Please join us for our next CHW Training Community of Practice on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 10:00 AM-11:00 AM PST.

Our member Quinn Cartwright from the Nevada CHW Association will be talking about the state’s Formal Career Pathways Model. How are you helping your CHWs follow their career? Write down 1-2 thoughts and be prepared to share. Read more about the Nevada Community Health Worker Association.

Agenda:

• Welcome
• Introductions
• Formal Career Pathways Model, led by Quinn Cartwright, Nevada
• Open discussion
• Housekeeping, next meeting topics and other feedback

If you are planning to attend this meeting, suggest items for our agenda and discussions, or offer your institution as host for a monthly meeting in the future, please contact:

Monique Cuvelier
President, Talance, Inc.
(888) 810-9109

Please help choose our next meeting date by selecting the best dates and times for you on this poll by Monday, October 29.

Click to choose the November-December. 2018 meeting time

Please join us for our next CHW Training Community of Practice on Mon., Oct. 22, from 1-2 p.m. PDT.

We’ll be talking about training supervisors. In preparation, jot down 1-2 training challenges you’re having with supervisors, and we’ll talk them through. If you currently have a supervisor training program, please share!

Agenda:

• Welcome
• Introductions
• Training supervisors
• Open discussion
• Suggestions for future meetings

If you are planning to attend this meeting, suggest items for our agenda and discussions, or offer your institution as host for a monthly meeting in the future, please contact:

Monique Cuvelier
President, Talance, Inc.
(888) 810-9109

Please help choose our next meeting date by selecting the best dates and times for you on this poll by Monday, September 3.

Click to choose the Sept. 2018 meeting time

Save the date for Tuesday, July 10, 2018, from 1-2 p.m. Pacific for the continuation of the conversation about substance use with a focus on tobacco cessation.

Leah Farchmin, Senior Associate for the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA), CADCA, will be leading an information discussion about her program and ways for CHWs to engage in tobacco cessation efforts.

Agenda:

• Welcome
• Introductions
• Tobacco cessation and CHWs discussion led by Leah Farchmin, Senior Associate for the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA), CADCA
• Tobacco cessation discussion and questions
• Open discussion
• CoP administration: we’re seeking a People Connector!
•  Suggestions for future meetings

Save the date for Wednesday, May 23, 2018, from 10-11 a.m. Pacific for a special monthly CoP meeting on CHWs and substance abuse.

Mary Catlin, BSN, BA, MPH, CIC, shares her deep expertise to discuss how you can train and employ CHWs to address substance abuse issues. Mary works work for Washington State DOH to help institutions reduce opioid related deaths through safe prescribing and access to medications to treat opioid use disorder. She worked for decades with community health workers in Africa, Asia, Latin American and the Middle East.

Agenda:

• Welcome and introductions
• What CHWs can legally do within the scope of practice
• What CHWs should avoid
• New opportunities where CHWs can fit in
• AmeriCorps Substance Abuse Prevention Program and how a free AmeriCorps position can promote your work
• Presentation Q&A
• Open forum

Please join us for our next CoP meeting for the month of November.

CHW CoP Monthly Meeting:

• Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017
• Time: 10-11 AM Pacific

If you are planning to attend this meeting, suggest items for our agenda and discussions, or offer your institution as host for a monthly meeting in the future, please contact:

Monique Cuvelier
President, Talance, Inc.
(888) 810-9109

Here is the agenda for the meeting:

• 2017-11-30_CoP_agenda

Please help choose a date for the November CHW Community of Practice meeting by completing the poll at:

• https://doodle.com/poll/6yhevegu8v8xmrv9

Please make your choice by the end of the day, Friday, November 17, 2017.

Thank you!

Monique Cuvelier
President, Talance, Inc.
(888) 810-9109

Please join us for our next CoP meeting for the month of October.

CHW CoP Monthly Meeting:

• Date: October 25, 2017
• Time: 10-11 AM Pacific

If you are planning to attend this meeting, suggest items for our agenda and discussions, or offer your institution as host for a monthly meeting in the future, please contact:

Monique Cuvelier
President, Talance, Inc.
(888) 810-9109

Here is the agenda for the meeting:

• 2017-10-25_CoP_agenda