Federal Insights on CHW Sustainability
This CHW Sustainability Summit plenary session (1:00:05-1:35:56 in the video below) features Dr. Karen Hacker, Director for CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) and Ms. Georgia Simpson, Regional Minority Health Analyst in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Region 1 – New England. They provide federal insights on CHW sustainability, including considerations around how the federal government can support the growth and sustainability of the community-based workforce.
Presented by:
Dr. Karen Hacker, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Georgia Simpson, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
This presentation was part of the in-person Community Health Worker (CHW) Sustainability Summit hosted by envision – in partnership with the Washington State Evaluation Partnership (WSEP) and Arizona State University Office of Community Health Engagement and Resiliency (ASU) – in Spokane, Washington, on April 16-18, 2024.
The Summit offered recipients of CDC’s Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR-2109) the opportunity to showcase their work and strategize together about how to continue CHW programs in the absence of CCR grant funding.
