More than thirty organizations joined the Health Fund in thanking Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Secretary Janet Stanek for a recent policy change that increased reimbursement rates for Community Health Workers (CHWs). The increased reimbursement rates will make it more financially viable for clinics, hospitals and community organizations to continue employing CHWs.
CHWs are community members trained to work with the local health care and social services systems to bridge the gap between these systems and their clients. CHWs are also referred to as: health navigator, promotor(a), advocate, and educator. Utilizing CHWs leads to improvements in health outcomes, increased access to appropriate services and care, and a financial return on investment.
KDHE officially recognized the CHW profession in 2022 when the state launched the certification process for CHWs. In 2023, the state Medicaid Office began reimbursing for services provided by CHWs. However, partners raised concerns about the rates, which is why the decision by KDHE and the Medicaid Office to increase reimbursement rates is critically important to sustaining CHWs in Kansas.
In addition to thanking Secretary Stanek as well as the KDHE and Medicaid teams, the partners also committed to working with the agencies on the implementation of the policy as well as on any emerging issues to ensure CHWs remain a part of care delivery teams in Kansas.
The Kansas Health Institute, in partnership with the Health Fund, recently released the second in a series of research briefs focused on the health care workforce in Kansas. The Community Paramedicine brief explores key policies and practices that influence, support or constrain community paramedicine programs. The first in the series, available here, examined health workforce challenges and opportunities in our state.
Community paramedicine programs represent an emerging model of health care, using the skills, experience and knowledge of emergency medical services professionals — most often paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) — to deliver a wide variety of non-emergency services in the home. These programs can expand access to care, improve patient outcomes, increase health care system efficiency, and have shown promising effectiveness in both urban and rural settings.
As the health care system continues to demand more skilled workers and an increased capacity of care with fewer resources and supports, the time for innovation and new solutions is now. Community paramedicine shows great potential to help address these challenges, especially in conjunction with other models to expand and strengthen health care teams – including community health workers, peer support specialists, home health aides, nursing assistants, and medical assistants.
Emerging evidence, including from pilot programs in several states, is demonstrating the effectiveness of community paramedicine and highlighting its potential to deliver both improved health outcomes and cost savings. Coordinated with existing health care services, community paramedicine has demonstrated reductions in emergency department visits, readmissions, and costs, while improving patient health outcomes and patient satisfaction.
The research brief was informed in part by a January 30th Kansas Health Institute and Health Fund event, Advancing Community Paramedicine in Kansas, featuring discussion on policy considerations and opportunities related to community paramedics and how they can help meet Kansas’ needs for a stronger and nimbler health care workforce. You can access the event recording and related materials here.
In mid-February, Kansas Health Institute and the Health Fund partnered on a second meeting focused on key policy considerations for leveraging an expanded set of health care professionals to strengthen care teams and address challenges and gaps (including payment issues).
Community Paramedicine Research Brief Highlights
Community paramedicine programs can expand access to care, improve patient outcomes and increase health care system efficiency and have shown promising effectiveness in both urban and rural settings.
Community paramedicine utilizes trained emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics to provide health care services in a variety of non-emergency situations outside of a clinical setting.
Laws and policies guiding community paramedicine programs build upon existing emergency medical services (EMS) laws and vary from state to state.
In Kansas, community paramedicine is not explicitly defined or recognized in state policy and current services are provided under the existing EMT and paramedic scopes of practice.
While most states, including Kansas, do not have reimbursement for community paramedicine services, a growing number are exploring reimbursement and recognition for community paramedicine.
Together, the KHI briefs explore how leveraging the skills and knowledge of health care professionals beyond physicians and nurses can help strengthen health care teams to better address the needs of Kansans.
At the Health Fund, we see great potential for community paramedicine to improve health care access, equity, and outcomes for all Kansans, particularly those in underserved and rural areas of our state.
HUTCHINSON, Kan.— United Methodist Health Ministry Fund presented Lisse Regehr with the 2023 Kim Moore Award for Visionary Leadership at an April 19 celebration in Salina. Regehr is President and CEO of Thrive Allen County, Iola, which works to improve quality of life in Allen County by focusing on health, wellness, recreation and education conditions, and by engaging people and institutions around a common vision for the future.
