MED-HEART: Models of Care: Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations
Below are links to manuals for the models of care that were developed as part of the initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations. They include a multisite manual that provides an overview of the initiative and nine manuals created by each of the nine d [...]
The Oguagha Family
With limited means, Pamela Oguagha has been resourceful enough to create a life full of enriching, therapeutic activities for her daughter Taylor, a "typical teenager who happens to have autism." But she finds the process overwhelming.
Webinar: Community Health Workers (CHWs) in HIV Services: Insights from Virginia
Community Health Workers have the potential to improve outcomes on the HIV care continuum, but what does that look like in a Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) funded agency? What is their scope of work and how can they be funded? During this interactive webinar course, the second in a series and p [...]
CHW Central
CHW Central is an online community of practice that brings together program managers, experts, practitioners, researchers, and supporters of CHW programs. The website is a virtual meeting place to share resources and experiences and to discuss and develop questions and ideas on CHW programs and poli [...]
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO): A New Model for Community Health Worker Training and Support
An article from the Journal of Public Health Policy describing a community health worker training and mentoring program. The program draws on the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes model, and offers case-based learning and support to CHWs. The training programs focus specifically on addicti [...]
NIDRR Access to Care
This three-year research project, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), aimed to examine access barriers to the continuum of mainstream health care services for persons with disabilities across the lifespan in Massachusetts. This project was designed to [...]
Past Issues of Catalyst Center ePublications
Catalyst Center Monthly Update The Catalyst Center publishes a Monthly Update that highlights a policy brief, fact sheet, tutorial, research project, or other new Catalyst Center resource that focuses on improving health insurance and financing of care for children and youth with special health care [...]
A Real-World Community Health Worker Care Coordination Model for High-Risk Children
Describes a Chicago-based community health worker program that provides services to 5,289 children. Offers details of the program as a model for creating and sustaining a large-scale and effective CHW program.
Published Paper: Strategies for Changing State Medicaid Policy to Improve Services to Children with Medical Complexity
This paper introduces a number of existing Medicaid policy instruments and explains how to use them more effectively for programs and providers dedicated to serving CMC. Because Medicaid programs are so variable across the nation, we also provide a diagnostic approach to understanding each state’s [...]
Med-HEART
The nine medical home models created partnerships between HIV and housing providers, and integrated behavioral health and HIV services They added a network navigator to the health care team who worked intensively one-on-one with clients to reduce barriers to care and improve access to HIV care, hous [...]
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