Alliance for CHW Employers
The Alliance for Community Health Worker Employers advances the status of Community Health Workers (CHWs) as a foundation for the health and well-being of Rhode Island communities.
By championing the interests of organizations, advocating for the recognition and support of CHWs, and promoting best practices, we aspire to make a lasting impact in communities.
Our Network
The Alliance is a cross-sector collaborative that strives for multi-stakeholder accountability, shared governance, and a unified voice for policy efforts. Member organizations form strategic partnerships to sustain CHWs as vital contributors to statewide ecosystems.
Current Alliance Member Organizations
Join Our Network
The Alliance is open to all organizations employing Community Health Workers, including healthcare providers, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders committed to community health and wellness.
Benefits
- Enhance organizational capacity by sharing best practices, quality standards, and resources.
- Access expert guidance concerning CHW planning, policymaking, and sustainable funding sources.
- Opportunities for training, networking, and creating partnerships with diverse leaders and organizations who can bring valuable viewpoints and skills necessary to solve the complex issues of advancing the CHW workforce.
What is CHW Impact?
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are frontline, public health professionals who often have similar cultural knowledge, practices, and beliefs, chronic health conditions, disabilities, or life experiences as other people in the same community.
As trusted leaders and subject matter experts:
- Serve as a link between their community and health or social services.
- Help to improve timely access to healthcare and social services, support systems, and social services that affect upstream social determinants of health
- Work to improve the quality of care and services.
- Advance service providers’ understanding of community members’ cultural needs
- Assist in helping communities achieve more positive health outcomes.
- Work for policy change that affects care, support, and services within a health system or a local community, state, or other government jurisdiction.
- Source: Community Health Worker Summary of Evidence [astho.org]
Technical Assistance
The Alliance provides technical assistance by collaborating with stakeholders and leveraging supportive resources. This technical support addresses issues such as gaps in organizational infrastructure, community-based evaluation efforts, navigation of the state public health system, and the sustainability of Community Health Worker (CHW) program models.
Supportive Resources
View Recorded Discussion
The Rhode Island State Plan Amendment (SPA) - 25-0011 establishes a pathway to reimburse providers for some Community Health Worker (CHW) services. Visit the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Medicaid Program website for details on specific requirements and limitations. Here you will find the updated Provider Manual, Billing Codes, Frequently Asked Questions, and links to required forms.
Business Models to Grow and Sustain CHW Programs
In 2024, Carl Rush, Sam Salganik, and Ben Tiensvold presented on:
- Various CHW funding Sources
- Critical factors such as personnel costs, supervision, and operational costs
- Practical tools to simplify the budgeting process
Slide Deck
CHW Estimator Tool
This publication was produced for the Aging and Disability Business Institute via a collaboration of Partners in Care Foundation and stakeholders of the Partnership to Align Social Care and was authored by the Camden Coalition. This resource provides community-based organizations with the tools to successfully adapt to a changing healthcare environment, enhance their organizational capacity, and capitalize on emerging opportunities to diversify funding. Learn more at www.aginganddisabilitybusinessinstitute.org
Partnerships Resource Guide
Public Health Departments Contracting with Community-Based Organizations
This toolkit is a resource for health department staff pursuing contracts with CBOs to implement CHW programs. It was developed by the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) in partnership with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and provides tips for hiring, training, and building CHW career pathways through your contract.
NACHW & ASTHO TOOLKIT
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