Regehr’s vision and guidance has enabled Thrive’s success in increasing access to healthcare, connecting people to programs and services, encouraging residents to live healthier, more active lives, and providing leadership on important public issues.
Regehr, a native of Iola, oversaw Thrive’s Navigator Program from 2014 to 2017, reducing the county’s uninsured rate from 21% in 2013 to 9% in 2017—one of the biggest improvements in Kansas. The program has spread across the state and now helps enroll thousands of individuals in insurance and safety-net programs.
Shortly after becoming President and CEO in 2019, Lisse and Thrive helped Allen County navigate challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, including stepping up to the plate to administer the county’s SPARK funding, bringing in additional grant funding, creating programs to assist local businesses and nonprofits, and defending local health department efforts to ensure the public had access to accurate information on the pandemic and how to stay safe.
Regehr has been active in supporting Allen County’s prosperity and growth. She helped the community transform the loss of a local employer into a significant new opportunity, and was instrumental in working with the state to open a new state park in Iola in 2023, creating further economic development opportunities.
Regehr also oversees Thrive’s efforts to build a statewide rural health advocacy network, called Thrive Kansas, which works on regional substance misuse initiatives; assists Kansas with enrolling for Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace insurance; and increases awareness around statewide child care issues.
Jessica Thompson, Deputy Director of Thrive Allen County, notes Regehr’s innovation and commitment to sharing for the good of all Kansans. “Lisse firmly believes a rising tide lifts all boats, and she is not afraid to share resources, ideas, and initiatives with other rural communities across Kansas. She is innovative and is constantly looking for ways to improve not only her community but communities across Kansas,” Thompson said.
With 98 of Kansas’ 105 counties considered rural, Lisse recognizes that what is good for Allen County is likely good for others, and has demonstrated a strong ability to scale Thrive’s local successes into successes for the entire state – such as creating a statewide bike-share-in-a-box program modeled after Thrive’s successful bike share program. She also regularly coordinates engagement with state and local policymakers on issues including child care, rural community development, and health care coverage.
Established in 2017 to honor the Fund’s founding president, the Kim Moore Visionary Leadership Award is presented each year to a Kansan exemplifying visionary leadership in one of the Fund’s strategic focus areas. For 2023, the chosen focus area is access to care. The individual receives a cash award of $500, and if associated with an organization, that agency receives an additional $2,000 to use as it deems.
We’re excited to introduce the Health Fund’s new podcast, Pioneers in Health. With each episode we’ll share the inspiring stories of pioneering leaders working to improve health. We’ll bring you guests from our state, from our nation and from your backyard to tell their stories of how they broke new ground and changed the landscape of health care.
You can look forward to hearing from community and state leaders, policy makers, advocates, and researchers working on innovative efforts to improve health. Every podcast you’ll hear from David Jordan, the president and CEO of the Health Fund, who brings perspective and a rich background with building community and leading advocacy in health care. He will lead you through thought-provoking interviews and inspiring conversations with our guests.
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The Health Fund is a statewide health philanthropy dedicated to improving the health and wholeness of all Kansans—especially those in rural and under-served communities. Leveraging our strengths by convening, partnering, providing hands-on expertise, strengthening policies and systems, and focusing on sustainability, we work to advance innovative solutions to improve Kansans’ health for generations to come. To maximize our impact, we focus on three strategic areas: Access to Care, Thriving Children, and Engaged Congregations and Communities.
We view health as more than health care. Health depends on things beyond your control – including the conditions in your community, the schools in your neighborhood, the availability of healthy food and good jobs, and whether you have health providers and hospitals close to you. These are factors that we can change together, and as part of this podcast we’ll be bringing you stories of pioneers who have led important changes to improve health.
Through this podcast, we aim to bring you news and educate you, our listeners, on ways that you can promote better health in your lives and in your communities. Our hope is that the voices and perspectives that you find here will encourage you to take bold action.
If you ever have questions for us, we invite you to get in touch.
This opinion piece by opinion editor, Clay Wirestone of the Kansas Reflector captures a conversation with Health Fund President David Jordan and Former state representative and child care professional Monica Murnan. This piece originally appeared in the Kansas Reflectoron March 18, 2024.
The first five years of a child’s life are vital for growth and development. Yet services for the youngest Kansans are split among four different state agencies. A task force last year recommended consolidating those services under a single office, and there’s a piece of legislation to do just that.
