Volunteers Building Strong, Healthy,

and Prepared Communities

The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a community-based, civilian volunteer program that helps build the public health infrastructure of communities nationwide. Each MRC unit is organized and trained to address a wide range of challenges from public health education to disaster response.

In 2006, NACCHO was awarded a cooperative agreement to assist the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General’s Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps in enhancing MRC units’ ability to meet local, state, and national needs through collaboration, coordination, and capacity-building activities. These activities include:

• Coordinating the distribution of grant funding
• Developing a national marketing strategy
• Publishing a quarterly national newsletter
• Assisting in the planning of regional and national meetings
• Developing materials, resources, and tools to strengthen the knowledge and skills of MRC members

In addition, NACCHO’s relationship with almost 3,000 local health departments further serves as an avenue to promote the MRC program at the local level.

Together, the Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps and NACCHO work closely to support local MRC units to strengthen their programmatic work and to support their relationships with partners and supporters around the country. More»

For more information about the Medical Reserve Corps or to find an MRC unit in your area, please click here.