FCHWC Steering Committee OverviewBRENDALY RODRIGUEZ, MA CO-CHAIR

PATRIA ALGUILA, CO-CHAIR

MARION BANZHAF, FACILITATOR September 25-26, 2014

Accomplishments 2013-2014 Sustainability plan:

Identified the need for fiscal sponsorEstablishing fiscal sponsorship with Health Council of South Florida

Transition in Leadership: Developed election strategy Brendaly Rodríguez was elected to replace Sean Dickerson

Transitioning into a completely independent organization: Grew from original charter Developed by-laws

Accomplishments(con’t)Monitoring and support between Steering Committee and workgroups: regular monthly meeting schedule for updates have allowed flexibility to respond to emergent issues, such as:

Created a process for members and non-members to submit their requests for support (Letters of Support, access to address membership, etc.)

Nominated CHW Sornia Joseph as Outstanding CHW of the Year Award to the CHW section of American Public Health Association (APHA)

Unity Conference 2014 representationCreated an implementation team to work with Florida Certification Board on

certification process/development

Accomplishments (con’t)Participation in 1017 Grantee Environmental Grant monthly calls

Office of Women’s Health highlighted FCHWC for the 2 Women’s Health Leadership Institutes (English/Spanish) and the translated curriculum is now used at the national level

FCHWC was highlighted at the CDC Cancer Grant Business meeting in Atlanta

Accomplishments (con’t)APHA Boston 2013 – abstracted was submitted and accepted. Presented by Marion Banzhaf

Florida case was highlighted in a recent June publication titled: “Community Health Worker Credentialing – State Approaches” by Harvard Center for Health Law and Innovative Policy available at http://www.chlpi.org/projects-and-publications/health-library/

St. Pete College (part of a consortium of 11 Florida colleges) applied for the TAACCCT grant where it would support regional healthcare training and employment which would be a great help to the CHW profession.

Submitted an abstract for an article submission to the Special Community Health Worker Issue of the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management scheduled for release in 2015 titled: “Supporting Florida Community Health Workers through policy: turning Collaboration into Action with CHWs as a motivating force in developing a state-wide coalition of partners in diverse Florida”

Thank you Steering Committee members!