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Organization:	Dept of Health Services (DHS) http://dhs.wi.gov/
Publish Dates:	3/11/2022 through 4/18/2022
Category:	Grants	County:
Sub Category:	Proposals	Municipality:
Region:	Entire State	Status:	Archived


Support a Community Health Worker Model in ADRCs that Serve Rural Communities-Reposting

HS is interested in providing funding to ADRCs to implement a community health worker (CHW) model in order to address the health, safety, and socioeconomic wellbeing of older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers in rural communities that have been and continue to be disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The community health worker (CHW) model employs one or more frontline workers who are trusted members of and/or have an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the CHW to serve as a liaison between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. CHWs may serve a variety of functions, including client advocacy; increasing health literacy, preventive health education and services; facilitation of care-coordination; provision of other services; and connections to community resources. The Advancing CHW Engagement in COVID-19 Response Strategies playbook offers strategies to help conceptualize and operationalize the engagement of CHWs for pandemic response. This playbook should serve as a guide as you develop your CHW model. This document and other helpful resources can be found on the National Association of Community Health Workers Document Resource Center.

For more information contact:
Phoebe Hefko (608)590-7173
Phoebe.Hefko@dhs.wisconsin.gov

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Grant Funding Opportunity

Revision History:
*	3/11/2022 11:35:54 AM	Robert Stanley	Attachment added.

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