2024-2025 Learning Collaboratives
This year NCFH is excited to offer Community & Migrant Health Center staff the opportunity to participate in different Learning Collaboratives (LCs). LCs provide participants with regular training sessions, technical assistance, and time to strategize with and learn from peers around the country.
Each LC will consist of a set number of learning sessions and will run from the Fall 2024 through Spring 2025. Every LC is also focused on a different health topic and addresses how that topic relates or impacts agricultural worker communities. You can learn more about each LC by clicking on the tabs below and contacting the designated facilitated listed (click the arrow on the right side of the tabs to view information).
For additional questions about our LCs, please view our FAQ document. Thank you!
Each LC will consist of a set number of learning sessions and will run from the Fall 2024 through Spring 2025. Every LC is also focused on a different health topic and addresses how that topic relates or impacts agricultural worker communities. You can learn more about each LC by clicking on the tabs below and contacting the designated facilitated listed (click the arrow on the right side of the tabs to view information).
For additional questions about our LCs, please view our FAQ document. Thank you!
language access
Bridging Gaps in Language Access and Cultural Competency for Indigenous MSAWs Learning Collaborative
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Join this Learning Collaborative designed to strengthen language access and cultural competency for Indigenous MSAWs. This series will highlight Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), explore effective strategies for developing language access programs, and provide hands-on experience and best practices to create culturally and linguistically appropriate health education materials. Healthcare providers, front office staff, mental health professionals, clinical managers, supervisors, outreach workers, and anyone involved in direct patient services are encouraged to participate. |
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Session Schedule:
Benefits of Joining the Learning Collaborative:
- Session 1: October 23 at 1pm (CT)/2pm (ET)
- Session 2: November 6 at 1pm (CT)/2pm (ET)
- Session 3: November 20 at 1pm (CT)/2pm (ET)
- Session 4: December 11 at 1pm (CT)/2pm (ET)* (invite for this 4th session will be sent separately upon registration)
Benefits of Joining the Learning Collaborative:
- Learn key concepts and strategies for implementing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) effectively. -Get practical strategies for creating health education materials that meet the needs of Indigenous MSAWs.
- Gain insights from experienced speakers who share successful practices and strategies for working with Indigenous MSAWs.
- Develop clear action plans to improve your CLAS programs and enhance language access.
- Connect with peers and get personalized help during optional technical assistance sessions!
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Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your skills and better serve Indigenous population! Register Today!
For questions, please contact LC facilitator, Esly Reyes.
For questions, please contact LC facilitator, Esly Reyes.
Social risk factors
Social Risk Factors: Mental Health Learning Collaborative
Please join NCFH for the 2025 Social Risk Factors Learning Collaborative (LC). Participants will learn about the connection between mental health as a social risk factor and social drivers of health (SDOH) and discover ways to implement adequate screenings, mitigate barriers and optimize partnerships to increase mental health access, particularly for agricultural worker populations. Participants will also identify and leverage existing collaborations that aim to promote integrated care services to improve health outcomes in health center settings. For more useful tools and resources related to SDOH and mental health, visit NCFH’s SDOH and Mental Health Resource Hubs!
Learning Sessions:
- Feb. 11, 2025
- Feb. 18, 2025
- Feb. 25, 2025
- March 4th, 2025
Time: 12pm PT / 1 PM MT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET
Health center staff recommended to participate in this LC include clinical supervisors and coordinators, medical assistants, patient navigators, community health workers, front office workers, and other health center staff involved in the implementation and/or delivery of integrated behavioral/mental health services.
Click here to sign up! See you Spring 2025!
For questions or more information, please contact LC facilitator, Maria Bustamante.
Diabetes
Diabetes Learning Collaborative
Due to the high demand for this LC, we have already reached maximum capacity for 2024, and registration is now CLOSED.
You can join the waitlist here for next year’s Diabetes LC.
