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Reminder – Call for Presenters for the 11th Annual CHW Conference on Thursday, May 7, 2020
Deadline for submitting proposals: Friday, 12/13/2019

11th Annual Community Health Worker Conference 
Explore ways to pursue professional development and career enhancement
opportunities to gain success and happiness at work!

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Four Points by Sheraton, Norwood, MA

Interested in presenting at a breakout session?
Please download and complete one of the documents below:
Call for Presenters CHW 2020 Conference MS Word
Or
Call for Presenters CHW 2020 Conference PDF
 Please email your completed proposal to: CHWInfo@state.ma.us

Deadline for proposal submission is Friday, December 13, 2019
We look forward to hearing from you.

SHUTDOWN’S IMPACT ON WIC

Below are the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)’s comments on how the current government shutdown impacts WIC. For the whole update, link here.

According to the National WIC Association, WIC agencies continue operating as normal and have so far not reported any issues or disturbances to normal operations. Agencies are expected to have adequate funding on hand currently to last through the month of January. The USDA Food and Nutrition Services has communicated to WIC agencies that they plan to undertake measures on Jan. 3 to identify and provide additional funding, including: allocating all remaining carryover funds and preliminary recoveries to state agencies, working with state agencies to make their FY18 Nutrition Services and Administration grants spend forward funds available for FY19 obligations, and asking state agencies to identify additional unspent FY18 funds that may be available for recovery and reallocation as FY19 grant funds.

at the Institute for Education in Healthcare at Rhode Island College

Nicole White, 2018 graduate of RIC’s Core Competency CHW Training program, recounts her experience with fellow students and teachers. She remarks on how well the training matches and capitalizes on her interests and experiences helping people access healthcare resources. After the training, Nicole landed a CHW job at Care New England and now is part of the Community Compass RI program that addresses Social Determinants of Health issues of patients in the Emergency Room. Of RIC’s training program, Nicole says ‘They really set you up for success.'”