Arkansas Community Health Worker Association
The Arkansas Community Health Worker Association was founded in 2013 to as a statewide platform in support of CHW. Its mission is to provide continuing education, training, and career advancement for CHWs, as well as advocating for CHWs to receive reliable state funding. The ACHWA has formed allianc [...]
CHW Network of New York City
CHW Network of NYCβs mission is to advance the CHW practice through education, advocacy, and research, while preserving the identity and character of CHW. Includes CHW history, job listings, training information, publications, news, and events.
The Affordable Care Act and Children with Special Health Care Needs: An Analysis and Steps for State Policymakers
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides states with important tools to help children and youth with special health care needs (CSHCN) and their families access coverage that is universal and continuous, adequate and affordable. This paper developed by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NAS [...]
Slides: Implementing Section 2703 Health Homes for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: What Inquiring Minds Need to Know
Section 2703 of the ACA describes a state plan option to provide health homes for Medicaid-enrolled individuals with at least two chronic conditions, one chronic condition and the risk of developing a second, or one serious and persistent mental health condition. This presentation, given at the 2014 [...]
Fact sheet: Immigrant Children with Special Health Care Needs and the Affordable Care Act
Almost 25% of all children in the U.S. are immigrants. Immigrant children and citizen children in mixed-status families are more likely than non-immigrant children and children in families where all members are citizens to lack health insurance.
Dancing with Data: Using data to support your message
Combining sound statistical data with compelling narratives from the personal perspective of those experiencing a problem or who are impacted by a policy decision can also help inspire new champions in the work to improve coverage and financing of care for CYSHCN. This page will discuss the benefits [...]
Digital Story: The Power of Peers to Change Lives
Kathleen Clanon, MD, Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, CA and Sally Neville, RN, MSN, Director of HIV Primary Care at Kansas City Free Health Clinic in Kansas City, MO talk about how peers help their patients adhere to treatment.
Fact sheet: Health Inequities and Children with Special Health Care Needs
While uninsurance among children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the U.S. generally is low, several subgroups are less likely to be insured and may be at the greatest risk for adverse health effects associated with uninsurance.This fact sheet explores the issue of health inequities and CSH [...]
Care Coordination in a Statewide System of Care: Financing Models and Payment Strategies
Care coordination for CYSHCN is a service that links CYSHCN and their families with appropriate services and resources in an effort to achieve good health.
Affordable Care Act Fact Sheets for Families
En espaΓ±ol Created by the National Center for Medical Home Implementation and the Catalyst Center, these four plain language fact sheets, “Your Child’s Health and the Affordable Care Act,” explain specific provisions of the Affordable Care Act which benefit children and youth with [...]
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