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[NAAOP Announces Unique Public Policy and Advocacy Fellowship]
NAAOP Announces Unique Public Policy and Advocacy Fellowship
ATTENTION ALL O&P CONSUMERS: The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) is soliciting applications for its inaugural health policy/advocacy fellowship. NAAOP is a national nonprofit association advocating for consumers/patients requiring orthotic and prosthetic care, as well as the providers who serve them. The NAAOP Fellowship is a paid, 10-week summer program based in Washington, D.C. The fellow will learn about orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) policy, advocacy, and how NAAOP and other O&P organizations function on behalf of the O&P community and within the broader rehabilitation and disability policy and advocacy community at the federal and state level. The fellowship also includes exposure to (1) O&P clinical and business settings, and (2) state-based public policy and advocacy at no cost to the fellow.
One fellow will be selected for the summer of 2018 through a competitive process using the application on the www.naaop.org
Selection Criteria: All applicants must:
* Personally use a custom fabricated orthosis or prosthesis;
* Have an interest in public/health policy and advocacy;
* Demonstrate an interest in advancing O&P care;
* Have excellent writing, speaking, and analytical skills (see application for additional factors).
The NAAOP Fellow will receive a stipend of $500 per week. NAAOP will provide the fellow with an office, phone, and computer in its offices at NAAOP’s counsel, the Powers Law Firm, 1501 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. NAAOP will assist the fellow in exploring inexpensive summer housing options with area colleges for those with no other housing options. The NAAOP Fellow will be responsible for his/her housing costs.
The NAAOP Fellow will shadow NAAOP’s General Counsel, Peter Thomas, who will assign and oversee the fellow’s health policy and advocacy work. That work will focus on O&P policy but also include exposure to the broader rehabilitation and disability policy environment. Other O&P organizations will host the fellow for a day of activities. The fellow will also be exposed to policy and advocacy speakers, attendance at Congressional hearings, participation in coalition and “think tank†meetings/presentations throughout Washington, and meetings with organizations in the broader rehabilitation and disability field.
Application Deadline: 12:00 Midnight, Saturday, March 31, 2018
* Applications must be submitted electronically to [email protected]
Fellowship Selection Announcement: By the end of April, 2018
Fellowship Term: 10-weeks (late May or early June through early to mid-August)
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David McGill
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