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The Center for Community Health Workforce (CCHW) is a broad-based network of service providers, community health workers (CHWs), government partners, and other stakeholders from the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region. CCHW was conceptualized by the Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) as a means to promote the development and sustainability of the CHW workforce and service models through resource sharing, education, and policy activities. The CCHW Connection provides a platform to share information on a monthly basis. If you would like to contribute to the monthly e-bulletin, please reply to CCHW@institutephi.org.
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2014 APHA Meeting
Attend the 142nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in New Orleans from Nov 16th - 19th
Check out the APHA Online Program to preview sessions related to and presented by CHWs
Webinar: Creating Strong Team Structure to Sustain your Community Health Initiatives, August 6th, from 6pm-7pm.This webinar will include practical tools, agendas, and frameworks for enabling you and your team to work more strategically. |
The next DC Prevention and Medicaid Financing Task force Meeting is scheduled for
Contact CCHW@institutephi.org for more information.
The next CCHW webinar will be in late
September/early October. Stay tuned to next month's CCHW Connection for date, time, and topic information. This webinar will provide an update on the progress made across the region since the January 2014 CCHW Stakeholder meeting. We look forward to your participation!
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The DC Prevention and Medicaid Taskforce
The DC Prevention and Medicaid Taskforce held its second meeting on July 11th with over 27 participants representing community health and social service, managed care, academic, policy advocacy, and CHW professional development organizations, among others. A significant outcome of this meeting was the formation of two work groups dedicated to advancing the Taskforce's work. The CHW Workforce Development Work Group is focused on formulating recommendations on community health worker scope of practice, standards, core competencies, and credentialing. The Financing Work Group is focused on formulating recommendations for a Medicaid State Plan Amendment related to financing preventive health services provided by non-licensed professionals. The next meeting of the DC Taskforce is expected to be in mid-August and all are welcome. For more details contact CCHW@institutephi.org.
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Maryland CHW Workforce Development Workgroup
In early July, The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Maryland Insurance Administration began accepting applications from various stakeholders that are interested in becoming members of the MD CHW Workforce Development Workgroup. The Workgroup will be charged with making recommendations on MD CHW credentialing and reimbursement policies. The application closed at the end of July and chosen members of the Workgroup are scheduled to be announced in August. Stay tuned to next month's CCHW Connection for membership details.
Focus on CHWs included in Virginia's State Innovation Model (SIM) application
Under the leadership of the Virginia Center for Health Innovation, Virginia stakeholders have submitted an application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a one-year planning grant through the SIM Initiative. A Model Design Award would support continued work on the Virginia Health Innovation Plan to help Virginia achieve the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience and population health while reducing costs. The application includes a notable CHW component which IPHI would lead in the event CMS awards a grant to Virginia.
CHW participation wanted in DC, Maryland, and Virginia Task Forces
Task Forces in DC, MD, and VA, are currently seeking CHWs to actively participate in workgroups that provide recommendations and make decisions regarding the development of regional CHW infrastructure. Interested CHWs should contact CCHW@institutephi.org for more information.
IPHI participates in APHA campaign to standardize CHW definition
Last week, IPHI wrote a letter to urge the U.S. Department of Labor to adopt the APHA definition of CHWs. The effort was part of a national campaign launched by APHA in early July. The campaign ended July 21st.
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| Free course that promotes policy and systems change to expand employment of CHWs
This collaborative effort between the CDC and the Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, and authored by CCHW's own Carl Rush, is designed to provide state programs and other stakeholders with basic knowledge about the CHW profession. The course covers how states can become engaged in efforts that promote sustainability in the CHW workforce.
How other states are expanding the use of CHWs
Learn about ways in which the following states are developing their CHW infrastructures:
Community Health Worker Credentialing: State Approaches
This article, by the Harvard Center for Health Policy and Law, explores common barriers to CHW credentialing and the approaches several states have taken to counteract those barriers.
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