The Community Impact Internships Program (CIIP) is a competitive, paid summer internship program housed within the Center for Social
Concern at Johns Hopkins University. The program pairs JHU undergraduate students with nonprofit organizations and government agencies to
work on community‐identified projects. The goal of this program is two‐fold; to give JHU undergraduates an opportunity to be directly involved
in a community in Baltimore City and to support the important work being done by nonprofits and government agencies.
The cohort of the 2015 Community Impact Internships Program worked throughout Baltimore City in a variety of organizations focusing on ten
interest areas: education, homelessness and poverty, criminal justice, healthcare and health policy, environment and sustainability,
community gardens and food access, neighborhood and community improvement, arts, nonprofit management, and women, children and
family issues. After this fifth year of CIIP, 225 undergraduates and over 100 community partners have been able to participate in this program,
contributing over 60,000 hours to Baltimore City. This program is made possible thanks to a generous $2.25 million gift by an anonymous donor.
The Center for Social Concern is the student life office dedicated to community service and civic engagement and is under the umbrella of Johns
Hopkins University’s Homewood Student Affairs (HAS). Other HAS student life divisions include The Office of Student Activities, The Office of Multi‐
cultural Affairs, The Interfaith Center, The Office of Greek Life, and the Homewood Arts Program.
Our Mission: The Center for Social Concern emphasizes the value of service with others, rather than the commonly accepted concept of service to
others. The volunteer and client enter into an education process where both benefit from the interaction and reciprocal learning is the common ground
for all of our initiatives. Our programs and efforts are striving to create a “better community” in and around the Johns Hopkins Campus.
CIIP Coordinator Contact:
Abby Neyenhouse, Assistant Director for Community and Nonprofit Internships
Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concern
3103 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218
P: 410.516.4777 – F: 410.516.5123 – [email protected]
http://www.csc.jhu.edu/ciip.shtml
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