Community Health Workers & Promotores in the Future of Medi-Cal: Project Newsletter #3
For this third project newsletter, we spoke with leaders from two organizations that have used data to demonstrate the value of community health workers and promotores in terms of both health outcomes and cost savings. Each organization is based in California but serves multiple states.
Community Health Worker/Promotores Action Plan (Draft)
This action plan draft outlines the goals for CHW/Ps in California with detailed objectives, activities, anticipated outcomes, timelines, and evaluation methods.
Community Health Worker Training Curricula and Intervention Outcomes in African American and Latinx Communities: A Systematic Review
In recent years, community health workers (CHWs) have emerged as key stakeholders in implementing community-based public health interventions in racially diverse contexts. Yet, little is known about the extent to which CHW training curriculums influence intervention effectiveness in marginalized racial and ethnic minority communities. This review summarizes evidence on the relationship between CHW training curricula […]
Community Health Worker Roles Within a Coordinated Care Model Examples from Arizona
Provides an overview of patient outcomes and three examples of programs with CHWs in coordinated care roles.
Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model: Payment models for the community transformation track
The CHART Model is a voluntary model that will test whether aligned financial incentives, operational & regulatory flexibilities, and robust technical support will help rural providers transform care on a broad scale. Within the CHART Model, the Community Transformation Track aims to drive modernization of rural health delivery systems by providing Lead Organizations with upfront […]
California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM): Executive Summary and Summary of Changes
This proposal recognizes the opportunity to provide for non-clinical interventions focused on a whole-person care approach via Medi-Cal that target social determinants of health and reduces health disparities and inequities. Furthermore, the broader system, program, and payment reforms included in CalAIM allow the state to take a population health, person-centered approach to providing services and […]
Building a Sustainable Community Health Worker and Promotore [sic] Workforce: Lessons for California Presentation
This presentation provides an overview of a report on training and supporting CHWs and Promotores in California
Building a CHW-centered diabetes-behavioral health system of care
Presentation with overview of project, CSU diabetes care coordination experience, and a discussion of objectives.
Bridging Health and Health Care
Recognizing the need to better bridge the divide between the often-siloed worlds of health and health care, these policies are designed to better integrate, coordinate, and ultimately improve the performance and outcomes of both. Our recommendations focus on two key areas: 1) improving access to and coverage andfinancing of nonmedical and preventive services; and 2) the […]
Arizona Community Health Worker Workforce 101
Over 1000 CHWS are employed in community organizations, community health centers and health systems throughout Arizona. CHWs serve all 15 Arizona counties and 19 Tribes. This document provides an overview of the CHW workforce in Arizona.