Former state representative and child care professional Monica Murnan and United Methodist Health Ministry Fund president David Jordan joined me on Friday to talk about the legislation — House Bill 2785 — and the state of early childhood services throughout Kansas.
“The conversations that are happening now in Kansas are extremely exciting to me,” Murnan said. “As we have not just the standard early childhood communities talking about this, but now we have banded with business, with economic development forces, with all the folks who recognize the connection to health and behavioral health care, to have this really important conversation about the consolidation and organization of how the state offers that infrastructure.”
This subject resonates deeply with me.
Not only am I the parent of a child, one who has experienced preschool, K-5 and now middle school, but I also spent four years working in the field of child advocacy. I worked four years at Kansas Action for Children as communications director, in what ended up being an interregnum in my journalism career. However, meeting and working with folks including Murnan and Jordan taught me so much.
It also showed how far we have to go in making sure that kids younger than 5 have great places to learn and grow.
“A kid in Garnett does not get what a kid in Gardner gets, which a kid in Garden City gets,” Murnan said. “It’s highly dependent. And the second thing that we know, through needs assessments, it also is highly dependent upon the adult in the kid’s life ability to navigate multiple systems.”
To be specific, early childhood services in Kansas right now are divided into separate fiefdoms. The Kansas State Department of Education oversees the Parents as Teachers program. The Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund runs grants, along with a handful of other programs. The Department for Health and Environment includes both maternal health and child care licensing operations. Finally, the Department for Children and Families handles child care subsidies, home visits and Head Start collaborations.
Whew. Discussions about bringing these programs together under one umbrella have gone on for awhile, but last year a task force convened by Gov. Laura Kelly issued official recommendations. Members agreed that Kansas could use a centralized early childhood hub.
Such an office wouldn’t just integrate previously disparate programs. Its leader could help the whole state chart a path forward.
“While they all collaborate very well, and there’s a lot of energy and excitement around building a shared vision on how we can make Kansas the best state to raise a family, there’s challenges that exist with interacting with the system,” Jordan told me. “And one major challenge also is the the lack of a clear leader who has authority for driving an agenda, building and driving the agenda forward, and working in concert with any executive in governor’s office to do so.”
Roughly 150 Kansas early childhood leaders showed up at the Statehouse on March 6 for an advocacy day and bill hearing.
Unfortunately, that hearing was rescheduled for the next day, with testimony spilling over into the following Monday, March 11. Best-laid plans and all that. Both Murnan and Jordan sounded positive about the hearings and the potential for having the proposal come to fruition this session.
After several weeks where the best news to come out of the Statehouse was the occasional rumor of a tasty bag of Cheez-Its from the basement vending machines, that’s enough to lift my spirits.
Not everything happening in Topeka has to be dire. Just most things, perhaps.
A task force appointed created by executive order by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly outlined a strategy for consolidating 50 early childhood programs housed in four state agencies within a single, unified Cabinet agency. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)
“The other thing that I really picked up when I was sitting in the room is these are not the usual suspects that are talking,” Murnan said. “You know, you’re always going to see Monica Murnan in the room, right? You’re always going to be see Kansas Action for Children. But other folks are talking and saying we must do something now. And I think that is really important to anybody who is in an elected position to take notice of.”
Jordan added: “The other piece that I would just echo is that there was over 700 child care providers, economic development professionals, families that signed on to the letter in support of the office of early childhood. To see that multi-sector support in the early childhood space really speaks to the level of interest in this topic and in this particular policy proposal.”
Widespread interest can lead different opinions, of course.
Debate over the Senate’s budget bill Wednesday saw extensive discussion about a child care amendment. Discussion between legislators included calls for changing child-to-provider ratios and loosening licensure requirements. In other words, they recycle tired tropes about government being the problem, even when it comes to keeping little kids safe. I asked my podcast guests what they thought about such proposals.
“I really look back and say if that had been the solution, we would have done it a long time ago,” Murnan told me. “And it is something that I believe in firmly that the regulations that we have in Kansas, ones that I worked under for years and years, are intended to protect kids. And I think we have to be very careful when we look at anything that removes protections. I am all for streamlining regulations. I’m all for anything that we stop and look at in a concerted way.
