The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) was awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The grant will fund the "Kulia I Ka Nu'u" (Strive to Reach the Highest) program, which aims to create a comprehensive training program to address the critical need for skilled behavioral health paraprofessionals in Hawaii. The program will...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals provides $749,100 to Ochsner Clinic Foundation under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. The funding will support Ochsner Health System's expansion and enhancement of its existing community health worker (CHW) training program and apprenticeship in Louisiana. Key deliverables...
The Tufts University School of Medicine will provide a Community Health Worker Training Program titled "Community Health Workers Engaging in Integrated Care" (COHERE) through this $4,999,888 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals. The three-year grant period began on September 15, 2022. The program aims to increase diversity among community health workers and improve healthcare...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Creighton University a $5,992,148 Project Grant under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to implement the Community Health Worker Training and Apprenticeship Pipeline Project (CHW-TAPP) from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. CHW-TAPP aims to increase the number of community health workers in Nebraska by recruiting, training, and placing 240...
This $1,000,000 Health Center Program project grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA, CFDA 93.224) will enable Kokua Kalihi Valley (KKV), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Honolulu, Hawaii, to expand operating hours at two of its six clinic sites. Specifically, KKV will extend hours at its Na Koa infectious disease clinic from 8AM-4PM to 8AM-9PM Monday through Saturday, and shift the public housing clinic at Kuhio Park Terrace to open at 7AM two...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $24,455,837 Project Grant under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600) to the Honolulu Community Action Program Inc. (Hcap), a non-profit organization located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The grant provides funding for a 5-year period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2030 to deliver comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutritional, and social services to low-income families across Hawaii. As a...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $113,670 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD) program (CFDA 93.632). The two-year award, beginning April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024, will support the Pacific Basin UCEDD Public Health Workforce project in Hawaii. This project will provide interdisciplinary...
This federal Project Grant award of $585,000.00 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The grant aims to develop and expand the behavioral health workforce across the United States, with a focus on increasing access to mental health services, addressing substance use disorders, and promoting integrated, interprofessional team-based approaches to behavioral healthcare,...
The Medical Care Development Inc. (MCD) was awarded a $5.9 million project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). The grant will support MCD's Community Health Worker Training Program to recruit, train, and enhance the skills of 255 community health workers over the three-year period from September 2022 to September 2025. At least 191...
The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) was awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grant program (CFDA 93.696). The purpose of this 1-year award, with a project period from December 31, 2024 to December 30, 2025, is to transform Hawaii's community behavioral health system by expanding access to comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated mental health and...
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM - ADDRESS: KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LOCATED AT 4303 DIAMOND HEAD ROAD HONOLULU, HI 96816-4421 PROJECT DIRECTOR: JOEY DEWATER CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: (808) 734-9569 (PHONE), (808) 734-9828 (FAX) E-MAIL ADDRESS: JDEWATER@HAWAII.EDU WEBSITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://WWW.KAPIOLANI.HAWAII.EDU/ACADEMICS/PROGRAMS-OF-STUDY/COMMUNITY-HEALTH-WORKER/ OVERVIEW THIS PROJECT, KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM (CHWTP): REMOVING BARRIERS TO CARE IN URBAN POLYNESIA, ADDRESSES HEALTH DISPARITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN ECONOMICALLY AND MEDICALLY UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF HAWAII, INCLUDING GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED ISLANDS OF LANAI, MAUI, AND HAWAII. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND TRAINING TO NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWS), EXTEND/UPSKILL EXISTING CHWS TO CHW-EMTS, AND EMPLOY CHWS TO ADDRESS AREAS OF HIGHER SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AND IMPROVE HEALTH EQUITY. EXPANSION OF CHW TRAINING: 30 PARTICIPANTS ANNUALLY WILL COMPLETE A 12-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM AND AN APPRENTICESHIP WITH EMPLOYER PARTNERS WITH THE GOAL OF LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT OF CHWS RECRUITED FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IN-PERSON TRAINING (WAIANAE, KALIHI, ISLAND OF OAHU): KAPCC WILL RECRUIT CHW STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE TRAINING THROUGH EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER (WCCHC) FOR 10 STUDENTS, AND KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY (KKV) FOR 12 STUDENTS. WAIANAE AND KALIHI VALLEY RANK AMONG THE HIGHEST FOR SOCIAL VULNERABILITY IN THE STATE WITH LARGE POPULATIONS OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS, CHUUKESE, AND MARSHALLESE RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS. ONLINE TRAINING (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS): KAPCC WILL RECRUIT PARTICIPANTS FROM THE ISLANDS OF LANAI (3), AS WELL AS MAUI, HAWAII, AND KAUAI (5). THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES RECRUITING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND REACHING REMOTE COMMUNITIES RANKING THE HIGHEST IN SOCIAL VULNERABILITY. EXTENSION/UPSKILLING OF 10 PRACTICING CHWS TO PARTICIPATE IN A FULL-TIME 1 9.6-CREDIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (EMT) TRAINING TO OBTAIN AN EMT STATE LICENSE. CHW-EMTS WILL BE HIRED ON AMBULANCES IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PREVENTABLE 911 CALLS AND TRANSPORTS, DELIVERING CHW SERVICES TO OUR MOST COMMON 911 UTILIZERS: KUPUNA (ELDERS), UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THOSE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. AFTER COMPLETING THE COURSES, STUDENTS WILL BE PLACED ON AMBULANCES IN THEIR LOCAL AREAS TO COMPLETE 350 HOURS PAID CLINICAL TRAINING, WITH A GOAL OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AS CHW-EMTS WITH ENDORSEMENT FROM THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EMERGENCY SERVICES BRANCH (EMS BRANCH). FUNDING PREFERENCE: MORE THAN 50% OF STUDENTS WERE FROM ENVIRONMENTALLY, ECONOMICALLY, AND/OR EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS INCLUDING 100% OF STUDENTS (33 OF 33) ENROLLED FROM 2019-2020, AND 73% OF STUDENTS (112 OF 153) ENROLLED FROM 2020-2021. COHORTS FOR THIS PROGRAM TO BE RECRUITED WILL COME FROM RESIDENTS OF DISADVANTAGED GROUPS INCLUDING ALL THREE DISADVANTAGES AS PER THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX AND INCLUDE NATIVE HAWAIIAN, CHUUKESE, AND MARSHALLESE STUDENTS, FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS, HOUSING PROJECT RESIDENTS, AND STUDENT FROM HIGH AND HIGHEST AREAS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY IN LANAI, MAUI, KAUAI, AND HAWAII ISLANDS PER THE 2018 CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX FOR HAWAII. TOTAL FUNDS REQUESTED: $1,279,949