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Learn How to Train and Support Certified Application Counselors with our New Toolkit
This toolkit is intended to help Certified Application Counselor supervisors support their CACs through the initial training and beyond. It is divided into three sections: “Reinforcing CMS Training,” “Supplemental Skills,” and “On-going Training” that explain and present strategies, tools, and activities that can be used to further reinforce the material presented in the CMS training, to supplement the material from the trainings, and to continue to support CACs after the conclusion of the training period.
Help clients manage their diabetes with our free, bilignual Know Your A1C Tool
This bilingual tool can be printed into a pamphlet that participants can use to track their A1C and other biometric data. It includes a space to keep a record of changes in weight, BMI and A1C across multiple dates, and it includes tips for controlling symptoms of diabetes in both English and Spanish. The tool is meant to be printed and kept in a purse or wallet.
Video: Salud y Vida program Promotora Honored for Dedication to Community
When Promotor(a) Linda Medrano checked her email, she saw something she didn’t expect; she learned she had won the Tenth Annual Esther M. Holderby Dedicated CHW Award. “I felt excited and surprised,” she said, “because I knew that a lot of people had been nominated, and I was surprised because they chose me. It made my day, hearing that great news.”
Secure Funding for Your Community Health Worker Program with Our Guide to Grant Opportunities and Resources
Because Promotor(a) programs can address many topics in many settings, organizations that implement them can find funding from a variety of sources. The Guide to Grant Opportunities and Resources for Promotor(a) Programs is meant to guide and support those seeking grant funding for Promotor(a)programs. This Guide focuses specifically on identifying grant opportunities and resources.
Why Do Community Health Worker Programs Work? Find Out with Our New Brief Report
Community Health Workers (CHWs) encompass a wide variety of specific roles and titles, but they generally represent a link between members of the community and existing health care resources. While their primary role may be linking vulnerable populations and the health care system, additional roles may include case management, translation and cultural competence support, advocacy, informal counseling and building community capacity.
Instinto Maternal program travels north to follow migrants
MHP Salud’s Instinto Maternal program that seeks to spread best community practices in breastfeeding has migrated to follow the migrant farm workers it serves. The W. K. Kellogg Foundation-funded program kicked off last December in west Florida, and it has moved north for the summer, where it will spend five months in northwest Ohio and west Michigan. With a new location and new staff, the program is collecting information that will be used to develop a program that centers around two questions about women who are able to balance farm work and breastfeeding: How do they do it, and how can their peers adopt their strategies?a new location and new staff, the program is collecting information that will be used to develop a program that centers around two questions about women who are able to balance farm work and breastfeeding: How do they do it, and how can their peers adopt their strategies?