“But but to think there is any one solution to child care issues is not something that I have ever been able to find.”
No one believes that creating an office of early childhood will magically create abundant and affordable high-quality child care. But it would allow parents, providers, legislators and the public a starting point to grappling with one of the biggest challenges for families and economic development. Fixing the problem will take time, money and dedication from sectors across the state. Murnan compared the necessary changes to the transformation in higher educated created by the G.I. Bill.
So buckle up, folks. We have a long way to go, and a bumpy road ahead.
Clay Wirestone is Kansas Reflector opinion editor. Through its opinion section, Kansas Reflector works to amplify the voices of people who are affected by public policies or excluded from public debate. Find information, including how to submit your own commentary,here.
This opinion piece by Health Fund President David Jordan and Thrive Kansas CEO Lisse Regehr originally appeared in the Kansas Reflector on March 5, 2024.
Late last year, we traveled to rural communities in every corner of Kansas to have conversations about the future of rural health. The robust conversations covered a lot of ground, but five topics — expanding Medicaid, financial vulnerability of rural health care providers, child care, health care workforce, and mental health — were top of mind for rural Kansans at each meeting.
Last month, we highlighted concerns related to the financial vulnerability of health care providers and how Medicaid expansion will help ensure hardworking residents are able to access care, improving their health and rural hospitals’ bottom lines.
During these conversations it was clear the issues of child care, mental health and workforce are critically important.
Access to mental health care
Our discussions affirmed that unmet mental health needs are a top concern, with Kansans across the state facing challenges addressing mental health issues. In fact, according to Mental Health America’s 2023 report “The state of Mental Health in America,” Kansas ranks last in the nation — driven by the prevalence of youth with substance use disorders in the past year, adults with any mental illness and adults with serious thoughts of suicide.
Data from Kansas Communities that Care Surveys shows there’s been an increase in recent years in the percentage of students and young adults experiencing hopelessness and sadness that led to ending participation in activities, a key indicator of mental health concerns.
While mental health challenges are statewide, national research highlights that it is much tougher to get care in rural communities.
At the meetings, there was hope the recent actions by the governor and Legislature to establish Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers would help ensure increased ability to provide and sustain behavioral health services in rural areas of our state.
Others highlighted that expanding Medicaid would improve access to mental health; one-third of the uninsured Kansans in the coverage gap have experienced mental health or substance use challenges in the past year. Expanding Medicaid would help them get coverage, increasing access to treatment.
There is a lot of interest in addressing youth mental health needs through expanding existing school-based pilots and enhancing services in schools.
Child care
Attendees at each meeting sounded the alarm about the state’s child care crisis. Child care is unaffordable and unavailable for parents across the state.
Child care costs are out of reach for too many Kansas families. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average annual cost of infant care in Kansas is $11,222 per child, which represents 18.1% of the median family income in Kansas.
Access to high-quality child care is necessary for Kansas children and our economy to be able to thrive, which is why it was exciting to see Gov. Laura Kelly propose record investments into the early childhood system. It is critically important for working parents of young children to be able to find quality affordable child care because it aids healthy child development and allows them to return to the workforce.
It is clear rural Kansans know that the ability of Kansas children and rural communities to thrive depends on investments in safe, quality childcare. We will continue to work with partners across the state to achieve that goal.
Workforce
The ability of hospitals and clinics to attract and retain workers was a top concern. We know that the pandemic forced workers out of the health care sector, and workforce challenges are driving up the cost of care and resulting in delays in care. In both the short term and as we consider future demographic and health care delivery changes, we need to think innovatively about how we build a sustainable workforce.
Recently, the Health Fund and Kansas Health Institute released research on how expanding the care team can improve healthcare in Kansas. Leveraging teams that include providers like community health workers, doulas, peer supporters and community paramedics can improve access to care and increase the capacity of the teams.
Innovative approaches pairing longstanding investments in loan repayment programs and residency programs that train and keep Kansas providers in the state are also good starting points.
While other issues — transportation, food insecurity, language access — and solutions were discussed, it was clear that rural Kansans are deeply committed to working together in building and sustaining their communities. We look forward to continuing to partner with them.
