We welcome your interest in healthy communities, health care access, peer
outreach and health education. Feel free to browse and comment, using e-mail; you can also jump immediately to "what's
new" below.
FHF's initial purpose was to develop a potential role for Community Health Workers in the Medicaid program. For more on this idea, click on the link to "The CRA Project" on the left.
WHAT'S
NEW ON OUR SITE!
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last updated on 1/4/08
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Draft National Research Agenda on CHWs released! At the 2007 APHA Annual Meeting, a draft document was released from a January 2007 invitational conference, "Focus on the Future," which lays out a first draft of a national research agenda on the CHW field. CHWs, researchers and other stakeholders contributed to this document, which is intended to promote a coordinated approach to filling gaps in the evidence base for the CHW field. Click here to view or download a copy of the Executive Summary of the conference report; click here for the Spanish version; click here for the full report, or send us an email to request hard copies of any of these documents by mail. Feedback is still needed, especially from policymakers and practicing CHWs. |
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HRSA releases CHW National Workforce Study! FHF Treasurer Carl Rush was a contributing author to this study, released in March 2007. Click here to read or download a copy of the Study (PDF format) |
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Minnesota receives CMS approval for Medicaid reimbursement of CHW services! In December 2007 Minnesota received federal approval for a Medicaid waiver providing for broad-based reimbursement of CHW services through approved Medicaid providers. Contact Anne WIllaert at the Healthcare Education Industry Partnership for the latest details! |
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SOON TO BE UPDATED! A RESOURCE SITE FOR
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAMS! |
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At its 2001 Annual Conference in Atlanta, the American Public Health Association adopted a major policy statement supporting the role of Community Health Workers in health and social services! Click here for the text of this statement! |
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission made a commitment in 2001 to fund five "promotora pilot projects" under Medicaid and SCHIP based on FHF's original work. Only one site (in Houston) was funded (under SCHIP) due to budget pressure. Watch this space for news of a forthcoming evaluation of this project! |
| A new Evaluation Toolkit is available for Community Health Worker programs. Click here for more info and ordering. |
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
| Study reports from FHF's Medicaid Managed Care project! Click here to see a job-creation oriented version of our basic project "briefing paper." |
| a study on a Baltimore peer outreach project that has saved Medicaid 27% in costs for the participating population! |
| a description of the ways in which a community can "win" by starting a peer outreach initiative |
| CBPP kids insurance outreach kit and campaign |
| Link to a Commonwealth Fund study on educating Medicaid recipients about managed care: recommends ongoing efforts, including coaching on access to other services and benefits! |
| A Texas state government paper on planned CHIP promotion strategies (posted 6/1/00). |
| Click here to download "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care," a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the first of its kind to include information on health insurance coverage and access for subgroup populations of Latinos and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders. Fact sheets on health insurance coverage and access for each of these minority population groups are also on that site. (8/1/00) |
| Commonwealth Fund study: problems in Medicaid/CHIP enrollment in New York |
| California's strategy to reach 100% of uninsured kids with affordable coverage |
| a survey of 50 States by FHF on their policies concerning EPSDT outreach |
FHF was selected in
1997 as one of two organizations nationally to receive project planning support through
the Community Health Advisor initiative managed by Seedco and supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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