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.

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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. 

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Read the 2020 IAC Program Update here. 

IAC Network health center Members

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

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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!

IAC Training Pre-assessment questionnaire

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