Indian Health Service seeks dental volunteers for northern Maine clinic

The Indian Health Service Micmac Family Clinic has immediate openings for dental volunteers to serve at its remote, one-chair clinic near Presque Isle in northern Maine.

The clinic, which works to elevate the health status of patients by educating and providing services that encourage and promote responsibility for personal, family and tribal wellness, needs one volunteer per month to serve four consecutive days in January, February, March and April.

Through the ADA American Indian/Alaska Native Dental Placement Program, the Association pays for volunteers’ airfare and will reimburse for lodging, ground transportation and provide a $75 per day per diem. Volunteers must make airline travel arrangements through the ADA travel service.

The ADA also has volunteer assignments at IHS/tribal clinics in Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

For more information, contact Gary Podschun, manager, Community Outreach and Cultural Competence for the Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations, at podschung@ada.org or 1-312-440-7487.