What is Technical Assistance (TA)? Why is TA important? How do I know if I need it? How do I get TA? The answer to these questions and much more is covered in this engaging 90minute webinar hosted by The Center for Community Health Alignment.

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Certification is a formal process where a CHW is recognized as meeting professional standards set by an authorized organization.

This handout clearly explains the range of terms used in certification, the most common ways states set up certification, how these approaches work in practice, and how it is just as important to consider who shapes the policy and whether the process is fair.

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This state-only webinar will introduce state officials to the basics of the state CHW policy space, including understanding the role of CHWs from a CHW perspective, CHW engagement in policy and program design, Medicaid reimbursement strategies, certification and training, and common challenges that states experience during policy development and implementation. 

During the webinar, state officials will engage with other states, CHWs, thought leaders, and other subject matter experts in a Q&A panel. 

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This case study is part of a PIH series on care resource coordination for COVID-19. Care resource coordination facilitates the social, material, and other supports that COVID-19 cases and contacts need to safely isolate or quarantine. Today, millions in the US struggle to meet basic needs and not everyone can quarantine and isolate equally. Resource coordination is an essential part of an equitable pandemic response and can be applied far beyond COVID-19. 

In New York City, resource coordination is done by Resource Navigators (RNavs) through the Take Care Program. This case study describes Take Care’s operations, then analyzes key factors to its success, as well as challenges and lessons learned. Take Care is a model for contact tracing programs seeking to integrate community-based organizations (CBOs) into a centralized response to ensure successful supports for isolation and quarantine.

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This case study is part of a PIH series on care resource coordination for COVID-19. Care resource coordination facilitates the social, material, and other supports that COVID-19 cases and contacts need to safely isolate or quarantine. Today, millions in the US struggle to meet basic needs and not everyone can quarantine and isolate equally. Resource coordination is an essential part of an equitable pandemic response and can be applied far beyond COVID-19. 

In North Carolina, resource coordination is done by the NC Community Health Worker (CHW) Program and Support Services Program (SSP). This case study describes the programs’ operations, then analyzes key factors to their success, as well as challenges and lessons learned. These programs are a model for jurisdictions seeking to support isolation and quarantine in partnership with community-based organizations (CBOs). North Carolina’s resource coordination is unique in its use of multiple interrelated programs, direct financing of social supports, and support of COVID-19 cases and contacts without directly integrating with contact tracing systems. 

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This case study is part of a PIH series on care resource coordination for COVID-19. Care resource coordination facilitates the social, material, and other supports that COVID-19 cases and contacts need to safely isolate or quarantine. Today, millions in the US struggle to meet basic needs and not everyone can quarantine and isolate equally. Resource coordination is an essential part of an equitable pandemic response and can be applied far beyond COVID-19. 

This case study describes the Immokalee Program, an operational accompaniment model in southwest Florida to connect vulnerable migrant farmworkers and essential workers with clinical and social supports across the COVID-19 response cascade (community protection, testing, case investigation and contact tracing, supported isolation and quarantine, and vaccination). 

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Focuses on perinatal health and will instruct community leaders on how to find the ideal fit for families, the best practices for perinatal CHWs, the resources and data that you will need to support PCHWs, and mentoring programs to help you along the way.

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This toolkit presents experiences, insights, and best practices identified for CHW advocacy efforts from seven states. It is designed to share promising practices, strategies, and practical steps to help you plan and implement effective CHW advocacy campaigns.

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This toolkit was created to help health systems, providers, and community leaders understand how to make that transformation real, by offering practical tools, real examples, and tested strategies for integrating CHWs into healthcare settings.

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Shares the core components of the CHW DPM model identified during a 3-year pilot project working with five federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in South Carolina.

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Many states have begun to integrate CHWs into their Medicaid programs, using existing policy tools to fund CHW services. It is critical that states do this in a way that does not co-opt, but rather supports the existing CHW workforce and builds on the work CHWs have been doing for decades. As states consider policy changes to integrate CHWs into Medicaid, this paper outlines five key principles that every state can follow to support CHWs .

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This document provides a framework for documenting CHW policy at the state level to develop a policy landscape report to support CHW leaders, CHW allies, state-level CHW policy coalitions to understand the current policy environment and identify opportunities and priorities for policy and/or systems change. 

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Policy brief on five policy recommendations to enhance and prioritize CHW models into existing health care transformation reforms.

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A series to inform Tribal citizens and leaders on healthcare options that offer better care to Indian Country. Topics include Medicare, Medicaid, the Health Insurance Marketplace, and more.

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Snapshots of CDC work and external CDC-funded projects that center around engaging and mobilizing partners with culturally appropriate strategies to reduce health disparities and advance health equity.

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Advance your expertise with high-quality, engaging public health learning opportunities.

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This Toolkit supports clinical providers — either directly or through contracting with community-based organizations or community care hubs — to effectively integrate CHWs into workflows to support the transition to sustainable revenue source

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This tool isn’t meant to be another generalized, awareness-raising gesture for CHWs. It’s meant to spotlight where CHWs are effectively integrated into their communities while being paid in sustainable ways so these models can continue to be funded and expanded.

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envision CHW Erin Caple  produced this pamphlet outlining six activites that CHWs and CHW allies can engage in for self-care, alignment, and rejuvenation. 

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Discover how to empower your Community Health Worker (CHW) programs with the Built Power Sustained: CHW Employer Guide,  a national resource created to transform the future of community health. 

This free, downloadable toolkit is packed with 60-pages of resource to equips CHW employers with proven strategies, innovative solutions, and best practices to supercharge your CHW program’s impact and build a thriving, sustainable workforce.