Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Address: 1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 601, Washington, DC 20036 Project Director Name: Abby Charles, MPH Contact Phone Number: (202) 400-3555 Email Address: acharles@institutephi.org Website Address: www.institutephi.org Total Funding Amount Requested: $3,000,000 Funding Preference: The Institute for Public Health Innovation is requesting to receive a funding preference. As required, we worked with approximately 72% of CHW trainees from disadvantaged backgrounds from 2019 to 2021, with 100% of CHW training graduates from 2019 to 2021 serving medically underserved areas (see Attachment – Request for Funding Preference). Abstract: The Community Health Worker Academy (CHW Academy) is a regional initiative that develops the community health worker (CHW) workforce to address health care access and other social/ economic determinants of health (SDoH) among populations with highest risk for health inequities within the Washington DC metropolitan region. This includes DC and neighboring counties of Prince George’s and Montgomery, MD and Fairfax and Arlington, VA. A regional CHW workforce development approach allows IPHI and its partners to co-create effective, community-driven, culturally appropriate interventions that provide direct resources to those with the highest social, economic and health morbidity and mortality burdens. In particular our project will address equity for Black and Hispanic populations. The CHW Academy will expand and diversify the public health workforce by engaging CHWs in innovative, evidence-based workforce development activities within 3 broad implementation strategies (expansion, extension/upskilling, employment). This will enhance their ability to address the root causes of poor health outcomes, increase access to care and improve public health emergency response within underserved communities in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Each set of strategies will seek to increase equity; draw upon the strengths and lived experiences from those within the communities served; leverage partnerships to sustainable CHW career paths; use evidence-based and promising practices (e.g., apprenticeships, field-placements, mentoring, employer coaching, learning collaboratives, ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) model; sustainable financing exploration); and expand the pool of accredited CHWs. Combined, this will allow the CHW Academy to successfully achieve the following goals and objectives: Goal 1: Expand the public health workforce through new & existing CHWs Goal 2: Extend & upskill the public health workforce through new & enhanced curriculums to increase skills & competencies Goal 3: Increase CHW employment readiness through field placements & apprenticeships Goal 4: Increase the number of employed CHWs to advance health equity in focus communities
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