Lenette Azzi-Lessing
Lenette Azzi-Lessing returned to higher education after more than 25 years’ experience as a social worker, administrator, and policy advocate. Her work focuses on improving the wellbeing and life chances of vulnerable, young children and their families, those living in poverty and those involved i [...]
Medicaid as a Second Language: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Common Medicaid Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations
This guide is designed for policymakers, advocates, legislators, consumers, family members, and providers – in short, for anyone interested in financing care for children and youth with special health care needs at the state level, and in particular through the Medicaid program.
Consumer Assistance
Providing the resources necessary to help education and provide accurate information to consumers who are making difficult health care decisions. Consumer assistance may be provided by state insurance departments, independent state consumer assistance agencies, or non-profit organizations. For more [...]
Fact Sheet: Health Care Reform: What’s in it for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) contains provisions that are designed to improve major gaps in the health care coverage, financing and delivery system that prevent children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) from accessing health care services or which imp [...]
Community Health Workers Can Be a Public Health Force for Change in the United States: Three Actions for a New Paradigm
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Attempts to further the vision of public health as a benefit to the community by encouraging three actions: (1) promote awareness and appreciation of the uniqueness of CHW and support their roles in bringing community perspectives and priorities [...]
Transition [Also Health Care Transition (HCT)]
Generally used in reference to supports and services required by youth with special health care needs as they go from pediatric to adult services, programs, or settings. Visit the Got Transition website to learn more about transition.
Community Health Worker Impact on Chronic Disease Outcomes Within Primary Care Examined Using Electronic Health Records
This study uses Electronic Health Records (EHR) to examine the impact of exposure to CHWs on chronic disease indicators among subjects at two different health centers. Though additional EHR analysis is necessary to further assess the impact of CHW intervention, participants in this study showed impr [...]
Community Health Workers
A concept note produced by the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard. Outlines the history of global CHW programs as well as case studies of successful recruitment efforts.
Connecting a Community
A report outlining a community health worker-led health promotion program implemented in low-income housing developments in Austin. As part of the intervention, CHWs offered nutrition, exercise, and chronic disease management classes to development residents.
Title IV-E
Title IV-E is a subpart of Title IV. This program provides federal reimbursement to states for the costs of children receiving care in foster homes. To learn more about Title IV-E, visit the Social Security website.
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