A brief video from the Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA) that describes who CHWs are and what we do.

Tags: video, advocacy, storytelling, communications

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services update regarding Medicaid continuous enrollment condition changes, conditions for receiving the FFCRA temporary FMAP increase, reporting requirements, and Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 enforcement provisions.

Tags: pdf, envision webinar resource, sustainability, structural and financial stability, Medicaid

Key findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual Medicaid budget survey (conducted in 2022), where they asked states about CHW coverage policies already in place and planned for FY 2023.

Tags: issue brief, COVID-19, Medicaid, sustainability

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (signed into law in December 2022) includes several provisions related to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This brief explains the Consolidated Appropriation Act’s Medicaid and CHIP provisions.

Tags: PDF, issue brief, sustainability, structural and financial stability, Medicaid

Information about the High School & Young Adults Community Health Worker training program, a year-long training program that seeks to increase the number of trained HSYACHWs to engage family, peers and community in strategies for better health and wellness.

Tags: website, population specific

CDC webpage outlining aspects of Long COVID or Post-COVID, including signs/symptoms, prevention, data, and living with the condition.

Tags: webpage, COVID-19, envision webinar resource, advocacy, storytelling

National Institutes of Health resource hub containing fact sheets, communications best practices, and links to additional resources regarding Long COVID.

Tags: website, COVID-19, COVID-19 response, Long COVID

A booklet of resources and activities compiled by the envision team to help CHWs restore themselves mentally, physically and emotionally. This resource also serves as a tool to continue the conversation from the December 2022 envision webinar: “Promoting CHW Self-Care.”

Tags: PDF, program implementation, self-care, Spanish

A booklet of resources and activities compiled by the envision team to help supervisors restore themselves mentally, physically and emotionally. This resource also serves as a tool to continue the conversation from the December 2022 envision webinar: “Promoting CHW Self-Care.”

Tags: PDF, program implementation, self-care

A booklet of resources and activities compiled by the envision team to help supervisors restore themselves mentally, physically and emotionally. This resource also serves as a tool to continue the conversation from the December 2022 envision webinar: “Promoting CHW Self-Care.”

Tags: PDF, program implementation, self-care, Spanish

A booklet of resources and activities compiled by the envision team to help CHWs restore themselves mentally, physically and emotionally. This resource also serves as a tool to continue the conversation from the December 2022 envision webinar: “Promoting CHW Self-Care.”

Tags: PDF, program implementation, self-care

This envision webinar provides hands-on tools for CHWs to practice self-care and self-compassion while giving programs tools to elevate the visibility of this crucial component of the work.

Tags: envision webinar, program implementation, self-care

Infographic highlighting responses NACHW’s national survey from 867 CHWs from 859 unique zip codes. The graphics explore CHW employment status, compensation when working overtime, and perceptions on whether pay is equitable and provides a living wage.

Tags: PDF, program implementation, self-care

This National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) brief provides an overview of recent developments in Medicaid State Plan Amendments (SPAs).

Tags: brief, website, sustainability, structural and financial stability, fiscal policy, Medicaid

Roles and competency findings from the CHW Core Consensus (C3) Project and the community.

Tags: webpage, program implementation, roles and responsibilities, roles

Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA) video about how CHWs help people access the care they need.

Tags: video, advocacy, storytelling, insurance

Health Leads’ Social Needs Screening Toolkit combines 20+ years of experience implementing programs with well researched, clinically-validated guidelines from sector authorities like the Institute of Medicine, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.

Tags: toolkit, program implementation, roles and responsibilities

The Center for Community Health Alignment received funding to conduct a case study project showing the impacts CHWs are having in rural communities and working with clinical teams to improve health in rural committees.

Tags: video, program implementation, roles and responsibilities, rural, integration

Designed with support from Mid-America Regional Council and the Health Forward Foundation, this toolkit covers how to use existing tools or establish capacities to bill for CHW/P interventions within the current health care marketplace.

Tags: toolkit, sustainability, Medicaid, reimbursement, financial and structural sustainability

NASHP’s CWH State Policy Network hosted a multi-state exchange of best practices, including dialogue between speakers from Rhode Island and North Carolina outlining the historical context and key considerations for sustaining effective partnerships, as well as challenges, lessons learned, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: blog, sustainability, CHW associations