Lisse Regehr is president and CEO of Thrive Kansas. David Jordan is the president of the Hutchinson-based United Methodist Health Ministry Fund. Through its opinion section, the Kansas Reflector works to amplify the voices of people who are affected by public policies or excluded from public debate. Find information, including how to submit your own commentary, here.
Thank you to all who joined us in Salina – see below for resources. We hope to see you in 2025.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Designed for Great Plains United Methodists, the 2024 Healthy Congregations Retreat featured an interactive workshop Leaving a Legacy of Abundance in a Culture of Scarcity facilitated by Adam Barlow-Thompson, Executive Director & Co-Founder of The Neighboring Movement. In the workshop, participants practiced moving from scarcity to abundance. The activities and tools in the workshop are available for use in local settings and help churches see the power of becoming community connectors. The workshop focused as well on reducing the sense of isolation and loneliness that is created when doing ministry in a culture of scarcity. Full event program flyer
Designed for participants from faith communities and the fields of public health, health care, and non-profits, along with community members, Intersections of Faith & Health explores current and emerging health issues with an emphasis on how stakeholders can work together and leverage their unique strengths to improve community health.
Participants heard from health experts from across the state on topics including food security, maternal and child health, Medicaid expansion, voting and civic engagement, child care, and more – then explored further and connected with resources through facilitated small-group conversations.
Sabrina Rosario, Creation Care Minister/Community Garden Leader, University UMC Salina and Campus Coordinator, Community Resilience Hub, Kansas Wesleyan University
This opinion piece by Health Fund President David Jordan and Thrive Kansas CEO Lisse Regehr originally appeared in the Kansas Reflector on January 23, 2024 and is the first of a two-part series. Part 2, published on March 5, is available here.
Rural Kansas communities are critical to the future of our state.
We know that for our communities to thrive, rural Kansans require core services to raise a family — access to early childhood services, high quality education and health care.
Our two organizations — Thrive Kansas and United Methodist Health Ministry Fund — are based in rural communities and are invested in improving the health and future of all Kansans. We are committed to improving the health of rural communities and support innovative policies that sustain health care and encourage the development of vitally important services.
To better understand rural Kansans’ concerns and ideas, late last year we hosted community conversations on the future of rural health care and Medicaid expansion in Atchison, Dodge City, Colby, Hays and Pittsburg. The events drew community members, local and state leaders, businesses and health care providers. Five key topics — Medicaid expansion, behavioral health, workforce, child care and financial pressure on providers — were raised in each community.
Here are our takeaways.
Medicaid Expansion
The top issue raised was Medicaid expansion. Meeting attendees expressed frustration that many of their working neighbors are uninsured. They recognized that one reason for this is because Kansas has not expanded Medicaid and that by not participating in this program, the state is contributing to higher uninsured rates in Kansas’ rural counties.
The biggest factor driving our high uninsured rates is the strict limits on who can qualify for Medicaid, the state’s health program for low-income families. For example, an uninsured single parent with two children must earn less than $4.75 an hour to qualify for Medicaid. If you don’t have children you cannot qualify at all, no matter how little you make.
Expanding Medicaid would increase eligibility for health care from $9,446 to $34,307 yearly income for a family of three and help provide access to health coverage to an estimated 150,000 residents.
We heard stories about how these strict income limits prevent hardworking rural Kansans from getting care — such as a farmer who could not afford to treat his diabetes and lost his foot. We heard about others who put off care, resulting in missed cancer diagnoses that had devastating impacts.
At each meeting, attendees understood that expanding Medicaid meant their uninsured neighbors, as well as tens of thousands of Kansans, would be able to go to a doctor when they’re sick and pay for prescription drugs. Rural Kansans know that we all benefit when our neighbors can get the care they need.
Financially vulnerable health care providers
Community members, business owners and health care providers who attended these conversations quickly highlighted that the growing uninsured rate in rural Kansas was not just negatively impacting their neighbors’ health but was negatively affecting the bottom lines of health care providers, putting them at financial risk.
Kansans know that more uninsured Kansans means more unpaid bills for providers. When patients can’t pay for care, it is categorized as uncompensated care. When providers have uncompensated care, it challenges their ability to remain financially viable and also means that we all — individuals, families, businesses — end up paying more for health care. In rural Kansas, it also means increased local taxes.
With increasing rates of uninsured residents and high levels of uncompensated care, Kansas has 59 financially vulnerable hospitals, more than any other state.
