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The National Committee for Quality Assurance and Penn Center for Community Health Workers published this white paper, CRITICAL INPUTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAMS, in November 2021. It will be discussed by a panel of experts over Zoom on December 14, 2021 at 4pm EST.

Register for the Zoom today!

Community health workers are more critical than ever.  As funding increases, the key question is how to make these programs as effective as possible. 

The speakers will discuss the process of developing these inputs, share reactions from the field and discuss ways to incorporate this information into current and future work.

Speakers:
• Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), United States Senate
• Peggy O’Kane, President, NCQA
• Brea Burke, Community Health Worker, Ballad Health
• Martha Chavis, CEO/President, Camden Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
• Cheryl Garfield, Community Health Worker, Penn Center for Community Health Workers
• Chethan Bachireddy, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Medicaid

Certified Community Health Worker

Cardiovascular Health/Diabetes Management Virtual Training

October 25, 2021 – December 13, 2021

Topics:

Motivational Interviewing and Social Determinants of Health, Stroke, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Pre-Diabetes, Diabetes, Healthy Eating and Weight Control, Lifestyle Interventions

This training fulfills the educational content hours requirement for the Rhode Island Certification Board’s application for Cardiovascular Health/Diabetes specialty endorsement.

Schedule/Format:

October 25 through December 13, 2021

Zoom Class: Mondays 5pm – 7pm (EST);
Zoom Class: Thursdays 9am 11am (EST)

(No class November 11, November 25 or December 9)

Self-paced, weekly, 1-2 hour asynchronous lessons

Eligibility:

Certification in CHW for Rhode Island (if in the process of applying, please email David Zuleta at dzuleta@ric.edu to discuss possibility of participating)

Cost: 

FREE.  This training is funded by the Rhode Island Department of Health 

To Apply:

Click HERE

or paste link into browser: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScANKSFDX33bLBB4Z2FuFYnOQNAL8YN9j8pqxEHMoI-y23dVA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Questions: 

Email David Zuleta at dzuleta@ric.edu 

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Sign Up Begins May 12th!

The Emergency Broadband Benefit is an FCC program [linkprotect.cudasvc.com] to help families and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. This new benefit will connect eligible households to jobs, critical healthcare services, virtual classrooms, and so much more.

About the Emergency Broadband Benefit

• The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands.
• Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.
• The Emergency Broadband Benefit is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.

Who Is Eligible for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program?A household is eligible if a member of the household meets one of the criteria below:

• Has an income that is at or below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines [aspe.hhs.gov] or participates in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, or Lifeline [linkprotect.cudasvc.com];
• Approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced-price school lunch program or the school breakfast program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision in the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 school year;
• Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year;
• Experienced a substantial loss of income due to job loss or furlough since February 29, 2020 and the household had a total income in 2020 at or below $99,000 for single filers and $198,000 for joint filers; or
• Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating provider’s existing low-income or COVID-19 program.

When can patients Sign Up for the Benefit?

As of May 12, 2021, eligible households will be able to enroll in the program to receive a monthly discount off the cost of broadband service from an approved provider. Eligible households can enroll through an approved provider or by visiting https://getemergencybroadband.org [linkprotect.cudasvc.com].

Check out the Broadband Benefit Consumer FAQ for more information about the benefit [linkprotect.cudasvc.com] and https://www.fcc.gov/emergency-broadband-benefit-outreach-toolkit [linkprotect.cudasvc.com] for patient education tools.

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