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  • About
    • What is a Community Health Worker?
      • Core Competencies / Domains of a CHW
    • Our Team
    • Advisory Council
    • Institute for Education in Healthcare at Rhode Island College
    • RI CHW Profile
    • Our Vision & Mission
    • Contact
  • Professional Development
    • Job Postings
    • Getting Started as a CHW in RI
    • Certification & Recertification
    • Apprenticeship Program
    • Medicaid Reimbursement for CHW Services
    • Networking
      • CHW Voices for Leadership & Advocacy
      • RI CHW Resource Map
    • CHWARI Trainings
      • CHW Core Competency Training
    • Training Calendar
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Events List
    • CHWARI Sponsored
      • RI CHW Conference 2025
      • Application Workshops (Certification, Recertification & Specialties)
      • Latinx Support Group
      • IEH Bradley Learning Exchange
  • Advocacy/Policy
  • COVID-19 Info
  • Resources
    • RI CHW Map
    • For CHWs
    • Alliance for Community Health Worker Employers
    • Legal Key Partnership for Health and Justice
    • Medicaid Reimbursement for CHW Services
  • News
    • Recent Posts
    • E-News Archive
  • Contact
  • Medicaid Change Updates

RI Doula Bill Passes!

July 7, 2022

At long last the day is here…. Doula care is OFFICIALLY covered by insurance as of July 1, 2022

This means that nearly all Rhode Islanders can access doula care through their Medicaid or commercial insurance. (Some exclusions apply visit RIdoulabill.com)

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Program Manager for Bridging the Divide: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Mental Healthcare
Current Mental / Behavioral Health Supports

‘Community Health Worker’

is an umbrella term that might include:

Lay health worker, promotore, promotora, community health advocate, lay health educator, community health representative, peer health promoter, community health advisor, patient navigator, lay health advisor, neighborhood health advisor, community care coordinator, community health educator, community health promoter, case work aide, community connector, community health outreach worker, family support worker, outreach specialist, peer educator, peer support worker, public health aide, environmental health aide, lead abatement education specialist.

(“From CDC’s Policy Evidence Assessment Report: Community Health Worker Policy Components”)

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COMMUNTY HEALTH WORKER ASSOCIATION OF RI
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION IN HEALTHCARE
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
600 MOUNT PLEASANT AVENUE
PROVIDENCE, RI 02908

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