For the past three years, NCFH has offered Diabetes LC to provide guidance and assistance to health center staff on obtaining the CDCES certification, which is recognized as the gold standard for diabetes care and support. A total of 152 healthcare professionals have been part of this unique learning experience and gone out with very high self-reported levels of satisfaction, knowledge gained and applicability. NCFH is partnering with Expert Consultant, Ardis Reed, for the fourth year, to assist LC participants in strengthening their readiness to take the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) exam, formerly known as CDE, and become a certified CDCES. Enhance your skills and knowledge to better serve populations living with diabetes and help prevent the chronic condition on time, all while also working on your personal professional advancement opportunity. Additional CDCES information can be found here.
Health center staff recommended to participate include registered nurses, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, optometrists, pharmacists, physical therapists, physicians, clinical psychologists, podiatrists, registered dietitians or dietitian nutritionists, or any health care professional with a minimum of a master’s degree in social work.
Information about our LC Expert Consultant: Ardis A. Reed MPH RD LD CDCES.
Ms. Reed is the chronic disease content expert for the Community Coalition and Clinical specialist teams at TMF Health Quality Institute based in Austin, Texas. As a CDCES, Ms. Reed’s role is to facilitate regional diabetes education and manage technical assistance for partners and stakeholders across the TMF QIN-QIO network of states and has led CDE study sessions for several years with high levels of success.
Testimonials: View this video for testimonials from health center staff that have received training from Ms. Reed in preparation for their CDCES exams.
Ms. Reed is the chronic disease content expert for the Community Coalition and Clinical specialist teams at TMF Health Quality Institute based in Austin, Texas. As a CDCES, Ms. Reed’s role is to facilitate regional diabetes education and manage technical assistance for partners and stakeholders across the TMF QIN-QIO network of states and has led CDE study sessions for several years with high levels of success.
Testimonials: View this video for testimonials from health center staff that have received training from Ms. Reed in preparation for their CDCES exams.
Increase Access to Care
Increase Access to Care Learning Collaborative
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The Increase Access to Care (IAC) for Ag Workers Network and associated training opportunities were launched in collaboration with the Ag Worker Access Campaign in 2015, to assist health center staff in accurately identifying and reporting their Ag workers patients in UDS. Since then, the IAC Network has grown to become a national learning collaborative (LC), known as the IAC Core Learning Collaborative. |
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Learning Sessions:
Learning sessions will occur monthly (via Zoom) from 11am -12:30pm PT; 1-2:30pm CT; 2-3:30pm ET.
This year’s learning collaborative will focus on Ag Worker Identification for UDS Reporting, strategic partnerships for increasing access to care, and Migrant Health Action Planning. The learning sessions will offer guest speakers, tools, and resources to help your health center better identify, reach, and serve your Ag worker communities.
Benefits of joining this learning collaborative include:
To register for this LC, please complete this Registration Form.
- October 10, 2024
- November 14, 2024
- December 12, 2024
- January 9, 2025
- April 10, 2025
Learning sessions will occur monthly (via Zoom) from 11am -12:30pm PT; 1-2:30pm CT; 2-3:30pm ET.
This year’s learning collaborative will focus on Ag Worker Identification for UDS Reporting, strategic partnerships for increasing access to care, and Migrant Health Action Planning. The learning sessions will offer guest speakers, tools, and resources to help your health center better identify, reach, and serve your Ag worker communities.
Benefits of joining this learning collaborative include:
- Participation in a program that has shown proven success.
- Customized training for staff on accurate identification, registration, and reporting of your Ag worker population in UDS.
- Development and implementation support of a Migrant Health Action Plan to assist you in achieving your health center’s goals to better identify, reach and serve the Ag worker population in your services area.
- Peer to peer exchange of strategies and promising practices with colleagues throughout the U.S. through participation in virtual learning sessions.
- Access to ongoing technical assistance.
To register for this LC, please complete this Registration Form.
For questions or more information, please contact LC facilitator, Kadie Koeneman.
Voucher Model Service Delivery in Migrant Health Centers
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Voucher Model Service Delivery in Migrant Health Centers Learning Collaborative
NCFH, in collaboration with Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), will facilitate this Learning Collaborative to provide training to health centers that operate a voucher model service delivery system to increase access to care for MSAWs. To view the latest directory list of these models, click here. For more information, please contact LC facilitator, Alicia Gonzales. |
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