In Kansas, 44% of the uncompensated care at rural critical access hospitals could be eliminated if we expanded Medicaid.
At each meeting, we heard that reimbursement rates from private insurance have largely been stagnant, not keeping up with inflation, and that the reimbursement rates in Kansas are lower than private insurers’ rates in surrounding states. These low reimbursement rates and payment policies from private insurers create financial challenges for providers.
Also, increased use of Medicare Advantage plans and threats to the 340B drug pricing program are major concerns.
We also heard concerns from providers about private insurers’ approach to telehealth. Providers and patients highlighted their positive experience with telehealth during the pandemic. Rural Kansans expressed a desire for the continued ability to see providers from their homes and on the platform or device of their choosing.
However, private insurers often do not pay the same for an in-person visit as a telehealth visit. In addition, restrictions on where and what devices are being used for visits has reduced the use of telehealth and its financial viability as a long-term approach.
The financial pressures providers face are having an impact on workforce efforts, and in the second part of this series we will highlight lessons learned regarding workforce, behavioral health and childcare from our rural community conversations.
Lisse Regehr is president and CEO of Thrive Kansas. David Jordan is the president of the Hutchinson-based United Methodist Health Ministry Fund. Through its opinion section, the Kansas Reflector works to amplify the voices of people who are affected by public policies or excluded from public debate. Find information, including how to submit your own commentary, here.
Statement of David Jordan, President and CEO of the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, on Governor Kelly’s 2024 Medicaid Expansion Proposal:
Expanding Medicaid will bring down health care costs for all Kansans. Most importantly, it will provide health coverage to 150,000 Kansans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little get subsidized coverage on the health care marketplace. Expanding Medicaid will protect Kansas hospitals, create jobs, and strengthen our communities. We applaud Governor Kelly for her continued commitment and tireless work to expand Medicaid. Failure to expand Medicaid has resulted in Kansas losing nearly $7 billion. It’s time to expand Medicaid. As Governor Kelly’s “Healthy Workers, Healthy Economy” tour highlighted, with the critical need for Medicaid expansion in every corner of the state, we can’t afford to wait another year.
While we share the Governor’s support for Medicaid expansion and support the bipartisan effort to ensure that 2024 is the year for Kansas to expand Medicaid, we oppose the proposed work requirements included in the plan. Implementing work requirements creates barriers to coverage and hoops for Kansans to jump through to get health coverage they qualify for as part of expansion. No Kansan should need to jump through unnecessary hoops to access health care. We should be breaking down barriers to care instead of implementing policies that result in the loss of health coverage.”
The Health Fund is funding an opportunity for Kansas home visitors to become trained and rostered in the provision of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) at no cost.The trainings will be held virtually in 2024.
Social-emotional development in young children is a critical factor related to later life outcomes such as school success, social interactions, and mental health. Healthy early childhood development provides a strong foundation for future learning and helps children reach their full potential, but risk factors including toxic stress, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other challenges can derail this crucial process.
July 15, 2022 webinar: Kimberly May, University of Delaware, outlines expectations for ABC training and the certification process
Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) is an evidence-based ten-session home visiting program for families with children up to age 4 who have experienced early adversity. Designed to buffer the harmful effects of toxic stress and help restore normal early childhood development, ABC has been studied and found efficacious in randomized controlled trials with families referred by Child Protective Services, foster families, and parents adopting children from international orphanage care.
Broadly, ABC focuses on building healthy families through the development of secure attachment, nurturance, and positive regard. Each week, parent coaches discuss three target behaviors with parents using manualized content that includes showing example videos, citing research support, and encouraging practice activities between parents and their children. Most importantly, target-relevant parent behaviors are also supported by parent coaches making frequent in-the-moment comments. To learn more, please visit www.ABCintervention.org
Through this opportunity, the Health Fund will cover training costs and also provide the necessary equipment/materials for the coaches. To apply:
Schedule and complete a 30-minute video conference interview with the University of Delaware (UD) ABC. UD uses an evidence-based half-hour screening process to predict which individuals are likely to have success training in ABC.
The trainings will be held virtually in 2024; dates and times will be determined based on availability and category. Questions? Please contact Katie Schoenhoff katie@healthfund.org.
