocacy as a means to minister to community needs. 

While this school will focus on ethnic and disenfranchised neighborhoods, the skills learned will be helpful in providing resources to local businesses and students will be able to provide many services in Developing Nations as well. A key component to this program is that students will leave with marketable skills that will provide them with job opportunities in the allied health services field.

What will I learn?

Curriculum

URBAN HEALTH SEMINARS – 5 weeks

Urban Missions –Why Cities?  A grid in which to view the city, assessing the health of a city and developing ministries that relate to people, passions and places.

Domestic Violence Counseling Seminar-

Addictive Behaviors –Recognition and treatment strategies

Immigration and resettlement ministries-needs and challenges of immigrant communities provide us with open doors for ministry among many of the world’s unreached people groups.

Urban Health Modules: Hospice, pregnancy counseling, understanding police culture, elder abuse, etc .

COMMUNITY HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS – 5 weeks

Medical Missions Seminar –recognizing, treating and preventing common health problems in the 3rd world.

Community Health Transformation-health care teaching as an evangelistic tool

Neighborhood Focus week-using preventative health teachings to serve the city

Doulas Seminar-maternal child health education and ministries, phase one of certification for Doulas Int’l

Pediatrics- common medical issues facing children, immunizations, autism spectrum, etc.

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SEMINARS-2 weeks Classes will train students to be health advocates and trainers for each topic covered

Adult Health Issues-cardiac, stroke, cancer screenings, type II diabetes, elder care, etc.

Teen Issues-At-risk behaviors, HIV/STDs, suicide prevention, gang intervention, teen violence

EMT SEMINAR- 6 weeks

CPR for the professional- also training students to be CPR trainers at the community level

EMT Bootcamp

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & DISASTER RESPONSE – 6 weeks

Rescue Net Seminar- YWAM’s emergency response network will teach us on topics of search & rescue, emergency communications, Incident command structures, Fire suppression & more  2 weeks

Disaster Operation Modules –Disaster Assessment, shelters, client casework, mass feeding, supply distribution, preparing a disaster response plan for your ministry center

From Disaster Response to Recovery-Transitioning from the immediate crisis and its aftermath to the recovery phase with a goal toward  nation building

Critical Incident Stress Management- Individual/group crisis intervention, grief following trauma 2 weeks

TO APPLY FOR THE:

 Disaster Management & Urban Health Care School

just follow the steps below

 Dear UHCS Applicant,

I am so excited to know that you are interested in the Urban Health Care School.  It is going to be a time of learning together how to minister to individuals and neighborhoods in the cities of the world.  You will learn skills that open doors for you in ministry and in the secular work world.  The school is academic in nature, but there will also be time for much intercession and hearing God’s voice as we seek Him regarding the specifics of how and where to use our skills to minister.  We have some wonderful people who are experts in their field who will teach us what we need to know in order to qualify ourselves for each task and/or teaching that we do.

The application for this school is a bit different than many you are used to doing.  Rather than “filling in the blanks,” I will ask you to complete the list of activities below.  This will give me the information I need, plus allow me to see your strengths in order to best serve you educationally in this UHCS classroom.

TO APPLY:

1.  Please send me a Curriculum Vitae (Resume) -  include your schooling, jobs and hobbies
2.  Please include an essay (around 500 words +-) on why you are interested in this school, dreams you have for the future in terms of employment or ministry, or anything else you want me to know so that I can help you meet your goals.
3. On a separate sheet of paper write: 

-Your contact information (name, address and phone)

-Emergency names and contact information

- The name, address and phone numbers of 3 references:  Pastoral, DTS leader, Employer

4.  Ask two of your references to send me a reference letter via email or post.

 Here is my contact information for them:

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Address:  YWAM    PO BOX 9219   Santa Rosa   CA  95404

Once you are accepted into the Urban Health Care School, I will need to know how you plan to pay for the school.  If you desire the monthly plan, here is the payment schedule:

March 1, 2010                                                    $200 deposit

June 1, 2010                                                       $1350

July 1, 2010                                                         $1350

Aug 1, 2010                                                         $1350

Sept 1, 2010                                                        $1350

Oct 1, 2010                                                          $1350

Nov 1, 2010                                                         $ 950

Payments must be for the full amount and on time in order to pay YWAM SF for housing and to pay speaker honorariums.  Make all checks payable to YWAM and send to the above address. For this program, due to our ministry focus and outreaches during the program, you will be considered short-term staff with YWAM’s Network of City Initiatives. This qualifies you to raise missionary support during this time.   Financial supporters should make checks payable to YWAM, with a note attached with your name on it.  Your name cannot be anywhere on the check.  Per IRS guidelines, all contributions to YWAM Network of City Initiatives (YWAM NOCI) are income tax deductible and made with the understanding that YWAM NOCI has complete discretion and control over the use of all donated funds.

When is it?

July 1 - December 17, 2010

Cost:

$7900 for the 6-month school ($1316/month)

Who is it for?

Any DTS graudate that is proficient in English and ready to learn.  The school will be academic in nature, fast-paced and challenging with exams, but also various opportunities for hands-on experience in teaching and training others.

Download application: DMUHCP Application.pdf

Questions? Contact Lori Matthias:

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This last summer was a lot more than I expected it to be, and ended up being one of my favorite summers ever. At the end of my DTS I felt like God was calling me to stay in San Francisco and do a Summer of Service. I couldn't wait to go home after the school and start my "care-free" summer, so at first working the whole summer seemed like it was going to be hard.