Volunteer programs

• The State of Connecticut Emergency Credentialing Program (ECP) for Healthcare Professionals
• The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) at the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response

The State of Connecticut Emergency Credentialing Program (ECP) for Healthcare Professionals

The September 11th terrorist attacks, the devastation caused by record breaking storms during the 2005 hurricane season, and the threat of pandemic influenza have underscored the importance of having an emergency response plan that allows our hospitals and healthcare systems to quickly mobilize the resources they need to maintain or increase facility, equipment and personnel capacity. Although history has shown that healthcare professionals will come forward to help when the need is great, individuals who are enrolled in the State of Connecticut Emergency Credentialing Program for Healthcare Professionals will have access to special training and state sponsored liability and workers compensation coverage.

To date, 1 out of 25 healthcare professionals licensed in Connecticut - nearly 3,500 physicians, nurses, behavioral health, laboratory medicine and diagnostic imaging technicians, pharmacists, paramedics and respiratory therapists - have enrolled in the ECP. This is a great start but we need to do more to reach our program goal of 12,000 healthcare professionals or at least 1 out of every 10 healthcare professionals licensed in Connecticut. When you encourage your colleagues to enroll in the program and volunteer some of their time to assist during a large-scale disaster or public health emergency, you will be ensuring that Connecticut's citizens - your family, friends and neighbors - have uninterrupted access to vital healthcare resources when they need it most!

Frequently asked questions

Click here to download the ECP Brochure (PDF, 378kb)

For more information, please contact Joseph Filakovsky, APRN, DNP, at (203) 688-4486 or ecp@ynhh.org. To become a ECS volunteer, please visit www.ct-esar-vhp.org.

The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) at the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response

The Medical Reserve Corps resulted from President Bush's call to action in his January 2002 State of the Union address. For more information, please visit www.medicalreservecorps.gov.

As part of the Citizen Corps, the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) organizes local volunteers to support their community's medical response during a large-scale disaster or public health emergency.

The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Medical Reserve Corps is a team of trained volunteers, who, when called upon during a disaster, will support and enhance a local, regional or statewide hospital response.

Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers are...

• Non-licensed healthcare workers
• Retired or academic licensed healthcare professionals
• Students enrolled in healthcare professional programs
• Interested non-licensed community volunteers

Frequently asked questions

Click here to download the MRC Brochure (PDF, 305kb)

For more information, please contact Eugenie V. Schwartz, BSN, MHA, at (203) 688-3224 or mrc@ynhh.org. To become a MRC volunteer, please visit www.mrc-ynh.org.