Medical Reserve Corps
 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, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) was awarded a cooperative agreement to assist the U.S. Surgeon General's Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (OCVMRC) in enhancing MRC units' ability to meet local, state, and national needs through collaboration, coordination, and capacity-building activities. More » 
The Office of the Surgeon General, Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) are pleased to announce the availability of Capacity Building Awards for the 2008-09 funding year. More » 
Memphis and Shelby County (TN) Health Department as featured in the July edition of NACCHO's Preparedness Brief E-Newsletter The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department's Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Program was formed in October 2003. The MRC's mission is to strengthen the Mid-South community's ability to respond to public health emergencies through education, planning and action, identifying new partnerships, increasing volunteer enrollment, and changing attitudes and behaviors toward disaster preparedness. More » |
