Wednesday, April 2, 2025
4/2/2025
Community Health Aide Program: Tribal Planning & Implementation - Abstract Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Indian Health Service Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) Tribal Planning and Implementation (TPI) The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, a federally recognized tribe located in Anadarko, Oklahoma, is seeking funding for an IHS Community Health Aide Program (CHAP)– Tribal Planning and Implementation (TPI) grant. Federal funding request is for $958,998 for a 2-year project period. Goal: To support the final planning for implementation of Wichita and Affiliated Tribes to begin full integration of CHAP into the Wichita Health System. Year 1, Objective 1. Utilizing the professional expertise of the Wichita Tribal Health Board (WTHB) and the Indian Health Service, develop clinical supervisor support and scope of work for primary care, behavioral health, and dental health clinicians providing both direct and indirect supervision of prospective health aides. Year 1, Objective 2. Identify area specific health care needs of patients that can be addressed by the health aides. Year 1, Objective 3. Identify and develop a technology infrastructure plan for the mobility and success of health aides in anticipation of providing services. Year 1, Objective 4. Conduct Community outreach/recruitment events and identify a minimum of two CHAP Aide students for each of the three CHAP disciplines of Primary, Behavioral, and Dental Health. Year 1, Objective 5. Develop a training plan to include partners familiar with CHAP Certification and with those across the Wichita Tribe’s geographic region to enhance the training opportunities available to prospective health aides and to include continuing education and clinical practice. Year 1, Objective 6. Identify best practices for integrating a CHAP workforce into an existing Tribal health system. Year 1, Objective 7. Address social determinants of health that impact the recruitment and retention of prospective health aides. Year 1, Objective 8. Identify the total cost of full implementation of a CHAP within an existing Tribal health system. Year 2, Objective 9. By the end of Year 2, the Wichita and Affiliated Tribe will work with the IHS Oklahoma City Area Office, the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority in a collaborative effort to develop a plan for CHAP Certification requirements including Oklahoma Area Accreditation Board, Oklahoma Academic Review Committee and an Oklahoma Community Health Aide Manual (OCHAM). Year 2, Objective 10. By the end of Year two, a minimum of two CHAP students will begin the certification training in Primary Care and Behavioral Health.
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