Increase Access to Care for Ag Workers (IAC) Program

About the program
The IAC Program was designed to assist Health Centers in accurately identifying, registering and reporting their patients…We know that Ag workers are being served, but are not always asked the right questions and, therefore, often not identified as Ag workers and reported properly in UDS. IAC Program members represent a national network of Health Centers, Health Center-Controlled Networks and Primary Care Associations. Through the IAC Program, which consists of training, learning collaborative activities, and support, NCFH has been able to help Health Centers modify their current systems and registration processes to demonstrate their effectiveness. As a result, participating health center patient registration teams are implementing the steps necessary to identify and accurately report Ag workers when they register, and are participating in Migrant Health Program Action Planning to reach their increase access goals.
The IAC Program has three infrastructure concepts that serve as foundational pillars of the program and are seen as critical to Health Center success in increasing care for MSAWs, including:
  1. Health Center Policies & Procedures,
  2. Workforce Development and Training, and
  3. Program Outreach.
More information about the IAC Program Pillars is available in the IAC Program Pillar Infographic resource. 
Read the 2020 IAC Program Update here. 
IAC Network health center Members
Alabama
 Quality of Life Health Services
CAlifornia
 Altura Centers for Health 
 Ampla Health 
 Camarena Health
 Clinicas del Camino Real 
 Clinica del Salud Del Valle
 Community Health Centers of the Central Coast 
 Community Medical Centers
 Family HealthCare Network
 Golden Valley Health Centers
 Livingston Community Health
 Omni Family Health
 Salud Para La Gente
Colorado
 Salud Family Health Centers
 Valley-Wide Health Systems
Florida
 Premier Community HealthCare
Georgia
 Georgia Farmworker Health Program
ILLinois
 Community Health Partnership of Illinois
Indiana
Healthlinc Community Health Center
Kansas
 Kansas Statewide Farmworker Health Program
NeBraska
Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska (CAPWN)
New York
 Finger Lakes Community Health
 Sun River Health
 Oak Orchard Health
   
North Carolina
Rural Health Group
Pennsylvania
 Keystone Farmworker Health Program
South Carolina
 ReGenesis Health Care
Tennessee
 Cherokee Health
 ETSU School of Nursing
 Rural Medical Services 
     
Texas
 Brownsville Community Health Center
 Community Action Corporation of South Texas
 Gateway Community Health Center
 Nuestra Clinica Del Valle
 South Texas Rural Health Services
 Su Clinica
 United Medical Centers
 Vida Y Salud
Washington
 Columbia Basin Health Association
 Community Health of Central Washington
 Sea Mar Community Health Centers
 Tri-Cities Community Health
 Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
 Yakima Valley Farmworkers Clinic
Washington Association for Community Health
Value
Comprehensive Training for Organization & Staff
Our IAC training is a comprehensive, robust training designed to build staff capacity and maximize your organization's systems and strategies to achieve your goals related to increasing access to quality health care for Agricultural workers and their families.  

The  training strives to achieve four main objectives:
  • Equip organizational leaders with all the tools necessary to provide on-going training and retraining of staff, standardize intake procedures across all sites, and increase their ability to accurately report the number of Ag Workers and dependents in annual UDS reports
  • Increase knowledge and ability to identify and document all Ag Workers and their family members in the registration process
  •  Develop appropriate strategies to elicit information in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner
  •  Increase each participant’s ability to review and update patient registration and outreach procedures

NCFH staff will then provide on-going support for each participating health center  organization and/or PCA and its members through program implementation, data analysis & reporting, and on-going training  through the IAC Network Learning Collaborative.


Start planning your next steps toward ensuring access to care for your Ag worker patients.  Complete the IAC Pre-Assessment questionnaire today!

For questions or more info on the Campaign, contact us at AgWorkerAccess@ncfh.org