The college’s Stevens County Mentorship Program is a career awareness and prep program focused on exploring allied health care fields with rural youth. Each year the program holds a Capstone Celebration, an event for youth to reveal their social determinants of health research projects and their passion about the chosen subject.
This year’s celebration featured a moving speech from keynote speaker Public Health Officer at Spokane Regional Health District Dr. Francisco Velazquez. More than 100 guests from the college and community, including state representatives and the fire department, were in attendance to support students.
Student projects
Springdale
- Mental Health – Improving access to mental health
- Food/Water Insecurity – Food Pantry, food drive
- Community Pool – Increased Health and to give people something positive to do
- Fighting Drug Abuse through basketball – Giving kids something to do that is fun and healthy that will hopefully steer people clear of doing drugs
Chewelah
- Staffing burn out for nurses & doctors
- Meth/OPIOD addiction
- Homelessness
- First aid education
- Drug abuse/public safety
- Family/Domestic Violence/Abuse
Paideia
- What is the best type of education model in rural communities?
- What are the opportunities for/barriers to employment in Stevens County?
- What can we do to improve our exercise opportunities?
- Hunger and food availability resources
- What resources are there for teen parents in Stevens County?
- Is there addiction in stevens county?
Wellpinit
- Vaping and nicotine usage in the community
