Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Name: International Pre-Diabetes Center Address: 14500 Roscoe Blvd., 4th Floor, Panorama City, CA 91402 Principal Investigator: Dr. Yvonne Grant, Pharm.D, CDE, BC-ADM, CGP Phone: 818-714-2066 Web: CHWResourceCenter.org Funds Requested: $3,000,000 Funding Preference Requested: Yes ABSTRACT: In support of the Health Resource and Service Administration’s (HRSA’s) goal to train 13,000 new and current Community Health Workers (CHW) and Health Support Worker (HSW) by 2025 the International Pre-Diabetes Center (IPDC) will leverage its network of trained CHWs, 15 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and four Work Force Development, One Stop Centers to scale our Department of Labor (DOL) approved, apprenticeship, CHW Training program (CHWTP). The key stakeholders have a unified, collective goal to coordinate training and align CHW/HSW support services with need, resulting in demonstrated competency and confidence to increase uptake of CHW/HSW by health care providers and health systems. The goals of the program are to: (1) Expand apprenticeship that address gaps in health equity for minority populations, (2) increase opportunities for diverse populations to achieve the benefits of evidence-based health care apprenticeships, and (3) engage a national alliance of employers, workforce development boards, and other partners in support of healthcare apprenticeship expansion for CHWs/HSWs to better meet the needs of underserved populations. CHW, HSW gaps to be addressed include: (1) Training to update CHWs with new skills and information; (2). Specialized continuing education to support national disease prevention programs; (3). Development of long-term financial mechanisms that support CHW strategies; (4). Standardized, policies and procedures, employer training manuals, and resources, such as online, virtual, and hybrid training curricula; (5). Increased employer awareness of the roles and training for CHWs/ HSWs. The population to be served incl udes communities in Los Angeles County Service Planning Areas (SPA) with the highest disparities when compared to the County and State of California. The population includes residents (1) living with high rates of poverty; (2) race and ethnicity: two-thirds (68%) Hispanics and one-quarter (28%) African American; (3) health disparities: 9% of children are uninsured while the County is 5%; 29% of children are obese when compared to 22% for the County, and one-third (33%) of adults are obese compared to the County’s 24%. Specific, objectives that will be accomplished includes: (1) Train 225 new CHW/HSW mostly from underserved communities; to successful completion of training and certification; (2) 50% (112) graduates will engage in high demand, community health career pathways, working within the multidisciplinary care teams, providing outreach and support to underserved communities; (3) 5,000 patients will receive outreach and engagement by newly trained CHWs/HSWs: in chronic disease prevention, self-management education; (4) 10 graduates advance to supervisory and administrative CHW/HSW roles; sustainable evidence-based CHW/HSW program, including training pathways, core competencies, handbooks of best practices for: recruitment, engagement, evaluation; policies and procedures for assessing need for resources, training handbook and tool-kit for employers, supervisors, and mentors. The HHS/HRSA clinical priorities in this project includes: Childhood Obesity, Value Based Care, and Health Equity. The proposed services and target occupations include: CHWs and HSWs receive training and support from a network of integrated teams that bring together their partner apprenticeship and combined effort to expand apprenticeships, and competency-based approaches, to close gaps in Public Health Workforce needs. CHWs/HSWs are credentialed as certified diabetes prevention coaches, certified outreach coordinators, and certified enrollment coordinators: in demand CHW specialty areas that are sustainable
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