Background...
With access to care being severely limited for rural and minority populations, GHN worked to develop a way to reach underserved patients and improve their health outcomes.
Better Care Coordination by Connecting Patients to Services
With access to care being severely limited for rural and minority populations, GHN worked to develop a way to reach underserved patients and improve their health outcomes.
In 2021, GHN supported nine agencies through $850,000 in financial resources and training to hire over 30 Community Health Workers (CHWs). The objective of this program is to increase the adoption and capacity of care coordination by using Community Health Workers through the development of training programs within GHN partnering organizations.
CHWs are seen as frontline public health workers who serve as liaisons between health and social services and the community. Each organization received funding to bring on professionals for an 18-month program, with hopes that organizations will have the capacity and resources to sustain these positions.
Trainings GHN provided to support these CHWs included:
The goals for our CHW Program: