Our Team
The Community Health Worker Capacity Building Collaborative seeks to:
- Leverage expertise across the community
- Develop the best possible Community Health Worker recruitment and programming efforts possible.
Our leadership and teams support this effort and vision.
Provides Vision and Oversees Activities
The Leadership team is responsible for overall project activities.
- Overseesr the development and implementation of training programs
- Meets weekly to review progress, develop next steps and address barriers to recruitment, implementation and sustainability.
- Approves all grant activities.
Members
Katie Davis Bellamy, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC
Co-Director, Community Health Worker Program
Executive Director, Center for Community & Corporate Health, Institute for H.O.P.E.
Kate Nagel, DrPH, MPH
Project Liaison, Community Health Worker Program
Chief Executive Officer, The MetroHealth Community Health Centers
Stephanie Kanuch, M.Ed
Project Lead
Darerian Schueller MPH, CCRP
Project Coordinator
Sonia Alemagno, PhD - Kent State University
Educational Partner
Marquita Rockamore, MA, GCDF, C-CHW - Cuyahoga Community College
Educational Partner
Joan Thoman, PhD, RN, CNS
Educational Partner, Community Health Worker Program
Associate Professor, Nurse Researcher, Director Community Health Worker Program, Cleveland State University School of Nursing
External Stakeholders to Help Us Build Our Vision
This team will be led by members from the academic partners and the content leads from the inter-professional education team, the clinical upskilling team and the provider training teams.
The clinical provider training, upskilling, public health and inter-professional training programs proposed below are directly linked to the needs of our community health needs assessment: eliminating structural racism, enhancing trust and trustworthiness across sectors, people, communities, addressing community conditions, such as reducing poverty and its effects, enhancing mental health and reducing substance abuse and reducing chronic illness and its effects.
Develops Curriculum Based on Community Health Needs
This team will be led by members from the academic partners and the content leads from the inter-professional education team, the clinical upskilling team and the provider training teams.
The clinical provider training, upskilling, public health and inter-professional training programs proposed below are directly linked to the needs of our community health needs assessment: eliminating structural racism, enhancing trust and trustworthiness across sectors, people, communities, addressing community conditions, such as reducing poverty and its effects, enhancing mental health and reducing substance abuse and reducing chronic illness and its effects.
Designs Evaluation Tools and Grant Metrics
The Data and Evaluation Team is responsible for the design of all evaluation tools and collecting and reporting of grant metrics.
This includes trainee recruitment, program completion, certification, and employment. This team will collaborate with the leadership team to disseminate grant products and outcomes to our stakeholders.
Focuses on Quality Improvement and Team Building
The Interprofessional Educational team will address microaggressions in the workplace, and introduction to quality improvement and team building methods.
Develops Provider Training Programs
The Provider Training Team will develop a provider training program designed to train providers and their teams on how to effectively use CHW/HSW.
This will be designed in the train the trainer format. Additionally, these providers will participate the inter-professional training alongside the CHW/HSWs.
Recruits and Trains New Community Health Workers
The recruitment teams will be responsible for the recruitment and training of new CHWs and help with field placement and trainee retention.
These teams will develop and implement a recruitment process and the DET will collaborate with them on how best to report metrics.
- Trainee/Apprenticeship
- CHW Employment